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Somalia has banned Christmas and New Year a year after Sultan of Brunei made similar move.
The oil rich Brunei introduced its ban on Christmas last year over fears that celebrating it "excessively and openly" could lead its Muslim population...
Juliet Uche Ezeonye Idu, the woman who accused the General Overseer, Lord’s Charismatic Revival Ministries, Pastor Lazarus Muoka of witchcraft and fake miracles, has been remanded by an Abuja Chief Magistrates' Court for making false allegation and criminal intimidation.
The...
Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has been accused by Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of complicity in the death of five of their members...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), has disclosed that the Kaduna Refinery resumed operations on Saturday.
The development was made known to Reuter by NNPC's spokesman, Ohi Alegbe on Monday.
One of the four ageing oil refineries, which produced nothing in October,...
American TV personality Steve Harvey who emceed Miss Universe 2015 held on December 20 at Las Vegas, made a blunder after he announced the wrong contestant as the winner.
Eighty contestants took part this year, which is...
The Federal Government has begun investigation into the embarrassing situation that occurred on Saturday at Bauchi Airport when an Aero Contractors aircraft’s airstairs developed a technical fault after landing and passengers had to use ladder to disembark.
This...
Six traffic offenders arrested by the convoy of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode in Ijora-Olopa area of the state have been convicted by the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Court.
Gov. Ambode's convoy had last Wednesday arrested six people including four...
THE Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has given Kogi State Deputy Governor-elect, Hon. James Faleke, who also represents Ikeja Federal constituency in the House of Representatives 7-day ultimatum to declare to his present place of...
A mild drama ensued at Bauchi Airport on Saturday as an Aero Contractors aircraft's airstairs developed a technical fault after landing and passengers had to make do with ladder.
Confirming the incident in a statement issued by the media consultant...
The Sun has returned its own share of the N120m the publisher of ThisDay, Nduka Obaigbena, received from former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on behalf of 12 newspapers who asked to be compensated for the “unlawful seizure and...
A Canadian, Joshua Stevens, has killed his Briton friend, Unais Gomes, in Peru where they went on tourism after they drank mind-bending jungle potion and saw vision he was sleeping with his wife.
Police said 26-year-old Gomes(pictured above) was attacked...
On Friday one of the eighth living children of President Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra Buhari, marked her 21st birthday, a day after the president celebrated his 73rd birthday in a low-key.
On Thursday in celebration of President Buhari's birthday...
On Thursday former Edo State Governor, Professor Oserhiemen Osunbo's daughter, Eseohe and her fiance, Doctor Anthony Igbalumhe were joined in holy matrimony.
The marriage ceremony that was held in Abuja where the bride's father used to be a senator...
The Punch has announced the temporary withdrawal of its membership from the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN, following integrity crisis rocking the leadership of the association.
NPAN's chairman Nduka Obaigbena(publisher of ThisDay) had said he received N120...
The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) deputy governor-elect in Kogi State, Mr. James Abiodun Faleke, has raised concerns over a possible plot within the party hierarchy in the state to assassinate him.
The member of the House of...
A judge in Brazil has ordered that a suspension of the popular messaging application WhatsApp be lifted.
Judge Xavier de Souza said the service should be re-instated immediately, the BBC Reports.
In the ruling, the court found that it was unreasonable...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II), has reacted to criticism trailing his kneeling down in church to pray after the picture went viral and attracted diverse comments.
Oba Ogunwusi was pictured kneeling in prayer at a thanksgiving...
Friends and associates of former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, have disaffirmed rumours of her death in a London hospital.
A false rumour on Thursday spread online that the cancer afflicted ex-minister had died and her remains would...
President Muhammadu Buhari is transforming Nigeria into a police state, the spokesman of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh said.
Chief Olisa in a statement released on Wednesday, said Nigeria under the leadership of President Buhari and the...
Players of Glo Premiership side, Taraba FC, on Tuesday continued their protest against the non-payment of their salaries in the last 12 months and spent the night outside the gate of the government house in Jalingo, the capital of...
