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PDP Chairman, Uche Secondus: ousted by Rivers High Court

Politics, Top Stories

Rivers High court ousts Secondus as PDP chairman

The order was made today by by Justice O. Gbasah following a suit filed against Secondus and the PDP by…
Cultists kill 150 people in Edo, as Obaseki vows action against cultism

News, Top Stories

COVID-19: No vaccination, no church, bank attendance – Obaseki

Residents of Edo State without evidence of COVID-19 vaccination, will no longer be allowed access to public and private places,…
Yusuf Adebayo Grillo veteran artist who died at 86

Art, Top Stories

Veteran artist Yusuf Grillo died of COVID-19, son reveals

The younger Grillo revealed this to the Society of Nigerian Artists, which issued a tribute in Grillo's honour.
Nigerian scammer Amuda defrauds Chinese woman N2m, jailed

Metro

Nigerian scammer Amuda defrauds Chinese woman N2m, jailed

A Nigerian scammer Yusuf Adekunle Amuda,25, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for defrauding a Chinese woman N2 million…
Liquorose win head oof house

News

BBNaija: Liquorose wins Head of House game

As the new HOH, Liquorose is safe from possible evictions.
Troops

Metro

Four Boko Haram terrorists shot dead in gun-duel with soldiers 

 The Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), has shot four Boko Haram terrorists dead in a gun-duel along the fringes of…
Sanwo-Olu

News

Lagos resumes COVID-19 vaccination Wednesday

Lagos State Government will resume vaccination against COVID-19 on Wednesday, Aug. 25, with the administration of the Moderna vaccine.
Lagos pays N2bn Insurance Premium to workers

Business

Lagos pays N2bn Insurance Premium to workers

The Lagos State Government on Monday says it has paid N2 billion Insurance premium to its employees in the last…
Atiku Abubakar deletes posts on Deborah’s killing after fanatics threatened his 2023 ambition

News

Atiku mourns death of Aguiyi-Ironsi, Okpara’s widows

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has commiserated with the families of Late Head of State, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi…
Oyetola, Aregbesola’s loyalists express mixed feelings

Politics

Osun APC civil war escalates

At least seven former aides of Aregbesola were arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate Court on Monday.

Sports

Buhari hails exploit of Nigeria’s U20 athletes

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday congratulated Nigerian athletes on their outstanding achievements at the just concluded World Athletics U20 Championships…
Spiritualist Sugum induces Bakura to steal employer's N2.9m

Metro

Spiritualist Sugum induces Bakura to steal employer’s N2.9m

Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a self-acclaimed spiritualist, Mallam…
Mike Brown: coach of D'Tigers

Sports

FIBA Afrobasket: D’Tigers will be ready for Mali, says Brown

Although Brown admitted that the competition’s schedule just immediately after the Summer Olympics is challenging for players and the coaching…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu has said Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is currently incapacitated and receiving treatment abroad. Akeredolu is understand to be suffering from leukemia and has been off duty for over a month to attend to his health.  But Adamu at a meeting between the national leadership of the party and APC state chairmen, said the governor is incapacitated. “We regret to announce the extreme incapacity of the Governor of Ondo state who we understand has been hospitalised overseas. We wish and pray for him for a speedy recovery,” Adamu was quoted as saying by Daily Trust. He also said the list of ministers to serve in the government of President Bola Tinubu was not ready as the president is still consulting wide to get the best team. According to him, Tinubu had just begun "and he is doing his extensive consultation before coming up with his nominees for ministers." He said the nomination of the ministers would come first, adding that "They will go through their screening until they are pronounced after they have been submitted by Mr. President. And Mr President will formally appoint his Ministers and swear them in."

News

Akeredolu promotes over 6,000 workers

The governor also gave the go-ahead for the recruitment of 1,843 new workers into the state civil service.
Godwin Izilein

Football

NFF under fire for shabby treatment of local coaches

Izilein said the perceived double standard had negatively impacted the morale of indigenous coaches.
Imo Police burst kidnapping gang, rescue four victims

Metro

Gun-battle in Imo: Kidnapper gunned down, three others arrested

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have gunned down a suspected kidnapper, arrested three others and rescued four kidnapped…
Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment

News

Ngige hails NICN ruling on doctors’ strike

Ngige reassured the doctors that the ruling will not prevent the Ministries of Health, Finance, Budget Office of the Federation…
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome: Sydney Christ Embassy shut, members, fined for defying lockdown

Headlines, Top Stories

JUST IN: Australian police shut Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy in Sydney

New South Wales Police Minister David Elliott was stunned. "Churches are there to profess the message of hope and love…
IMF boss, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva under attack

Business

IMF allocates $650B SDRs, biggest in history

The SDR allocation will provide additional liquidity to the global economic system supplementing countries’ foreign exchange reserves,’’ IMF Managing Director…
Gunmen abduct BEDC driver in Ondo, demand N10m

Metro

Gunmen abduct 50 people, kill four others in Zamfara

Gunmen have raided Goran Namaye town in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducted 50 people and killed four…
Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, president of NARD: industrial court orders suspension of strike

News, Top Stories

JUST IN: Court orders resident doctors to suspend strike

Targema said his order was informed by the affidavit of extreme urgency, the grounds of the application, the affidavit in…
IGP charge Delta police to go tough on IPOB members

News

Be ruthless with IPOB, your best not good enough: IGP tells Delta police

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, has told officers of the Delta Police Command to go tough on…
Richard Gyamfi: arrested in Ghana for bizarre murder

Top Stories, World News

Ghanaian footballer Gyamfi stores 3 human heads in fridge in shocking murders

The incident in Abesim in the municipality of Sunyami has triggered shockwaves and outrage in the country.
Sanwo-Olu

News, Top Stories

COVID 19: 135 dead, 1,000 from Red-listed countries absconded in Lagos

At least 135 Lagosians have been killed by COVID-19 in Lagos since the third wave of the pandemic began few…
Josephine Baker honoured posthumously in France

World News

U.S. born black woman Baker makes Paris Pantheon

Her induction into the Panthéon recognises her contribution to the performing arts and her courage in actively resisting Nazi Germany…
Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine

World News

Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine gets full approval in U.S.

The vaccine has now been greenlighted to be used for people aged 16 and older.
Pere wins brand new IVM Innoson car

Entertainment

Pere predicts winner of BBNaija show

Big Brother Naija housemate, Pere has predicted that fellow housemate Angel may emerge the winner of the reality TV show.…
Dorathy Bachor: EFCC debunks story

Metro, Top Stories

9 fraud suspects nabbed in Dorathy Bachor’s house: EFCC replies

According to a response by spokesman Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC said Bachor's story was at best a hearsay, as she…
Buhari still grieve for Chibok girls in captivity

News

What Aguiyi-Ironsi’s widow would be remembered for: Buhari mourns

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the demise of Victoria, widow of first Military Head of State, Major General Johnson…
Abia lawmaker Obinna Ichita says Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu's promise of automatic promotion for the state LG workers is deceptive

News

Abia govt moves to evacuate indigenes from UNIJOS

The move followed an alarm raised by the students of the University on Thursday over the continuous attack and killing…
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