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45 years inception: Buhari records milestone as NNPC transforms to limited liability company

After 45 years of its inception, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday recorded a milestone by transiting into a full-blown commercial...

Just in: Defecting Oyo Deputy Governor lmpeached

For daring to defect from the ruling PDP in Oyo State, Deputy Governor Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan has been impeached. Olaniyan was sacked by...

Just In: Popular comic Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh, dies two years after losing only child

Popular Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh, has exited. The 48-year-old actress reputed for her comic roles died in a hospital in Delta state on...

Just in: Tragedy as Tinubu loses political ally, Mrs Kemi Nelson

Mrs Kemi Nelson, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s close loyalist, passes on. Aged...

Breaking:INEC declares PDP’s Adeleke winner of Osun governorship poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the PDP’s governorship candidate, Sen Ademola Adeleke as the winner of Saturday’s Osun governorship poll....

Osun Decides: INEC releases results of 30 LGs, PDP’s Adeleke in clear lead

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the results of 30 local governments in Saturday’s governorship poll in Osun State with the...

Just in: Vice-President Osinbajo announces his hospitalization for leg surgery

  In demonstration of his commitment to accountability and public scrutiny, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) on Saturday announced that he has checked into...

BREAKING: Sexual assault: Baba Ijesha bags 16 years in jail

  An Ikeja Special Offences Court has convicted the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, a.k.a Baba Ijesha, to 16 years imprisonment for sexually...

Insecurity: IGP Bans Use of SPY Police Number Plates, Orders Arrest Of Violators

In a renewed bid to strengthen internal security management and control, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali Baba, has placed an indefinite...

BREAKING: Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele named PDP Lagos Governorship running mate

After weeks of speculation and denial, the Lagos State Governorship candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Olajide Adediran a.k.a Jandor, has...

Adding salt to your food at the table ‘increases risk of premature death’ – Researchers

The researchers, led by Professor Lu Qi, of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, USA, say their findings...

Sri Lanka’s president blocked at airport as he tries to flee

Immigration officers refused to go to the VIP suite to stamp his passport, while he insisted he would not go through the public...

Just in: Tinubu opts for Muslim-Muslim ticket, names ex-Borno Gov. Shettima as presidential running mate

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has finally picked Sen. Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2023...

Calm returns to Sri Lanka as president and PM plan to resign

Calm returned to major cities in Sri Lanka on Sunday after protesters stormed the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and set fire to...

Again, gunmen attack Christian cleric’s family, kill two sons, abduct only daughter

As the attacks on Christians and the church continue unabated, again some gunmen have invaded the home of a cleric, Reverend Daniel Umaru...