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Taliban authorities have agreed to let 200 American civilians and other non-Afghans to depart on charter flights from Kabul airport, a U.S. official said. The Taliban were pressed to allow the departures by U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, said the ...

The Police on Wednesday said they have arrested eight suspects over the kidnap and murder of 93-year-old Mr Defwan Dariye, father of former Governor of Plateau, Mr Joshua Dariye. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this ...

Actress Tonto Dikeh has remembered her late mum who died 32 years ago. Penning down a tribute on her Instgram page. Tonto wrote; ”Celebration of Life 32years Gone.. We’ve hurt, we’ve healed ,now it’s time to celebrate what beautiful life ...

Okon Lagos has waded into the DNA brouhaha which has now been a trending thing now. The comic actor made a case for men, saying as bad as they say men are, they have never given a wrong child to ...

A wanted terrorist with a $10m US bounty on his head has been made Afghanistan’s interior minister as the Taliban announced a caretaker government packed with the movement’s old guard. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the movement’s deputy leader, is accused of overseeing ...

A lecturer at the Department of English Language Obafemi Awolowo University, Dr Adebayo Mosobalaje, has claimed that he was “wrongly” dismissed by the university management for alleged s3xual assault. In an exclusive interview with The Punch, on Wednesday, Mosobolaje faulted ...

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Trikytee, has tied the knot with his girlfriend. Trikytee disclosed this on his Instagram page on Wednesday evening. Alongside a picture with his wife, he wrote: “Finally we here” Some of his housemates are well ...

A medical doctor, Morenikeji Oluwaniyi, has been reportedly strangled by a four-man gang in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. The 27-year-old was said to have converted his Toyota Corolla to a Uber ride to raise money for his ...

  Kylie Jenner has debuted her baby bump for the first time since confirming her pregnancy. The reality star, 24, was spotted putting her belly on display in a curve-clinging white mini dress while out at Carbone in Soho, New ...

Former beauty queen Powede Awujo and her husband, Ikenna are celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary today. Taking to her Instagram page to celebrate their special day. She wrote; ”Year 4 with my Vanilla man and he gets sweeter by the ...

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association has said that a cow could cost up to N2 million in Lagos State if the anti-grazing bill is passed into law in the state. Zonal Secretary of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in ...

A football fan was handed a suspended jail term in Britain on Wednesday for posting racist comments on social media blaming three black players for England’s Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy. Scott McCluskey, 43, from Runcorn, northwest England, singled ...

First Lady Jill Biden has resumed teaching in person at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has instructed students since 2009. Biden returned to the classroom on Tuesday. She is the first first lady to depart the White House, in ...

  Music legend, Tuface Idibia has reacted for the first time on his marital issues with wife, Annie. Recall Annie called out the singer that he was cheating with one of his baby mamas, Pero Adeniyi. Tuface spoke up after his ...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 559 new COVID-19 cases, as total infections rose to 197,046. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated this on Thursday morning. However, the new cases reported indicates a decrease from the 597 cases reported on ...

  Ahmed Musa has given his Super Eagles teammates the sum of 5 million naira to share as part of the celebration for his 100th appearance in the national team. The 28-year-old joined the illustrious list of Nigeria’s centurions on ...

More and more political big guns have continued to visit former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London. President Muhammadu Buhari opened the floodgate of visits, when he visited Tinubu on 13 August. The President was also in London for ...

Apprehension has gripped Umutu, in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, following the killing of three police operatives of the Divisional Police Headquarters based in the town. It was gathered that the felled operatives were killed by unknown gunmen ...

A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules. Le Van Tri was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases to other people” after he travelled to his home province ...

Gunmen have kidnapped two male children of the Deputy Provost of Isah Kaita College of Education, Dutsinma, Katsina State, Dr. Isma’il Ado Funtua.   An eyewitness told Channels Television on Tuesday that the gunmen, four in number, armed with sophisticated ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 22-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Arnold Maniru, for allegedly importing four kilogrammes of drugged cookies from the United Kingdom, spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday. ...

One hundred security operatives have so far lost their lives in the course of enforcing the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranching Establishment Law of 2017. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed on Tuesday in Makurdi, the state capital, while receiving ...

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games gold medallist Latifat Tijani says she was highly impressed with the hospitality, organisational structure and the Japanese people that the thought of not returning to Nigeria crossed her mind at some point at the global Games. ...

A fire tore through an overcrowded Indonesian prison in the early hours of Wednesday when most inmates were asleep, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze – which was mostly contained within ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared that a former Miss Nigeria, Helen Prest-Ajayi, is entitled to 50 per cent of the net assets of her late husband, Dr Tosin Ajayi. Justice Tijjani Ringim gave the ruling on ...