Tennis star, Serena Williams, husband welcome second child

International Tennis star, Serena Williams has announced the birth of her second child with husband Alexis Ohanian. The couple shared the news in a heartwarming video on social media. Williams posted the clip to her 1.6 million followers on TikTok, and was accompanied by husband Alexis and eldest child Olympia. In the video, the tennis icon […]

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14-year-old Nigerian girl commits suicide for fear of continuous torture by father, step-mother

14-year-old girl identified as Desola Adeoye, on Tuesday, August 22, committed suicide in Shogunle community, Lagos. Vanguard reported that Desola who had allegedly suffered untold violence in the hands of her father, Sunday Adeoye, and his wife, drank insecticide to escape torture. It was gathered that she decided to commit suicide after her step-mother allegedly […]

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US court assumes jurisdiction in Atiku’s case for Chicago State University to produce Tinubu’s documents

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, has ruled that it has jurisdiction in the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, to compel Chicago State University (CSU) to produce critical student documents relating to Bola Ahmed Tinubu. As one of […]

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British police charge ex-Nigerian Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke with bribery

British police said on Tuesday they had charged former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, with bribery offences, saying they suspected she had accepted bribes in return for awarding multi-million-pounds oil and gas contracts, according to Reuters. Alison-Madueke, 63, was a key figure in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, serving as […]

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Tinubu swore in his 45-member ministerial team

President Bola Tinubu on Monday warned his new 45-member ministerial cabinet that he would hold them to the standard he promised Nigerians during his campaign to be elected. Tinubu gave the warning after presiding over their oath-taking in the conference centre of the presidential villa in Abuja, where he admonished them not to see themselves […]

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Police to arrest, prosecute Lagos socialite, Fareeda who attempted suicide

Lagos Police Command is expected to arrest Farida Sobowale, the popular socialite and businesswoman, who tried to end her life over the collapse of her marriage after 8 weeks. Farida Sobowale, owner and CEO of House of Phareedah, almost committed suicide on Third Mainland bridge after her husband, Ademola Okulaja abandoned her and went back […]

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Afropop star singer, Wizkid’s mother is dead

Nigerian Afropop star singer and songwriter, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, has lost his mom, Mrs. Jane Dolapo Balogun. She was said to have died in London in the early hours of Friday. The incident has been confirmed by Sunday Are, Wizkid’s longtime manager. Sunday Are also confirmed that Mrs. Balogun died in […]

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Gambia beats Nigeria, Ghana, 13 others to win best Jollof 2023

Jollof rice fans worldwide have taken to social media to share their thoughts about The Gambia emerging winners of the 2023 Jollof competition at the West Africa Food Festival held in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition, which ran from August 9-14, saw the winning team, led by the award-winning Chef Saikou Bojang beat 15 other countries […]

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Lagos socialite, Fareeda stopped from jumping into Lagos lagoon (Videos)

Lagos socialite and owner and CEO of House of Phreeda, Ms. Farida Sobowale, was rescued after attempting to commit suicide by jumping into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos on Thursday evening. The socialite in a video making the rounds, was seen attempting to jump into the lagoon from the third mainland bridge […]

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Nigerian man arrested for allegedly killing his wife in Lagos

34-year-old Nigerian man, Samuel Adebiyi, has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife, Serah Ogungbe. Adebiyi was arrested by operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ogun State on Monday during a routine patrol. The suspect was said to have murdered his 27-year-old wife at Lekki Phase II in Lagos, Nigeria, but fled to hide in […]

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Nigeria’s golden girl, Tobi Amusan cleared of anti-doping violations

In a statement on Thursday, the Nigeria’s track & field golden girl, Tobi Amusan has been cleared of anti-doping rule violations, for allegedly missing three tests in 12 months, with the provisional suspension placed on her, lifted with immediate effect. This means the Nigerian world champion and world record holder in the 100m hurdles, will take […]

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Kano Election Petition Tribunal Chairperson exposes alleged bribery attempt by a SAN

Chairperson of Panel 2 of the Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Kano, Justice Flora Azinge, expressed her outrage over alleged Senior Advocate of Nigeria’s (SAN) attempt to bribe her, according to a report by Daily Nigerian. Speaking openly in court before the proceedings on Tuesday in Kano, the judge lamented the unethical conduct of senior lawyers, […]

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Tinubu assigns portfolios to all Ministers cleared by Senate (Full list)

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, unveiled the portfolios of 45 Ministers nine days after they were confirmed by the Nigerian Senate in a week-long screening exercise. Like his predecessor, the President will head the Petroleum ministry while a former Senator, Heineken Lokpobiri, is the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources. A statement on Wednesday by the […]

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Final year Nigerian University female student found dead in her room, male friend battles for life

A final-year student of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Mbah Ezinne, has been found dead in her room. Lifeless body of a female student of the Department of Anatomy was found in her apartment on July 31, 2023, after she was not seen in her church. One of her brothers, Mbah Samson, […]

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Church G.O arrested after married woman reportedly died during sex romp with him in Nigerian hotel

The General Overseer (GO) of Agape Evangelical Ministries (City of Miracles), Bishop Timothy Otu, has been arrested. Bishop Otu was arrested after a married female evangelist who lodged with him in a hotel was found dead in Aba, Abia State. According to Promise Uzoma Okoro, the deceased who is a mother-of-five is identified as Evangelist […]

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Nigerian rapper CDQ involved in car crash, battling for life (Video)

Nigerian indigenous hip-hop rapper and songwriter, Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf, popularly known by his stage name CDQ, is currently battling for life after his car was involved in a ghastly accident. The accident reportedly took place in Lagos, Nigeria. In a video shared online, the car he was in, looks badly damaged, a thing a lot […]

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Nigerian govt files fresh 20-count charge against ex-CBN governor Emefiele

Nigerian government, on Tuesday, applied to withdraw the charge of illegal possession of firearms pending against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed  Bakodo Abubakar, who approached the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos with an oral application […]

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Former US president, Donald Trump, 18 others indicted in Georgia over bid to reverse 2020 election loss

Former American president, Donald Trump, has been indicted in Georgia for his alleged roles in trying to overturn the 2020 election in the state.  Fani Willis, the District Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, secured the 41-count indictment from a grand jury on Monday, and told a press conference the indictment alleged ‘violations of Georgia law […]

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