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CELEB guests from Oprah Winfrey to Idris Elba this morning arrived for the Royal Wedding - as Prince Harry was whisked out of his hotel with an entourage. Among the early arrivals were Princess Diana's brother Earl Spencer, Prince Harry's…

The Christian Association of Nigeria has warned that there may be religious war in Nigeria should Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi Christian girl still being held by Boko Haram, die in captivity. The Special Assistant (Media and Communications)…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, on Friday, said the army panel set up to investigate the violence and killings in Taraba State found out that the Nigeria-Cameroon common borders in the state were porous. Buratai, at a…

Don Dee as he is fondly known in the Somolu area of Lagos, is quite an intelligent young man. A graduate from the Olabisi Onabanjo Univeristy, Ogun State, the 34-year-old, who refused to disclose his real name when our correspondent met…

The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Oyegun, of collaborating with the National Organising Secretary of the party, Sen. Osita Izunaso, to cause problem…

The federal government on Wednesday approved the transfer of about $650 million (about N198.9 billion) to the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) as initial funding for the take -off of the Presidential Infrastructure…

The father-in-law of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Christopher Abebe, was on Friday buried in his hometown, Iruekpen, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo.The late Mr Abebe, who died on March 22 at the age of 99, was the…

Liberty Television journalist, Aminu Nurudeen, who is suspected to have posted the viral video of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, while he struggled to read a speech at a public event in Kano, has gone into hiding.…

News coming from the Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) indicated that Mr. Tunde Balogun has been anointed to take over from Chief Henry Dele Ajomale as the new Chairman of the party in the state.…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced plans to divert traffic ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) state convention. A section of Acme Road in Ikeja will be closed, the body has announced,…

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Sea Petroleum Oil & Gas Ltd. and other assets belonging to Sen. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi over an unpaid debt of about N20 billion. AMCON said the takeover followed…

Two bottles of rare 60-year-old Macallan whisky fetched a total of more than $2 million under the hammer on Friday in Hong Kong, Bonhams said, with both sales shattering the previous world auction record for the spirit. One bottle,…

According to online sources, a Nigerian man reportedly killed his girlfriend shortly after they had sex in Ivory Coast. It was gathered that the Nigerian man who tried to escape before he was arrested, used a knife to…

Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), joined President Muhammadu Buhari to observe prayers at the Aso Rock mosque, Abuja, on Friday. According to NAN, the IGP walked up to the president after the prayer session, and while…

The suspected killers paraded by the Kwara State Police Command in Ilorin last week have named the Senate President, Mr. Bukola Saraki and Kwara State governor, Mr. Abdulfattah Ahmed, as two of the men who ordered them to kill many…

The Federal Government has faulted claims by the Lagos State Government that a Federal High Court had shut down the Ikoyi marriage registry, insisting that the report was false.The Ministry of Interior said that the court, presided over…

Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State has said that the educational reform, which took place in Kaduna, will also be carried out in other northern states after the 2019 elections.It would be recalled that the Kaduna State Government…

Security has been beefed up around the All Progressives Congress secretariat in Lagos, ahead of the chapter’s state congress on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who was at the ACME Road, Ikeja, secretariat of the…

Lightning struck 10 women in Mbombo village in Laikipia west of Kenya on Thursday. The Ol Moran Deputy County Commissioner, Dan Mwangi, confirmed the women sustained body injuries after being struck around 5pm on Thursday.…

The world’s second richest man, Bill Gates, has revealed how he had to explain the difference between Human Papillomavirus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus to the U.S. President Donald Trump on two separate occasions. Gates made this…

Robbers armed with assault rifles and explosives blew up two armoured cash-carrying vans in Johannesburg on Thursday morning in a brazen daylight incident. In dramatic cellphone footage of the incident recorded by a motorist, the…

Many cartons of tramadol estimated at about 4000 kilogrammes have been intercepted by the Murtala Muhammed Airport command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport, Garba Ahmadu, who unveiled…

Last month, a leaked telephone conversation between Richard Akindele, a professor in the department of management and accounting at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, and Monica Osagie, a postgraduate student surfaced on the…

Though not generally accepted, the issue of gay/homosexuality is quite rampant in Nigeria as some gay persons within the country have managed to defile all odds and go on with this sexual orientation A Lagos based homosexual…