Celebs shouldn’t encourage fans to tattoo their names, faces – Warri Pikin

In recent times, diehard fans have been showing their allegiance to their favourite celebrities by drawing tattoos of their names and/or faces on their bodies. This has expectedly generated diverse reactions...

Police arrest two as armed robbers engage them in gun battle on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Two suspected armed robbers were on Saturday arrested by men of the Ogun State police command after a gun duel. Police said the suspects, one 30-year-old Solomon Aghofure from Delta State and 37-year-old...

Months after, Borno pastor still detained by Boko Haram –CAN

More than two months after his capture by Boko Haram insurgents, Pastor Yakuru of EYN Church of the Brethren in Borno State is still being held captive, the Christian Association of Nigeria said on Saturday. CAN...

Ozekhome, US group urge Igboho to seek court protection

A renowned constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has called on Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, to approach the court and seek protection from being arrested,...

Covid-19 vaccines to arrive Nigeria on Monday - SGF says

After weeks of expectation, about four million vaccines from the COVAX facility for the Covid-19 vaccines is expected to arrive in Nigeria on March 1, 2021 (tomorrow), the Secretary to the Government...

Insecurity: Katsina to reopen boarding schools on Tuesday

Katsina State on Sunday directed the reopening of boarding schools in the state from Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The state Commissioner for Education, Badamosi Charanchi, gave the directive shortly after...

DSS attack was an attempt to assassinate me –Sunday Igboho

Popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, says the recent assault on his person by the operatives of the Department of State Services was an attempt to murder him. The...

2020/21 admissions: JAMB, institutions set June 15 deadline

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of various tertiary institutions in the country have agreed to conclude all 2020/2021 admissions by June 15. The board made the disclosure...

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to be completed 2022 - Fashola

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed in the first quarter of 2022. He said this during an interview on Bond FM on Sunday. According...

PDP, Fayose condemn detention of Ganduje’s ex-aide Dawisu

The Peoples Democratic Party has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a former aide to the Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Salihu Yakasai, from security custody. The PDP described...

Second woman accuses New York gov of s3xual harassment

A second ex-employee of powerful New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has accused him of s.e.xual harassment, charges the governor denied on Saturday. This time the allegations came from 25-year-old...

BBNaija Dorathy launches lingerie line, says priority is making busty women look good

BBNaija Dorathy Bachor has stepped up the ladder as an entrepreneur as she launches a lingerie line named MFC Lingerie. MFC Lingeria, according to the reality TV star, was born out of the need to cater...

Breaking: Kidnapped Zamfara schoolgirls released

The kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State have been released and are currently in the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau, the state...

Ogun Deputy Speaker coordinated thugs who attacked politicians’ homes – Police

Ogun State Police Command yesterday declared that the embattled Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Oludare Kadiri, is being detained at its Criminal Investigation Department (CID) following...

Popular Nigerian music producer Dr Frabz is dead

Popular Nigerian music producer, Ayorinde Faboro popularly known as Dr Frabz is dead.  The death of the prolific music producer was confirmed to The Punch by his colleague, Samklef.  However,...

Electricity workers injured by Boko Haram landmine in Borno

Two workers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) are now battling to survive from injuries they sustained when their vehicle ran over a landmine allegedly planted by Boko Haram terrorists at...

You can’t impose levies on Computer Village, Court stops Tinubu’s daughter

The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has stopped daughter of former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu from imposing levies on traders at the Computer Village in Ikeja. Folasade Tinubu-Ojo,...

Court orders police to vacate Eko Club’s premises

Justice T. A. O Oyekan-Abdullai of the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere on Friday, ordered the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu to direct his officers, currently stationed at the premises...

Abducted students: Parents thank Governor Bello over release

Parents of the 27 abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara, have commended Niger state government for securing their release, along with 15 others. Gunmen on 17 February abducted the students,...

Indian rooster kills owner with cockfight blade

A rooster fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight in southern India has killed its owner, sparking a manhunt for the organisers of the event, police said on Saturday. The bird had a knife attached...

