Metro

Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp will introduce voice and video calling feature to the messaging app’s desktop version next year, Reuters quoted a company spokesperson as saying. The move to facilitate calls over large screens would…

Otunba Joseph Ogunfuwa turned 80 on October 5, 2020. Known as disciplinarian, Ogunfuwa speaks to DAUD OLATUNJI in his Sagamu residence about his life’s journey and marriage How would you describe your childhood? I grew…

Nigerian artistes Wizkid and Tems have made former US President Barack Obama’s list of ‘Favourite Music of 2020’. In listing his favourite songs for this year, Obama is…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 10-year-old girl for allegedly committing murder at Owode Community in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.  The suspect, whose parents hail from Sokoto State,…

Nicholas Ogunji, a 17-year-old student, who emerged the one-day governor of Abia state, has freed some inmates of Afaraukwu correctional centre. Okezie Ikpeazu, the state governor, who broke the news in a Twitter thread…

A 10-year-old girl, Suliya Abubakar, said she threw her stepbrother, Usman Abubakar, aged 20 months, inside a well because her stepmother maltreats her. Abubakar said this while she was being paraded…

Former Senate President of Nigeria, Bukola Saraki, and his wife Toyin were among the prominent personalities and family members who attended the wake and service of…

A 27-year old Indian hemp farmer, Owalum Benedict Ochin, has been remanded to prison custody by Akure Magistrate’s Court for beheading his friend and roommate identified as…

At her prime as the head honcho of the defunct financial powerhouse, Oceanic Bank, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru commanded immense respect from all and  sundry. She was a socialite of high…

THE phrase ravishing beauty aptly describes elegant Aziza Dangote, popularly known as Nina. She can make a full-blooded man drool over her God-given beauty. She was regarded to be a look-alike of popular…

An event promoter in Germany won his appeal against Tina Turner on Thursday, in a row over an image used in a poster to advertise the veteran pop…

Rufus Adepoju, the Diocesan Bishop of theChurch of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) of Ekiti West has been suspended for allegedly sleeping with wife of another priest. His suspension was made known in a letter dated December 11, 2020 and…

Olawale Busari, a father of four, told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday to dissolve his 23-year-old marriage to his estranged wife, Sekinat. He alleged that Sekinat had been…

Popular hip-hop artist, Naira Marley has confessed his love for a number of female celebrities, such as Tiwa, Tacha and Kim Oprah. The music star confessed his crush on…

“I’m in cuffs in Uganda right now with Tems,” Nigerian singer Omah Lay cried out via his Twitter handle on Monday afternoon. This came after Omah Lay and Tems were…

Seun Obasanjo, a son to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has tied the knot with Deola Shonubi, his sweetheart, in a spectacular ceremony that united family members, friends and close political associates. The couple’s…

A  sex worker will receive a six-figure payout after filing a sexual harassment case against a business owner. The sum is part of a settlement to compensate the woman for “emotional harm and lost…

More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern department of Borgou during the 2019-2020 school year, the Beninese news agency (ABP) reported from Cotonou. “Altogether, 547 out of 36,487…

The Senate Chief Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that the Founder and President of LoveWorld Incorporated, also known as Christ…

A Ugandan househelp has been sentenced for feeding her boss’s baby with her urine. Vicky Abiria was sentenced to four years imprisonment by Kira division court on Friday,…

The Academic Board of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, has accused the rector of the of the institution, Dr John Adekolawole of allegedly installing a king size bed in his office, turning it into his bedroom. The board…

Bishop David Oyedepo, President of the Living Faith Church Worldwide has warned that people should stop accusing pastors of stealing money, to avoid God’s wrath. The cleric said this…

Producer of Nigeria’s first lesbian movie Ife Pamela Adie says one can lose one’s job, get disowned by family, or be killed for being a lesbian in Nigeria. The movie directed by Uyai Ikpe-Etim…

A 39-year-old fisherman has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for interfering in the just-ended elections at the Sene West constituency in the Bono East region. Christain Nukpeta who a resident of Tato Bator is…