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The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared Monday, June 13, as a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day which comes up on June 12. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr M. L. Shuaib Belgore, […]

Nigerian artist Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy has said he will leave Nigeria if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar or the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu emerges winner of the 2023 general election. Read below:

The Peoples Democratic Party says Bola Tinubu, the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is no match for Atiku Abubakar, PDP’s candidate. Tinubu had, on Wednesday, won the APC pesidential primary after he polled 1,271 votes to defeat his closest rival, Rotimi Amaechi, who scored 316 votes. In a statement after the former […]

The crisis rocking Labour party appears to be festering as a faction of the party led by Mr Calistus Okafor has held its National Convention to elect Ambassador Jude Ezenwafor as its presidential flagbearer. “What we are doing here today is to elect a man who is worthy to give us that change we’ve been […]

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has taken a swipe at the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, telling him that he (Lawan) can now lick his wounds. Tinubu said this on Wednesday while delivering his acceptance speech at Eagle Square, Abuja after he was declared the winner of the APC […]

Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday reacted to his emergence as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he didn’t expect to win the party’s primary election. He also said Nigeria is back on track following his victory at the just concluded APC National Convention at the Eagle […]

All phones in the European Union will, from 2024, use the same type of charging port for mobile phones, tablets and cameras, Reuters reported. “By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU,” the European Parliament said in a statement. EU countries and lawmakers agreed […]

A United States (US) drug trial involving cancer patients has reportedly recorded 100 percent success. The patients had rectal cancer, a type of cancer that begins in the rectum, which is the lower end of the large intestine. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the trial consisted of 12 patients, all of whom […]

Nigerian reality TV star, Natacha Akide, simply known as Tacha, has lamented over how quickly Nigerians move on with their normal activities, following tragic occurrences in the country. She wondered what needed to happen again in Nigeria before the citizens would become “tired” of the situation in the country. The former Big Brother Naija housemate, […]

Aged social media comedienne, popularly known as Madam Social, is dead. Her death was announced on Tuesday on her Instagram page. Sharing a picture of the deceased, the post read, “She can’t be gone! How do I witness that laughter of yours? Oh my God. Obi’m! Madam Social ka Emesi” Her picture was also shared […]

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has withdrawn from the presidential race. Mr Nnamani, who was running on the platform of the All Progressives (APC), pulled out of the race on Monday, some hours before the national convention. In a statement, Mr Nnamani cited a lack of sincerity on zoning and the poor management of the […]

In response to a statement by ex-Lagos governor Bola Tinubu who said he helped President Muhammadu Buhari emerge president in 2015, the presidency said millions of Nigerians brought Mr Buhari into power and not just one person. Garba Shehu, Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, said Monday that many people played parts, large and small, in Mr Buhari’s “historic election […]

A gunshot wound is a physical injury sustained from being hit by a bullet from a firearm, air gun or any other type of gun. Damages resulting from a gunshot wound may include bleeding, broken bones, organ damage, wound infection, loss of ability to move part of the body, or in severe cases death. Death from gunshot injury […]

University of Abuja’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, says the institution has gone tough on lecturers who are sexually harassing students, adding that two professors had been dismissed for the offence.  Na’Allah told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in New York that the university had introduced a policy on sex abuse on campus, which […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday cleared all doubts about where he stands on the choice of a presidential candidate for the governing All Progressives Congress, APC. He declared before the party’s governors of northern states that he has “no preferred candidate,” and has “anointed no one,”. Rather, the President said he was determined to ensure […]

There was pandemonium at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, the headquarters of the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State as gunmen attacked the church on Sunday. The attack on the church in Owo,  the hometown of the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, came barely a week after the Prelate of the Methodist Church of […]

At least 120 people have been hospitalised after suspected toxic chemicals from an expired industrial gas cylinder contaminated the air and spread to the neighborhood of Mundadu, a surburb of Kano. Locals said the incident occurred Friday evening where one Saifullahi gathered scrap metals and crushed for recycling. The ward head of the area, Magaji […]