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The Muslim Rights Concern ( MURIC) has appealed to the Federal Government to extend the Jan. 31 deadline for expiration of old naira…

An Ugandan court had ordered a woman to pay back a total of 9.4 million shillings ($2,550; £2,060) to her ex-fiancé for failing to marry him after four years of marital relationship. Magistrate Asanasio Mukobi…

Aryna Sabalenka fought her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in Melbour with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Kazakh 22nd seed Elena Rybakina on Saturday. It was a thrilling final between two of…

Jamaican retired sprinter Usain Bolt has sacked his business manager after the loss of $12.7 million to a local private investment firm in Kingston. Bolt told newsmen that he was baffled how the money was…

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced one Bestman Lekia, popularly known as ‘Biggie’ to death by hanging for killing one Loveday Mmeabe and using the remains for preparing pepper soup…

Atiku Abubakar has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the phase-out of obsolete naira notes. With only three days left for the discontinuation of the use of old notes, the presidential candidate of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari says efforts are ongoing to ensure improved distribution of the new naira notes. In a statement on Saturday by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, the president said the decision…

A game-worn jersey of basketball superstar LeBron James sold for $3.7 million at auction Friday, five times more than the previous record for one of his shirts. The sale comes with interest even higher…

Nwankwo Kanu, former Super Eagles forward, says he did not endorse any candidate contesting for president. In a video posted on his Twitter page on Friday, Kanu urged Nigerians to regard claims of his…

The Osun governorship election petition tribunal on Friday sacked Ademola Adeleke as governor of the state. Mixed reactions have since trailed news of the judgement with discussions of the matter making…

Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor of Osun, says the verdict of the election petition tribunal which validated his victory in the July 16, 2022 governorship election, shows that there are…

• Why are we surrounded by terrorists from Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Senegal, Libya? • Says ‘I spent 680m treating snake bites, creating jobs before I became governor’ •Why he has not met Buhari in 4…

Traditional Rulers and key stakeholders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have faulted the claims of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on why the Executive Director of Operations…

•Don’t ruin economy, extend deadline for new naira notes Former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, has asked the Federal Government to put an end to the ongoing fuel shortages and price hike…

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has described the judgement given by the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal nullifying the election of Adémólá Adeleke, as…

THE Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, said it has uncovered new plots by certain individuals and groups to malign the leadership of the Fund and disrupt its activities over the firm determination…

GABRIEL JESUS has split from his partner Raiane Lima. Social media influencer Raiane, 21, announced she had separated from the Arsenal star, 25, on social media. Raiane took to her Instagram story to…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said he had not seen President Muhammadu Buhari for four years, as he had been blocked from gaining audience. Governor Ortom made the revelation in an…

Medical experts have warned against mixing alcohol with energy drink, saying it is dangerous to health. The experts, who gave the warning, said the practice was common among young people in the society.…

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Saturday, wrote President Muhammadu Buhari, to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it doesn’t have the power to compel universities to declare holidays in order to enable students to vote during the forthcoming general elections. The media…

A UK based coalition of international advocates for good governance in Nigeria has thrown its full support behind the…

There has been an increased pressure on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the January 31 dateline for phasing out old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes. Relevant stakeholders are also saying the…

ChatGPT, an open Artificial Intelligence (AI) created and trained exclusively for conversational engagements, has come on board. Since the open AI released its blockbuster bot ChatGPT in November 2022,…