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Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, a drug dealer wanted for attempting to export 69.65kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom (UK), has been arrested. The suspect had tried to move the substances through the NAHCO export shed of the ...

  Arin Olowoporoku, one of the housemates who were evicted from the Big Brother Naija show last Sunday has said that even before she went for the show, she knew that people would judge her based on her appearance, particularly ...

The new Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has bestowed new titles on his mother, Gladys Durorike Emiko; and wife, Ivie Uhunoma Emiko, following his coronation as the 21st ruler of the Warri Kingdom. His mother, erstwhile Olori Atuwatse II, ...

  New Olu of Warri ascends throne   At exactly 3.30 p.m., Gabriel Awala, the Uwangue of Warri Kingdom, lowered the crown on Tsola Emiko as the 21st Olu of Warri. August 22, 20216 min readAs the Saturday rain poured ...

An Afghan mother has gone into labour on evacuation flight, forcing military plane to descend in altitude. The plane landed at a base in Germany. Air force officials said the woman gave birth to a baby girl at the Ramstein ...

Few months after emerging as the winner of the fifth edition of Mrs Nigeria in March 2021, Terere Obaigbo is set to take on the rest of the world in January 2022 at the Mrs World Pageant.   She is ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, “over his failure to probe allegations that N106bn of public funds are missing from 149 ministries, departments and agencies.” The suit followed the grim allegations by the ...

Barcelona manager, Ronald Koeman, has admitted that opposing teams no longer fear them again following Lionel Messi’s exit. Koeman’s men were held to a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. It is the first time Barca have dropped points ...

The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has said it will soon deploy the Five Generation network (5G) in Nigeria. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this in Abuja in an interview with NAN ...

  Big Brother Naija housemates had in a secret diary session nominated those they would like to evict from the show. Organizer of the show on Saturday released a secret diary session showing the nominations on Show max. Recall that ...

The Varsity don, Ishaq Oloyede who remitted N30bn to FG has been reappointed as JAMB registrar. 66-year-old Ishaq Oloyede, a professor of Arabic and Islamic Jurisprudence brought innovations to the Joint Admissions andMatriculation Board since his first appointment as Registrar ...

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has begged the government and people of Ondo for forgiveness over the August 14 killing of 23 Muslim travellers from Ondo, who were passing through Jos after attending a religious event in Bauchi. The apology ...

The Nigeria Police announced on Sunday that they have busted Gloria Okolie, the spy girl of the Eastern Nigeria Network, accused of being the mastermind of violent attacks against police targets. The alleged spy is 22 years old from Umutanza ...

Without showing any remorse, Stephen John, a farmer in Ore, Odigbo council area of Ondo state confidently said that he derived “so much pleasure rap!ng old women in the farm”. Stephen was arrested by police detectives in the state after ...

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, has presented a staff of office to Nasiru Bayero, the emir of Bichi. Bayero was appointed emir of Bichi by Ganduje in 2019 following a split of the Kano emirate into five. Speaking at ...

Tunji Olurin, a former Oyo state Military Governor is dead.   Olurin, who hails from Ilaro in Ogun state, was said to have died on Saturday at the Lagos state University Teaching Hospital. His death was confirmed by his brother, ...

Former Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose at the weekend met the ‘Obasanjo of Lagos’. Popularly known as “Oshoko”, Fayose posted the trending photo of the meeting on Twitter. “I met this man. He is popularly known as Obasanjo and I joined ...

  Jerry Gana, a former minister of information and former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (PDP), says Nigeria has the highest number of “miserable people in Africa”. Gana said this on Saturday at a retreat organised by the ...

Jerry Gana, a former minister of information and former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (PDP), says Nigeria has the highest number of “miserable people in Africa”. Gana said this on Saturday at a retreat organised by the Kogi ...

Anita Okoye, the estranged wife of Nigerian music star Paul Okoye, has demanded he pay $15,000 (N7.8M) monthly as spousal support. This is part of the demands she made in the petition she filed before an Abuja High Court. “Payment of ...

Nollywood actress, Chioma Ifemeludike has BEAT her chest to say she has slept with Apostle Suleman TWICE and the first was a HOOKUP. She called out the filmaker Lynda-Clems Bishop who allegedly hooked her up with the Apostle, asking Lynda ...

Popular singer, Omawumi Megbele, performed the national anthem at the coronation of the 21st Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III. The singer with the sonorous voice, who is a daughter of Itsekiri Kingdom in Delta State, gave the special rendition ...

  An arms smuggler has been apprehended in Nasarawa State. The man identified as Likita was caught with 52 magazines and over 200 live ammunition. A joint team of the Police and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) apprehended him ...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has rubbished the reports that farmers killed in Toro village, Modakeke is a renewed crisis between Modakeke and Ife. Ooni described the killing in Modakeke as sheer criminality. ”What happened at Toro ...

Tiwa Savage has finally released her much-anticipated EP ‘Water & Garri’. The new body of work is a follow up to the award-winning singer’s hit 2020 album “Celia“ and it consists of 5 tracks which include tracks Work Fada, Ade ...