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A security guard at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Abubakar Aliyu, has been arrested with two others, Abubakar Yakubu aka Dogo and Isaa Kabiru aka Wicked, for the alleged kidnapping of two lecturers in the institution. The lecturers ...

Actress, Oloruntimilehin Bukola, popularly known as Kiitan Bukola, has revealed that her rape ordeal at the age of 10 had a long-term effect on her sexual life. “I cannot remember what age I started taking alcohol but I started drinking ...

Adesina Ogunlana, one of the lawyers representing embattled actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has said he volunteered to represent the actor in his s£xual molestation case because he felt pity for him. He also stated that he ...

A former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has mourned the death of COAS, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru and others who died in a plane crash yesterday. Atiku says it’s a dark day for the nation and a rude shock across ...

Popular Ghanaian singer, Shatta Wale has taken a swipe at Nigerian artist, Davido after he recently revealed he got himself a Rolls Royce. Davido had taken to his Instagram account to announce that he just gifted himself his first Rolls ...

The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru is dead. He was killed in a plane crash in Kaduna. Mr Attahiru was appointed chief of army staff on January 26, succeeding Tukur Buratai. He was 54. Mr Attahiru was killed ...

American singer, Lady Gaga has revealed that she was raped by a music producer when she was 19-years-old. The singer, who made this known during an interview in Oprah Winfrey’s “The Me You Can’t See on Apple TV”, described the ...

  The lifeless body of Alphonsus Bello, a reverend father, was found this morning, May 21, on a farmland behind the Catechetical Training School, Malumfashi in Katsina State. The training school is part of Sokoto diocese under Bishop Matthew Kukah. ...

Prince Harry has told Oprah Winfrey that his wife Meghan Markle was only prevented from killing herself by concern over him ‘losing another woman in my life’. In his new docuseries, The Me You Can’t See, Harry opens up about ...

Kim Kardashian revealed in the promo for next week’s episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians that her son Saint West had tested positive for coronavirus. In the clip, it sees the reality star, 40, talking to an unknown person ...

Residents of Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, have been thrown into panic as unknown armed men stormed the area, shooting sporadically. It was gathered traders and motorists in the area took to their heels with their wares to avoid ...

The United States has made it clear that the $7million bounty placed on Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram sect, will not be given to the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). The US made this known ...

  The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to direct the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to halt with immediate effect, the proposed increase in electricity tariff scheduled to take effect from June 2021. Adopting a motion sponsored ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday it had concluded arrangements to resume Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on June 28. Its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the commission’s meeting in Abuja with the Resident Electoral Commissioners ...

She’s no stranger to showcasing her incredible figure on social media. And Kylie Jenner may have pulled off one of her raciest looks yet as she flaunted her figure in a white corseted swimsuit for a new magazine photoshoot. The ...

Naomi Campbell was pictured looking slim in New York just three weeks before announcing the arrival of her first child at 50. In newly unearthed snaps, the runway star showcased her model frame in a blue and white tracksuit amid ...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission has said Nigerians will have to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity of their phones to it from July. The regulatory body said this in the commission’s Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. ...

Adesina Ogunlana, lawyer to Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha has disclosed that the actor has not been released from detention despite being granted bail. Baba Ijesha, who was accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl, has ...

Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing has thrown shades at her colleagues after singer Davido showed off his newly acquired Rolls Royce Cullinan on social media. Davido splashed millions of naira on the luxurious whip as a gift for himself. Reacting to ...

The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has criticised the shoot-at-sight order by the Inspector General of Police, describing it as reckless and undemocratic. The organisation in a statement by its acting leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday said the order endangers the ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said state governors do not run the affairs of the corporation, stressing that negotiation to determine a new pump price of petrol was still ongoing between the organised labour and the Federal Government. ...

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade, who became the latest governor to defect from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said he took the step to re-classify his state. He told visiting APC ...

A 10-member bi-partite committee was yesterday mandated to resolve the dispute between the Kaduna State Government and organised Labour. The panel was raised at a meeting convened by Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Chris Ngige, who waded in the industrial ...

Dozens of Air Peace passengers on Thursday night, slept inside the Arrival Hall at the MM1 wing of the Lagos airport, Nigeria’s busiest. The P4 7125 flight from Abuja initially scheduled for 9:00p.m., eventually took off at 11:00pm and landed ...

A gas explosion has also rocked the sprawling Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, with two persons feared dead and tens of others panic-stricken. This is coming about 48 hours after a similar gas explosion occurred in former ...