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President Trump has decided to remove national security adviser H.R. McMaster from his job in what may be part of a potential larger move to change staff. The Washington Post reports that President Trump is actively discussing potential replacements and preparing to deliver yet another jolt to...

WNBA player Brittney Griner went live on social media with her girlfriend and she didn't wear a bra or top in the video. The player is seen cozying up to her girlfriend in the live video broadcast on the night of Wednesday, March 14. The video left people shocked, especially because Brittney...

Timothy Samuel, a school teacher has been arrested by officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the Gwagwalada area of Abuja for impersonating his sibling, Samson Samuel, in the ongoing 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The school teacher was reportedly caught at...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Friday called on Muslims to look out for the new moon of Rajab 1439AH. The monarch made the call on Friday in Sokoto in a statement signed by Sambo Junaidu, the Wazirin Sokoto and Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the...

Mother of Big Brother Naija 2018 housemate, Alex, Ebere Asogwa, has urged Nigerians to vote for her daughter. Mrs Asogwa appealed to Nigerians to overlook her daughter’s shortcomings and vote for her. In an Instagram post, Mrs Asogwa said Alex inherited crying from her, adding that the...

No fewer than 800 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). NAN reports that Mr Iyiola Oyedepo, the Chairman of PDP in the state, received the defectors in Ilorin on Friday during the visit of executive...

Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mike Okiro has said the Commission was now in charge of the recruitment of about six thousand constables into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Okiro made the disclosure in an interview with Daily Trust on Thursday READ MORE HERE

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has ruled that the recall process initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recall Senator Dino Melaye from the Nigerian Senate has to be restarted after it was initially paused when the Senator filed an appeal against a Federal...

The quarterfinal draws for the 2018 Europa League has been revealed. See the draw below

A vengeful ex-boyfriend shared his ex-girlfriend's nude photos online to prove he once dated her. Ntwana shared a decent photo of the lady known as Snenhlahla Dube and captioned it: "I must say my gf is hot". READ MORE HERE

Some people suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists, yesterday, blocked a bus plying Igboho-Igbeti Road and reportedly abducted eight passengers from the bus. According to a source, the armed men were said to have emerged from a bush at Old Oyo National Park, blocked the bus, ordered the...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly treating killer herdsmen with kid gloves. Soyinka, while speaking at the Ripples Nigeria Dialogue in Lagos, on Thursday, charged the president to declare herdsmen terrorists. “We expect the president to...

GoFundMe has lifted all restrictions on Omoyele Sowore’s ‘Take Back Nigeria Movement’ fundraising appeal, roughly 24 hours after suspending the campaign for undisclosed reasons. The account was restored after its creator, Mr. Sowore, escalated a complaint to executives of the fundraising...

A UN expert committee has announced that four countries could soon “graduate” from the ranks of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable nations. The four countries are: Bhutan, Kiribati, Sao Tome and Principe and the Solomon Islands, according to Jose Ocampo, chair of the Committee for...

Muslims have criticised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for allowing part of its examination clash with the Friday Jummat prayer. In the timetable for 2018 May/June Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), candidates will write Chemistry paper from 2pm to 5pm on...

The quarterfinal draws for the 2018 UEFA Champions League has been revealed. See the draw below

The Kogi State Government has spoken on killings in some communities within the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen. A statement on Friday by Kingsley Fanwo, Governor Bello’s spokesman, recalled that the attack was carried out on Ogane-Nigu and nearby communities in the Eastern Senatorial Zone...

Charles Okah, the brother of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), who was given a life sentence for terrorism, has been secretly moved from Kuje Prisons, Abuja, to one of the prison facilities in Borno State, THISDAY has learnt. Worried about his seeming...

Aliyu Muhammad Sani Kaugama, a young candidate from Jigawa State has so far emerged the best candidate in the ongoing 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Kaugama, who finished his secondary school education from the Academy for the Gifted and Talented Bamaina School in...

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has declared that Lille of France goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, will not be part of his squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The Franco-German said it was practically impossible to consider Enyeama for the tournament. READ MORE HERE