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Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan hospitalised for Covid-19

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Bollywood icon, Amitabh Bachchan has been hospitalised in India, following a positive Covid-19 test. The 77 year-old actor was admitted today to the Nanavati Hospital...

Police recruit constables, bar persons with bow legs, gross malformation of...

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The Nigeria Police Force has commenced nationwide recruitment of constables. The NPF, however, barred persons with bow legs, knock knees, bent knees, and gross malformation...

Covid-19: Emirates Airlines to cut 9,000 jobs

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Emirates Airlines has cut a tenth of its workforce during the novel coronavirus pandemic in layoffs that could rise to 15 percent, or 9,000...

Burnley end Liverpool’s 100% EPL home record

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Burnley ended new champions Liverpool’s hopes of completing the season with a 100 per cent Premier League home record thanks to Jay Rodriguez’s second-half...

Video: Malami, son ‘flout Covid-19 rules’ at wedding ceremony

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Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), may have failed to enforce Covid-19 guidelines at the wedding ceremony of his son. A viral...

Nigerian Army faces morale crisis as 356 soldiers exit over “loss...

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Three hundred and fifty-six (356) soldiers are formally exiting the Nigerian Army citing “loss of interest”, Premium Times reports, in a development insiders say...

Inside story of the cold war within Oniru Royal family

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There is the popular African proverb that says that when brothers fight to death, a stranger inherits their property. This powerful axiom could best...

Ex- Oyo Commissioner, Fatai Abimbola dies in car accident

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A former Commissioner in Oyo State, Honorable Fatai Abimbola is dead. Abimbola, a native of Ibadan, the state capital died in a road accident on...

Nigerian doctors stopped at Lagos airport promised millions by UK firm

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The 58 Nigerian doctors who were prevented by the Nigeria Immigration Service from boarding a plane to the United Kingdom were expected to earn...

Gunmen attack Ekiti community, kidnap three persons

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Unknown gunmen on Friday evening attacked Isinbode Ekiti in the Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State and whisked away three persons. Sources said...

Nigerian advertised for sale on Facebook, 28 others return home from...

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Peace Busari, a Nigerian woman offered for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese, Wael Jerro, is on her way home from Lebanon. The Chairman, Nigerians...

Lagos shuts down illegal COVID-19 lab in Ikoyi

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The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Saturday said it had shut down the operations of a private laboratory in Banana Island carrying out...

I own property housing Kiki Osinbajo’s business, Dr Ayuba Musa speaks

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Dr Ayuba Musa has waded into the controversy of the property housing GLAM’D Africa, a business owned by Kiki Osinbajo. Musa’s reaction was sequel to...

Magu: Alleged cover-up in EFCC as unknown men attack NFIU office,...

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There is an alleged plot to frustrate the probe of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the ongoing investigation of its suspended...

Online retailer is slammed for selling Islamic prayer mats as ornamental...

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Shein has come under fire for selling Islamic prayer mats featuring Muslim imagery and calling them 'fringe trim carpets,' prompting the online retailer to...

One dead, six rescued as three-storey building collapses in Lagos [photos]

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One person was confirmed dead, while six others were rescued from the rubbles of a three-storey building, which collapsed on Freeman Street, Lagos Island,...

Offa bank robbery suspect narrates how police killed his colleagues

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One of the suspects on April 5, 2018, Offa bank robbery, Azeez Salawu, yesterday told the court in Ilorin, Kwara state, how six suspects...

Harvard University moves classes online for next academic year but fees...

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Harvard University has announced that all learning for the next academic year will be done remotely - but says tuition will remain at nearly...

Covid-19: Drama as Obasanjo locks out mourners at mother in-law’s burial...

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There was a mild drama in Isara Remo, Ogun East Senatorial District yesterday as former President Olusegun Obasanjo locked mourners outside during the burial...

Man stabbed pregnant ex-girlfriend to death and killed their baby in...

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A man has been found guilty of the murder of his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend and the manslaughter of their baby son. Aaron McKenzie, 26, of...

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu visits Ajimobi’s family [photos]

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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to Mrs Florence Ajimobi, wife of...

How we terrorized residents of Ibadan, Lagos, killed two persons —...

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At 23, Enioluwa Adedayo, popularly known as Judgement, had made himself a dreaded armed robber terrorizing residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, and parts of...

Photos from Regina Daniels and Ned Nwoko’s son naming ceremony…

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Here are photos from the naming ceremony of the son of actress Regina Daniels and her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko which was held yesterday. The...

Nigeria records 575 new COVID-19 cases, total now 31,323

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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday announced that Nigeria recorded 575 new cases of COVID-19, bringing total cases reported in the country to...

Jada Pinkett Smith confirms romance with August Alsina but says she...

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Jada Pinkett Smith confirmed Friday that she had a romantic relationship with singer August Alsina but explained that it happened while she was separated...

