26-yr-old fashion model collapses on runway, dies (Photos)

A model has died after collapsing on the runway during Sao Paulo’s Fashion Week in Brazil. 26-year-old Tales Soares known as Tales Cotta was walking the runway on Saturday when he suddenly stumbled and fell down during a show for clothing brand Ocksa. He received help from a medical team at the scene and was later rushed to hospital where he […]

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Issuance of new Nigerian passport with 10-year validity begins

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) commenced the issuance of the new passport booklet with 10-year validity at its headquarters, Abuja, on Monday. The new booklet will be available in Ikoyi on June 3; Alausa, Lagos on July 8; and London on July 29, 2019, according to Punch. The enhanced polycarbonate booklet with 64 pages, which was […]

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Bauchi Governor-elect’s re-arraignment stalled due to Judge’s absence

The absence of Justice Yusuf Haliru of an FCT High Court on Monday stalled the re-arraignment of the governor-elect of Bauchi State, Mr. Bala Mohammed. Mohammed, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was scheduled to be re-arraigned on a fresh six counts, bordering on false declaration of assets and […]

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N14tn stolen under Buhari, PDP alleges

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, alleged that N14tn had been stolen under the All Progressives Congress-led Presidency. It said the party and President Muhammadu Buhari were desperate to remain in power in order to prevent investigations into the matter. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the allegations in a statement made […]

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No country of the world will accept the level of injustice and corruption in Nigeria -Kukah

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said that since the return of democracy in 1999, Nigeria has had leaders who became Presidents of the country against their wish. Kukah explained that former Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and even the current President Muhammadu Buhari, were never prepared to lead […]

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Nigerian man wrongfully sentenced to death, set free after 27 years behind bars

As Clinton Kalu, a native of Ndinwafor in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, walked out from the Port Harcourt Maximum Prison, his smile and openness betrayed the pain he had been through these past 27 years. Right within that facility, he had waited for the hangman’s noose for almost three decades for a […]

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No government in charge of Nigeria now -Uche Secondus, PDP chairman

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on a ‘voyage unknown.’ On the state of the nation, Secondus said it was condemnable that Buhari travelled to the United Kingdom without notifying the National Assembly and did not allegedly hand over power to Vice President […]

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Chimpanzee uses iPhone to browse Instagram (Watch Video)

This video shows the incredible moment an ape is filmed scrolling, swiping and browsing Instagram on iPhone The footage which has gone viral on social media has left many stunned over the chimpanzee’s intelligence. The viral video was posted to Instagram by Mike Holston, who is animal rights and environmental activist. Watch the amazing video below: Video: […]

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Lagos govt. pardons 14 prisoners after 20 years, converts 20 others’ death sentences to life imprisonment

The Lagos State Government, through the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, on Friday pardoned 14 inmates of the Maximum Security Prison in Kirikiri who have been imprisoned for over 20 years for various offences, while 20 others on death row had their punishment converted to life imprisonment. This was contained in a press release signed […]

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Nigerian govt’s N64m website still show 5 former ministers as cabinet members

Five ex-ministers and a former Senior Special Assistant to the President are still listed as members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet and aide on the website of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) many months after they resigned their appointments to pursue different ambitions. The five former ministers’ names […]

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You are playing with imprisonment, Atiku tells Yakubu, INEC chairman

As a result of the alleged continuous refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party access to electoral materials used in the conduct of the election, as ordered by the Court of Appeal, the […]

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Buhari jets out to London on a private visit

President Buhari has been scheduled to proceed today, Thursday, April 25, to London on a private visit. A statement from the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said the president would pay official visit to Maiduguri from where he would proceed to the UK. The presidential aide further revealed that President […]

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NBC Director and wife of Osun monarch dies 5 months after wedding (Photo)

The South West Zonal Director of Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Olori Olajumoke Oginni, has passed away. Olori Oginni died on Tuesday, barely five months after she married a traditional ruler from Osun State, according to Daily Post. The NBC Director, had in November 2018, married His Royal Highness, Oba Olatunde Oginni, the Olodogbo of Odogbo-Ijesha […]

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Osun gov candidate, Ademola Adeleke’s life in danger – PDP alleges

Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thursday, raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to put its Osun governorship candidate, senator Ademola Adeleke out of circulation. It also alleged that the APC elements were desperate to silence and endanger Adeleke’s life. The opposition party accused the Assistant Inspector […]

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Eight Perm Secs leave Ekiti public service

Ekiti State Government on Thursday announced the retirement of eight Permanent Secretaries from the state public service. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, in Ado-Ekiti, however, did not state the basis for the retirement and was also silent on the names of the affected Permanent Secretaries. The statement, […]

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Nigerian female prison inmate gave birth to twins, dies

Nigerian Prisons Service, Cross River State Command, has disclosed that the female inmate who gave birth to twins has died. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Effanga Etim, the inmate died on April 19, after suffering complication as a result of the delivery, The Nation reports. The statement reads: “The Nigeria […]

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Buhari commissions Ambode projects, Tinubu absent (Photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled the newly reconstructed Institute of Maternal And Child Health popularly known as Ayinke House located within the premises of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja, describing it as a critical and timely intervention by the State Government in the health sector. Ayinke House, which is Nigeria’s biggest Maternity […]

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Dogara replies Tinubu, says Tinubu is ignorant with dubious academic certificates

Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, yesterday decried how an alleged quest by the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the control of the levers of power in the country made him to misunderstand the role of the National Assembly. Dogara reiterated that the National Assembly is not […]

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