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The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Saturday visited wounded soldiers receiving treatment at the 44 Army Reference Hospital Kaduna. The visit was part of activities marking the second anniversary of the 9th Assembly. Lawan, who pledged adequate funding for ...

The Osun Police Command has arrested one Kabiru Oyedun, a suspected ritualist, for being in possession of body parts of a yet-to-be-identified lady, killed for money rituals. Oyeduntan, 39, who was paraded on Friday revealed that he assisted his friend, ...

Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday morning fired tear gas canisters at the protesters gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos, venue of the June 12 Democracy Day protest.   The protesters were demanding an end ...

Youths under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society (CSOs), Osun State in their scores on Saturday morning converged at the popular Oke-Fai roundabout for democracy day, June 12 rally amid heavy security in the state capital. The youths started ...

Wife of of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has commended Mr. Abel and Mrs. Marian Ugiagbe, the couple whose marriage ceremony was disrupted by the absence of the Registrar at the Ministry of Interior, Federal Marriage Registry, in Benin ...

Several markets in Lagos, including the popular Computer Village were shut on Saturday following threats of protest and violence in the state. Sunday Igboho, acclaimed Yoruba activist, had declared June 12 a day of protest and told people in the ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state today joined other protesters in Ibadan, the state capital for the June 12 protest. Makinde shocked protesters when he drove himself to the venue with little security to address them. Clad in a brown ...

The family of late Chief MKO Abiola, on Saturday, said the Federal Government has not fulfilled promises made to the family. A representative of the family of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election disclosed this in ...

  Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is stable in hospital after collapsing during his country’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland in Copenhagen. The Inter star went down during the opening half of the Group B match and required extensive medical attention ...

Roma manager, Jose Mourinho, has joked that he wants Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Italy, so he can have peace. Mourinho will be coaching in Serie A next season, following his sack at Tottenham Hotspur in April. He will replace Paulo ...

  Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey is celebrating with Nigerians today, as the country celebrates Democracy Day — a day that has turned into protests in most states of the country. At exactly 12am (Nigerian time), Jack tweeted a photo of ...

  A mother has been detained for suspected murder in Russia after dangling her daughter, three, over a balcony as punishment for crying – then dropping her, say law enforcement. The child, named Anastasia, was heard on a video pleading ...

Regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease in people who are genetically vulnerable, say scientists. The team at the University of Sheffield said nobody should stop exercising as a result of their study. But they hope ...

‘ Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at the senior pastor of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie, over some cryptic comment he made over the death of Prophet T.B Joshua. You could recall, Okotie and Joshua ...

After several months of lamenting that rapper, Zlatan Ibile has blocked her on Instagram DJ Cuppy still has not figured out why the former blocked her.   This comes after a fan engaged her in a Question and Answer session ...

The management of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria in Kaduna State on Thursday announced the indefinite suspension of academic activities following the attack on the institution by suspected bandits. Mallam Mahmud Kwarbai, Information and Protocol Officer of the Institution made this ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named the Premier League PFA Fans’ Player of the Year. This is despite Liverpool’s patchy campaign in the just concluded season. The Egyptian forward managed to bag an impressive 22 goals in 37 league ...

An average man whose identity cannot be ascertained, a native of Amaigbo in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State has committed suicide by hanging himself after he was caught having canal knowledge of his daughter. A source narrated to ...

Nollywood actor, Baba Suwe has revealed that he is currently unwell at the moment and unable to walk, no thanks to the experience he said was meted out to him by the personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. ...

From the age of 10, Elisane Silva started to notice she was much taller than her classmates, and even her family. At that stage she was already 5ft 9 but she kept growing, and now the 26-year-old stands at 6ft ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning to launch its own digital currency by the of 2021, Rakiya Mohammed, the bank’s IT specialist said on Thursday in Lagos. Ms Mohammed’s disclosure follows the conclusion of the Bankers Committee meeting. ...

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has broken his silence on suspension of micro blogging and social network platform Twitter by the Federal Government. He said Nigeria and Twitter need each other. He called for amicable resolution of the feud with Twitter. ...

A 34-year-old Nigerian man recently separated from his wife has attacked her parents’ home in Douglasville, Georgia, United States, killing her and his mother-in-law before taking his own life. Udoamaka Nwamu, of East Point, Fulton County, took a handgun to ...

The corpse of a baby girl, suspected to be a day old, has been recovered in a well at Tsalle Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, was confirmed in a statement ...

The President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster, as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement issued in ...