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Kenyan authorities have arrested the head of the National Youth Service as part of investigations into a 99-million dollars ( N35.7bn) theft of funds, media said on Monday. In spite of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s pledges to stamp out…

Two female suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram jihadists killed at least three people in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said Monday. The bombers detonated their explosives inside a house and near a mosque in the…

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is’haq Oloyede, has said Nigeria is dominated by certified thieves.The don disclosed this while speaking at 61st Birthday Colloquium of the Osun State Governor, Rauf…

29-year-old "penniless" student has won a TV game show to marry a Russian oil tycoon twice her age and live a life of luxury. Yulia Sveshnikova was chosen by 55-year-old multi-millionaire Konstantin Scherbinin’s four children as a “hot”…

Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has appointed former Ogun state governor, Gbenga Daniel, as the Director-General of his campaign for 2019 presidency.In a release personally signed by him, Atiku said Mr. Daniel would…

African “Spiderman” who climbed building to save child met French President, and got rewarded for his brave act. The Malian migrant who scaled four-storeys up a building to rescue a dangling toddler has been named an honorary French…

A retired army general who allegedly pulled a gun and threatened to shoot some workers of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company will be prosecuted for attempted murder. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the company’s spokesman,…

A medical practitioner, Dr Ayopo Adeyemi, on Sunday warned women against the use of artificial eyelashes, commonly used to enhance beauty, in view of its grievous consequences. Adeyemi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos…

The internet, for some weeks now have had rumors of a relationship between Wizkid and Tiwa Savage and it reached a climax after the AfroRepublik Indoor Festival. The sold out event at the O2 Arena in London had some of Nigeria’s and…

In 17 years of teaching English composition in Greenville public schools, Yvonne Mason had seen these blunders many times before. Redundancies. Faulty capitalization. Lack of clarity and specificity. But Mason wasn’t grading a…

A Malian migrant has been hailed a hero after he scaled the front of a building in Paris to save a small boy hanging from a fourth-floor balcony. Video of Mamoudou Gassama's spectacular rescue went viral on social media. In less than…

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Sunday said that between 2016 and 2017, the Federal Government was able to save the sum of N125bn through reduction in travel allowances, sitting allowances and other recurrent expenditure…

Karim Mostafa Benzema is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Real Madrid he took to Instagram to share his newly purchased Bugatti Chiron with the world. Just like his teammate, Christiano Ronaldo, he…

It was children's day yesterday and Billionaire Femi Otedola also joined celebrity parents who celebrated their kids on social media. Posting the above photo, he wrote; https://www.instagram.com/p/BjSoVedjMlV/

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed surprise over what it called the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) new found proclivity for spewing falsehood in the name of opposition rhetoric and politics. “Whatever is left…

A lady simply known as Zainab Rufai has called out Tonto Dikeh’s ex, Olakunle Churchill on instagram saying he used and dumped her. Zainab also revealed how she dated Churchill on and off before marrying his first wife. She also…

The Niger State Police Command has recovered a car stolen by a mechanic in Lagos and arrested a 35-year-old man, Bashiru Yakubu, of General Hospital, Kontagora in the Kontagora Local Government Area of the state for the theft. The…

Mariah Carey has sold the ­35-carat diamond engagement ring James Packer gave her two years ago. The huge sparkler, widely reported to be worth $10 million, was part of the financial settlement the diva made in 2017 after her split…

The Muhammadu Buhari administration was, yesterday, counting its successes after three years, saying no administration has equalled it in doing so much with so little. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the Minister of…

Lagos, Nigeria. Stakeholders drawn from water related fields in the public sector, non-governmental organizations and corporate organizations including Coca-Cola Nigeria have agreed on the need for increased level of collaborations to…

President Muhammadu Buhari, earlier this week, terminated a new defence procurement contract initiated by the members of his cabinet over allegations of fraud.The contract, signed off by the Federal Executive Council in December 2017,…

Less than three years into its existence, the 8th Senate has cemented itself in the sands of time – making and breaking good and bad records.In March 2018, the chamber prided itself as the best, having passed 201 bills against 28, 25…

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Sunday responded to a former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan who accused him of demonstrating a lack of strong ethical values by jumping from one politician to another.Mr Shehu acknowledged…

*Ex-president accused of undemocratic actions The Presidency yesterday attacked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration, especially under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for “toppling” elected state governments, using…