Five Kaduna Baptist School students freed — after three months in captivity
Five students kidnapped from Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi, Kaduna, have regained their freedom after months in captivity. Israel Akanji, president of the Nigerian Baptist…
2022 budget: FG ignores Rivers, Lagos VAT row, targets N316bn
Despite ongoing legal tussle over which tier of government to collect Value Added Tax, the Federal Government has estimated N316.69bn as its share of VAT in 2022. The sum is part of…
I Faked My Kidnap Because My Mother Is Stingy – Abia SS3 Student [VIDEO]
A Senior Secondary School 3 (SS3) student in an undisclosed school in Abia State, Obinna Nwatu has been arrested by operatives of Abia State police command for stage-managing…
NNPC Limited has capitalisation of N200 billion, says CAC registrar
Garba Abubakar, registrar/chief executive officer of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), says the newly incorporated Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has…
Unknown Gunmen Attack Enugu Police Station, Shoot Policeman
A policeman reportedly sustained bullet wounds during an attack on Aguobu Owa police station in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State. What would have been a bloody attack was…
Support, knocks for Tiwa Savage over intimacy video, fans condemn blackmailer
Some fans and social media influencers have condemned a yet-to-be-identified blackmailer for reportedly demanding money from the award-winning songstress, Tiwa Savage, after he…
PHOTOS: Tinubu returns to Nigeria — after knee surgery in UK
Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has returned to Nigeria after undergoing knee surgery in London, United Kingdom. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos,…
18 former NBA players indicted in alleged $4 million scheme to defraud NBA health plan
An alleged scheme to defraud the NBA health plan of millions of dollars has led to the arrest and indictment of nearly 20 former NBA players. Jonathan Dienst of NBC New York reported…
Police arrest ‘IPOB kingpin’ in Imo
The Imo police command says it has arrested a “kingpin” of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mike Abattam, the spokesman of the Imo police command, made this known in…
Drugs War: Why cannabis cannot be legalised in Nigeria now – Marwa
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has explained why proponents of the legalisation of cannabis…
Ndigbo on the verge of self-inflicted destructions
ARE you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?” Those memorable lines from Maximus Decimus Meridius in “Gladiator” come to mind as a clip of Dr. Chike Akunyili’s brush with death…
We Hoped Messi Would Play For Us For Free – Barcelona President, Joan Laporta
Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, has once again spoken out about Lionel Messi's exit from the club, saying he had hoped that the captain would offer to play for the Catalan giants for…
Nigeria’s Corruption Respects Diversity And Federal Character
How much money, property does a man need? I am compelled to believe that the faculty for primitive accumulation is a pre-historic flaw of the African species. From Mobutu Sese…
Burundi President To Fire All Married Government Officials With Side-chicks
The president of Burundi, Évariste Ndayishimiye is set to fire all married government officials who have concubines or are involved in extra-marital relationships. The…
Cristiano Ronaldo voted Premier League player of the month
Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has been voted the Premier League’s player of the month for September. Ronaldo returned to England in the summer after successful careers in…
2023 Presidential Aspirant, Kingsley Moghalu Defects To ADC
Former Deputy CBN governor, Kingsley Moghalu has pitched his tent with the Action Democratic Congress, ADC ahead of the 2023 Presidential Elections. Moghalu announced on Friday that…
Dear ‘Squid Game’ fans, please stop calling the phone number shown in the series
Netflix is to edit scenes of its hit series “Squid Game” after large numbers of viewers began dialing a phone number that appears in the production — much to the despair of those on the other end of the…
Osun couple found dead at home buried without autopsy, house help held
Emotion ran high on Thursday when the remains of an Ilesa-based cleric, Olasunkanmi Eso, and his wife, Deborah, were buried in their residence at the Imole Ayo area of Ilesa,…
Abaribe should be in prison for supporting someone bent on dismembering Nigeria — Adesina
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has knocked the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, for allegedly using “foul language against those in…
Nonconsensual Removal Of Condom During Sex Now Illegal In California
California has become the first state in the U.S. to make non-consensual condom removal, also referred to as “stealthing,” illegal. Governor Newsom signed…
₦30,000 Minimum Wage No Longer Takes Nigerian Workers Home – NLC
Comrade Ben Ukpepi, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) chairman in Cross River State, on Thursday, said that the take-home N30,000 national minimum wage no longer takes Nigerian workers…
Why We Halted Planned Petrol Price Hike – Buhari
Sustained opposition by organised Labour forced Federal Government to suspend increases in petrol pump price, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. He also explained why…
Russia Developing 4,000mph Invulnerable Missile, Can Hit Anywhere In Minutes
VLADIMIR Putin’s top weapons designers are developing a 4,000mph hypersonic nuclear missile that is capable of reducing a city anywhere on Earth to ashes within minutes. The nukes…
Judge Recommends Cristiano Ronaldo’s Civil Sexual Assault Case For Dismissal
The civil case in relation to the decade old sexual assault allegation made against Cristiano Ronaldo has been recommended for dismissal by a Las Vegas court. In news that effectively…