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  A recent study has shown that over 740,000 global cancer cases in 2020 were caused by alcohol consumption. The study titled, “Global burden of cancer in 2020 attributable to alcohol consumption: a population-based study”, was published in The Lancet ...

Fans of heavily-tattooed artiste, King of Madness, has attacked police on social media for arrested and parading the artist as a suspect. The artiste, who was among 1,320 suspects paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Wednesday, ...

Kizz Daniel has bought two houses for his twin babies. The singer revealed he actually welcomed a set of triplet – all boys, but sadly lost one 4 days after. He however says, he promised the one he lost to ...

The Nigerian military on Wednesday released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram insurgents, who had been in military custody at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The former terrorists were handed over to the Borno State Government in a secret ceremony ...

Dino Melaye, a Nigerian politician, has bagged his seventh master’s degree. Melaye, a member of the 8th Nigerian National Assem bly, was awarded M.sc. in political analysis from the University of Abuja. According to the picture posted by Melaye on ...

  The Treasurer of the Caretaker Committee of the Lagos State chapter, All Progressives Congress (APC), Sumbo Ajose died in the United States. The late Treasurer had gone to the US for treatment but died on Tuesday at the age ...

The Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr) Sikiru Adetona, has cancelled the 2021 edition of the annual Ojude Oba Festival. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Coordinator of the Festival and Baagbimo of Ijebu, Chief ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been transferred to a hospital in Sao Paulo for tests on a potentially obstructed intestine, his office said on Wednesday, after the far-right leader endured a 10-day bout of chronic hiccups. The 66-year-old had been ...

Nigeria’s Richest Woman, Folorunso Alakija has hailed the Almighty God has she turns 70 today, July 15th. The Billionaire who was rated Nigeria’s richest woman in 2020 By Forbes and second most powerful woman after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, took to her ...

  Friends and associates have given Obi Cubana 246 cows for his mum’s funeral. The socialite lost his mom in December, 2020. However as he prepares to bury his mother in Anambra this weekend, his friends and associates have sent ...

The death toll in South Africa has risen to 72 as violence continues across the country following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. Crowds looting and setting alight shopping centres clashed with police in several cities on Tuesday. A ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has warned against trips that characterise the period as Muslim faithful prepare to mark the 2021 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations next week. NCDC Head of Risk Communications Division, Dr Yahya Disu, handed down the warning ...

Kourtney Kardashian is engaged to boyfriend Travis Barker after he proposed in Las Vegas over the weekend, friends of the star exclusively told The Sun. The Blink-182 drummer got down on one knee to ask his girlfriend of seven months ...

At least 19 people have died and dozens are missing, according to regional officials, after heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of Germany, damaging homes and disrupting transport. Police in the western city of Koblenz said in a Twitter ...

Justice Peter Kekemeke of the FCT High Court, Nyanya, on Wednesday sentenced a 29- year-old Pastor Stephen Kalu to life imprisonment for raping a 17- year-old girl. The convict, a preacher at Adoration Ministry, Karshi, Abuja, was arraigned before the ...

The Senate on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has established a centre for artificial intelligence and robotics to deploy the use of robots and artificial intelligence in combating crime and criminality in Nigeria. The revelation ...

Despite the existence of the National Identity Number, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Wednesday launched his state’s replica of the scheme. He called it Abia State Social Identity Number (ASSIN). He was the first to enroll in the scheme, ...

  Another tragedy struck in the Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State on Tuesday as three members of the same family died of suspected food poisoning. It was gathered on Wednesday that the victims were from one of ...

The Lagos State Government has said anyone found culpable in the death of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on July 3, will be made to face ...

A kidnap victim has taken to social media to narrate how she was allegedly abducted and sexually abused by some gunmen during her travel to Rivers State. The woman, with the Twitter handle @Blessedcindy0, claimed that she was kidnapped along ...

Nigerian actresses in diaspora, Cynthia Erivo and Uzo Aduba, have been nominated for the Prinetime 2021 Emmy Awards. The nomination for this year’s award was announced by father and daughter actors, Ron and Jasmine Cephas Jones on Tuesday, Variety reported. Erivo, ...

  Unknown gunmen have killed Philip Udala, Chairman of Udala Football Club in Anambra State. The billionaire was murdered when his convoy was ambushed at Eke-Agu Market junction in Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area. The attackers initially hit a police ...

A young man who identified himself as King of Madness has been arrested and paraded by the Lagos State Police Command. Speaking to The Punch during the parade, the young man stated that landing at the police command is something he finds ...

A twitter user, Ashley Appleseed [on twitter] has called out Air Peace for questioning the name difference between she and her child. She said the airline questioned why her child bears a different name from her, a thing she says ...

The enforcement team of the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LASWARCO) has shutdown 30 water factories across the state for various infractions. These infractions range from unhygienic production environment, failure to comply with regulatory provisions as well as operating without ...