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A group of eminent Nigerians from the South-East geopolitical zone under the auspices of the Igbo Leadership Development Foundation has threatened to mobilise their…

One of the umbrella bodies of herdsmen in Nigeria, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, said yesterday that herders are facing many challenges from hostile host communities, including vigilante groups and other criminal elements…

Kelechi Iheanacho, who is on 100,000 pounds a week, is set for a more lucrative contract at Leicester City thanks in part to his new-found form, according to media reports. The 24-year-old striker has a year left on his…

A 35-year-old sales representative, Kayode Ayeni, who allegedly stole his employer’s biscuits and cornflakes worth N1.4million appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday. Mr Ayeni, who resides in Ketu area…

Environmental scientist Shanna Swan in a new book ‘Count Down,’ has warned that human penises are shrinking due to pollution. The book details challenges human reproduction will face as a result of pollution. Dr Swan, a professor in…

Lagos State Police Command has arrested 32-year-old Yusuf Saliu, for reportedly stealing a motorcycle at the Dalemo Police Post in Mushin area of Lagos State. Saliu was said to have…

New things are happening at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and suddenly, there’s a throwback to the 1996-1999 Lagos State, when the then Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa was military administrator. Marwa took a…

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has described the founder of Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye and other groups agitating for Yoruba nation as hustlers. Akeredolu had said…

How quickly the love and closeness between former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, and his bosom friend Kazeem Adeniji, dwindled and died, is still a mystery to many. And it is…

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said over 100,000 Lagosians have received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The government also said it would never compromise on the…

Ahmad Al Issa, the 21-year-old man accused of killing 10 people at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, will go for psychiatric test, as requested by his lawyers.In the meantime, Issa, with the full name,…

The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, Mele Kyari declared Thursday that the actual cost of a litre of petrol is N234, as against the pump…

Alex Okoh will stay on as the Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, for another four years as a result of renewal of his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari on…

Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan government critic who was hailed as a hero during a genocide in the country, has not showed up for his trial after informing prison authorities he was quitting the process as he did not expect justice.…

Boxing legend Mike Tyson has revealed that a trilogy fight against rival Evander Holyfield will take place on May 29 despite rumours that talks between the two camps had fallen through. The two previous encounters between the…

The Ever Given, a massive cargo ship equivalent to the length of four football pitches, has wedged in Egypt’s Suez Canal, the shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia, barring flow of shipping activities. The Panama-flagged ship which…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gotten approval from the Lagos State House of Assembly to purchase 355 vehicles at N4.43 billion. The…

All is set for the burial of former Tanzania president, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, at his ancestral home town of Chato, in Geita region, today. Magufuli, who died from…

A political pressure group, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Grassroots Volunteers (BAT-GV) has concluded plans  to  present a Letter of Endorsement to the former state governor as…

U.S. President Joe Biden sent a clear message to Donald Trump, the former Republican president that he beat with wide margin in the last election. Biden declared at his first press conference on Thursday…

A Professor of Mathematics at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-ife, Samuel Segun Okoya says mathematics could be used to end farmers-herdsmen crisis plaguing Nigeria. Okoya said this while delivering a lead paper…

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, says power should shift to the south in 2023. The governor said this on Thursday while speaking at the presentation of a book by Dakuku Perterside, former director-general of the…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says the visa clearance requirement policy is only applicable for eight countries. The agency was reacting to reports that it introduced a levy as visa clearance…

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Thursday despite strict orders from the UN Security Council. Under UN Security Council resolutions, Kim Jong-un is banned from testing…