Ilerioluwa Babalobi, a 31-year-old Nigerian tourist, has kicked off a visit to all 54 African countries to raise awareness for social interventions across the continent. The 31-year-old, who started his tour from the Red Cross office in Lagos, would tour the continent, spending an average of five days in each African state visited without using a…
A lady has been reduced to tears after her husband used their joint savings to purchase her engagement ring without her knowledge. The 28-year-old lady said her husband bought the diamond engagement ring valued at approximately $8,000 (N11 million). However, her joy quickly turned to dismay upon discovering that he had financed the ring through…
The woman who was mobbed by them was said to have stolen a phone. The Edo State Police Command have arrested three teenagers identified as Blessing Lucky, 15, Naomi Ekhonetomwan, 17, and Jennifer Eboigbe, have been arrested alongside two others, for stripping one Christabel Akhigbe naked. According to reports, Akhigbe was alleged to have stolen…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has once again called on motorists to shun panic buying of the product. In a statement released today by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, NNPC said at the moment, it has over 1.5 billion litres stock of PMS, which is equivalent to over 30 days sufficiency….
Two people have been killed and 18 people kidnapped by terrorists, in Ungwan Dantata, in the Gefe community of Kallah Ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The terrorists invaded the village while residents were sleeping at about 1 a.m. on Monday, May 6th 2024. The victims killed were identified as; Ezra Badama and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over alleged N6bn fraud. The arrest follows an order from Ahmed Audi, the NSCDC Commandant General, who directed the handover of the officers to the EFCC for interrogation. Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the EFCC previously penned…
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations broke out near the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night, May 6 as celebrities gathered for the annual Met Gala event. The New York Police Department confirmed multiple people were arrested in the protests, though it did not specify a number. Footage on social media showed groups of people marching near the…
Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, packed on the PDA with his wife, Mrs. Anidugbe, born Ossai Adaeze Marian. The singer was on stage, performing at his concert in London, when he was joined by his wife. Marian put her hand on the singer’s shoulder and they shared a kiss while concertgoers cheered. Watch…
Heart-racing footage shows the moment highly trained NYPD detectives climbed over a glass wall to rescue a distraught woman on the edge of a 54-story rooftop in Manhattan. The dramatic rescue of the 33-year-old woman took place last Wednesday at a Midtown building on East 29th Street. Bodycam footage showed that when members of NYPD’s…
Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo has said that a lot of women are still single because they are in love with men that won’t marry them. “A lot of single ladies are in love with someone that won’t marry them. And by that, they are giving negative & “unavailable” vibes to the guys that want them thereby…
More than 10 people have been killed or wounded following an attack at a hospital in southwest China. The attack took place at Zhenxiong County People’s Hospital in the southwestern Yunnan province and authorities are investigating, local media said. “The incident occurred at a local hospital and as of 1:20 pm (0520 GMT), more than…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) until May 12 to withdraw the recent hike in electricity tariff or face unprecedented industrial action. The ultimatum was issued in a joint letter to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, dated May 3, 2024,…
The FG may reinstate a previously suspended telecom tax and other fiscal measures in order to secure a new $750 million loan from the World Bank, it has been revealed. According to the Stakeholder Engagement Plan for Nigeria – Accelerating Resource Mobilisation Reforms (ARMOR) P-For-R (P177308) program dated March 2024, between Nigeria and the World…
South African singer, Tyla, was one of the celebrities who graced the red carpet at last night’s Met Gala. The singer, who won a Grammy for her song Water, wore a delicate Balmain dress that had a bustier top half that appeared to look like sand. She also carried a sand hourglass along with her…
Nigerians have taken to social media to react to the new CBN directive to banks to start charging a 0.5% cybersecurity levy on transactions. The apex bank said the deductions will be put together and paid into the Cybersecurity Fund held by the CBN. In a circular dated May 6, 2024 and sent to…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed deposit money banks in the country to start charging 0.5% cybersecurity levy on some transactions done by their customers. The apex bank gave the directive in a circular dated May 6, 2024, and sent it to all commercial, merchant, non-interest and payment service banks as well…
The prosecutor alleged that he invested a whooping sum of N100m into the defendant business back in 2020. A 300-level female student of Babcock University, Oluwateniola Omidiji has reportedly missed her exam after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed her school and arrested her over an alleged debt her mother, Omoniyi Omidiji owed…
Controversial singer, Portable has taken to his Instagram page to show off his newly acquired mansion worth N100m. He acquired the mansion around Banana Island, Lagos State. He captioned the video: “Alhamdulilahi ???????????? am going close am about to blow ???? CEO Dr ZEHNATION Coming to Lekki IYEN OTO ???? Who get God get everything @abel_egbarin…
Professor Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, a Nigerian female scholar, has made history by becoming the first black woman to earn a doctorate (PhD) in Cybernetics in the world. Cybernetics is the scientific study of how information is communicated in machines and pieces of electronic equipment in comparison with how information is communicated in the brain and nervous…
Juventus midfielder, Paul Pogba has now switched to acting. This comes after he was banned for four years for doping. Pogba was investigated for alleged doping and eventually handed a four-year ban from playing football, which he is still serving. But it appears the 31-year-old is making lemons out of lemonade and using his time…
