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Lami Dimka, Gowon’s Elder, Sister Is Dead
Mrs Maryamu Lami Dimka, elder sister to General Yakubu Gowon, former Military Head of State, is dead. Dimka, who was wife to the Late Commissioner of Police, Mr SK Dimka, died on Wednesday. She is…
Ex-IGP Balogun’s death creates vacuum, Osun community mourns
The chairman, Ila-Orangun Community Development Council in Osun State, an umbrella body for all indigenes of the town, Chief Oye Oke, on Friday said it would be hard to fill the vacuum the death of…
Barcelona issue ultimatum to Frenkie de Jong over exit
FC Barcelona have issued an ultimatum to Frenkie de Jong over his potential exit from the club. The Dutchman joined the Catalans in 2019 as part of a €75mn ($77mn) transfer from Ajax but has found…
Malaysian citizenship ruling on babies born abroad overturned
Malaysia’s Court of Appeal on Friday overturned a landmark ruling that had enabled mothers with foreign spouses to automatically pass on their nationality to children born overseas. A Malaysian woman…
Muhammadu Buhari mourns deceased ex-IGP Tafa Balogun
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed condolences to the Nigeria Police Force as well as family, friends and associates of former Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun, over his death. In…
China Sanctions Nancy Pelosi Over Taiwan Visit
China’s foreign ministry announced sanctions against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday following her visit to Taiwan this week which prompted outrage from Beijing. The ministry said Ms Pelosi was “seriously interfering in China’s…
Cultist Shoots Self While Loading Gun In Ogun
A Suspected Cultist, Jinai Sunday, has shot himself in the arm while…
Soldiers Beat Policeman To Death In Lagos
Soldiers from Ojo Military Cantonment on Wednesday beat a policeman identified as Inspector Monday Orube to death in Lagos over right of way. The soldiers, who were said to be over thirty in number,…
MTN Nigeria Begins Home Broadband Services
In its bid to accelerate broadband penetration in alignment with the Federal Government’s plan to achieve over 70% broadband penetration by 2025, MTN Nigeria Communications PLC., has announced the…
Customs Seizes N1.4b Tramadol In Lagos
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, intercepted N1.4billion worth of the banned drugs concealed with kitchen utensils at the Apapa Port, Lagos. This is coming less than a week after the…
Elon Musk making up excuses to breach buyout deal, says Twitter
Twitter on Thursday said the notion Elon Musk was “hoodwinked” into inking a $44 billion buyout deal defies reason and the facts. In a filing, Twitter rejected counterclaims made by Musk as he…
Taiwo Awoniyi obtains degree in business management
Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has further achieved a milestone in his fledgling career after rounding off a first degree programme at the Buckinghamshire New University in the United Kingdom. The…
Lagos 2023: Court dismisses suit seeking to disqualify APC candidate
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on yesterday dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ikorodu West in the Lagos House of Assembly, Mr. Abiodun…
Nigeria in deeper crisis than it was in 2015 – Sanusi
Muhammadu Sanusi II, former Emir of Kano, says Nigeria is in a bigger mess than it was in 2015. According to THISDAY, Sanusi spoke on Thursday at the Akinjide Adeosun Foundation (AAF), leadership…
Medical feat! Lagos hospital performs successful open-heart surgery on 13-day-old baby
*Complicated procedure lasted 19 hours Baby was born with fatal congenital abnormality of the heart Lagos-based Tristate Hospital, Lekki, has successfully carried out complicated open…
After Ukraine, US fishes for new war in Taiwanese waters
IN Nigeria, there are people who traditionally rejoice at the prospect of war. They are uncomfortable when there are no wars or new territories to conquer, plunder or destabilise. The United…
FG to generate N160bn from call, data taxes
The Federal Government will generate about N160.46bn from excise duty on telecommunication services in 2023. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, the combined revenue of operators in the…
Tinubu congratulates BUA boss at 62
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the founder and chairman of the BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, as he turned 62. Tinubu, in a…
Ne-Yo’s wife files for divorce, heaps fresh allegations
Crystal Renay, estranged wife of…
How brave Police Inspector shot 2 gunmen dead in his Imo residence
Yet to be identified gunmen who invaded the home of a Police Inspector name (withheld) in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo in the early hours of Thursday met the unexpected: Two of them…
House prices in UK fall first time since 2021
House prices in Britain fell the first time in more than a year in July in monthly terms and the market is likely to weaken further as interest rates go up and the cost-of-living squeeze tightens,…
Hope for Griner as Russia signals readiness to swap prisoners with U.S.
Russia said on Friday that it is ready to discuss prisoner swaps with Washington through an existing diplomatic channel, a day after basketball star Brittney Griner was handed a nine-year prison sentence…
Presidential aspirant drags kola Abiola, PRP to court over primaries
A presidential aspirant who vied for the…
Civil Servant To Refund 11 Years Salaries Over False Employment
A senior staff of the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), Vom, Plateau State, Muhammed Nasiru, has been ordered by a state high court sitting in Jos to refund the salaries he received for…