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At least five people were reported dead in the on-going supplementary governorship poll in Southern Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa State. They were said to have died during violent clashes in Nembe, but the Police Spokesman in Bayelsa, Mr Asinim Butswat, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the incident was yet to be reported. He said that […]

You are staring at the stunning Queen Sassy, the Face of Candy City 2015. See another photo of the celebrity below: Photo Credit: Model: Queen @SassySomma: Photography: @photokulture

Fellow Nigerians, I don’t know how many of you feel the way I feel but some things are not very clear to me. There is so much commotion in the land. It seems like we are still busy campaigning after election. The two major political parties in Nigeria are permanently at daggers’ drawn. I thought […]

The late General Sani Abacha is shown in one of the jets in the Nigerian Presidential Fleet and with him in the aircraft were to the left is the former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon and to the right is the late Ikemba of Nnewi and leader of the defunct Biafra, Dim Odumegwu […]

Nollywood Yoruba star actor, Damola Olatunji and his baby mama, actress Bukky Awoyemi, who played the role of Arugba in the popular movie “Arugba” celebrated their twins’ one year birthday yesterday.

A church in Jiayi, Taiwan built in the shape of a Cinderella-like glass shoe has created headlines ahead of its proposed opening prior to the Chinese New Year. It is 17m high and 11m wide, and made of 320 pieces of glass. Constructed almost entirely from glass, the main structure of the building took more than […]

Nigerian government on Friday confirmed the death of 40 people out of 86 reported cases of Lassa fever outbreak in 10 states. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said this in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever. Adewole advised communities to improve on their hygiene, including food hygiene and food protection […]

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday, challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh to court if the commission was sure of evidences of fraud against him, saying “the EFCC appears to be operating a system in […]

One person says: “Give me a place to stand and I will move the world.” Another person says: “Give me a place to stood and I will move the world.” These two statements are two translations of the Latin sentence, “Da mihi locum standi et ego movum movebo.” Somewhere in that classic novel of the […]

One of the political parties which did not sponsor a presidential candidate for the 2015 elections, the Accord Party, has confirmed receiving N100 million from a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Tony Anenih, ahead of the polls. The party said it got the money through its national leader, […]

According to former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, President Muhammadu Buhari is losing his integrity. He accused Buhari of ignoring the rule of law and pursuing a selective war against corruption. “Buhari is respected but with the hounding of opposition members, he is losing respect in the eyes […]

A Senator of the People Democratic Party, Uche Ekwunife, ahead of the Anambra Central Senatorial election rerun has defected to the All Progressive Congress. Ekwunife was inaugurated as senator in June, 2015, and had her election nullified by Appeal Court in Enugu in December on grounds of irregularities. The court ordered a fresh election in […]

Sometimes, you are at that portion of the road in your life when you think you can’t go on. You are so heartbroken you can’t believe you are still breathing. As far your feelings are concerned, it’s the end of the world. It ended when the love of your life said goodbye. Getting out of […]

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, has admitted that he collected N100 million from the former chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). New Telegraph had exclusively reported yesterday that a former SGF and erstwhile governor in the South-West got N100 million each from the […]

The residence of former Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko, was on Friday raided by armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Dikko was not present at his house located at 6, Ahmed Musa Crescent, Jabi, but the operatives, who arrived around 7 a.m., proceeded to raid the house, the News Agency […]

Lorreto Senior Special Science Secondary School on the 5th of October 2015 won the Presidential Award of the Best Secondary School in Nigeria (senior category). Located in Adazi-Nnukwu Anaocha LGA of Anambra state, Lorreto defeated her counterparts from other states in several science oriented inter school debates. Another school from Anambra state also won the […]

“What a relief, my friend!” “What are you relieved about?” “It is this David Adeleke and Sophia Momodu soap opera”. “I tell you. It is a perfect subject for a good home video. But what is your own?” “No. Nothing. I am just relieved that the parties involved have agreed to let peace reign” “This […]

A Nigerian, Jude O Nkama made history on January 6 as he became the first African to be appointed a judge in the 349 year history of the city and State of New Jersey, USA. Hon. Ras Baraka, Mayor of the City of Newark, NJ also appointed Hon. Ugochukwu Nwaokoro as Deputy Mayor; and Evans […]

Forbes declared Katy Perry the top-earning star of 2015 having raked in $135 million in the last year alone, but wonder woman hasn’t stopped there. She has taken over twitter too. The roar hit maker now has more followers on twitter than anyone else with 80.4million followers. She’s however got Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift […]

According to Punch, Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast has relinguished his dominance of the continent’s football as he lost the illustrious position as the African Footballer of the Year to Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang following the ceremony the Glo/CAF awards held Thursday night in Abuja. Toure had won the award for four consecutive years before Thursday […]