Reps ask FG to reverse decision on 2020 WASSCE

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The House Committee on Basic Education and Services on Friday said the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) should not be cancelled...

Horrific photos: Deaconess who adopted IDP girl as house help allegedly...

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A Nigerian activist, who goes by the name ‘’Citizen Steven KefasonFlag’’ on twitter has shared photos of an IDP girl who was allegedly battered...

Singer Tipsy thanks rapper Olamide for all the things he does...

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Apparently rapper Olamide does a lot for the upcoming ones in the entertainment industry and never publicizes it. Well Tipsy juts made that known. Thanking...

Burial photos: Popular Lawmaker Tunde Braimoh laid to rest

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The remains of the late lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Tunde Braimoh, has been buried. Braimoh who...

‘You are going no where’… NIS stops 58 Nigerian doctors at...

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The Nigeria Immigration Service has stopped 58 doctors from travelling to the United Kingdom. The doctors were stopped at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos...

Sony releases personal air conditioner which is so small it can...

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Sony has released a new personal air conditioner designed to be stored inside a person's shirt collar, creating a cool envelope around their torso...

Hushpuppi’s lawyer fires, FBI kidnapped my client to USA, they should...

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Gal Pissetzky, counsel for alleged international fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, has said his client was illegally taken to the United States. Pissetzky of Pissetzky...

Kenyan nurse in the soup for allegedly forging Covid-19 results for...

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A Kenyatta National Hospital nurse and a hotelier have been charged with uttering a false document, namely a Covid-19 test report purporting it to...

Nollywood actor Deyemi Okanlawon shares infertility journey

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Nigerian film star Deyemi Okanlawon has shared his journey to having kids with his spouse and how they were told they couldn't have kids. Okanlawon...

Johnny Depp says he decided to divorce Amber Heard after she...

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Johnny Depp has claimed he decided to divorce Amber Heard after she defecated in their marital bed 'as a prank' as he denied hitting...

Pandemic: 270 Nigerians successfully evacuated from Egypt

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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has evacuated 270 stranded Nigerians in Egypt. This was revealed via the official Twitter handle of NIDCOM on Friday. According to...

APC Chairman resigns in Ondo, follows Agboola to PDP

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The Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ese-Odo local government area of Ondo state Samuel Olorunwa has resigned his membership of the party. He tendered...

Policeman shoots family’s bread winner dead in Ibadan

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A policeman in Ibadan on Thursday afternoon allegedly shot a 32-year-old businessman, Yemi Ajayi, dead at the Iwo Road interchange, Ibadan, Oyo State. A witness...

Eight-year old girl who ran away from home after row with...

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A girl who ran away from home following a row with her parents was r*ped and killed after being picked up by a married...

Suspended EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu asks IGP for bail

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Suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, who is under investigation by a presidential panel, has requested bail...

Champions League quarter and semi-final draw: Ronaldo could face Real Madrid

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The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were made from UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus could face Real...

Deadly ‘unknown pneumonia worse than coronavirus’ spreads through Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan is facing a deadly "unknown pneumonia” more dangerous than coronavirus, China has claimed. The alert comes as the Kazakh authorities have admitted both a...

South African rapper, AKA tests positive for Covid-19

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South African rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer Kiernan Jarryd Forbes popularly known as AKA has tested positive for Covid-19. AKA comes as the latest...

Man attacked pregnant wife with hammer and killed her baby after...

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A man has been charged with murder after allegedly battering his much younger wife with a hammer and smothering her baby after discovering he...

Meghan Markle says she’s ‘too famous’ to do normal things with...

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Meghan Markle claims she's "too well known" to do normal things with her son Archie, like going to mother and baby classes, it has...

N800m Abuja property doesn’t belong to me – Kiki Osinbajo

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Kiki Osinbajo, one of the daughters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has rubbished the claims that she owns the N800m Abuja property housing her...

‘I offered s.e.x in exchange for money while heavily-pregnant and my...

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Twenty-five-year-old Purity Wanjiru, a reformed commercial s.e.x worker in Nairobi, recounts her time on the streets. She says at one time, she was married and...

Man kills own four-year old son in Anambra [photos]

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A 35-year-old man, Mr Christian Alisigwe from Ihite Azia, Ihiala local government area of Anambra State has killed his four-year-old son. It was gathered that...

Celebrated Kenyan gynaecologist dies of Covid-19 at 38

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Renowned obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr. Doreen Lugaliki has passed on aged 38. Dr. Lugaliki succumbed to COVID-19 complications on Thursday at the Aga Khan University Hospital in...

Italy bans entry from 13 countries over coronavirus fears

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Italy has banned entry to people coming from 13 countries that it said presented an excessive rate of COVID-19 infections. The list compiled by the...