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The Nigerian government has announced a reward of $15,000, $10,000 and $7,500 dollars for gold, silver, and bronze medalists at the Tokyo Olympics. The Director, Federation and Elite Athletes Department (FEAD), Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Simon Ebohdjaiye, ...

Nigeria businesses may have lost N150.46bn ($366.88m) since the Federal Government’s ban on Twitter took effect in the country on June 5. This figure was calculated based on the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool. According to the tool, it costs ...

Puma, the German sportswear manufacturing company, has pulled the plug on the 4-year kits sponsorship contract with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). The contract was signed on July 24, 2019, in Doha by the AFN board under Ibrahim Gusau. ...

Aston Villa playmaker, Jack Grealish, is set to become the most expensive English footballer ever. Manchester City are close to finalizing a £100 million deal for the 25-year-old. It is believed the Premier League champions will seal the deal in ...

A notorious cult leader, Qudus Balogun, was arrested on Wednesday by the Odua People’s Congress (OPC) at Ita-Opo in the Epe area of Lagos. Balogun, popularly known as “Ewe”, has been handed over to the police. The suspect, a member ...

A husband, Abdullahi Mustafa on Wednesday demanded N200,000 from his divorce-seeking spouse, Asma’u Muhammad The 40-year-old made the request after his wife prayed a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, to dissolve their 10-year-old marriage. The union is to be ...

World Athletics Committee and the organizers of the ongoing Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, have been told to conduct a thorough check to ascertain the actually sex of Christine Mboma, a 200m athlete from Namibia. Mboma, 18, has hyperandrogenism, a condition ...

President Buhari has declared zero tolerance to rape, calling on the Inspector General of Police to deal with perpetrators of rape and other gender-based violence in the country. This was disclosed by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, during the launching ...

  Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has signed a new contract which will keep him at Anfield until 2027. The Brazilian becomes the latest Reds star to commit his long-term future to the club, following in the footsteps of Trent Alexander-Arnold and ...

Barack Obama has scaled back plans for a big 60th birthday party this weekend, paring down a guest list of the rich and famous numbering in the hundreds due to the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, a ...

Katsina State Government today confirmed the outbreak of Cholera in some local government areas of the state, assuring that the situation is under control. Dr Shamsuddeen Yahaya, the Executive Secretary, Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), disclosed this ...

There was pandemonium in Idiroko area of Ipokia Local Government of Osun State on Tuesday as Oro worshippers clashed with Muslims in the border town. The clash, Daily Post learnt, followed the alleged imposition of a 24-hour curfew on Idiroko ...

Fans have gifted ex-BBNaija hoysemate, Ozo a house on his birthday.     Ozoemena Chukwu, who turned 29 yesterday, was gifted the house and several other items from his fans, known as the ‘Superions’.  

A suspected kidnapper has been shot dead during a gun battle with the police in Benue State. One victim was also rescued in the incident, which took place in Logo Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesperson for Benue ...

The bodies of five prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who died in a road accident have been returned to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The remains were transported from Abuja in a military aircraft, drawing angry reactions from Nigerians. ...

Nigerian couple entrepreneurs, Gloria Igberaese and Muyiwa Folorunsho, have been declared wanted by the Interpol over their involvement in multi-million dollar investment fraud. The entrepreneurs are said to be the CEOs of Divergent Enterprise operating businesses such as Landlagos, PorkMoney, ...

Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Liquorose, has stated that popular Nigerian rapper, Phyno, gave her a sum of N300,000 for dancing to his song. She said this while talking to other contestants on Wednesday, day 11 of the ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the detained 12 associates of Yoruba nation advocate Sunday Igboho.   Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling a moment ago, granted eight of them, whose bail application was not ...

US singer, Robyn Fenty aka Rihanna, has been declared a billionaire by American business magazine, Forbes. The magazine stated that Rihanna attained the feat due to a cosmetic company, Fenty Beauty, which she launched in 2017. With a worth of ...

DJ Kaywise has showed off his 5th house on his 29th birthday. Kaywise with real names as Ayorinde Kehinde Okiki shared a photo of himself in front of a house as he turns 29 today, August 4 and wrote; “Congratulations ...

A Senegalese student has been detained for fraud after allegedly disguising himself as a woman and sitting his girlfriend’s high school exams, his lawyer told AFP on Tuesday. The girlfriend has also been detained. Both are due in court on ...

Eighteen members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Niger State have been confirmed with COVID-19 positive. Their status was confirmed after the Ministry of Health conducted its compulsory COVID-19 testing on them. Niger Commissioner of Information, Sani ...

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has announced she will retire in the wake of her groundbreaking appearance at the Tokyo Olympics this week. The New Zealander on Monday contested the +87kg category weightlifting, in a debut the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

Yusuf Buhari’s fiance , Zahra Ado Bayero, yesterday, August 3rd had a frozen-themed bridal shower. The Emir of Bichi’s daughter, will be getting married to President Buhari’s son — Yusuf Buhari in a matter of weeks. More photos below…  

Several lightning bolts hit a Bangladesh wedding party within a few seconds Wednesday, killing 16 people and injuring the groom, officials said. The group had just left a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj to take shelter from the ...