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Manchester City were handed the English Premier League trophy on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium after demolishing Everton 5-0 to crown a successful campaign. Segio Aguero, playing his last league match for City grabbed a brace to also crown a ...

  Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the death of Super Sand Eagles coach Audu Adamu in the early hours of Sunday. According to a statement from the governing body, Adamu died in his hometown in Kogi State on Saturday after ...

PDP Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) on Saturday expressed concern over the move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the party’s finances. The forum in a statement by its Director-General, Mr CID Maduabum, in Abuja, said that the ...

As the burial of General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, and 10 others who died in a plane crash got underway in Abuja, many governors converged on Kano for the wedding of one the sons of Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General ...

Dancer and choreographer, Kafayat Shafau-Ameh, popularly known as Kaffy, has revealed that social media platform, Facebook, was instrumental in helping her reunite with her long-lost sister after 22 years. Kaffy, alongside comedienne, Taaooma; Ghanaian photographer, Enoch Boateng; and Ghanaian fashion ...

A veteran actor, Akin Lewis, has encouraged filmmakers in the country to make movies that address contemporary societal ills. Lewis who spoke at the private screening of a social impact movie, The New Patriots, noted that such films sensitised people ...

Nigeria-born photographer Chi Modu, who captured iconic images of some of the greatest figures in U.S. hip hop in the 1990s, has died. He was aged 54. Modu’s death was announced on Saturday afternoon via his Instagram page. Our hearts ...

The Ondo State capital, Akure, was on Saturday agog as hundreds of Yoruba Nation agitators, under the aegis of Ilana Omo Oodua, trooped to the town from neighboring South-West states for a rally. The agitators, who were led by activist ...

Mercy Aigbe’s daughter studying in Canada has shared hot new photos of herself to her followers on Instagram. Just as many complemented her looks, her mom Mercy was fast to jump in the comments section to  follow her fans to ...

Weight loss seems to be very easy for Timaya. He gains it one minute, and the next minute he looses it. Oh if only most women know this secret, lol. Not only did he loose weight, papi also showed off ...

Embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has said Adeshina Ogunlana, a former Chairman of Ikeja Branch of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is not his counsel. In a copy of the disclaimer, made available to the News ...

An attempt by some public secondary school students in Ede, Osun state, to mob a man, Wasiu Olasunkanmi, 30, for allegedly picking dried human faeces was foiled by police in the town. It was gathered that the suspected ritualist was ...

Again, agitators for the independence of the Yoruba nation stormed Akure, the Ondo State Capital, on Saturday. The protesters gathered at Isinkan Roundabout, Akure, calling for self-determination. They brandished posters that read, “Support Orile Ede Yoruba”. One of the agitators, ...

Weeks after they jointly debunked claim of their marriage crashing, actress Nuella Njubigbo has removed her filmmaker husband, Tchidi Chikere’s name from her Instagram bio. It was also noticed that they’ve unfollowed each other on Instagram. However weeks after they ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari was conspicuously missing at the burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru, on Saturday. Attahiru died in a plane crash close to the Kaduna Airport on Friday. 10 other officers were also ...

Actress, Adediwura Adesegha, aka Adediwura BlarkGold, has said she stuck with her dark skin and did not opt for skin lightening because she did not want to lose her self-esteem and dignity. She told Saturday Beats, “I stayed true to ...

The United Kingdom through the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing condoled with Nigeria over the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru. The COAS died in a helicopter crash on Friday alongside 10 others in Kaduna. “Profoundly ...

  Atletico Madrid performed a dramatic second half comeback to beat Real Valladolid 2-1 and secure their first La Liga title since 2014. Diego Simeone’s side came into the game knowing victory would be enough to get them over the ...

Abidemi Rufai, charged in over N312 billion unemployment fraud in the United States, will not be released on bail after the FBI uncovered vagrant irregularities in the surety he presented before the court, court documents seen by Peoples Gazette said. ...

  Kelechi Iheanacho has won the Leicester City Goal of the Season award for his wonder strike against Crystal Palace in April. The 24-year-old scored the match-winning goal in the encounter after Timothy Castagne had cancelled out Wilfried Zaha’s opener. The ...

Top Nollywood dancer, actor, production manager and theatrical guru, Abiodun Aleja is dead. The Nation learnt Aleja took ill and was admitted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital(LASUTH) where he breathed his last. Close family sources disclosed he breathed ...

Lagos socialite, Kayode Badru who was burnt to death at a Celestial Church shortly after returning back to Nigeria has been buried. He was buried yesterday at his residence in new Oko-Oba lagos. May his soul rest in peace.  

An Ohio mother is facing an abuse and neglect complaint for allegedly fabricating her daughter’s terminal illness to “obtain funding for trips, housing, and other expenses of the last several years,” according to a complaint filed with the Stark County ...

The Nigerian government says there will be no increase in the pump price of petrol in the country in June. The government said this in a statement signed by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, on Friday. In ...

The burial of the Chief of Army Staff, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and six other senior military officers who died in the Beachcraft 350 aircraft that crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday will hold today, Saturday May ...