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Veteran Nollywood actor and artistic Director, Tony Aleg popularly known as Green Onions, has died. According to reports, the actor who has been ill for sometime, died yesterday April 13th. His friends have taken to social media to mourn him. May his soul rest in peace, Amen. Click here to...

Katung Aduwak, winner of the first season of “Big Brother Naija,” has welcomed a baby boy. Click here to read more

Uriel recently had a photo session with her mum, Blessing Ngozi Margaret Oputa, who suffers from dementia. The photos and videos from the shoot will warm your heart for days. See more below Click here to read more

Jordan Ayew boosted Swansea’s fight for Premier League survival with a precious equaliser in a 1-1 draw against Everton. Ayew, back from a three-match ban, struck his 11th goal of the season after 71 minutes just when Everton appeared on course for a smash-and-grab win at the Liberty Stadium...

The all-new Lexus LS flagship sedan, launched in Australia today, delivers premium levels of powertrain smoothness, spaciousness, handling, ride comfort, safety, craftsmanship and attention to detail. The fifth-generation LS is based on a new rear-drive platform and features a bold design with...

Plastic gloves and face masks lay scattered in the rubble of a Syrian research lab destroyed by Western strikes on Saturday, where an official denied the centre was developing chemical weapons. US, British and French strikes slammed into a series of targets around Damascus that the Western...

When President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in the United Kingdom in preparation for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, Archbishop Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Cantetbury and the presiding Bishop of the Church of England, who dutifully sat at his bedside when he was critically ill last...

Following the shortage of operational base for many Navy personnel, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe-Ete Ibas, has appealed to the federal government for a special presidential intervention for the rehabilitation of Navy barracks across the country. Click here to read more

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi , has boasted that the All Progressives Congress(APC) will deploy all the governmental advantages it has to wrest power in Ekiti from the Peoples Democratic Party come July 2018 He also threatened that once the PDP was roundly defeated...

The solidarity rally was in support of Oluwo, Oba Abdul Rasheed Adewale Akanbi as the Emir of Yoruba land and Sheikh Yahkub Abdul Baaqi Muhammad, the first Wazeer of Yorubas. Click here to read more

Campaigning began Saturday for Iraqi parliamentary elections with some candidates embroiled in controversy after aides pulled down pictures of fighters killed in combat with jihadists and replaced them with their own posters. Around 7,000 candidates have registered to stand in the May 12 poll...

The inaugural edition of Big Brother Nigeria reality show hit the TV screens 12 years ago. It was aired on DSTV channel 37 from March 5 to June 4, 2006. As the first reality show from this popular Big Brother franchise solely dedicated to the Nigerian market, it was fresh and exciting...

Russia’s perpetually late World Cup stadium in Samara had some good news to report exactly two months before kickoff: it is finally getting its grass. Twelve gleaming white lorries filled with rolls of the precious pitch arrived Saturday in the Volga River city from Germany. Click here to...

According to Michelle Dede, she was on her way home from a night vigil when she encountered the Police officers who wanted to search her handbag, specifically her wallet. Click here to read more

Barely 30 days to the conduct of party primaries ahead of the July 14 Ekiti governorship election, the number of interested persons in becoming the next state governor has risen, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Click here to read more

Sevilla overcame a red card, missed penalty and 2-0 deficit against Villarreal on Saturday to seal a valuable point in the race for Europa League qualification. Wissam Ben Yedder was booked twice, each time for dissent, eight minutes after coming on as a second-haf substitute, with Sevilla...

Imo State born philanthropist, Engr. Ndubuisi Emenike, the founder of the Ndubuisi Emenike Foundation on Wednesday the 11th April 2018 dressed as a wretched man and hit a popular market known as World Bank Market in Owerri the capital city of Imo State. Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA –...

On April 14, 2014, Saraya Amos and 56 of her classmates staged a daring escape from Boko Haram jihadists who raided their secondary school in Chibok, northeast Nigeria. Click here to read more

The casualty figure from the attack on Jandeikyula Village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State on Wednesday by suspected Fulani militia has risen to 32. This follows the discovery of additional seven corpses by residents of the village in nearby bushes besides the initial 25...

British had no alternative but to take military action to degrade Syria’s chemical weapons capability, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday after ordering air-launched cruise missile strikes along with the U. S. and France. Click here to read more