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A family of five the Olalekan Baloguns of European Quarters, Meiran area of Lagos, has been rendered homeless after their landlord allegedly seized their belongings and locked them out of their room and parlour apartment since Thursday, March 25, 2021. ...

MTN customers in Nigeria now have alternative electronic payment platforms to recharge their phones as the mobile network operator on Saturday announced that customers can recharge airtime through payment solutions platforms such as Flutterwave, Jumia Pay, OPay, Kuda, Carbon and ...

Joe Okei Odumakin, the wife of the national publicity secretary for the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin has publicly announced the death of her husband and says a part of her is gone.   Recall Comrade Odumakin passed on ...

In a new post on social media, award-winning producer and musician, Don Jazzy, has opened up about his marriage and divorce.   In the post on Instagram, Don Jazzy explains that he was married at the age of 20 and ...

West Brom have defeated Chelsea 5-2 in what is the first victory of the Baggies in Stamford Bridge. The defeat broke the unbeaten run of Manager Thomas Tuchel who took over from club legend Frank Lampard. It was broke the ...

Ndinne Igbo, an all women socio-cultural organization, has threatened its members would march naked across Igboland to protest killings by herdsmen in the region. The group condemned the recent herdsmen attack in Enugu and Ebonyi states by herders. It stated ...

Nigerian veteran actress, singer, and philanthropist, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, in an emotional recollection has revealed how losing her father at the age of 12 broke her in ways that probably still affect her. Speaking on her relationship with her father ...

Shoprite workers at Ring Road branch, Ibadan, on Friday, embarked on another round of protest, shutting down the company indefinitely. The workers, under the aegis of National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees (NUSDE), vowed that the company would remain ...

Commercial banks have disconnected MTN customers from banking channels including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and banking apps. MTN customers complained on Friday about being unable to recharge their MTN lines using USSD and other banking channels like the bank ...

A Boko Haram faction has released footage showing the downing of a Nigerian fighter aircraft. HumAngle reports that the video showed fighters carrying Rocket Propelled Grenade, artillery equipment, the corpse of the pilot and the aircraft’s debris. The website shared ...

The Lagos State Safety Commission on Thursday disclosed that it has shut 430 event centres and night clubs across the State for violating Covid-19 protocols. Director-General (DG) of the commission, Lanre Mojola disclosed this at a news conference in Alausa, ...

Traders at the Bodija market in Ibadan on Thursday protested the seizure of rice worth millions of naira by the Nigeria Customs Service. Hundreds of traders took to the streets to protest against what they called the Customs’ invasion of ...

Global rights body Amnesty International on Thursday said the United States “could have taken more time to evaluate” all available evidence before publishing its controversial report that appeared to downplay the role of Nigeria’s brutal military in using lethal force ...

Wizkid’s first babymama, Shola Ogudu has said she usually finds herself unconsciously praying for Davido’s Chioma.   She made the revelation on her twitter page yesterday evening saying it’s weird, but she loves her. She also used the opportunity to ...

Iyabo Ojo’s daughter, Priscilla Ojo is about to be married. She made the announcement on her instagram page while announcing her engagement. Though she didn’t reveal her man, she showed off her ring writing; “Finally getting married to my best ...

Former Chairman of Daar Communications PLC, Raymond Dokpesi, has been discharged and acquitted of corruption allegations. Dokpesi, his company, DAAR Investment and Holdings Ltd, were arraigned on a seven-count charge bordering on alleged procurement fraud and breach of public trust. ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria said it has directed two PayTv platforms – GoTv and Startimes – to migrate their signals from self-carrying to any of the two licensed FreeTv signal distributors.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji ...

  Singer Olatunji Oladotun Alade, popularly known as Dotman, has welcomed a baby boy with his girlfriend. He shared the good news on his Instagram page.   “Welcome Home Boy #Alhamdulillah” he wrote  

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that the biggest threat to the peace and stability of Nigeria is the “plan by some hardliners in the Federal government to kill or arrest” Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho.   Igboho has been pushing for ...

  A jailed paedophile teacher who targeted teenage boys choked to death on his prison breakfast, an inquest heard.   John McKno, 74, was jailed in 2016 after abusing five pupils at boarding schools in Suffolk, Devon, and Worcestershire in ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has sent a strong warning to the newly inaugurated Amotekun operatives in Ogun State, asking them not to engage in brutality or harassment of innocent people. The playwright did not mince words when he said ...

The missing Alpha jet of the Nigerian Air Force has been found. It was found to have crashed at Abba-Jille in Konduga LGA of Borno State. The location of the crash is approx 30Kms outskirt from the city of Maiduguri. PR Nigeria ...

Almost three weeks after Nigerian doctorate student, Najeebat Sule was shot dead in Philadelphia, United States, the police remain clueless about the gunman. No arrest has been made as the gunman remains at large. Najeebat, a runner-up in Miss Nigeria ...

  General Overseer Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) International Apostle Johnson Suleman has said he will not be taking the COVID19 vaccine.   In a viral video, the clergyman said the vaccine is not good and that it is not healthy. ...

  A female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, who falsely accused a food vendor of using human corpse to cook, has apologized. The student identified as Mide took to Twitter days ago to accuse a food vendor of using water ...