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Popular Yoruba Actress, Ogunsakin Oluwatayo Jane Popularly Known as Brown Sugar who has featured in several Yoruba movies is rumored to be in a secret relationship with Abuja comedian, Amb. Wahala. According to a close friend to the actress, the actress got introduced to Amb. Wahala by muyiwa...

Ghanaian actress, Ella Mensah took to her Instagram page to share some pantless photos to celebrate her birthday. The Ghanaian actress who is today celebrating her birthday shares some lovely photos were she is not wearing a pant. The post Actress Ella Mensah Releases Pantless Photos To...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received some young Nigerians, including popular musician, Small Doctor, at the State House in Abuja, the nation’s capital. President Muhammadu Buhari has continued the trend of breaking the daily Ramadan fast with players from different sectors of the...

Nigeria legend Nwankwo Kanu, Confederation of African Football (CAF) and former Ghanaian international, Anthony Baffoe have joined the football loving fans in paying tribute to former Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi, who passed away two years ago, Keshi, who guided Nigeria to 2013 Africa...

Emmanuel Attah, former team coordinator of the Super Eagles has appealed to ever critical footballing loving Nigerians not to use the friendly games to judge the Super Eagles ahead of the world Cup in Russia. The Super Eagles will file out to the pitch to play against … read more via...

The House of Representatives, Thursday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare herdsmen terrorists. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara presiding over the proceedings. The House demanded the declaration after Hon. Benjamin Wayo, lamented that Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State is...

No fewer than four suspected human traffickers and 38 of their suspected victims were reportedly nabbed and rescued respectively by the Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service. The Command’s Comptroller, Mr. Ajisafe Joshua Olusola disclosed this on Wednesday while parading a …...

Residents of Kawo, Kaduna state grieved in fear as cholera outbreak resurfaces. It was gathered that 40 students of Government Girls Secondary School Kawo in Kaduna were hospitalized at General Hospital Kawo following cholera outbreak in the school while 89 students are under watch...

Efforts to intensify policing and security in the communities in Plateau State have received a boost as diverse groups of voluntary security organizations were trained on effective and efficient ways of relaying early warning signs and well as conflict situations to relevant authority for prompt...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has begun a legal action to have the Federal High Court in Abuja to quash the May 9, 2018 resolution of the Senate declaring him “an enemy of democracy and unfit to … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2LxtD8a Get More Nigeria...

The Niger State House of Assembly on Thursday approved Governor Abubakar Bello’s request to access a loan of N3.2 billion from Zenith bank. The House passed the resolution through a voice vote following a letter read in plenary by the Speaker, Ahmed Marafa. According to … Read more via...

The Federal High Court in Enugu will on June 26 rule on applications brought before it on the leadership crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Enugu State chapter. The suit is fallout of the May 19 state congress of the party which produced parallel … Read more via Premium Times...

The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex Okoh, says about N550 billion was realised from the privatisation of some of federal government’s 142 assets that had been privatised or commercialised. He said this on Thursday in Abuja at a news conference on the organisation’s …...

The family of the late legal luminary and legendary human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, said Thursday that the family is pleased and will be accepting the national honour the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has bestowed on their patriarch. Speaking in a telephone...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for honouring the late businessman and politician, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, with a post-humous award of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (GCFR). The party also applauded...

“Security in parts of the Niger delta remains a major concern with persisting incidents of criminality, kidnapping and vandalism as well as onshore and offshore piracy,” said Igo Weli, general manager for external relations at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s local unit. The warning underlines the...