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The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the National Association of Resident Doctors to suspend its ongoing strike. Justice John Targema made the order on Monday while ruling on an exparte application by the federal government. Having looked ...

Residents of Edo State without evidence of COVID-19 vaccination, will no longer be allowed access to public and private places, including banks, event and worship centres, from the second week of September. The State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, announced this ...

Australian police were on Sunday called by fed-up neighbours of Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy in Sydney as members gathered for another service despite COVID-19 lockdown. When police arrived, there were 60 devotees in attendance, half of them children, when police ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that its operatives broke into the residence of former BBNaija housemate, Dorathy Bachor. Recall that Dorathy, on her Instagram page, lamented the sad incident and expressed frustration at how unsafe it ...

A Nigerian billionaire businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has identified humility as a weapon of success capable of attracting fortunes. In a post on his official Facebook page on Monday, the business guru advised Nigerian youths to ...

Toyin Abraham shares beautiful new Instagram photos   More photos below..    

BBN’s Dorathy Bachor has accused EFCC of breaking into her home early hours of this morning, saying they almost gave her mother a panic attack. She said they claimed they were looking for someone who ran into the estate and ...

Taliban fighters are reportedly flogging Afghan civilians in the streets for wearing ‘westernised’ clothing such as jeans as they cement their power in Afghanistan. Several young Afghans posted on social media they had been beaten and whipped by members of ...

The Nairobi County government has introduced a raft of new rules and regulations aimed at keeping the city clean and hygienic. The new regulations are contained in the Nairobi City County Public Nuisance Bill, 2021 that has been signed into ...

Former first lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi is dead. Chief Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, wife of late Nigerian Head of State, Major General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. The former First Lady died peacefully this morning. She was 97. Her husband, and the Supreme ...

The leadership crisis currently rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, worsened on Monday as High Court in Rivers State has restrained Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The order was given by Justice ...

Liquorose emerged as the Head of House (HoH) in the fifth week of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija ‘Shine Ya Eye’. Liquorose secured 21 points during the ‘Game of Balls’ at The Arena. This gives her immunity from eviction and nomination ...

In the wee hours of last night, a male police officer stationed at the Njoro Police station, Kenya, walked to Njoro Subcounty Hospital, peacefully though with his gun seemingly fully loaded with bullets. Police Constable Bernard Sivo, 28, walked into ...

  Beyonce channeled her inner Audrey Hepburn as she joined Jay-Z as the new faces of luxury jewelry company Tiffany & Co’s About Love campaign. The singer, 39, emulated Audrey’s famous Holly Golightly character in the Sixties romcom Breakfast at ...

The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has said many Nigerians would have killed themselves in recent times if not for the church. Enenche spoke about the church giving people hope through the world of God ...

NDLEA operatives arrested an Italy-bound passenger, Abibu Miminu, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airways flight to Italy via Addis-Ababa for ingesting illicit drugs, at the Lagos airport. While under observation at the Agency’s facility between Saturday 14th ...

Following the killing of 22 Muslim travelers, and subsequent killing of students of the University of Jos, the Abia state Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, Monday, ordered the evacuation of students of Abia origin back to the state. Disclosing this in ...

Bakers in the country have lamented the increasing rates of flour, saying they may double the price of loaves. The President of the Bakers Association of Nigeria, Daud Suleiman, said there was no basis for the continuous increase in the ...

The family of late Rachel Oniga has released the burial arrangements for the veteran actress, which begins with a symposium in her honor. Oniga died of heart-related disease, on Saturday, July 31, and her family had said she battled with ...

Veteran musician Mike Okri has contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. Okri, who recently returned home after so many years abroad, said he caught the virus on Friday, August 20, a day before he was due to travel. He said ...

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta was harassed by supporters of the club outside the Emirates Stadium following their 2-0 defeat to Chelsea, the UK Metro reports. The Gunners are yet to win or score any goal in their first two Premier ...

  Ooni of Ife’s wife, Olori Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi, shared new photo with a glimpse of her son, Prince Tadenikawo Ogunwusi on her Instagram page. Captioning the photo, she wrote; ”Graceful in all sense! ”

There were drama, anger, confusion, and protest at the morgue of the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos State when activists, a lawyer, and family members went to demand the corpse of an allegedly murdered student activist, Nurudeen Alowonle, popularly known as ...

  A 17-year old girl, Aisha Kabiru of Shekar Maidaki Quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her 28-year old neighbour, Bahijja Abubakar to death. Police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who paraded ...

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has said that over 500 deaths have been recorded in isolation centres across the state. Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Health, Lagos State, ‘Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, made this known in a press statement on Sunday, ...