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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said that picking a running mate in the 1999 presidential election was a mistake. He made the comment while speaking in Abeokuta at a leadership and entrpreneurship mentoring session with selected school students on Saturday, June 25. Obasanjo, who won the 1999 and 2003 presidential …

Senator Ike Ekweremadu has been banned by University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, after being appointed a visiting professor of Corporate and International Linkages. This is coming after the Nigerian lawmaker and his wife, Beatrice were arrested by British police for allegedly conspiring to harvest the kidney of one Ukpo Nwamini David who claims …

The police in Delta State, Nigeria, have arrested a 33-year-old man identified as Gabriel Volts for allegedly beheading his son for ritual purposes in the state. According to the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, the suspect took his son from his wife and then went to Etinabobo …

Six students of Government Day Secondary School Salihu Dogo in Jalingo, Taraba state have been summarily expelled by the school management for protesting over alleged corruption exactly a week ago. The protest was staged in front of the school principal’s office and is said to have taken place last week …

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has said the support group of the presidential flagbearer of Labour Party, Peter Obi, popularly known as ‘Obidient’ only exists on social media. While disclosing this in Abuja on Wednesday June 22, Nabena said; “I can tell you that …

A one-year-old boy has died from injuries he sustained from alleged severe child abuse reportedly caused by his babysitter, has died. The boy was hospitalized for days after the alleged abuse but he succumbed to the injuries sustained from the abuse and passed on. According to FOX 2, Baby Kyrie passed away just …

A man has shown exceptional bravery after he overpowered an armed robber who tried to rape his wife and dispossessed him of his gun with the help of neighbours. The suspected armed robber, Tosin Ominiyi, has been arrested while attempting to rape a woman after robbing her family of valuables …

Iroko TV boss, Jason Njoku, has disagreed with the ideology that being self-reliant should make Nigerians not submissive to their parents. Njoku shared this thought after seeing a Tweet from a Nigerian that said one of the ways to speak up for oneself against Nigerian parents is having their own …

A new strain of Gonorrhoea is causing fresh cause for concern in the global health scene as the world might be facing another major challenge. Scientists have warned about a super Gonorrhoea which poses a ‘major global threat’ after an Austrian man caught a drug-resistant version of the STI. The unidentified man, …

Apostle Anselm Madubuko has reacted to former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu’s claim of South-East voting for People’s Democratic Party and not Labour Party’s Peter Obi. The lawmaker from Enugu state who acknowledged that Peter Obi is a credible candidate and “their son”, had said that the South-East needs to be …

A young lady has shared a nightmarish experience she had in the hands of her boyfriend and his friends over allegations that she cheated on the boy. The Nigerian lady simply identified as Aduke expressed her feelings on this incident on her Whatsapp status where she cried out for justice …

Nine members of a family were found dead in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, India on Monday morning, June 20, in a suspected case of suicide. Bodies of the deceased were found in two separate houses belonging to two brothers, located 1.5 km apart, in Mhaisal village in the western Maharashtra district, …

A Nigerian police officer got more than he bargained for after he allegedly slapped an elderly who then insisted the officer will know whom he is. The elderly man held on to the bike belonging to the officer and refused to let go in spite of the police officer toning …

Two young men have paraded themselves naked in broad daylight in the streets of Nnewi, Anambra state. The incident was first posted online on June 19 but is suspected to have happened a few days earlier. Passersby were stunned to find the two men walking quietly through the streets in …

The woman who refused Burna Boy’s advances at a night club, following which her partner and his friend were shot by police officers attached to the music star, has broken her silence about what happened that night. Briella took to social media to explain that her partner, her best friend …