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The Ministry of Interior has debunked reports making the rounds that the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared all marriages conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry illegal and invalid. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Permanent Secretary ...

The federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to conduct marriages, declaring it as illegal and invalid, for example, all solemnisation of unions at the Ikoyi marriage registry, Lagos. The Judge, Justice ...

The University of Ibadan has emerged best University in Nigeria in the latest 2021 ranking released by the National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday. The Premier University was ranked first in the NUC ranking which was carried out using twelve ...

National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured his teeming supporters and other Nigerians across the country that he will not turn down their clamour for him to be the next President of ...

Pop duo, Peter and Paul Okoye, popularly known as P Square, on Tuesday postponed their “REACTIVATED” headline concert at Livespot X Festival due to Peter’s ill health. The event which was initially set to hold on Saturday, December 18, 2021 ...

  Mr Simon Odo, a native doctor popularly known as ‘King of Satan’ who married 59 wives with over 300 children and grandchildren died in the early hours of Tuesday after a brief illness. The late Odo, who hailed from ...

  Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has revealed that an international magazine rejected her photos for looking too glamorous. Chimamanda who made this known in a post on her Instagram page said the cover for the magazine did not ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the closure of all federal marriage registries opened by the ministry, including the Ikoyi Marriage Registry, with immediate effect. The court presided over by Justice D. E. Osiagor held that only ...

An eighteen years old Senior Secondary School student, Tope Fasanya, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for attempting to kill her guardian, Mrs Esther Bada by poisoning her food. The suspect, Tope according to a statement ...

  Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has sought to clear the air over misconceptions on the National Assembly and its operations. He spoke at the Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture in Abuja, yesterday. The event was organised by the National Institute for Legislative ...

A 52-year-old lady from Australia, Stephenie Rodriguez has narrated her experience after going down with malaria such that both feet were amputated. According to her, she endured an 18-month nightmare when she contracted cerebral malaria from a mosquito bite during ...

Ed Sheeran has been crowned the most-viewed musical artist on video-sharing platform TikTok for 2021.   The popstar, 30, launched three exclusive single previews from his album Equals on the social media site this year.   More than five million ...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Monday announced that NNPC was currently increasing the supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, in a bid to force down its price. Kyari, ...

Regina Askia shares stunning Instagram photos   The ex-Nollywood actress cum Nurse shared stunning photos of herself on her Instagram page ahead of her 54th birthday.     

A mechanic, Promise Tochukwu, aka Daddy, has been shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified policeman on Opaleye Bridge, around Okoya Street, in the Ifelodun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The killer cop was said to have followed a security ...

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has joined other well-wishers to celebrate Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus for attaining a milestone in her career. Eniola Badmus began her acting career in year 2000 and became famous eight years later ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has barred airlines from conveying Nigerian passengers to the country as the diplomatic row between the two nations deepens. Nigerians travelling to Dubai have mostly been using other airlines for their trips since the drama ...

Kim Kardashian’s eight-year-old daughter North West received a telling off on Sunday after she gave a live tour of their house without permission. The pair launched a TikTok account just over two weeks ago and in that short time the ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Monday, sacked the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Princewill Chike, for allegedly hosting preliminary session of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) without approval. Wike announced the commissioner’s sack when the MDCN Chairman, Prof. ...

And he shared his first post on his Instagram page hours after he was released from the custody of the Nigerian Navy. The Nigerian Navy has allowed its detained personnel and Instagram comedian OSCOMP Abdulgafar Ahmad-Cute Abiola, to return to ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Owerri Zone, has threatened a total showdown with the Federal Government over the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement. The union said during a press conference at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, on Monday that ...

  A family lost their son because both parents refused to pay for the child’s medical bills. Both the husband and the wife had money in their accounts but were arguing about who exactly would go ahead and pay for ...

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Akwa Ibom State, have arrested a 30-year-old man, David Okon, for allegedly vandalising transformers and armoured cables estimated at several millions of naira. The suspect, who hailed from Okpon community in ...

  Miss Universe Nigeria, Maristella Okpala, has made Nigeria proud after she won the best National Costume at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant. The 28-year-old beauty queen, who donned an outfit inspired by the ‘Mmanwa’ masquerade from Southeastern Nigeria, was named winner of ...

Grammy award-winning singer, Ed Sheeran has announced that he will be featuring on Fireboy DML’s ‘Peru’ remix this December. Ed Sheeran made this known during his 15 minutes chat via Apple Music’s ‘Rocket Hour’ platform with Elton John, adding that ...