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Few spoilt brats squander their family’s fortune quicker than it took their forbears to amass it. From birth, they are bonded to fortune; growing up, they become hostages to it – particularly if their folks fail to instil in them the…

Airtel and 9mobile, mobile network operators in the country, have opposed the transfer of an 800MHz from Visafone Communications to MTN Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at a public inquiry organised by the Nigerian Communications…

Spain's La Liga announced on Monday it had sold its 2019-2022 television rights for €1.14 billion (US$1.33b) per season. The four bids accepted for the Spanish market total €3.4 billion, an average of €1.14 billion for each of the…

Lagos Lawyer Who Cut Her Husband's genitals After Killing Him Remanded In Prison An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Monday remanded a 48-year-old female lawyer, Udeme Otike-Odibi, at Kirikiri prison for killing her 52-year-old…

A student of the Lagos State University (LASU), identified as Kingsley Gabriel, today, jumped into the Lagos Lagoon, just weeks after a woman was alleged to have jumped into the lagoon in the state. According to what we gathere,…

Police chief Ibrahim Idris has ordered the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations to relocate to Plateau State where gunmen killed scores at the weekend. The Inspector-General of Police also deployed two…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday told the Federal High Court in Lagos that former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Jumoke Akinjide, returned N650 million she allegedly received ahead of the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday halted moves by South African mobile giant MTN to acquire the only surviving Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator, Visafone. It said the acquisition cannot be done…

Afenifere chieftain, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, yesterday urged leaders of the socio-political organisation to avoid former President Olusegunn Obasanjo. He noted that the former President’s agenda was at variance with the objectives of…

Two days before the Saturday massacre of mainly Christian mourners in Barkin Ladi, Plateau State, four Fulani cattle traders were murdered in the same area. The Saturday killings led to the death of at least 86 people, according to…

Segun Oni, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state, has filed a suit at a federal high court in Abuja to challenge the emergence of Kayode Fayemi, former minister of mines and steel, as the party’s…

New upgrade by Dr. Sergi Santos, the creator of Samantha the sex doll, means she can turn down sex if she’s not in the mood or if she feels disrespected. Santos upgraded the robot at the request of his wife, so it can now shut down…

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not go to jail at the end of his administration because of his integrity and honesty. He said this while receiving a delegation of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria at the presidential…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will visit Plateau State Monday evening to address the leaders over the renewed killings in the state. The state Commissioner for information and Communication, Yakubu Dati, disclosed this to journalists…

PoliticsNGR has obtained footage of APC National leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu ridiculing former president, Olusegun Obasanjo at the just concluded APC Convention. Tinubu described Obasanjo as an Analog ‘busybody’ adding that he was not…

There was chaos at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Monday as the new immigration policy of $90 caught many foreigners arriving the country unawares. The new policy imposes an additional $90 on foreigners…

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has described the attacks on some communities in Plateau state as an act of retaliation. Suspected herdsmen attacked Riyom, Barakin Ladi and Jos south local…

Adeniyi Somade and his wife, Gbemisola, live in Ado-Ekiti, South-west Nigeria. He currently works as an auxiliary staff at the office of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), while his wife teaches ICT at Christ School, Ado-Ekiti, one…

Researchers say a child’s autism status may soon be determined from a blood sample. At present, it is determined by clinical examination —  a situation that means the condition will not be detected in most children until they are …

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to four defendants being tried alongside Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The defendants are Benjamin Madubugwu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, national…

Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), has deployed special teams comprising of intelligence response team (IRT), the special tactical squad (STS), five armored personnel carriers (APCs), and three police mobile force units…

The wife of Chief Kessington Adebutu, Rosemary Adebutu whose daughter married Obasanjo’s son, Juwon has come out to reveal how his wife, Taiwo Obasanjo collected money from them and still destroyed her son’s marriage. Since the court…

A serial child molester, Mr Ifeanyi Akpa, a male and indigene of Onicha Igbeze of Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, who resides in Osubi Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, was arrested and handed to the police by…

Three teenage boys have been arrested for stabbing a 15-year-old Nigerian rapper identified as Jordan Gbolade Jaiyeola, following a fight that broke out after the deceased’s birthday party at a community centre in east London. The…