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Omodele Fatoyinbo, wife of the founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), says her husband is not a rapist. Speaking at the Abuja headquarters of the church on Sunday, the woman dismissed the allegation levelled against her husband by Busola, wife of Timi Dakolo, a Nigerian singer. Busola had said Biodun Fatoyinbo raped her […]

No fewer than 47 people were killed in different attacks reported from across Nigeria last week. According to the reports, 31 others were also kidnapped amidst the security challenges facing the nation. The attacks in this report were either confirmed by security operatives or relations of the victims. Click on the link below to read […]

A woman was struck and killed by a train after she dropped her phone onto railway tracks and went to pick it up. Felon Smith, 37, died when she was hit by a train at mid-day on Thursday in Chicago, in front of traumatised passengers. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Smith had reportedly […]

As a Nigerian citizen, it will excite you to know that some countries will accept you without visa. It is important to note that some of these countries offer visa on arrival while others allow you to stay for a specified number of days or months before a visa will be required. Also, some countries […]

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is in hospital after suffering a “severe health crisis”, officials say. They gave no further details. Mr Essebsi – who at 92 is the world’s oldest sitting president – was also treated in hospital last week. PM Youssef Chahed said Mr Essebsi was receiving all the attention he needed and […]

The Naira on Wednesday gained marginally against the dollar at the parallel market closing at N359.3 to the dollar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the naira shed 20 Kobo from N359.5 traded on Tuesday, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro exchanged at N463 and N408 respectively. At the Bureau De Change […]

Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty has cinched the top spot in the world tennis rankings after beating Germany’s Julia Grges 6-3, 7-5, in Sunday’s final of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham. The 23-year-old Indigenous Australian from Queensland now becomes the third Australian woman in history to hold the number one ranking in the world […]

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Atiku Abubakar, has flayed the Presidency over its reaction to the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that denied his request to inspect the central server the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, supposedly used to transmit results of the February 23 presidential election. Atiku, who is […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has begun full-scale investigation to ascertain the viral video of the helicopter that landed on the Benin-Ore Expressway on Sunday. The General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]

The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has revealed his monthly salary as the chairman of the National Assembly. He said he earns N750,000 while other members of the national Assembly receive “what is their salary.” His declaration, however, excludes other allowances allocated to the lawmakers. Mr Lawan spoke at the Senators Forum in Abuja on Tuesday. He […]

The Nigeria Immigration Service has said the country’s new passport will adopt tough security features that will help to fight crimes. The Comptroller General, NIS, Muhammad Babandede, stated this on Monday while inspecting projects at Ikoyi Passport Office, ahead of the roll-out of the new passport in Lagos on Tuesday (today). Babandede said the new […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has pledged to reposition Nigerian banks through recapitalisation during his second term. Mr Emefiele made the promise in Abuja on Monday during a press briefing on his policy road map for the next five years as governor of the CBN. He said that recapitalisation of Nigerian […]