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The 1992 iconic blockbuster “The Bodyguard,” starring the late Whitney Houston, is slated for a remake, according to Variety. Matthew López, a 2019 Tony nominee for his Broadway play “The Inheritance,” is working on the new version of the classic ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has been listed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2021. Time Magazine’s annual list of 100 most influential people in the world accords recognition to “people whose ...

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh says she is the most controversial person on earth. Dikeh spoke in a video at the TEDx Ikenegbu programme titled “Leveraging on controversy’, which she posted on her official Instagram page. The programme is an annual ...

The Police Command in Kaduna State has arrested two suspects over the killing of pilot Abdulkarim Na’Allah, the eldest son of Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, in Kaduna. Abdulkarim’s stolen car has also be found in Niger Republic. Na’Allah, the senior, ...

After superstar rapper Nicki Minaj questioned the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine in a post on Twitter this week, the White House confirmed on Wednesday that it had offered her a call with a doctor to answer questions about the ...

The Niger State Government on Wednesday said over 100 persons had died of cholera outbreak in the 25 local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr Mohammed MakunSidi, in an interview with journalists at ...

Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, has said its internal investigation and information obtained from chats between a missing student, Oluwanifemi Olajide, and his sister, Stella, showed that the student’s disappearance was planned. Punch Metro on Wednesday reported that the student’s ...

Tyson Fury believes he will never lose his unbeaten record, despite the looming threat of fights against dangerous punchers such as Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua. Fury defends his WBC belt against Wilder on October 9, which could finally set ...

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, MMA2, has rewarded Mr. Eluu Emmanuel for returning a bag containing bundles of local, foreign currencies, jewellery and other valuables worth millions of naira. The bag was ...

The Nigerian government says it will lift the ban on Twitter in a ‘few days.’ The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this while answering questions from State House journalists at the end of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting chaired ...

Bring Back Our Girls campaigner, Aisha Yesufu is in a celebratory mood as her son, Amir graduates from the Regent’s University, London. In a tweet, Yesufu said, “When you were told your son will not be able to go to ...

Mercy Aigbe has openly told Sola Sobowale that she is the reason she became an actress. The younger actress also spoke about how Liz Benson and Patience Ozokwo also inspired her. She shared a photo of Sobowale today, saying she ...

The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has narrated how a worshipper who tried to steal during a Shiloh programme ran mad. The cleric disclosed this while speaking at the ...

Finidi George is now the new head coach of Enyimba FC. The Nigeria Professional Football League club officially announced the appointment of the former Super Eagles winger, as their new head coach. The confirmation of the former Ajax and Real ...

Activists and revolutionists have announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on October 1 – Independence Day – in Nigeria. The protest is necessitated by nine demands, according to a statement by the Coalition for Revolution issued today. The statement, ...

Tonto Dikeh’s ex-lover, Prince Kpokpogri has denied being arrested by DSS officials.’   Rumours went round this afternoon that he was arrested over blackmail.   Kpokpogri then went in Instagram live to debunk it, saying those spreading the news should ...

Members of Afghanistan’s national junior girls’ football team have fled across the border into Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. This comes a month after the hardline Taliban swept back into power, with members of the Afghan Girls National Youth Football Team ...

Popular Lagos socialite and king of nightclub business (well we have many kings in that field now), Pretty Mike, has made it to BBC Pidgin and we are happy for him. Lol. Pretty Mike didn’t get famous for being into ...

Former Rivers Governor, Peter Odili has been placed on the watch list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ), the Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS) revealed today. The NIS revealed this in response to a suit filed by Odili ...

Edo State Government today locked out workers who did not provide proofs of having taken the COVID-19 vaccine. The government made good its threat on the enforcement of COVID-19 no-vaccination, no-entry to government facilities, by sending its workers home. Hundreds ...

U.S. Conservative radio host Pastor Robert “Bob” Enyart, who swore off Covid-19 vaccines, has died from complications due to the virus, his co-host has announced. “It comes with an extremely heavy heart that my close friend and co-host of Real ...

A Nigerian Genius, David Gbodi Odaibo has died one week after winning a $125m US contract.   His brother, Stephen Odaibo, announced the unfortunate incident on social media.   According to Stephen, his brother “had a PhD in Computer Engineering ...

Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has passed the bill on the prohibition of open grazing in the state into law. The bill entitled, “A Bill for a law to prohibit open rearing and grazing of livestock and provide for ...

A man dubbed the “real-life Tarzan” who was isolated from the modern world in the Vietnamese jungle for 40 years has died of liver cancer. Ho Van Lang returned to the “civilised world” eight years ago after surviving 41 years ...

Microsoft Co-founder and Billionaire Philanthropist, Bill Gates, has lamented the low access to COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries, warning that if things do not improve, COVID-19 would be treated as a disease of the poor. He said this in a ...