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 A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, has sentenced Mufutau Dosunmu, the Osolo of Ado-Odo, to six months in prison for parading himself as an Oba.

  A family feud took an ugly turn in Kenya when a woman and her children reportedly destroyed the house her husband built for his second wife.

  2023 will go down in the record books as the hottest year ever, the UN said on Thursday, demanding urgent action to curb global warming.

A family has been left fuming after a 90-year-old grandmother was declared dead by doctors and was placed in the hospital morgue only for a shocked crematorium worker to discover she was still alive.

The Minister of Social Development in South Africa, Lindiwe Zulu, has urged parties to put aside their political differences and fight the scourge of teenage pregnancy after 90,000 schoolgirls got pregnant his year. 

Gunmen have assassinated a businessman in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

  Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has presented a budget proposal of N300.2 billion to the State House of Assembly for approval.

 A driver with an e-hailing company, Bolt, was reportedly abducted on Tuesday night alongside a female passenger in Calabar, Cross River.

A 70-year-old woman has become the oldest woman in Africa to give birth after welcoming twins through IVF treatment, her hospital said.

Senator John Enoh, Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, has updated the public on the status of Jose Peseiro, the Super Eagles coach who is currently under criticism.

  The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, is currently presiding over the State Executive Council meeting as the council’s Vice Chairman.

  Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has denounced the continuous demolition of homes in Lagos and other regions of the nation.

The 11-year-old girl, Naomi Sotonye Elijah, who was earlier declared missing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has been found.

Wura-Ola Adepoju has been confirmed as the substantive Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) by President Bola Tinubu.

Gunmen suspected to be bandits are said to have attacked two communities in Plateau State, murdering seven people.

Popular actor and media personality, Adeyemi Idowu aka Yhemolee, has filed a N200 million defamation suit against singer Lil Frosh.

As part of efforts to provide safe and secured environment for teaching and learning in Nigerian schools, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has launched Safe Schools Response Squad in Bauchi.

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, how the inability of a defunct commercial bank (Diamond Bank) to disburse large sums of money prompted the airlifting of N1.219 billion cash to former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for the governorship election in the state.

 The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has asked President Bola Tinubu to prohibit federal ministers and heads of ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) from leaving the nation during the budget defense period.

After a three-month hiatus, the Ondo State Executive Council meets today in Akure, the state capital.

Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a class action lawsuit in the United States for his support of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has approved the posting of Police Public Relations Officers (PPROs) to various state commands and formations in order to promote community involvement and communication.

Manchester United are on the brink of elimination from the Champions League after twice blowing a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 at Galatasaray on Wednesday.

 Bandits, on Tuesday night, attacked Dan-Honu II community in New Millennium City of Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, kidnapping eight persons.

  On Wednesday, the Nigeria Police arrested and detained three Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps soldiers for killing two students from Senior Secondary School, Life Camp, in the Federal Capital Territory’s Jabi and Gwarinpa neighborhoods.

The Kogi state Governorship Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has adjourned its sitting indefinitely pending the inspection of the election materials is complete.

British boxer Ryan Taylor has revealed why he dumped his estranged fiancée, Florence Otedola, aka DJ Cuppy, and his other ex-girlfriends.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described President Bola Tinubu’s N27.5 trillion budget proposal to the National Assembly for the fiscal year 2024 as deceptive, strangulating, and hopeless.

That finding is great, it’s a great showing a team, a team that is unbreakable can be a team of achievers. You took the saddle of NNPC LTD, make a team out of Mele Kyari and his people. I say Mele Kyari Congratulations” – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.

A branch of the Celestial Church of Christ in Lagos State has come under fire for inviting Fuji singer, Pasuma, and street-hop artiste, Portable, to its praise night event.

Friends and family of the man whose church in Aba, Abia State, cancelled his wedding have commended his bravery for marrying in a different church.

As a subsidy removal palliative, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved a monthly payment of N15,000 to each civil servant in the state and N10,000 to pensioners for six months.

Senator Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recently concluded Kogi State Governorship election, has announced his decision not to pursue legal recourse following his electoral defeat.

President Bola Tinubu has presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly.

The Benue State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Wednesday said it arrested no fewer than 20 suspected criminals in the state.

A group from Misau/Dambam federal constituency in Bauchi State, has commended their federal lawmake Honourable Bappa Aliyu for living up to expectations in attending to the needs of constituents.

  Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent reconstitution of the management board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), saying it breached a binding judgement of a competent court of law.

Babayo Akuyam has been elected as the new Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly.

President Bola Tinubu has presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, urging lawmakers to enact it by January 1, 2024, to ensure the administration’s smooth operation.

Guest speakers and scholars at the Annual Roundtable on Cultural Orientation, ARTCO, have advised Nigerians to imbibe the culture of good time management towards enhancing their productivity.

  Some residents of ‘Kurnar Asabe’ in Kano metropolis are staging a protest over the alleged killing of their community member by the police on Tuesday night.

Mr Emeka Ogbu, the President of the Nigerian Universities Games Association (NUGA), is dead.

President Bola Tinubu presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Wednesday.

  A United States military V-22 Osprey aircraft with eight people onboard has crashed into the ocean in western Japan on Wednesday.

The National Assembly Complex is heavily guarded as President Bola Tinubu prepares to introduce the 2024 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives at 11 a.m. today.

 A lot of users of the commodity in the town had earlier been using gas for cooking but resorted to charcoal when prices of cooking gas became prohibitive.

 The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Olamide Oladiji, has explained why the state’s deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, was ordered to draft a resignation letter.

  Kayode Edbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, has stated that the police are not at odds with the military.

All 41 Indian construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for 17 days in northern India have been brought to safety, hours after rescue crew drilled through the debris of rock, concrete and mud to reach the.

The respiratory illness like Covid which started in China in mid October has now entered the United States.