Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has appointed Olamilekan Moshood Agbelesebioba, popularly called Laycon, winner of the just-concluded Big Brother Naija Season 5, as the state’s youth ambassador. Prince Abiodun, who… Read More »Abiodun Gives BBNaija Winner Laycon House, N5m
New York Eric Trump, who runs day-to-day operations of the family real estate empire, sat for a deposition on Monday as part of the New York Attorney General’s investigation into… Read More »Eric Trump Sat for deposition as part of Investigation by New York Attorney General
The Supreme Court on Monday granted a request from South Carolina Republicans to reinstate the state’s witness-signature requirement on absentee ballots pending appeal. The court’s order on the first day… Read More »US Supreme Court Allows SC Vote-by-Mail Restriction to Proceed
Nigerians who feel uncomfortable with certain laws should be patient and seek their reform, where necessary, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. The President spoke on Monday while declaring open… Read More »Buhari To Nigerians: Seek Reform For Laws You Don’t Like
Ravichandran Ashwin has given a “first and final warning” for the rest of the Indian Premier League after reigniting the controversial ‘Mankad’ debate. The bowler opted not to run Aaron… Read More »Ravichandran Ashwin gives ‘Final Warning’ after Aaron Finch Non-Mankad
Big Brother is inspired from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four with its theme of continuous oppressive surveillance. The first version of the show was broadcast in Veronica in the Netherlands… Read More »Big Brother Naija, Nigerian Youths And The Future
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that a 37-year-old man, Hameed Ayinla, who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old stepdaughter be remanded in a custodial centre. The… Read More »Court Remands Man For Allegedly Defiling His 9-Year-Old Step Daughter
A rare 102-carat white diamond has sold at auction for $15.7m (£12.1m) in what experts say is a “bargain”. The gemstone went to an unnamed telephone bidder. The auction was… Read More »Flawless 102-Carat Diamond a ‘Bargain’ at $16m
Britain’s Geraint Thomas has been forced to pull out of the Giro d’Italia because of a fractured hip. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, 34, crashed just before the start of Monday’s… Read More »Geraint Thomas Pulls out of Giro D’Italia with Fractured Hip
Protesters in Kyrgyzstan calling for the country’s parliamentary election to be annulled have broken into parliament in the capital, Bishkek. Footage showed people in the office of President Sooronbai Jeenbekov,… Read More »Kyrgyzstan Election: Protesters Storm Parliament Over Vote-Rigging Claims
Iran does not care who will take the office in Washington in the upcoming U.S. presidential election in November, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday. What matters… Read More »Iran Does Not Care Who Becomes U.S. President – Spokesman
Arsenal have signed Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid on a long-term deal after paying his 50m euros (£45.3m) release clause. The 27-year-old Ghana midfielder made 35 league appearances and scored… Read More »Thomas Partey: Arsenal Complete £45m Deal for Atletico Madrid Midfielder
When Edinson Cavani’s Paris St-Germain contract was not extended in June, it brought to an end a seven-year romance with the French capital. While many would have seen it coming,… Read More »Edinson Cavani to Manchester United: A Star in Decline or a Missing Piece?
In 2011, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton met with an exciting new singer named Ariana Grande. She was 18 at the time, and looking for a manager to help launch her… Read More »Perez Hilton: I Never Needed to be so Cruel
Armed robbers have attacked the parish priest of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Parish Demekpe, Fr. Mfa Mdooyongo Solomon, in Makurdi, Benue state capital. The attack occurred in the early hours… Read More »Robbers Attack Parish Priest In Makurdi
Tammy Abraham, Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho have been told to delay their arrival at England’s training camp. It is understood a group of more than six people, including Chilwell… Read More »England: Tammy Abraham, Ben Chilwell & Jadon Sancho told to Delay Arrival
Top entertainers Olamide, Wizkid, Davido, Don Jazzy and Falz have called on the Federal Government to put an end to the incessant brutalities by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad… Read More »Olamide, Wizkid, Davido, Don Jazzy, Falz Join #EndSARS Campaign
Will the Kremlin be trying to “Keep America Great”? Is Beijing rooting for Biden? These questions are on the minds of the US intelligence community in the run-up to November’s… Read More »US election 2020: Who do Russia, China and Iran want to win?
Some private schools in Niger State have insisted that they would resume for first term against the directive of the state government. The government, in line with the decision taken… Read More »Niger Private Schools Insist On Resuming For First Term
It’s 50 years since Janis Joplin died of an overdose in Los Angeles aged only 27. Her sad death is the one main fact many people know about her –… Read More »Janis Joplin: ‘There was no-One like Her’
The Prime Minister has urged people to return to cinemas following news Cineworld is temporarily closing its UK and US venues, affecting 45,000 jobs. Boris Johnson said he would “encourage… Read More »Boris Johnson Urges People to ‘go to the Cinema’
Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello has said the only way to drastically reduce kidnapping is to stop negotiating with the perpetrators. The governor said this during the Senate Press Corps’… Read More »Why Kogi Stopped Negotiating With Kidnappers, By Bello
Police in Anambra State have rescued a day-old wrapped in a piece of cloth and abandoned inside a drainage in Abuja Estate in Awka, the state capital, police spokesman Haruna Mohammed… Read More »Police Rescue Newborn In Anambra
The Japanese founder of popular fashion brand Kenzo has died aged 81, from complications linked to coronavirus. Tributes have poured in from all across the world for Kenzo Takada who… Read More »Kenzo Takada: Japanese Designer Dies After Catching Covid-19