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Working with Rihanna was such an incredible honour. I will love to do it again. – Tems

Nigerian international star Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has been trending on social media over her presence at the 2023 Oscars awards,...

FG levies Nigerians N1,000 for NIN verification fee for international passport application

Beginning from April 1, 2023, Nigerians will start paying N1,000 fee for the verification of their National Identification Number (NIN) when applying for...

43 Nigerian nurses indicted for certificate forgery in US

The Texas Board of Nursing in the United States has filed “formal charges” against 75 persons for fraudulently obtaining educational credentials. The board...

Ahead of March 18 election, Akwa-Ibom Govt waives daily taxes, levies for transporters

In a bid to sway potential voters in the state’s transportation sector ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly polls, Akwa-Ibom Governor Udom...

Emefiele’s alleged fresh plot against Tinubu: It’s completely false, malicious — CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as false and malicious a report published by a national newspaper, alleging that the CBN...

Nigeria’s first female Senator, Franca Afegbua, passes on

Nigeria’s first female Senator, Franca Afegbua, has exited. Aged 80 years, Afegbua died in the early hours of Sunday in her Benin City...

Retire corrupt judges illegally reinstated by National Judicial Council, CSNAC urges Pres. Buhari

Worried by the reinstatement of some judges who were alleged of corruption by the National Judicial Council (NJC), a leading anti-corruption coalition group,...

Just in: SERAP to Buhari: Rein in Lai Mohammed, NBC over threat to shut down broadcast stations

For threatening to close media space and limit freedom of expression, the Minister of Information and Culture, President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to...

CBN’s cash swap initiative for unbanked populace ends

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the cash swap programme for the unbanked population in the rural areas has ended....

My members shot dead in cold blood, Rev Father describe attacks in Kaduna

A parish priest Father Bako Francis Awesuh, 37,  has  described how members of his parish were shot dead in cold blood in a...

Acting is a great adventure for me – Linda Osifo

Quiet but fierce Benin-born Nollywood screen diva, Linda Osifo, is one actress who keeps her game close to her chest almost all the...

Lagos Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser, Igbokwe, slams Igbo, rules out Igbo presidency till 2039

Mr Joe Igbokwe, the Lagos State Special Adviser on Drainages, said on Saturday that his tribe had no chance of succeeding the President-elect,...

Allegations of sabotage against NNPCL Vice-President, Adokeiye, baseless, tissues of lies

The allegations of oil facilities sabotage levelled against the Executive Vice-President of of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mr Tombomeiye Adokeiye,...

Naira crisis: Popular Ibadan radio presenter slumps, dies trekking several kilometers to office

Cash squeeze has claimed another casualty and this time in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, as a popular radio presenter slumped and died on...

Rejection of old Naira notes: Kogi gov. threatens to seal erring banks, prosecute people rejecting it 

Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello has sounded a note of warning to banks which reject old notes in the state that they will be...

Portable in tears as thugs attack him, sister, threatens court action

Nigerian Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable, betrayed his emotions on Friday as he lamented his ordeal in the hands of...