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As President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list is said to drop anytime soon, the President on Tuesday said he would head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. According to Daily Independent ,Buhari who was in New York to participate in the 70th United Nations General Assembly dropped the hint in one of ...

At about 3am this morning students of UNILAG students came out of their hostels in protests against bedbugs .A student who called very early said bedbugs have made them unable to sleep and are calling on authorities to intervene.They have also blocked the main entrance into the school..

Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi married his 4th wife over the weekend. His newly married wife is an 18 year old and has raised eyebrow on Twitter. The name of his 4th wife is, Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa and she is one of the daughters of the Lamido of Adamawa. Mr. Sanisi ...

A fake lawyer, Olawale Falola, who claimed to be a dropout of a university in Osun State was arrested by the Oyo State Police Command during a stop-and-search in Ibadan recently. It was gathered that after seeing a sticker belonging to the Nigeria Bar Association on his windscreen, the police ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday Mrs. Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo’s death forced him and his wife out of hiding.The former President spoke at the Ikenne home of the Awolowos after he led a delegation to visit the family. He said: �We, just like her immediate children, and indeed this ...

Lagos state police have arrested Mr. Olawale Onalaja, a traditional-medicine doctor for allegedly selling a one week-old baby to a couple Dele and Oluwakemi Ayangbile, for N300,000 in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos. It was learnt that the 29 year old mother of the baby, Idiat Babatunde, had her baby on September ...

After he landed in D.C yesterday and was welcomed by the Obamas, ‘The People’s Pope’ Pope Francis was chauffeur driven in an Italian-made Fiat to the Vatican Embassy. The car costs about $20k. He doesn’t care for flashy cars. More photos

A woman named Faith Nuhu and five others who specialised in child kidnapping and sale of children were paraded at the Abuja police headquaters. According to Daily Sun, the suspects, among them, a medical doctor, were arrested after Faith Nuhu, kidnapped three of her sister’s children but ended up selling ...

The Cross River State command of the Nigeria Police on Tuesday raided Peace Garden Hotel popularly called `Flower Mills Joint’ and arrested 54 prostitutes and 56 men who had gone to patronise them,Punch reports… The operation was led by the Cross River State Security Adviser, Mr. Jude Ngaji. Addressing journalists ...

The 78-year-old pontiff landed in Washington today for his first visit to the US. President Barack Obama arrived the tarmac with his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha to welcome the pontiff when his plane landed minutes ago at Joint Base Andrews. More photos

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday confirmed the death of 20 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. The commission Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, who spoke at a pre-Arafat stakeholders’ meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said 14 pilgrims died following cardiac arrest and other ailments, and six lost their lives ...

Residents of Abesan Estate in the Ipaja, Lagos were thrown into confusion after a 34 year old man, Nelson Oamen, stabbed his father, 74year old father, Ehiremen Oamen, to death, removed his heart and left with it after an altercation on Friday. It was gathered that the father who was ...

Hours ago, the family of the British-born writer Jackie Collins announced that she died in Los Angeles. The successful author novels all made the New York Times bestseller list, and she has sold more than 500 million copies of her novels. In the statement released by the family on Facebook, ...

A 12-year-old girl identified as Mulikat Hassan shocked residents in Mushin, Lagos after she allegedly committed suicide. The little girl was found dead by her parents after she was seen dangling from the ceiling of her parents’ one-room apartment in Mushin. According to Sunday Sun, a neigbour said: �I have ...

Since the death of Miss Oluchi Anekwe, a third-year Accounting student at the University of Lagos, the university’s Medical Centre has remained the subject of widespread criticism and ridicule. Both the students of the university and members of the Anekwe family have insisted that Oluchi who was rushed to the ...

A 47-year-old man and 34-year-old woman from Bedford, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been jailed for six-and-a-half years each after admitting creating indecent images and videos of their own children. One of the children was made to use a sex toy while being filmed, Bedfordshire Police said. ...

A Channels TV presenter was reading the news about the Jos building collapse and midway through the coverage they returned on air without prompting her. She was shocked to see herself live as she’d been blowing or ‘pouting’ a kiss to her colleague when the camera returned to her. Her ...

A Diamond Bank employee, Obioha Okengwu, was on Thursday remanded at Ikoyi Prisons for allegedly conspiring with his family to defraud the bank of N111.2 million.He unlawfully credited huge sums of money into his family’s account instead of the bank’s accounts. According to News Agency of Nigeria , the accused ...

Fuji star, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma has reacted to the suspension of a Redeemed Church Pastor, Toyin Ogundipe who was said to have paid him to perform at a crusade slated to hold in one of the parishes in Lagos Island. The Fuji star declared that, although, the church’s management paid ...

Kendall Jenner is now ranked with some of the best-known supermodels in the world, as the 19 year old entered Forbes’ list of highest-paid models for the first time. The reality TV star is the youngest on the list, with her $4million earnings putting her just behind Kate Moss…Full list ...