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  There are indications that the failure of Emirates Airlines to repatriate its trapped ticket sales fund in Nigeria back to its home country in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may have led to the carrier’s decision to stop all ...

LAUTECH has denied asking its students to resume. The management of the school, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, said it has not issued any directive on the resumption of its students. News had gone viral yesterday ...

Kidnappers of the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mohammed Yakubu Lawal, have demanded N100 million ransom for the release of their victim from their den, the family members have said. According to Vanguard, the family of the ...

Popular Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong, has broken his silence after he was released from a correctional facility over an alleged r3pe. Armstrong, a former aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state, was first arrested on June 13 for ...

A Saudi student at Leeds University who returned to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissident activists. Salma al-Shebab, 34, was accused of ...

Governor Akeredolu has teased Ondo citizens with monetary rewards if they expose kidnappers and other criminals in the state. The state government placed the sum of N50,000 as reward for anyone who exposes or reports incident leading to the arrest ...

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has attended a special prayer session organised for the restoration of peace and security to the state and Nigeria in general in Ilorin, Kwara. The Director-General (DG), New Media to Masari, Al-Amin Isa made ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has donated three million Egyptian dollars ($156,965) to help rebuild a church destroyed by fire in Egypt. At least 41 people died in Giza, which is across the Nile from Cairo, following an inferno that struck ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has  met with the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko. The trio also met on Monday night with top politicians like former ...

The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has called off its unions’ six months old strike. The institution also announced the date for the commencement of academic activities for the 2021/2022 academic session which will be on ...

  A 16-year-old boy, Ibrahim Lawan, has reportedly hanged himself in Kuki village, Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State. Reasons the boy committed suicide have yet to be ascertained. Youth group hosts blood donors in Kano Despite odds, train ...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has gifted a mansion to former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili, on the latter’s 74th birthday. Media aide to the Governor, Mr. Kelvin Ebiri, in a statement, said the residence was built ...

  Police have explained how its operatives rescued 32 teenage football players of Itugbe Kings Club, Warri, Delta State abducted along Agbor/Uronigbe/Obiaruku Expressway while travelling from Agbor to Warri around 6 pm last Friday. Reports indicated that about six of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to present the 2023 appropriation to the National Assembly in September. The Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, disclosed this in Abuja at the training on budget preparation using the Government Integrated ...

After his failed Twitter bid that has left the Tesla chief executive officer (CEO) in an arduous legal battle, Elon Musk today said he’s buying the English football club Manchester United. “To be clear, I support the left half of the ...

  Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s tweet mocking Obi-dients has been reported to twitter. The Governor in an update revealed that supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reported his tweet to Twitter. Reall El-Rufai appeared ...

  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed how some elders of the State ganged up against him because they didn’t scale through the primary to be the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State. ...

The Nasarawa State Commissioner of information, Mohammed Yakubu Lawal and his son Mushab Mohammed Yakubu Lawal have been kidnapped at his residence, GRA, Nasarawa Eggon. Vanguard gathered that the commissioner was abducted at about 9pm Monday night. The gunmen stormed ...

A transformer vandal ghas been electrocuted in Osogbo. The man who remains unidentified was on Monday evening electrocuted as he attempted to vandalise an electricity transformer. The man, according to sources from the community, died when power was suddenly restored ...

Nollywood actress, Chioma Okoye has called out her colleague, Oma Nnadi. The actress in an Instagram post she shared, said Oma Nnadi should be held responsible should anything happen to her. Though she refused to state the reason for the ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, said it had arrested 611 suspected drug traffickers from January to July in the State. The agency’s Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro disclosed this to Newsmen on ...

  Annie Idibia has expressed shock after seeing her 13-year-old daughter, Isabel drive a car. The actress who shared a video of Isabel driving on her Instastory, stated that she must not drive outside the estate they live in.

  About 50 persons have been confirmed dead in Jigawa State and many others were displaced as floods ravaged parts of the state. Sani Yusuf, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, while briefing newsmen in Dutse, explained ...

  Gunmen, Sunday, reportedly invaded Orie market in Agbedo community of Igalamela/Odolu council area of Kogi State, killing one person and abducting another. The kidnappers afterwards demanded a N20 million ransom. It was gathered that the gunmen in their large ...

  A 55-year-old man, Abdulwaheed Lamidi, has lost his life while lodging with his girlfriend at the City International Motel, Council Bus-Stop, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Lamidi and his 32-year-old lover met online ...