Man drowns while proposing to his girlfriend underwater
Steven Weber, a US citizen, has tragically drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater during a vacation in Tanzania. Weber was said to have dived into the water body to pop…
My Indian friend of 30 years wants to take my companies – Octogenarian
Chief Isaac Oluwole Ogini, a retired federal civil servant, whose companies are on the verge of being taken over by his Indian friend, Mr J. B. Gupta, whom…
BBNAIJA: Seyi, Tacha’s fans clash in Lagos (Video)
Fans of two Big Brother Naija housemates, Seyi and Tacha clashed on Saturday in Lagos, as they were campaigning for their preferred candidates.From the video, it could be seen that the clash occurred inside the…
Firm loses $53,000 to email hackers
A company in Dubai has lost $53,000 (Dh194,700) after a cybercriminal hacked its email and then used a spoofed email to trick its client to wire the funds into an overseas bank…
Lagos releases list of critical roads for construction after rainy season
The Lagos State Government has assured residents of the State that massive road construction and rehabilitation would commence as soon as the rains subside. The government…
Serial killings: Port Harcourt sex workers device means of detecting criminals
Commercial sex workers, known in local parlance as runs girls, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, have devised a new method of operation to satisfy the high propensity of libido in…
COZA blames envious pastors for Biodun Fatoyinbo’s rape scandal
The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), the church whose founder, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, was accused by Busola Dakolo of raping her, has absolved him of culpability. In…
7.5%VAT: There’s no option, Nigeria has lowest in the world – Emefiele
Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the plan to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from five percent to 7.5 percent is in the right direction to…
Friday worst traffic jam day in Lagos
Lagos is usually notorious for its traffic gridlock, but Friday 20 September will go into the records as the worst day. Some Lagosians have even suggested it should be canonised as Lagos…
Nigerian returns $80K bitcoins transferred to him in error
Nigerian who found $80,000 dollar’s worth of bitcoin had been mistakenly transferred to him, has returned it to the owner. Keith Mali Chung woke up to find 7.8 bitcoins in his…
IN DETAIL: Quinn, Lukman — the dead people named in P&ID corruption trial
On Friday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Grace Taiga, a former director in the ministry of petroleum resources, for alleged corruption in the…
We’re hungry, thirsty to receive 2020 budget proposal – Lawan
Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the national assembly is “hungry and thirsty” to receive the 2020 appropriation bill from the executive. Lawan said this on Friday while speaking…
XENOPHOBIA: Nigerians find safe havens in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, others
While the Peace Airline continues to evacuate Nigerians from South Africa, up to 30 per cent of the population affected is returning home while a great number of them have already taken their business activities to…
British-Nigerian rapper wins £25,000 Mercury Prize
British-Nigerian rapper David Orobosa Omoregie, popularly known as Dave, has won the 2019 Mercury Prize for his album Psychodrama. The award has a cash prize of £25,000. The 21…
1,500 flee homes in South Africa amid xenophobic violence – UN
At least 1,500 foreign nationals have been forced to flee their homes in South Africa amid a surge in deadly xenophobic violence in the country, the United Nations said Friday. The UN…
Naira Marley Barred From Performing At Unilag
Hip hop artiste, Naira Marley, was on Friday night stopped from performing at a show inside the campus of the University of Lagos, Akoka. The event organised by mobile phone…
$9.6BN UK JUDGEMENT: Winding up p&id nullifies judgement against nigeria – Lawyers
Senior lawyers were unanimous yesterday when they said last Thursday’s judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, which ordered the winding up of P&ID in Nigeria over fraud and tax evasion, had…
2023: Southern leaders warn North against dumping zoning
The controversy over the alleged witch-hunt of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 Presidency by a pro-North group in the Presidency is far from over as prominent leaders of the South-West, South-South…
15 In Court For Stealing And Plotting To Kill Patience Jonathan
The police in Bayelsa have arraigned 15 persons for stealing from former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, and allegedly plotting to kill her. The suspects were arraigned before the Bayelsa…
$9.6bn award: FG to tender EFCC report, court judgment against P&ID
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, has given an insight into the case the Federal Government will on September 26 present to a British court …
UNILAG denies approving MC Oluomo’s invitation
The management of the University of Lagos has denied approving the invitation of a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, to an event on the university…
Man steals tubers of yam from Police DIG’s farm
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna, Niger State, on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Abdullahi, to one month in prison for stealing eight tubers of yam from a Police officer’s farm.Abdullahi was charged with theft, in…
FG charges Sowore with money laundering, treasonable felony
The Federal Government on Friday charged the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, with treasonable felony and money laundering. Sowore, promoter of…