Scandal-plagued Matt Gaetz, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be US attorney general, on Thursday pulled out of the confirmation process in an early setback for the incoming administration.Gaetz was one of Trump’s several eye-catching selections, including Fox News host Pete ...

Erling Haaland fired Manchester City to the top of the Premier League as the striker sealed a 1-0 win against Southampton, while third-placed Aston Villa were frustrated by Bournemouth’s last-gasp leveller on Saturday.Haaland had gone three league games without a goal but he ended that mini ...

Freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Igboho, has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, to consider the creation of a Yoruba nation.According to report, Igboho submitted the petition on behalf of Prof. Adebanji Akintoye, the leader of the Yoruba Nation ...

Tito Jackson, an original member of the Jackson 5 pop group and brother of the late Michael Jackson, has died aged 70, US media report.An official cause of death is yet to be determined.Tito performed in the famous ensemble with brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, who died in 2009.He ...

Grammy Award winner, Burna Boy said he has never received any gift from a politician. He also said that the promises of money and landed property made to him by Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, were not fulfilled. Burna Boy said this in an X post on Thursday. In 2021, ...

One of Nigeria’s prospect at the ongoing Paris Olympics, Favour Ofili would not be participating in the women’s 100m athletics event and has placed the blame on the shoulders of the country’s sport’s body. Ofili who competes in the 100m and 200m events was supposed to fly the ...

The former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, who was remanded in prison custody over his alleged complicity in a N33 billion fraud, on Friday, secured bail from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice James Omotosho, granted the defendant, ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has lost his mother-in-law, Maryam Abubakar-Albishir, who passed away in Kano on Sunday evening after a prolonged illness. The spokesperson of the vice-president, Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nkwocha said that ...

Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL side Doma United players and officials have been involved in a ghastly car accident.The Gombe based side had the accident along Makurdi-Lafia Expressway on Monday morning while returning to their base in Gombe from Imo State.Roma United it could be recalled ...

The former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has stated that President Bola Tinubu was the best among the candidates during the 2023 general elections in terms of capability. Tinubu clinched victory in the election, with Atiku Abubakar of ...

Veteran Nollywood actor Zack Orji has dismissed social media rumours claiming that he is from Gabon.The renowned actor, who took to his Instagram page – @realzackorji – to express his frustration, said the falsehood was not the first about him.“I am a full-blooded Nigerian, hail from Enugu the ...

The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has accused operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of unlawful invasion and arrest of students of Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun state.Residents of Ede told Blueprint correspondent that the EFCC operatives invaded ...