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There was tension in Asaba, Delta State, on Thursday, following the killing of a yet-to-be-identified man by the police at the DLA Road, Asaba. Punch Metro gathered that some men, suspected to be Internet fraudsters, aka Yahoo boys, had driven ...

Paris police on Thursday arrested American singer Lil Baby for allegedly “carrying drugs”, police sources said. NBA star James Harden, in the French capital with the rapper for Fashion Week, was also stopped and searched but released, the sources said. ...

A 25 year-old final year student, Giwa Nurudeen, of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) was sentenced to three years imprisonment , after being found guilty of internet scam. He was arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and ...

There was heightened anxiety on Thursday, in Effurun, near Warri, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, when a fuel tanker ran into dozens of students of Army Day Secondary School, killing many in the process. Army Day Secondary School ...

Rudeboy is in a celebratory mood today, as his set of twin — Nadia and Nathan Okoye turned 4 today. Paul and Anita Okoye welcomed their twins on July 8, 2017 precisely. To celebrate them, their superstar dad took to ...

The lying-in-state ceremony held today at his church in Ikotun, Lagos. More photos below..    

Russia has recorded 24,818 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total of infections to 5,707,452 the federal response centre said on Thursday. “Over the past day, 24,818 Covid-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including ...

Plateau state has recorded 953 cases of Cholera, 14 deaths, 910 discharged cases, while 29 patients are receiving treatment in various health facilities across the state. Commissioner for Health, Dr Nimkong Lar disclosed the figures at a press briefing at ...

Airline operators in the country must refund the full cost of travel tickets to passengers after a two-hour delay, the Federal Government has said. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this known on Thursday at the weekly State House Briefing ...

The predicament of a set of twin sisters in the Likoko community in the English-speaking region of Cameroon has been revealed by a Facebook user, Ayisha Toginia. Toginia, who encountered the pregnant teenagers when they visited the Solidarity Hospital in ...

Bobrisky has finally shown off his post-surgery body. Recall the crossdresser revealed months ago that he will be working on his body and promised to show it off when he heals. He has now showed off his new look clad ...

The Police Service Commission, PSC, on Thursday rejected the promotion of Ibrahim Magu, a former Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The commission said Magu would not be promoted until he is cleared at the office of ...

Sporadic gunshots have been fired at the Imo State House of Assembly Complex Although details of the gunfire are still sketchy, there are insinuations that it could be over the suspension of former House leader, Uche Ogbuagu and five other ...

The founder of One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj ji, has said he is actually the spiritual father of Sunday Igboho, the popular Yoruba activist. The spiritual leader said the reports making the rounds that Igboho was arrested at his ...

A petition calling for the ban of the consumption of dog meat in Nigeria have garnered thousands of signatures online. Titled “Stop Nigeria’s Barbaric Dog Meat Industry,” the petition seeks a ban and shutdown of the dog meat trade industry ...

Malik Marshal the only child between Bisola Badmus and the fuji lord recently celebrates his 9th birthday and we are loving the photos. So cute!        

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has engaged some commercial banks as agents to freeze and recover N1.8 trillion from accounts of Messrs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) And MultiChoice Africa (MCA), owners of DSTV. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, FIRS Director, Communications ...

The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has denied receiving N50million from the Federal Government in order to make the arrest of Sunday Igboho possible. The monarch stated this as Yoruba Nation agitators staged a protest on Wednesday in Ibadan, ...

A 20-year old Kano student, Danladi Shu’aib, has reportedly set himself ablaze after he failed to get enough money to pay for his senior secondary school certificate examination (SSCE). Shu’aib, a resident of Garo town of Kabo LGA of the ...

Taribo West, a former Nigeria International player has fired the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick for advising Super Eagles players on international clubs they could join. Recall Amaju had addressed dominantly home-based players before their Saturday’s ...

Nollywood actor, Gideon Okeke and his wife, Chidera have welcomed their second child. The actor made the announcement on social media. He also revealed the name of their new born to be — Kaobi Okeke. He was welcomed yesterday, July ...

The body of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, has arrived the church for Lying-in-state service. His casket arrived today after the first lap of the service was held at the Prayer ...

Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, says that as part of the country’s efforts to combat insecurity, members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) should be allowed to undergo military training. The governor who was a guest on Channels TV’s ...

  Over 4million people around the world have died of Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In total, three countries account for more than a third of all global deaths. The United States, which has the highest number ...

Actress Abiola Adebayo has taken a trip down memory lane after her convocation from UNILAG. She revealed that she went from being a street hawker to a secondary school dropout before finally acquiring her university degree. Sharing a photo of ...