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  One person has been confirmed dead in a multiple accident which occurred today at the popular Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident involved a Tanker loaded with 45,000 litres of premium motor spirit (pms) and four vehicles. ...

  Female TV presenters in Afghanistan have appeared on air with their faces covered after the Taliban ordered them to do so or face punishment. Some broadcasters had refused to follow the new rules when they came into force yesterday, ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday refused to admit former Imo State Governor, Anayo Rochas Okorocha to bail pending the determination of a suit he instituted against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo declined to compel the ...

Narc Kenya MCA aspirant for Muthara Ward in Meru County who was arrested Thursday for alleged Mpesa fraud will spend three more days in police custody. Benson Thuranira Kathiai is alleged to have obtained over Ksh350,000 fraudulently from Mpesa agents ...

A swarm of bees on Thursday attacked and killed Ismail Hussaini, a pupil of Yanoko Nomadic Primary school, Tofa local government area of Kano State. An uncle of the deceased, Sanusi Dawakintofa, told Premium Times that his nephew could not ...

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has  fired the country’s health minister. The country is mourning the death of 11 newborn babies in a hospital fire blamed on an electrical short circuit. The tragedy late Wednesday in the western city of Tivaouane ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday bowed to pressure from political parties seeking the extension of the June 3 deadline for the conduct of primary elections by approving an additional six days extension. The electoral umpire, however, clarified that ...

Here are photos of President Buhari, his wife, Aisha and daughters heading to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. They left Nigeria, Thursday, May 26. The two ...

  Former governor of Anambra State and erstwhile presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, has formally joined the Labour Party (LP) to contest the 2023 presidential election. According to report, Obi registered as ...

    Justice M.G Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced Livinus Imoesi Oshioke, alias Alexander Lutz, to six months imprisonment for internet-related fraud. He was jailed on Thursday after pleading guilty to three-count ...

Nkechi Blessing Sunday has said she will never advice anyone against falling in love regardless of what she has been through in relationships. The actress who was recently in a messy breakup with her ex-lover, Opeyemi Falegan, also said she ...

A Twitter investor is suing Elon Musk and the social media platform over the handling of the billionaire’s $44bn bid for the company. The case alleges he violated California corporate laws in a number of ways. It accuses the Tesla ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, would not have won the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he had chosen to remain in the party. Mr Wike ...

  A Junior Secondary School 2 pupil of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos State, Emmanuel Amidu, has died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere. The victim’s father, Akinola Amidu, claimed that the 12-year-old was flogged by a teacher when ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government would ensure wider access to quality education that would further reduce the number of out-of-school children. Buhari said this in his 2022 Children’s Day message contained in a statement by his Special Adviser ...

Paul and ANita Okoye’s twins, Nathan and Nadia have graduated from pre-school. Their mom shared the graduation photos on instagram expressing them to be her ‘proud moments’. Sharing the news, she wrote; ”My babies are off to big school  All ...

Ace broadcaster and owner of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat, has been released from police custody. Hamzat, who had consistently advocated for justice in a murder case involving Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife owner, Chief Rahman Adedoyin, was arrested on Thursday. The management ...

A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Friday cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2023 Presidential contest. The development is coming hours to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential primary elections scheduled for Saturday in ...

Senator Aishatu Binani has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State. In a historic victory, she floored five men to clinch the party’s ticket in the just concluded governorship primary election in the State. ...

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a suit by former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside seeking to set aside N6 billion damages awarded against him for defaming the character of the former Governor ...

Eleven newborn babies have died as a result of a fire outbreak in the neonatal section of a Senegalese hospital. President Macky Sall announced the death toll after a fire at a regional hospital in the town of Tivaouane, around ...

Idris Abiola-Ajimobi, son of late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ibadan South-West II State Constituency. The former governor’s son emerged as the consensus candidate at the party’s primary held ...

One of the aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that to lead the country as President, he does not need the strength of a wrestler or that of Christiano Ronaldo. ...

A 66-year-old man suffered from memory loss caused by afternoon sex with his wife, according to a new paper by medics. The report released in the May edition of the Irish Medical Journal, detailed how the 66-year-old man experienced Transient ...

Famous Nigerian musician, Martins Okechukwu, also known as J Martins, has withdrawn from the Federal House of Representatives race to represent Arochukwu/ Ohafia in Abia State. The singer hoped to represent his constituency in the House of Representatives in 2023 ...