Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has revoked the ownership of 762 plots of land in the highbrow Maitama district of Abuja, over non-payment of statutory fees.According to public notices issued by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday, the ...

Beauty queen, Chidimma Adetshina, has revealed her decision to step away from beauty pageants.Adetshina made history by becoming the first Nigerian to emerge first runner-up at the Miss Universe pageant. The grand finale of the 73rd Miss Universe competition concluded on Sunday morning in Mexico ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s electoral process.Speaking at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University, in the United States, Obasanjo specifically called for the dismissal of Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National ...

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, on Tuesday, challenged the Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, to swear with the Holy Quran to prove his innocence in banditry affecting the state. Matawalle gave the charge on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily while debunking the governor’s ...

American singer and actress, Selena Gomez, has opened up about her private life. In an interview with Vanity Fair published on Monday, she revealed that her ongoing health issues make it dangerous for her to carry her own children should she plan to have them. Gomez, who was diagnosed with ...

Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has dismissed allegations that staff of the company are behind substandard importation of petroleum products into the country. Speaking Wednesday when he appeared before a Senate Ad-hoc ...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said Nigeria would probably not have anything to do with banditry if the country had not changed its national anthem in 1978. In 1978, the military government of General Olusegun Obasanjo dropped “Nigeria, We Hail Thee,” written by Lillian Jean Williams in ...

There was commotion at the popular Banex Market in Wuse, Abuja, on Saturday when suspected thugs descended on soldiers in uniform. The cause of the incident was unknown but a trader in the market told Daily Trust that the soldiers were attacked after a disagreement with some persons in the ...

A former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality star, Natacha Anita Akide, also known as Tacha, has revealed the cost of her outfit to the 10th edition of Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA). The event held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, on Saturday. In an interview with content ...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Binance, a popular cryptocurrency trading platform, Richard Teng, has claimed that some unknown persons sought a bribe of cryptocurrency from its executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, before their detention on February 28, 2024. Teng made the ...

A former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has visited Governor Alex Otti of Abia State. Otti is the only governor elected under the platform of Labour Party. In a post via X on Monday morning, Ihedioha shared pictures of his visit to Government House, Umuahia. “Delighted to have met ...

At exactly 5:57pm on Thursday, April 4, 2024, music star David Adeleke, better known as Davido, tweeted, “Bombardier 7500 Tear Rubber”. The tweet has been retweeted over 3,5000 times and has had over 650,000 views as of the time of this report. However, majority of those commenting about the ...