France’s Macron slapped in face during walkabout (Video)
French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, video of the incident showed. Macron's security entourage quickly intervened to…
US recovers over half of ransom paid to pipeline hackers
The US Justice Department announced Monday that it had recovered more than half of the $4.4 million paid by Colonial Pipeline to Russia-based ransomware extortionists Darkside, who had forced the shutdown of…
JUST IN: Senate honours T.B. Joshua with a minute silence
The Senate on Tuesday observed a minute silence in honour of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), late Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua. Joshua passed…
Lightning kills 27 in eastern India, says official
Officials say 27 people were killed lightning struck in various parts of India’s state of West Bengal. The pre-monsoon storms hit six districts of the state late on Monday,…
LG Poll: They Paid For Forms, We Paid For Logistics, So No Refund For Anyone – Lagos APC
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday said it will not refund any money to chairmanship and councillorship aspirants who lost out in the recently…
BREAKING: Reps summon Lai over Twitter suspension
The house of representatives has summoned Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, over the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. At its sitting on Tuesday, the house mandated…
Bandits are tired and now want peace,says Sheikh Gumi
Popular Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Tuesday, declared that bandits want peace. Gumi, in a chat with Daily Post, explained that bandits want peace because they are tired.…
“If you use VPN to access Twitter, you’ve sinned against God” – Nigerian pastor
A Nigerian clergyman has taken to Facebook to that that any Christian employing the use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the banned Twitter site has sinned against…
Nigerian footballer’s death was an accident – Belarusian club
Belarus Premier League side, FC Vitebsk, have said the drowning of Nigerian footballer, Kelvin Odenigbo, was an “accident.” In a statement published on Instagram on Monday,…
BREAKING: UK government website down as media sites hit
The UK government’s main website was unavailable on Tuesday morning, as several international media platforms went down, including The Guardian and the Financial Times newspapers. The portal…
Actor Yemi Solade backs Presidency on Twitter ban
Veteran Nigerian actor, Yemi Solade, has backed the Presidency on the recent Twitter ban, describing the move as the “best decision the Presidency…
PHOTOS: Buhari presides over emergency national security meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over an emergency National Security meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Although the detailed agenda of…
Electricity coys reject power supplies despite increased availability
Nigeria’s electricity supply woes worsened last week as Distribution Companies, DisCOs, reject more loads due to limited handling capacity. Current reports show that the volume of electricity rejected by the…
U.S. Supreme Court blocks permanent residency for some immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to let immigrants who have been allowed to stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds…
Jeff Bezos To Fly To Space A Month After Stepping Down As Amazon CEO
Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin next…
Hospital Patient Dies After Security Guard Performs Surgery
A woman died after an ex-security guard at a Pakistani hospital posed as a doctor and performed surgery on her according to police on Monday. Shameema Begum, aged 80, died…
IPOB: Those killing policemen, burning INEC offices are soulmates of Boko Haram, says Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has condemned the wanton arson and killings perpetrated by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, militants in the South East, saying those killing policemen,…
INEC to unveil new Polling Units next week
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has concluded work on the expansion of voter access to Polling Units, promising to unveil the new units next week.…
Bring Attackers of Igangan to Book, Yoruba Group Urges FG
The Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI) has called on the federal government to take immediate steps to identify and bring to justice, those behind Sunday’s killing of no fewer than 20 persons in…
Police probe death of German-based Nigerian in Imo
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Abutu Yaro, says the police have directed an in-depth investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Uguchi Unachukwu, who was allegedly killed on May 31 in Imo.…
NYSC urges corps members to avoid protest
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged corps members to avoid protests and be security conscious at all times. Mrs Mercy Bamai, NYSC Coordinator in…
2023 Successor: Okowa Falls Out With Ibori
As the 2023 general elections gather momentum, stakeholders are aligning their forces to get cracking. In Delta State, the battle line seems to have been drawn between the godfather, Chief James Onanefe Ibori and…
Mbaka flays DSS summons, says I can’t be ‘dumfounded’
THERE are indications that the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, may have been summoned to Abuja for interrogation by the…
IG Suspends Issuance of Spy Plate Numbers, Tinted Glasses
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr. Usman Baba, yesterday ordered the suspension of the use of spy plate numbers and tinted glasses.He also ordered Commissioners of Police to clear impounded vehicles from all…