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The Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural…

Melania Trump, U.S. First Lady, has called on both Democrats and Republicans to join forces to stop federal authorities from separating children from their parents when apprehended at the border. In a statement issued by her office,…

•Chieftains under pressure from supporters over timing, party Plans by members of the nPDP to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears stalled for now, seven days to the crucial national convention of the ruling party.…

Parrot Nigeria had earlier reported that a 5-year-old boy named Taju was slowly melting the hearts of Nigerians after a video showing him struggling to speak English went viral. Since then, a large effort has been made to ensure that he…

A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) doing her one-year mandatory service in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State is currently in a critical condition after she was allegedly assaulted and raped by a 15-man gang of robbers who…

Billionaire Bill Gates joins the world of children who celebrated their fathers on the special day yesterday. The Number 2 World’s richest man took to his Instagram page to celebrate his dad, William Henry “Bill” Gates, on Father’s Day.…

In 2013, wealth and financial magazine, Forbes named Banana Island in Lagos as the most expensive neighbourhood and place to live in Nigeria. For many, this did not come as a surprise as Banana Island is largely considered to be on…

A train station was built in just nine hours by 1,500 workers in China. Organised with military precision, the project which reportedly took place over the weekend, was completed in the southern Fujian Province. Seven trains and…

Popular New Zealand fitness trainer, Joseph Rakich pulled off a big proposal yesterday and it was done in a unique and beautiful way. The love birds flew in a helicopter to Eden Park where the woman, Mary who was blind folded walked…

Popular media personality, Toke Makinwa is being dragged on twitter for sharing her opinion on chivalry in Nigeria. A controversy on chilvary has been trending on social media for days now after popular writer and feminist, Chimamanda…

Nigerian music star, D’banj joined the father’s day celebration on Sunday by sharing a photo of himself changing his son’s diaper. The photo he shared on his Instagram page came with the caption; Happy Father’s Day 👨😂 – I know you…

Kamil Mahmud, a 26-year-old human resources manager has accused some operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of extortion and threats. Mahmud who had driven behind his brother’s car to the Ikeja area for an interview on a…

One Chance robbers identified as  Ebuka Ezeanyido, 28; Chidebe Okocha, 36; Chukwuma Amichie, 30; Augustine Agbo, 32; and Chinedu Obi, 25, have been arrested by Police operatives attached to the Federal Capital Territory Command Special…

The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the red chamber, Shehu Sani, who addressed journalists who paid him Sallah homage in Kaduna, said if solutions to the identified challenges in the APC are not taken care of in…

THAILAND’S royal family has formally turned over its multi-billion dollar fortune to King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who assumed the throne after the death of his father in 2016. An undated announcement seen on Saturday on the website of…

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has flagged of a political awareness campaign tagged’ Let My People Vote’ that signaled the beginning of what many described as a revolutionary move by arguably the fastest growing church in the…

This weekend, precisely June 23, stakeholders in Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will converge on Abuja to elect new national officers who will pilot the affairs of the party for the next four years. From May…

The last may not have been heard about the failed $16 billion National Integrated Power Project as Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has said his committee may meet the…

The Federal Government has increased the Super Eagles winning bonus by $5,000 as a means of motivating them to win their remaining two group matches at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia. With this increase, each player will now get…

A man has died after his mother’s coffin fell on pallbearers during a funeral in Indonesia. Samen Kondorua died of severe head injuries after the heavy coffin fell on the men carrying it during the ceremony in North Toraja in South Sulawesi…

Privacy as a public figure!?  All these Nigerian celebrities need to go and take lessons from Nadia Buari, can you believe home girl already has 4 kids!??? We only knew when she had a set of twins but in a revealing post on father's day,…

An oil storage tank at the Ras Lanuf oil port in Libya’s ‘oil crescent’ region was hit in new fighting on Sunday, a fire fighting official said. The official said the Ras Lanuf’s…

A former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Makarfi, says he will contest for Nigeria’s presidency in 2019.Mr Makarfi, immediate past national caretaker committee chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), made the disclosure in an…

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, is expected on Tuesday to lead a major push to woo voters in Ekiti State in a campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Kayode Fayemi. The campaign hostilities for the July 14…