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  Sam Allardyce said he will step down as West Bromwich Albion manager at the end of the season after Wednesday’s 3-1 home defeat by West Ham United in the Premier League. Allardyce took charge in December after Slaven Bilic ...

  BBNaija star, Erica Nlewedim, has added another feather to her cap as she announced that she is set to launch a reality television show to showcase her lifestyle to her fans. The elated actress took to her Instagram account ...

A bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined in the country was on Wednesday May 19 considered by the Nigerian senate. The bill titled Terrorism Prevention ...

  A former Jigawa Chief Judge Aminu Sabo Ringim has died in a lone accident in Shafar village, Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Mr Adamu Shehu, the Public Relations Officer, Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil ...

Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly devastated after the death of one of the two puppies that she was given shortly before her husband Prince Philip died. “The Queen is absolutely devastated,” The Sun tabloid quoted a Windsor Castle source as ...

Obvious inter-agency rivalry between the police and the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission played out in the early hours of Tuesday during a sting operation by the anti-graft agency to arrest some suspected Internet fraudsters in Osogbo, ...

President Emmanuel Macron of France has pledged to support Nigeria combat insecurity bedeviling the Lake Chad basin area and the entire stretch of the Sahel region. Macron spoke at a bilateral meeting between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting ...

  Kemi Ayorinde, a baby mama to Nigerian singer Opeyemi Rahim popularly known as Lyta has called him out on social media. The mother of one dragged Lyta online while writing a letter to her future husband. According to her, ...

  A Senior Special Assistant to the Ogun State Governor, Abidemi Rufai, faces up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of wire fraud. According to the United States Department of Justice, wire fraud is punishable by up ...

Manchester City have announced that owner Sheikh Mansour will pay for the flight and transfer costs for supporters on the official club trip to the Champions League final. City are set to fly out to Portugal to meet Chelsea on ...

  Jason Derulo has welcomed his first child with girlfriend Jena Frumes. The 31-year-old singer became a dad earlier this month after the model gave birth to their son Jason King Derulo, and the new mum admitted her life has ...

Former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed has opened up on why he visited the headquarter of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Abuja. The former governor said he was not arrested or grilled over alleged N9 billion ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has asked the Senate to approve another N2.3trillion ($6.18bn) external loan. This is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary on Tuesday. Buhari said the ...

An elderly woman thought to be dead woke up moments before being cremated. Shakuntala Gaikwad tested positive for Covid-19 at the beginning of May and isolated at her home in Baramati in Mudhale, India. When the 78-year-old started to develop ...

The Chairman, House Committee on Lands, Representing Ikeja II Constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adedamola Kasunmu, has recently revealed the plans of the Lagos state house to pass a bill, recognising a special holiday for the ...

Adesina Ogunlana, lawyer to embattled actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has narrated how the thespian was granted bail by a magistrate on Monday despite the ongoing strike by judiciary workers. Baba Ijesha is being detained by the ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday gave Janssen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine the nod for conditional emergency use for Nigerians from 18 years Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this ...

The Senate, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Ministry of Education, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the implementation of its policy making the National Identification Number (NIN) a mandatory requirement for ...

A 16-year-old final year student of Miracle Senior High School at Barkoniaba in the Sunyani municipality of the Bono Region, Ghana has allegedly committed suicide. Leticia Kyere Pinaman is alleged to have been found hanging at the school’s dining hall ...

  From supermodel to super mom! Naomi Campbell announced on Tuesday, May 18, that she welcomed her first child. “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother,” the actress, 50, captioned an Instagram photo of her hand ...

Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sacked all nurses below Level 14, who abandoned their duty posts to participate in the strike spearheaded by the Nigeria Labour Congress. He also threatened to sack lecturers of the Kaduna State University (KASU), who ...

  Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has dissolved the State Executive Council and sacked all the commissioners and political appointees. Former Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu made this known today. Aniagwu said the decision was taken after Tuesday’s state executive ...

Once again, Grammy award-winning artiste, Burna Boy, has sparked a debate on the Nigerian Twitter space over a tweet in which he claimed that he does not make money from Nigeria. The singer made the statement while responding to various ...

The Lagos State police command has said it’s unaware of the reported bail granted to embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha. Recall that the lawyer of the ace comedian had on Monday evening announced that ...

  The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has announced the suspension of receiving and processing of all fresh passport applications nationwide until June 1. Babandede, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, said that a new passport ...