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Two siblings Olufemi and Oluwafifunmi Olaitan were found dead inside a non-functioning refrigerator in their house located at Eyin Ala, Akure in Ondo State capital. Olufemitan 9 and Oluwafifunmi Olaitan, 7, were found dead after they were suffocated inside the disused refrigerator inside their...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called President Muhammadu Buhari to admit that he is incapable of handling the security challenges facing the country instead of resorting to blame game. The party said in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan that...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government remains committed to delivering a lasting prosperity to all Nigerians. Professor Osinbajo said this on Thursday at a Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) clinic in Onitsha, the commercial capital of Anambra State. Click here to...

The outgoing head of the CIA appeared to confirm Thursday reports that around 200 Russian mercenaries were killed in February during a clash with US-led forces in Syria. “In Syria, a handful of weeks ago, the Russians met their match and a couple hundred Russians were killed,” Mike Pompeo said...

The report by the National Bureau of statistics has revealed that 92% of the total number of persons faced with conflict were denied support with the period of 2010-2017. The report which covers conflict in North East, North Central and South South captured several events of conflict for the...

A report published last week by a fact checking website, africacheck.org, has shown that South African Government’s health expenditure per capita is 16 times more than what obtains in Nigeria, while current health expenditure (government and private) is five times more in the country than...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was becoming an embarrassment to Nigerians, urging his handlers to desist from allowing him to speak extempore. Click here to read more

The Lagos State Government says it will soon pay compensation to owners of demolished properties removed for the International Airport Road reconstruction in line with regeneration of the entire Oshodi axis. Click here to read more

The United Nation Children’s Education Fund, UNICEF, has raised an alarm that over 1,000 children have been abducted by members of Boko Haram in North East Nigeria between 2013 till date. In a statement signed and released to newsmen by UNICEF’s Communication Specialist, Eva Hinds on Thursday...

Nigerian singer Simi has slammed people who love to rely heavily on whatever their Pastor tells them. The singer made it clear that people have access to God the same way Pastors do. Click here to read more

Nigerian Roland Ezuruike, Esther Oyema, and Ndidi Nwosu on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, won gold medals in the Para-powerlifting events at the ongoing Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. No country had ever achieved such feat in the history of the game. Click here to read more

No fewer than 13 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) 2017 Batch A stream 1 will repeat their service in Anambra. Mr Ebenezer Olawale, the NYSC Coordinator in the state, disclosed this at the passing out of the corps members in Awka on Thursday. Click here to read more

The Senate is ready to finally pass the N8.612 trillion 2018 budget on April 24, 2018, after a long delay as Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, has ordered the Appropriation Committee to tidy up pending reports from all committees latest by Friday, April 13, 2018, for final submission to the...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday assured that the lawmakers would do all within their powers to ensure that the 2018 budget is ready by the end of this month. He stated this at Ogbomosho High School during an empowerment programme organised by a lawmaker...

Gazans are preparing for a third consecutive Friday of protests along the border with Israel, after mass demonstrations since March 30 that have sparked violence in which Israeli forces have killed 32 Palestinians. Click here to read more

Former heavyweight world boxing champion Tyson Fury is to make his comeback for a first fight in two-and-a-half years in Manchester on June 9 with his opponent still to be named, promoter Frank Warren announced on Thursday. Click here to read more

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has yet to move out of an official residence in Harare five months after he was ousted from power, an official said Thursday. Presidential spokesman George Charamba said Mugabe had still had not removed his belongings from Zimbabwe House, a residential...

A widow got the shock of her life when she was told that her millionaire husband of 42 years left her nothing in his will. Joan Thompson, 79, had lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, with her husband Wynford Hodge for 42 years before his death in 2017. … Read more via Punch...

In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Ghanaian actress and model, Moesha Boduong, says she sleeps with a married man to pay her rent own a car as well as take care of herself generally. This comes after the curvy lady was featured on an episode of CNN’s ‘S£x & Love Around the...

The Supreme Court has set July 6 as date for delivering judgment in an appeal filed by the Senate President Bukola Saraki where he is challenging the ruling of the Court of Appeal which asked the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to try him on three of … Read more via The Sun News –...