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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has withdrawn from the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He announced his withdrawal from the contest in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ngige’s announcement followed a valedictory ...

  Vladimir Putin is “very ill with blood cancer” an oligarch with close ties to the Russian leader has reportedly been recorded as saying. The oligarch is believed to have spoken about Putin’s grave health during a conversation with a ...

    Amir Khan has brought an end to one of the finest careers in the modern history of British boxing by announcing his retirement at the age of 35. His decision came almost three months after he was stopped ...

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over an allegation of blasphemy as deeply distressing. Osinbajo spoke with newsmen on Friday at the Presidential Wing ...

    While it’s traditional for women to take their husbands surname when they get married, times are changing. Some decide to go down the double-barrelled route, while others prefer to stick with the moniker they were born with. And ...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the conspiratory silence for over 24 hours of President Muhammadu Buhari over the brutal hacking to death of a 200 level Christian student of the Sokoto College of Education, Miss Deborah ...

Singer Olakira is beginning to sound like his sister, the famous Mummy GO, who preaches wrong doctrines. According to the singer, men can make all bad decisions but settling with a woman with a small butt is a crime that ...

Spain is planning to introduce medical leave for women who suffer from severe period pain, media reports suggest. A draft bill says women could have three days of leave a month – extended to five in some circumstances. But politicians ...

Ibrahim Lawal, the media aide of detained Rivers House of Representatives member, Farah Dagogo has alleged that his boss was poisoned by Efeturi Irikefe, the Camp Commandant to Governor Nyesom Wike after he was arrested. Lawal said this while complaining ...

North Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms. Six people died after suffering a fever with one testing positive for Omicron, state media reported on Friday. ...

More than 18.5 million children in Nigeria have no access to education, with girls accounting for more than half the number, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. This is a staggering surge in cases of out-of-school children in Africa’s ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah did not mince words when defending his place as he declared he is the best football striker in the world. The Egypt international is on track to win the English Premier League Golden Boot. He also ...

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says it will welcome APC national leader Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other aspirants willing to contest elective positions in 2023 on the party’s platform. SDP acting national chairman Supo Shonibare, who stated ...

Billionaire, Elon Musk, on Friday said his $44 billion deal for micro-blogging and social media platform, Twitter, is temporarily on hold. Musk disclosed this in a tweet via his Twitter handle, citing pending details on spam and fake accounts. “Twitter ...

Nollywood actress Rosy Meurer has hailed her husband, Olakunle churchill saying he is what every man should aspire to be. Thanking him for loving her and making love a reality for her, Rosy wrote; ”I love and admire you not ...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three residents of the territory for allegedly killing Terungwa Stephanie, a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. Stephanie was declared missing after leaving her residence for Community Development ...

The FESTAC Deanary of the Justice Peace Development Commission (JPDC), Catholic Church, says it has mobilised its officials ahead of the 2023 general elections. The commission, with its record in election monitoring and observation in Nigeria, disclosed this at its ...

  The governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has appointed Professor (Mrs) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji as the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University. The Council presided over by the Pro-Chancellor, Chairman of Council, Ambassador (Dr.) ...

    A newlywed couple left their guests stunned when they set themselves on fire in a one-of-a-kind wedding send off. Professional stunt duo Ambyr Bambyr and Gabe Jessop treated their guests to a “Hunger Games”-style wedding ceremony. They exited ...

    Michelle Jackson, the ex-wife of ace Nigerian music producer, Michael Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has revealed why their marriage crashed. Michelle, who is a United Kingdom-based model, returned to Nigeria in late April, 2022. In an ...

  Nollywood actress, Adunni Ade has accused her colleagues in the movie industry who hide behind fake accounts to body-shame her. The mother of two boys lambasted his colleagues saying that most of the actresses with “big nyash” have nothing ...

Ibrahim Maqari, imam of the National Mosque, Abuja has reacted to Deborah Samuel’s killing saying indeed Muslims have some red lines that should not be crossed. Absolving her killers, Mr Maqari hinted grave consequences awaited persons who crossed the religion’s ...

The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is dead. He died today, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced. The ministry also confirmed there would be 40 days of official mourning with flags across ...

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has expressed sadness over the killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto State. We had earlier reported that the student who was identified as Deborah ...

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele was on Thursday, spotted at the Presidential Villa Abuja, where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Although the meeting held behind closed doors, Emefiele failed to disclose his mission in ...