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A joke? Shehu presents award to Melaye, calls for social media control

Ousted Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye was the toast of a media event on Sunday in Abuja as he bagged…

2020 Golden Globe Nominations: The Complete List

The nominations for the upcoming 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced live on Monday morning with just under one…

Buhari orders Accountant General publish daily treasury statement

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) to publish a Daily Treasury Statement that will…
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Man bags two-year jail term for stealing boxers

A Magistrate Court in Isolo, Lagos has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Tobechukwu Anyanwu, to two years imprisonment for stealing 34…
Chief Gani Adams, the Aare-Onakakanfo of Yorubaland says the gap left by late Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo would be difficult to fill.

Nigeria back in the Abacha era, says Gani Adams

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, said Nigeria is drifting as a democratic nation and the rule…

Ganduje buries hatchet, appoints Emir Sanusi as chairman

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has laid to rest speculations that he will strip Emir of Kano Muhammadu…

Lagos begins disinfection, decontamination of live bird markets

Lagos State Government says it has commenced the state–wide disinfection and decontamination of 17 major live bird markets across the…
2023 presidential election was not perfect - Femi Adesina

People are not bothered about Sowore’s re-arrest – SA to the President says

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said that millions of Nigerians are not bothered about the…
Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) says Igbo can get presidency in 2023 if IPOB joins efforts to explore political option for Nnamdi Kanu’s release.

Igbo presidency will save Nigeria’s threatened democracy – VON DG

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has called on APC,…

Sowore: DSS approached me with ‘death warrant deal’- Falana says

Femi Falana, counsel to Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, on Monday, alleged that the Nigerian government offered the activist…

Funke Akindele loses dad

Nollywood megastar, Funke Akindele has just announced the death of her father, a retired school principal on her social media…

Don’t be full time housewives – NGO tells women

Mrs. Rachael Adewumi, the founder of TAKEM Empowerment Initiatives (TEIs) advised women against remaining full-time housewives.

12 die as overloaded Lagos-bound container truck crashes in Mokwa

Twelve persons died in an accident on Sunday as a truck container carrying over 103 people somersaulted at Sawmill village…

Refugees demand justice at Myanmar World Court case

Rohingya Muslims demanded Myanmar to be held to account at the United Nations’ top court in The Hague, where Myanmar…
Samsung launches new smartphones in 55 countries

South Korea jails Samsung executives over destroyed evidence

A South Korean court, on Monday, jailed three executives of Samsung Electronics for their role in a plot that included burying…
Police dock Lagos man Timothy Chukwudi for falsely describing one Chika Eze and Sunday Akpoyibo as ritualists on WhatsApp platforms.

WhatsApp to stop working on older phones, millions to be affected

If you are using an older phone and you are wired on WhatsApp, you need a phone upgrade urgently. WhatsApp…

Why we sealed pharmacies and patent medicine stores – LASG

Lagos State Government announced that it has sealed 24 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in various parts of the state for…

Sanna Marin becomes world’s youngest Prime Minister

34-year-old Sanna Marin has become Finland's youngest Prime Minister ever after winning Sunday's election.

Steve Harvey’s joke at Miss Universe 2019 stirs controversy

Comedian Steve Harvey made a joke about cartels while speaking to Miss Colombia Gabriela Tafur Náder onstage at the 2019…

Wole Soyinka Centre steps down Integrity Award for Osinbajo

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has postponed the presentation of an Integrity Award to the Vice President…

Killer of Nigerian businessman turns hero of London Bridge terror attack

Former prisoner John Anthony Crilly, who robbed Nigerian businessman Augustine Maduemezia in his Manchester home in 2005 has turned out…

Babcock VC lists achievements, shuns misguided campaign

The Vice-Chancellor of Babcock University, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has said the university would remain focused in spite of misguided campaigns…

Photos: Zozibini Tunzi beats 89 women to Miss Universe 2019

Zozibini Tunzi has been crowned Miss Universe 2019 after beating eighty-nine women to the coveted title.

Embattled AFN boss clears air on corruption allegations

Ibrahim Shehu-Gusau, embattled President, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has said that the federation will work diligently to unravel all…

Adnan, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria bags award

Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Adnan Bostaji says his country will continue to offer humanitarian assistance to Nigeria especially in…

Volcano eruption: Tourists missing, injured in New Zealand

Almost 1,000 tourists were stuck in the New Zealand tourist town of Franz Josef on Monday after torrential rains closed…

US defence firms dominate $420b global arms sale

Defence firms in the United States accounted for more than half of the $240 billion global sales of military equipment…

Hair straighteners linked with breast cancer

Scientists working to pin down all the risk factors associated with breast cancer have linked chemical hair straighteners, which permanently…

US newspaper supports Trump impeachment

The Los Angeles Times, one of the largest newspapers in the US has come out in favour of the impeachment…
El-Zakzaky and wife Zeenah: File N4 billion suit against DSS, AGF

Iran says in contact with Buhari over El-Zakzaky

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Iranian Vice President for Economic Affairs Mohammad Nahavandian recently met in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on…