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Properties worth millions of Naira were this morning, Monday, December 13th gutted by fire at a shopping complex in computer village, Ikeja. The incident happened at No 18, Otigba Street, Computer Village, Ikeja. Fire fighters were immediately called and arrived ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has flagged a Northern Governor for personally withdrawing cash of N60 billion from his state treasury. The EFCC, which broke the story in its latest EFCC Alert, said the governor is from the ...

  A 100-level student of the Taraba State University has been reported dead following a fire outbreak at the female hostel of the institution. The victim identified as Emoseh Lawi was a student of the Tourism Department of the university. ...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says there has been a significant increase in the COVID-19 case positivity rate in the state. Giving an update of the COVID-19 situation as of December 10, 2021, on Sunday via ...

Gunmen on Sunday, abducted two traditional rulers in Imo State and set their palaces ablaze. They are Eze Acho Ndukwe of Amagu Ihube and Eze Paul Ogbu of Ihitte Ihube, both in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state. The ...

Imo State Police Commissioner Rabiu Huissani on Sunday expressed utmost dismay over indiscriminate use of fireworks and other explosives in the state. He warned the general public that the ban on the use of fireworks and other explosives is still ...

Jailed founder and publisher of WikiLeaks Julian Assange had a mini-stroke during his battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the United States, his fiancee Stella Moris said late on Saturday. On Friday, the US government won an appeal at ...

A man has been arrested allegedly with one million capsules of tramadol. Onuoha Friday, 43, was arrested with the drugs on December 10 on Lagos Benin Expressway, spokesman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, said in a ...

Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu has been crowned Miss Universe 2021. The reigning Miss Universe, Andrea Meza of Mexico, crowned her successor at the 70th annual Miss Universe event in Eilat, Israel Sunday night. The international competition, hosted by Steve Harvey, ...

A 2-year-old Yemeni girl has had her left hand allegedly amputated after being bitten by a lion during her family visit to the zoo in Ibb governorate in Yemen. Reports said the toddler put her hand into the lion’s cage ...

  OAP Tolu Oniru-Demuren- Toolz and Captain Tunde Demuren first son clocked 3 yesterday. And his proud parents took to their respective Instagram pages to celebrate him on his special day. The excited mum wrote; ”Happy 3rd birthday to my ...

The British High Commission on Sunday said the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria because of a threat of retaliation by the Federal Government. The spokesman for the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock, said this in ...

David Beckham played the ultimate supporting role yesterday as best man at dad Ted’s winter wedding. The groom, Ted, 73, tied the knot to millionaire solicitor Hilary Meredith, 62, at an intimate ceremony in Temple – London’s law district. The ...

Chrissy Teigen has faced the brunt of online trolls after sharing a beaming snapshot of family bath time. The 36-year-old shared a selfie with her 36.2 million Instagram followers that showed her soaking in the tub with Miles, 3, and ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for COVID-19 and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, his office said. Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former President F W de ...

Pandemonium in Onitsha as gas station explodes, consuming Christen filling station along Awka road Onitsha and another filling station along Onitsha Enugu expressway way. Two other filling stations beside the unfortunate ones, Rain Oil and J I Ejison oil were ...

  Gernot Rohr has been axed as Nigeria coach after five years in charge, with Augustine Eguavoen drafted in as an interim replacement. This development comes a few weeks prior to the commencement of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations ...

A man has passed away after falling from his roof while decorating his home for Christmas, leaving behind two young daughters. Joe Cocco, 31, fell from the roof of his Wisconsin home in late November and was rushed to the ...

Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a pastor, Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta for defiling a 16-year-old choir member of his church. The police also arrested his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo for allegedly ...

Tiwa Savage shares throwback photo from her university days The singer shared throwback photo from her university days on her Instagram page writing; ”It was my parents’ wish was for me to get a degree before any music  SO I DID ...

Nick Cannon debuted a new inking dedicated to his late son Zen who tragically died of a brain tumor last weekend. The 41-year-old TV personality revealed a tattoo of his five-month-old son depicted as an angel on his left rib ...

There’s more fallout for Travis Scott in the wake of the deadly crowd surge at his Astroworld Festival in Houston in November that resulted in 10 people being killed and hundreds more injured. The rapper was dropped from the lineup ...

A 56-year-old man has been killed by his three sons at Shikangania village in Lurambi Constituency, Kakamega County, Kenya after they suspected that he broke into their house and stole a smartphone they jointly own. The three sons, two in ...

The Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi, Ajagungbade III, is dead. The 95-year-old traditional ruler died on Sunday morning(today). This was corroborated by two other highly placed sources in the town. He said, “It is true that Baba has passed ...

Member of the House of Representatives, Mr Dennis Idahosa (APC-Edo), has said that any politician who fails to deliver on their campaign promises to the people should be stoned. The representative of Ovia federal constituency said the same fate would ...