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A moving video appears to show a captured Russian soldier break down in tears as he sips tea and Ukrainians call his mother to tell her he’s OK. The unverified video shows the disheartened soldier after he apparently surrendered, surrounded ...

The Nigeria Police Force has said it has summoned a police officer seen carrying food for a female VIP at an even in Kwara State. The Force warned its operatives attached to Very Important Persons all over the country to ...

Kim Kardashian is officially single again. On Wednesday, a Los Angeles judge ruling in the 41-year-old reality TV star’s contentious divorce from Kanye West, granted her request to be declared legally single immediately and settle child custody and money issues ...

A 19-year old Ukrainian biathlete was killed in combat fighting off invading Russian forces, sports organizations said Wednesday. Yevhen Maylshev was killed Tuesday after taking up arms to defend his homeland against the Russian invasion, the Athletes of Ukraine and ...

A lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr Bilikis Babarinde, has asked a Grade A Customary Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan, to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Prof. Sikiru Babarinde. The plaintiff, who is a lecturer at the Department ...

  Actress Victoria Kolawole has disclosed that because she has refused to dance to the bad rhythms of Nollywood filmmakers and they have refused to cast her in their movies. She listed a couple of things going against her but ...

Police in Russia’s second-biggest city St. Petersburg have arrested at least 350 anti-war protesters on Wednesday, according to local monitor site OVD-Info. Multiple videos show that police arrested an elderly woman holding anti-war and anti-nuclear signs while protesters cheered and ...

Two Ukrainian footballers have died defending their country following Russia’s invasion, Football’s global players association FIFPRO has announced. Fighting in Ukraine has entered a seventh day following Vladimir Putin’s call for a special operation to demilitarise and ‘denazify’ the country – ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of $8.5 million to evacuate at least 5,000 Nigerians who are stranded as a result of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, announced ...

Timaya has been accused of hitting a lady at the Ikate area of Lagos state on Wednesday. An Instagram user, identified as Osinubi Omowunmi, raised the alarm, stating that the victim involved was her sister. Omowunmi alleged that the singer ...

Yohanna Saidolo, an Adamawa State resident, has allegedly sold his neighbours’ six children after taking them away from home under the guise of enrolling them in a missionary school in the state. It was learnt that Saidolo deceived and took ...

Akwa Ibom State High Court presided over by Justice Bassey Nkanang has sentenced a 39-year-old man, one Monday Effiong, to life imprisonment for beating his 68-year-old father to death. The bricklayer who hailed from Mbiakpan Atan in Ibiono Ibom Local ...

  English Premier League club Everton on Wednesday said they had “suspended with immediate effect” sponsorship agreements with several companies in which Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has a stake, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The club can confirm that it ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said the construction of the Badagry deep sea port would start in June once the State is granted ratification by the Federal Government grants ratification in April. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance during a ...

Kate Henshaw, on Wednesday lamented the worsening scarcity of petrol products in the country. The actress shared a video on her Instagram page, where she called on Nigerians to take actions concerning the future leaders of the country. This was ...

  The principal of Dowen College, Lagos, Mrs Adebisi Layiwola, on Tuesday wept before an Ikeja Corona’s Court while narrating how the death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., was relayed to her. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

The Oyo State government has said the arrest of its accountant General, Alhaji Gafar Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is unconstitutional. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, said this in a statement. ...

  As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, the stories and photos of those killed have started to show the human toll taken by war. Ukraine’s interior minister reported 352 civilians dead and over 1,600 injured this past Sunday, a ...

Bandits have invaded the hometown of the Secretary to the Niger State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane. The village, Matane, is in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, which has recorded multiple attacks in recent times. Daily Trust gathered that ...

  Roman Abramovich has confirmed he will sell Chelsea after 19 years of ownership. The Russian billionaire has come under increasing pressure this week due to his alleged ties with Russian president Vladimir Putin amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. ...

Olakunle Churchill and Rosy Meurer’s son is one today. The businessman and his actress wife both took to social media to celebrate their son who was born March 2, 2021.     His dad wrote; ”My dear son, in Truth ...

The Gombe State Police Command Tuesday said it had arrested one Ibrahim Saidu, 25, for stabbing a motorcyclist, Saleh Babayo, to death for mistakenly knocking down his dog. The Commissioner of Police, Ishola Babaita, said at a press briefing in ...

Two major U.S. manufacturers, Boeing and Ford Motor, suspended their business activities in Russia as the country escalated its war in Ukraine. Boeing said on Tuesday that it had halted major operations in its Moscow office and temporarily closed another ...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has warned police officers in the Federal Capital (FCT) not to use crime prevention measures such as roadblocks and raids for extortion. Baba, who spoke in Abuja at FCT Command during a one-day ...

A Congolese man, identified simply as Luwizo, has tied the knot with triplets. The 32-year-old groom said he met one of the triplets called Natalie via Facebook, where they chatted awhile before he fell in love with her, and decided ...