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Following the gruesome murder of the Katsina State Commissioner of Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, at his residence last Wednesday, the state Governor, Aminu Masari, has said Nasir’s death has nothing to do with banditry. This is as he ...

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said Tuesday that police had assaulted his party members and put him under house arrest to prevent him from attending a campaign rally for a local by-election. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said ...

The United Kingdom is expected to remove Nigeria from its red list and the travel bans it imposed over fears of the Omicron variant. The Guardian Uk reported that all 11 countries on England’s travel red list are to be ...

Gunmen have abducted the mother of the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello, Abdulkarim Asuku, in Kogi State. Seriya Raji, the victim was reported to have been abducted from her residence on Monday evening at Inese/Ovakere New Layout in ...

The Olowu of Owu Kingdom in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu is dead.   The news of the demise of the first class monarch was announced on Tuesday night by the Ogun State government through a statement issued by ...

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 ...