TRAGEDY AS SEVEN PHARMACY STUDENTS REPORTEDLY DIE AT GRADUATION PARTY
Tragedy has reportedly struck the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Enugu State, after seven Pharmacy students allegedly died during a party organised to celebrate...
‘THEY INSULT MY MOTHER’ – FLAMINGOS STAR REVEALS PAINFUL CHILDHOOD
Nigeria’s U-17 Women’s World Cup Golden Ball winner, Oluebube Umejiaku, has revealed that her biggest motivation in football is to rescue her mother from...
WIDOW DRAGS AIRTEL, ATC TO COURT OVER NOISE, DEMANDS N232M
A Lagos widow, Mrs Sarah Akinya, has dragged telecommunications giant Airtel Networks Limited and infrastructure firm ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure Limited before the Lagos...
SEYI TINUBU GETS ‘SON OF THE LION’ TITLE, PRESIDENT REACTS
President Bola Tinubu has reacted after his son, Seyi Tinubu, was conferred with the traditional title of Dan Zaki Gwandu, meaning “Son of the...
MTN WARNS NIGERIANS OVER APPS THAT CONSUME DATA WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE
MTN Nigeria has warned subscribers that applications running in the background of their mobile phones could be silently consuming their data, leading to rapid...
CANADA SET TO GRANT PERMANENT RESIDENCY TO 100,000 WORKERS, FAMILIES
Canada is set to grant permanent residency to up to 100,000 foreign workers and eligible family members already living in the country under a...
HERBAL MIXTURE KILLS FOUR IN BENUE, 14 OTHERS HOSPITALISED
At least four persons have died, while 14 others have been hospitalised in Benue State after allegedly consuming a suspected poisonous herbal mixture sold...
SANWO-OLU SET TO REWARD 10 EXCEPTIONAL LAGOS WORKERS
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is set to reward 10 outstanding public servants in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the development of the...
GTBANK UNVEILS NEW 737 APP TO ATTRACT YOUNG CUSTOMERS
Guaranty Trust Bank Limited (“GTBank”), the banking subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO” or “the Group”), today announced the launch of the...
ADE BASKET: AKURE SOCIALITE DIES AFTER WIFE’S DEATH
Popular Akure socialite and controversial political figure, Adeleye Fayehun, better known as Ade Basket, has died, barely weeks after burying his wife, Atinuke Fayehun.
Ade...
MTN, AIRTEL, GLO IN TROUBLE AS SENATE PROBES AIRTIME DEDUCTIONS
The Nigerian Senate has launched a probe into telecommunications operators over alleged arbitrary airtime deductions for failed, dropped and abruptly terminated calls.
The Senate has...
FG MOVES TO JAIL FOOD CONTAMINATORS, ADULTERATED FOOD SELLERS
The Federal Government has announced plans to jail individuals and business owners involved in the production and sale of contaminated, adulterated and unsafe food...
ADC LEADERSHIP CRISIS: COURT RULES BALA DID NOT SIGN RESIGNATION LETTER
The leadership crisis rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken a fresh twist as the Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a...
MAN ARRESTED FOR RAPING, FILMING WOMAN NAKED OVER N600,000 DEBT
A suspected loan shark, Ahmed Usman, has confessed to sexually assaulting a woman and filming her naked after she allegedly defaulted on a N600,000...
EDO GOVERNOR THREATENS TO SIGN FATHER’S DEATH WARRANT OVER KIDNAPPING
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has vowed to sign the death warrant of anyone convicted of kidnapping, declaring that he would not spare even...
NAFDAC DRAGS 46-YEAR-OLD MAN TO COURT OVER FAKE CASAMIGOS TEQUILA, RED LABEL
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arraigned a 46-year-old man, Okafor Isioma, over the alleged production, distribution and...
VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR INVITES SUDANESE BOY WHO LOST BOTH LEGS TO REAL MADRID MATCH
Real Madrid superstar Vinícius Júnior has warmed hearts after inviting a 13-year-old Sudanese boy, Zaher, who lost both legs in a drone strike, to...
200-LEVEL STUDENT DIES AFTER FALLING OFF MOVING SHUTTLE BUS
A 200-level student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has died after allegedly falling off a moving campus shuttle bus in a...
54 YEARS OLD WOMAN FAKES KIDNAP, DEMANDS N15M FROM BROTHER
A 54-year-old woman has landed in police net in Delta State after allegedly staging her own kidnap and demanding N15m ransom from her younger...
UK COUNCILLOR IN TROUBLE OVER ‘MELT NIGERIANS, USE THEM TO FILL POTHOLES’ COMMENT
A 66-year-old former UK councillor, Glenn Gibbins, has been convicted by a British court over a controversial Facebook post in which he suggested that...
FG RAISES ALARM OVER ‘POISONOUS’ FOODS IN MARKETS
The Federal Government has raised the alarm over the growing use of dangerous chemicals in food sold in Nigerian markets, warning that consumers may...
NIGERIAN DRIVER JAILED 3½ YEARS FOR RUNNING OVER CYCLIST WHO SPAT AT HIM
A Nigerian delivery driver in the United Kingdom, Mark Okotie, has been jailed for three and a half years after deliberately using his van...
I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT PAEDOPHILE MEANT UNTIL POLICE ARRESTED ME – BABA IJESHA
Nollywood actor Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has stirred fresh controversy after claiming that he did not know the meaning of “paedophile”...
OIL PRICES FALL, FG TELLS MARKETERS TO SLASH PETROL COST
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned oil refiners and marketers against keeping petrol and diesel prices high despite the recent...
NIGERIANS ARE SUFFERING, LIFE IS NOT EASY – GBAJABIAMILA
Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has admitted that Nigerians are going through tough economic times, saying nobody can pretend that...
