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Nigerian veteran singer, Charly Boy has taken to social media to express concern, following a picture of former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi sitting and allegedly waiting to catch his flight at a departure lounge in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In the picture which has now gone viral on the micro blogging platform, […]

The Presidency has slammed the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for condemning plans by the Federal Government to buy new aircraft for President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Obi in a statement released on Monday, June 17, described the move as insensitive given the fact that many Nigerians were dealing with economic hardship

Supporters of Gov Sim Fubara have destroyed a statue of Nyesom Wike at the headquarters of Obino/Akpor Local Government Council.  A video making the rounds shows the supporters uprooting the stature from where it was erected in the local government council. The state witnessed serious tension this morning following the expiration of the tenure of

The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) has confirmed the arrest of an alleged Nigerian drug dealer who attacked one of its officers during an operation in Randburg, north of South Africa’s biggest city. JMPD said its officers were following a lead on the Nigerian suspect on Sunday afternoon, June 16,  and when they arrived at

On Sunday, June 16, the presidency insisted that the N250,000 minimum wage clamour by organised labour was unsustainable. The federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disclosed this and warned that it could not channel all its resources to meet such a demand. The warning comes two days after the Association of Local Governments

Mecca, Saudi Arabia—The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has halted pilgrims from heading to the Jamarat Bridge for the stone-throwing ritual between 11am and 4pm due to extreme heat. Abdulfattah bin Sulaiman, the Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, announced this directive in a statement on Monday in Mina, Makkah. Abdulfattah stated that the

THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged Igbo living in Lagos State to reject a purported letter written by some stakeholders calling for dialogue between Igbo and Yoruba residents.  Spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement, claimed that the dialogue was only meant to lure the Igbo traders in the state from

Church officials are investigating after a statue of the Virgin Mary apparently started crying blood.  The bizarre incident has sparked chaos in Mexico, where the statue shows Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of five visions of her said to have been revealed to a peasant called Juan Diego and his uncle Juan Bernardino

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for a two-day visit starting Tuesday, both countries announced, amid international concerns about their military cooperation. Putin is expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks as they deepen their alignment in the face of confrontations with Washington. It will be Putin’s first trip

A Nigerian lawyer, Stella, has said that anal s3x is a criminal offence in Nigeria. “ANAL ṢÉX is a CRỊMÉ in Nigeria. It’s PUNISHABLE up to 14 YEARS IMPRISONMENT. Anybody that has sex against the order of Nature is guilty of a felony. See SECTION 214 of the CRIMINAL Code. This is called unnatural offences.

In a series of Multinational Joint Task Force ( MNJTF) operations targeting terrorist activities, the troops of Operation Lake Sanity 2, under the Task Force Wulgo, have successfully rescued 34 women and children from the clutches of Boko Haram terrorists and neutralized one terrorist during clearance operations conducted in the Mazuri, Itsari, Mudu, and Maleri

A recent graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) was beaten, raped, and killed by unknown assailants who abandoned her corpse on the road. Adekolure Idowu Glory had completed her program in UNIBEN and visited the school to process her clearance. On her way home on Thursday, June 13, 2024, the 22-year-old was attacked by

Goodnews Fakae, a gym instructor in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has been declared missing. According to Human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, Goodnews was the gym instructor for suspected organ harvester, Andrew Ochekwo. He said Goodnews has been missing since March 2024. He said her family members abandoned their attempts to locate her after they couldn’t

The little girl who went viral years ago for saying ‘dem go flog, flog, flog, dem go tire’ after being sent home for school fees is all grown now.  Success Adegor who became a viral sensation in 2019 after the video was shared, is seen expressing heartfelt wishes for a birthday celebrant in the newly

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo paid a visit to first lady Oluremi Tinubu today June 17 to celebrate the Sallah holiday.  The Special Assistant to the First lady on Media and Publicity, Busola Kukoyi, shared the photo on social media with the caption; ‘’Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the