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The ownership of Wembley Stadium, England, may soon be transferred to billionaire Shahid Khan for the sum of £500m. Khan made a formal offer to the Football Association on Thursday and it was discussed by the FA board for the first time at the meeting. Wembley stadium, which is … Read...

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Osun has released the timetable for the conduct of the state’s September 22 governorship election. Presenting the timetable to newsmen on Thursday in Osogbo, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, the newly appointed Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner said...

The lawmaker representing Lagos Central in the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday asked her colleagues in the red chamber not to link President Muhammadu Buhari to the ongoing ordeals of another member, Senator Dino Melaye in the hands of the Police. The lawmaker, who is...

A security consultant, Captain Aliyu Umar (Retired), has blamed the recent killings in Benue State on an alleged conspiracy by bandits. Umar stated this on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily where he decried the continued bloodshed. He said, “A conspiracy of silence …...

An attack on morning Mass at a Catholic church in central Nigeria yesterday left 2 priests and at least 16 parishioners dead, adding to the hundreds killed by herders in the region so far this year. Police suspect Fulani herdsmen were responsible for the shooting rampage at Saint … Read...

Lagos State Government has warned against the indiscriminate dumping of waste (fly tipping) during the rainy season. Speaking recently at a press briefing to enlighten the public on the changes to the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), the Special Adviser to the Governor, Engineer Adebola Shabi...

Nollywood actress Funke Etti is a year older today. The Yoruba actress took to her new IG page to share a photo of herself celebrating her day and we can not help but notice the huge effort put into making it on blogs. Rocking nothing underneath a white … Read more via Nollyzone News –...

Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, has left some of her fans speechless with one of her photos which revealed one of her major tattoos. Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar who successfully recovered from an deadly sickness months ago, Is gradually bouncing back on the internet space, and she’s...

Nollywood Curvy actress Moyo Lawal has put her booty on display in new photos shared on her IG page. The actress also noted that her booty in the photo is infact not how it looks in real life as they appear to be flat there. Can you tell … Read More via Nollyzone News –...

The Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State has restrained the West Agro Input Dealers Association (WAIDA) from forcing Artisans, Peasants and Traders Association of Nigeria (APTAN) or any other persons to join them against their will. It also ordered WAIDA to pay a sum of N200,000 for …...

Lagos State Government on Thursday said it attracted investment proposals worth $43billion in the last three years in its drive to boost economic prosperity of the state. The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Overseas Affairs and Investment, Professor Ademola Abass made the disclosure...

The Senate has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to refund N216 billion paid by the commission as subsidy in 2017. The lawmakers unanimously agreed that the money be repaid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, saying its expenditure is illegal. This position was part …...

Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, has listed six players in the squad that will help the senior national team succeed in their passing game during the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 31-year-old said the likes of Victor Moses, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi, Ogenyi … Read...

The Federal Government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu from further selling off his properties. FG in a counter affidavit in response to Ekweremadu’s motion on notice told the court that he … Read more via Channels Television...

People of the Delta central senatorial district being represented by suspended senator, Ovie Omo-Agege have stormed the National Assembly to protest against the 90 legislative days suspension slammed on him by the Senate. They expressed readiness to continue their protests as long as the...

A former minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has reacted to the viral video purportedly showing her as embroiled in a fight with someone who looked like the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun aboard a flight. The footage, showing someone with a striking resemblance with the former …...

National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has challenged the military to stop the seeming unending Benue killings with the same zeal they “danced” around in the South-south and South-east regions recently. He reminded the military in the words of the former US...

A group, the Unified Nigerian Youth Forum, UNYF, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to take proactive measures towards bringing an end to the incessant killings and destruction of property in Benue State and other parts of the country. The forum enjoined Buhari to, in the alternative...

A Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 36-year-old guard, Usman Mohammed, over alleged homosexual act with an underage boy. Mohammed who resides in Tsingalawa Area of Gada Local Government Area is facing a one-count charge of unnatural offence. The Prosecutor, Nasiru Auta, had...

Doyin Okupe, a former aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan has absolved herdsmen of any wrong doing in the gruesome and countless killings going on in some parts of the country. Okupe, in a Facebook post declared that the terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria … Read more...