#FreeDawisu: SERAP, others demand release of Ganduje’s ex- aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai

Civil society organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, have joined other Nigerians to demand the immediate release of Salihu Tanko Yakasai, who was allegedly arrested by the...

Zamfara abduction: Kano shuts Tertiary Institutions in border areas

The Kano State Government has on Saturday ordered immediate shutting down of tertiary institutions in border areas of the state. This was as a result of the abductions of about 317 female boarding students...

DSS arrests Ganduje’s aide hours after criticising Buhari

The Department of State Services has arrested Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a social media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, barely hours after he criticised President,  Muhammadu Buhari. Yakasai...

Seyi Edun celebrates her man, Niyi Johnson on his birthday

Nollywood actor, Adeniyi Johnson is a year older today. And his wife and colleague, Seyi Edun took to her Instagram page to celebrate him on his special day. She penned sweet words to him, reminding...

Lady Gaga’s dogs found, handed over by mystery woman

The two missing French bulldogs of Lady Gaga have been found, two days after they were stolen by gunmen, who shot her dog walker in Los Angeles. Reports said an unnamed woman on Friday brought the dogs,...

How my fight with Barrister started –Kollington

Fuji music icon, General Ayinla Kollington, has narrated how he escaped being attacked by some of his music rivals and antagonists while he was under the tutelage of his late musical godfather, Ayinla...

Woman undergo liver transplant after nose piercing leads to life-threatening condition

A New York woman is recovering after a nose piercing infection led to a life-threatening condition, causing her to need a liver transplant. Queens resident Dana Smith, 37, got a nose piercing shortly...

ISIS bride, Shamima Begum cannot return to the UK, Supreme Court rules

Shamima Begum, who left the UK for Syria to join the Islamic State group as a teenager, will not be allowed to return and fight her citizenship case, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court said in a...

Don’t judge me based on social media, Tayo Sobola tells fans

Actress, Tayo Sobola, aka Sotayo Gaga, has urged her fans not to judge her and other celebrities based on what they read on social media. The actress stated this during an Instagram Live chat with her...

Breaking: Abducted Kagara students regain freedom

The kidnapped students and staff of Government Science College Kagara have finally regained freedom from the armed bandits in Niger State. A top security source involved in the counter-kidnapping operation...

Tramadol concealed in ceramic tiles intercepted in Lagos

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted 554 cartons of tramadol and 989 cartons of unwholesome pharmaceutical products concealed in ceramic tiles at Lagos port. The Duty...

Armed robbers attack Oyo APC chairman’s residence, seize party’s vehicle

Some armed robbers have attacked the residence of the acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Akin Oke. Daily Post gathered that the residence of the acting Chairman located at...

Ogun Deputy Speaker, Kadiri arrested for ‘attacking’ constituents

The police in Ogun State have arrested the Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Oludare Kadiri. Kadiri was said to have been arrested on Friday over an alleged attack on some politicians...

Seven abducted Zamfara schoolgirls escape

Seven out of the 317 school girls abducted by bandits at Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe have escaped. A source Jangebe town confirmed to The Nation on Friday evening the girls returned...

In Nigeria, people are abducted by terrorists, in Uganda, people are abducted by Government... #BringBackAfricans - Bobi Wine says

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine, has reacted to the fresh abduction of Nigerian school girls. Recall over 300 students in the early hours of friday were abducted from their school hostels in Zamfara. Bobi...

NUJ calls for Sheikh Gumi’s arrest

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Friday, called for the arrest of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for saying journalists are criminals for calling bandits criminals. The union expressed reservation on Gumi’s...

Don Jazzy adds a new crib to his portfolio [photos]

Don Jazzy has added a new crib to his portfolio -- a new house on the Island. Not such a big deal to him, the singer announced the purchase as; ''Added this new crib to the portfolio 🙏🏾. Shhhhh my...