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A Nigerian man, Mr Olaseinde has bagged a degree at 66. He bagged the degree from Covenant University. His daughter, Oluwatosin Olaseinde, took to twitter to announce the news. She announced it praising her father and wrote; ”Congratulations to my ...

A passenger on an Airlink flight from Johannesburg to Bulawayo died mid-air on Monday. The unidentified male passenger is thought to have died in the final few minutes of the one-hour flight between South Africa’s commercial capital and Zimbabwe’ second ...

A diesel-laden tanker has exploded at Egbeda, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, early hours of this morning. Balls of fire envelop the atmosphere in the dead of the night as emergency responders battled to put out the fire. The ...

  An undergraduate of the University of Benin, Olive Ize-Iyamu, has been declared missing by her family.   According to her older sister Constant Ebonugwu,  she last spoke with Olive on May 17. ”I spoke to Olive on Monday, 17th of ...

  A pretty young lady identified as Nimco Essa has taken to social media to express her excitement after she became the first woman to graduate in her family.   ‘ According to Essa, with Twitter handle @nimcoessa_, no woman ...

A yet-to-be-identified motorcyclist was allegedly shot dead by a policeman in the Ile-Epo area along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos State, on Monday. Punch Metro gathered that the motorcyclist was arrested for an offence and the policemen were alleged to have ...

A proud father has taken to social media to celebrate his young son who he claimed built a personal computer all by himself. The dad with Twitter handle @ImJustErnest took to the micro-blogging platform to reveal that he is proud ...

‘Empire’ actor Bryshere Gray has pled guilty to felony aggravated assault and will serve 10 days in county jail and 3 years probation. According to multiple sources, the actor has been sentenced to jail in a domestic violence case. Additionally, ...

  The presidency has reacted to the southern governors’ proposed plan to enforce the ban on open grazing in the region, stating that it is of “questionable legality”. In a statement on Monday, Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, said President ...

  French fashion tycoon Bernard Arnault is now the world’s richest person, with an estimated net worth of $186.3 billion—putting him $300 million above Jeff Bezos, who is worth $186 billion, and Elon Musk, worth $147.3 billion. Whereas Bezos built ...

President Buhari yesterday hosted a delegation of Nigerian governors who were in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on a condolence visit to the President. The Governors were at the Villa to condole with Buhari following the death of the Chief ...

A British clothing retailer has come under fire for trademarking the name of the west African Yoruba people several years ago, igniting a debate online about whether trademarking names of ethnic groups amounts to cultural appropriation. Timbuktu, an outdoor clothing ...

The Kaduna State College of Nursing and Midwifery has confirmed the death of one of its students, Lydia Dantata, who was a victim of a fire incident that started at a petrol filling station opposite its Kafanchan campus. About 10 ...

Pandemonium ensued at the Ile-Epo Market on Monday as okada riders were said to have engaged the police a battle following alleged killing of one of their members by a police officer. The entire market was deserted as irate youths ...

A man has been arrested for stealing plantain at Ebedebiri, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa state. The man was caught in the act. When asked why he decided to steal another man’s property, he confessed his girlfriend had asked ...

The Nigerian Stockfish Dealers Association has raised an alarm over the growing challenges faced in the stockfish business in the country. The chairman of the association, Gregory Ilobinso, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos ...

UEFA have revealed the all-new trophy that teams across Europe will battle for in the Europa Conference League. The ECL has been introduced in an attempt to give more teams across Europe the chance to compete for continental silverware, with ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said the continuous attacks on its facilities have now become a national emergency after its offices in Enugu, Imo, and Anambra state came under attacks on Sunday. In an emergency session on ...

A woman who sneaked into a married man’s room and performed oral sex on him as he slept has been convicted. Marie Le-Mar, 38, was handed three years and six months in jail for a string of offences after stripping ...

There is a new warning on social media and it’s from actress Rosy Meurer. Rosy who was recently under fire for daring to make a post about ladies desperately wanting to get married and then spoke about some having loosed ...

A mad woman allegedly caught with three AK-47 rifles placed in a sack bag has been set ablaze by angry mob at Abule-Ado, Trade fair area of Badagry, Lagos State. According to social media reports, the woman is suspected to ...

She has taken part in several sizzling photoshoots over the years. And Kim Kardashian proved she could stun in any style with an edgy new Instagram post on Sunday. The reality star, 40, looked bold while rocking long braids and ...

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has announced the death of the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Arzika Tureta, who died on Sunday night. Tambuwal in a statement, titled, ‘Transition Announcement and Burial’, which he personally signed said, “With submission to ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm over fraudulent recruitment activities by one Jesustofunmi Nifemi Alabi to dupe unsuspecting members of the public. Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Peter Afunanya, said Alabi had created a ...

The National Chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has said the situation of Nigeria is now pathetic as he urged Nigerians to continue praying. Secondus stated this on Sunday in Abuja at a fundraising dinner to build ...