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  The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said the security challenges the state is facing at the moment is as a result of population increase in the state. The governor said this on Monday at the inauguration of ...

  A final year student of the Akwa Ibom State University, Ekpo Iniobong, has decided to sue the institution over his suspension and subsequent expulsion for allegedly criticising the state governor, Emmanuel Udom, in a Facebook post. The 500-level student ...

Islamic cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has said that the only way out of the bandit menace is for the government to negotiate with bandits as it is impossible to effectively guard schools. Gumi, speaking with The Punch on efforts to ...

  Lanre Gentry, the estranged husband to Mercy Aigbe, has unveiled plans to tie the knot with his new lover in a few months. This is coming few hours after after Gentry and Mercy fought dirty on social media over ...

  The Chairman of Gurara Local Government Council of Niger State, Hon. Yusuf Waili Gawu has been suspended by councillors for three months following allegations of financial impropriety and embezzlement.   The suspension takes effect from Monday, June 21, 2021, ...

  A yet-to-be-identified man was shot dead at the Water bus stop, along the University of Ibadan-Ojoo Road today June 21 shortly after he had made withdrawals from one of the Automated Teller Machines ATM in the area.   According ...

  James Michael Tyler, the American actor best known for playing coffee shop worker Gunther on Friends, has revealed that he has prostate cancer.   Tyler was diagnosed back in 2018 but had kept his diagnosis private until a new interview ...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has released an Islamic singer, Ahmad Abdul, taking into custody after releasing a blasphemous song.   DailyTrust reports that Abdul was picked by the security agents for releasing the uncensored song titled ‘Barhama ...

  Following the backlash reality TV star, Nina, received after she revealed she had undergone cosmetic surgery, her husband has come out to publicly show her support.   See what he wrote below…  

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, was in Jigawa state on Monday June 21, to commission an Integrated Agro-ALlied farm in Birnin Kudu local government area of Jigawa state.   During the visit, the Minister inspected what has ...

The police in Imo State have arrested a man, Kingsley Ehiedu, and his wife for allegedly stealing two siblings from Enugu State. Also arrested was a medical doctor, Innocent Onwudike, of Unity Hospital, Awomama, in the Oru East Local Government ...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said efforts are on to arrest the suspected killers of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. Odumosu also said Ataga’s account had ...

Ex-royal bodyguard Ken Wharfe has claimed Prince Harry was ‘forced out’ of the Royal Family after he moved to the USA with wife Meghan Markle. The former royal protection officer worked for 36-year-old Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, from 1987 to ...

Award-winning actress, Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited a refugee camp in Burkina Faso sheltering thousands of Malians who had fled jihadist violence in the region. Jolie visited the camp at Goudebou, in the northeast of the landlocked West African country, ...

Private jet owners risk having their airplanes impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service if they fail to verify their documents before July 6, 2021 when a month grace period would have expired. The Public Relations Officer of NCS, Joseph Attah, ...

Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka alias Baba Ijesha is to be arraigned at an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday over allegations of sexual assault of a minor. Baba Ijesha who has been in custody since his arrest on April 22, ...

Nollywood Actress, Osas Ighodaro and her ex-husband, actor, Gbenro Ajibade’s daughter, Azariah is 5 today. Her proud parents took to their respective Instagram pages to celebrate their princess on her special day. Sharing lovely photos of her, Osas wrote; ”HAPPIEST ...

The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has reduced the life ban placed on former Nigerian coach, Samson Siasia by FIFA to five years. CAS delivered its long-awaited appeal verdict on Monday. The court also dismissed the fine of CHF ...

The family of the 18-year-old #EndSARS protester Kemisola Ogunniyi who gave birth in prison in Ondo state have pleaded that the naming ceremony of the newborn baby should not be allowed to take place in the prison. Their lawyer, Tope ...

  Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe has continued to fight dirty with her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry, over the father’s day post. The exchange of words started after Mercy Aigbe celebrated herself on father’s Day without acknowledging the role of a ...

  The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government has spent over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the most populous black nation. Sadiya Farouq said President Buhari has since ...

  Tech entrepreneur, Jason Njoku has reacted after a group of Nigerians of mostly Igbo extraction saved his app Iroko TV from bad reviews from aggrieved Northerners. The Northern youths had stormed his app on Playstore with the bid to ...

  Prof Ifeolu Adewumi, a former President of the National Union of Voluntary Paramilitary Organisation, Man O’ War, in higher institutions of Nigeria, has opened up on his tribalistic encounter with President Muhammadu Buhari in 1981. He made the revelation ...

Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said that couple intending to get married would have to do drug test. Speaking on Saturday at the yearly Ogidi-Ela Day cultural celebration in Ijumu Local ...

A mentally derailed man identified as Mr Denen has kept many in shock in the city of Makurdi, the Benue State capital as residents continue to troop to him at the JS Tarka Foundation where he offers medical services to ...