Diamond Celebrities

Trophies and personal souvenirs belonging to German tennis legend Boris Becker will be auctioned online from today 24 June by British firm Wyles Hardy to partially clear the bankrupt champion’s debts. The youngest winner in Wimbledon’s history, who claimed the first of three titles aged just 17, is auctioning off 82 items including medals, cups, […]

The Super Eagles players are on a massive $95,000 bonus each to win the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, Sports Extra reports. The Eagles are already guaranteed $10,000 for their 1-0 win over Burundi on Saturday. They are also guaranteed $20,000 if they win their remaining Group B matches against Guinea and Madagascar. The players will […]

The federal government has issued a warning to Ghana and Togo to stop attacking Nigerians in their countries. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), made this known while addressing journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja. She said the warning became necessary following the recent […]

President Donald Trump on Friday said he backed down on his plan to strike Iran after considering its potential death toll. Mr Trump has been furious since Iran shot down an American spy drone on Thursday. Both countries have disagreed on the position of the unmanned drone at the time it was shot down. Iran […]

The Lagos State Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has warned that there will soon be at least 100 per cent increase in drug prices across the country. The Chairman of PSN in the state, Mrs Bolanle Adeniran, who spoke at an event organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industries on Thursday, […]

The Nigerian government has placed a ban on the manufacturing of small bottles of ‘Sniper’, an agro-chemical that has increasingly become a choice killer for persons contemplating suicide. The Punch Newspaper reported that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said the ban became necessary because of the recent wave of suicide cases across […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has paraded one Ibrahim Mustapha who has operated illegally as a medical doctor working for Adamawa State Government since 2015. The State Director of Security of the DSS, Bola Olori, who presented the suspect to newsmen on Thursday evening in Yola, said Mustapha who started out as a ward […]

The Presidency on Wednesday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to explain why he was absent from  the maiden Democracy Day on June 12. In  a statement by the  Senior Special Assistant to the President  on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu,  the Presidency  insisted  Obasanjo was invited  for the event in  Abuja. The statement  said, […]

Frank Mba, force public relations officer, says Nigeria is one of the most beautiful places to live in. Mba, who was reacting to a travel advisory the UK authorities issued to British citizens, said despite the security challenges in Nigeria, the country is peaceful. The foreign commonwealth office had listed 21 of the 36 states in the […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the problem of extreme poverty in Nigeria keeps him up at night. Mr Osinbajo disclosed this at a dinner and Interactive Session with Faculty Members, Harvard Business School (HBS) on Tuesday in Lagos. The vice president featured alongside Srikant Datar, Professor of Business Administration (HBS), and Bayo Ogunlesi, a Nigerian investment banker, […]

A 28-year-old woman, Suliat Toriola, on Wednesday told her husband, Toriola Lateef, that she would only consent to his request for the dissolution of their marriage if he returns her virginity and good health, as she was two years ago before the union. Suliat stated her conditions before an Iseyin Grade C Customary Court, where […]

The pilot of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 ‘deliberately depressurised the cabin’ in order to ‘slowly kill everyone on board’, experts claim. ‘Troubled and lonely’ captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah then crashed the plane into the Indian Ocean, killing all 238 passengers, according to the independent group that has worked on the case. The group behind the […]

Real Madrid have been warned about signing Paul Pogba this summer by their former president Ramon Calderon, who has described the Frenchman as ‘dangerous’. The World Cup winner has made it clear he wants to leave current club Manchester United, with Real boss Zinedine Zidane keen to bring him to the Santiago Bernabeu. However, after […]

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom has warned British nationals against travelling to about 21 states in Nigeria over security concerns. The travel warning posted on its website and updated on Monday, stemmed from the worsening security situation occasioned by the Boko Haram terrorists attacks in the North East, armed banditry in […]