A rare special Oscar is being awarded to a virtual reality installation created by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Carne y Arena – meaning flesh…
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Harvey Weinstein claims: Sciorra alleges rape
Italian-American actress Annabella Sciorra, who starred in US TV series The Sopranos, has accused disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of rape. She told The New Yorker…
View More Harvey Weinstein claims: Sciorra alleges rapeAre you still a pastor?, Reno Omokri asks Osinbajo
Reno Omokri, former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo if he is still a pastor. Accusing Osinbajo of spreading lies against Jonathan,…
View More Are you still a pastor?, Reno Omokri asks OsinbajoBritish navy sacks nuclear submariners over cocaine use
Britain’s navy has fired nine sailors serving on a nuclear-armed submarine after they tested positive for using cocaine, the country’s defense ministry said on Saturday.…
View More British navy sacks nuclear submariners over cocaine useMogadishu bombed again
A car packed with explosives blew up outside a hotel in Mogadishu on Saturday simultaneously as a minibus also exploded at a nearby junction. Emergency…
View More Mogadishu bombed againSomalia’s President Mohamed escapes death
Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Saturday escaped death after Hotel Naasa-Hablood where he was scheduled to hold a political meeting was attacked by the…
View More Somalia’s President Mohamed escapes deathNCC vows to end SIM swap fraud
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has promised to put an end to SIM swap fraud in light of fraudulent activities carried on customers’ bank accounts.…
View More NCC vows to end SIM swap fraudNigeria’s senate and its basket of empty probes
The Nigeria senate is impotent. So impotent that it engages in theatrical probes to conceal the absence of a legislative manhood. I have followed the…
View More Nigeria’s senate and its basket of empty probesEngland wins first Under-17 World Cup
England on Saturday produced a sensational performance to come from 2-0 down to thrash Spain 5-2 and win the Under-17 World Cup in India. The…
View More England wins first Under-17 World CupMonthly sanitation flops in Kwara
The monthly sanitation in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, was on Saturday marred due to lack of refuse disposal vehicles and security agents to enforce…
View More Monthly sanitation flops in KwaraArmy arrest 399 suspects in Lagos, Ogun
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said no fewer than 399 suspects were arrested for various offences during the Exercise Crocodile Smile 2 in Lagos and…
View More Army arrest 399 suspects in Lagos, OgunOn Buhari’s second term bid
By Ebuka Nwankwo For some Nigerians, who expected so much from this administration at its inception, this isn’t the best time to talk of…
View More On Buhari’s second term bidHazard gives Chelsea vital goal at Vitality Stadium
Eden Hazard ensured that defending champions, Chelsea maintained their fourth place on the Premier League table, with a vital strike in the second half. It…
View More Hazard gives Chelsea vital goal at Vitality StadiumMan-U, Liverpool, Arsenal sink opponents
Substitute Anthony Martial’s 81st minute strike gave Manchester United a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday to keep them in touch…
View More Man-U, Liverpool, Arsenal sink opponentsFresh application: Court keeps Evans waiting
Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, counsel to the alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, on Friday urged an Igbosere High Court on Lagos Island to quash…
View More Fresh application: Court keeps Evans waitingAudu Maikori gets N40m judgement against El-Rufai, police
A federal high court in Abuja Friday ordered Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai and the Nigerian police to pay a sum of N40 million to…
View More Audu Maikori gets N40m judgement against El-Rufai, policeU.S trains 200 Nigerian students on robotics
About 200 Nigerian students are undergoing training on robotics in Abeokua. The U.S. Consular-General, John Bray said this at the opening of the training on…
View More U.S trains 200 Nigerian students on roboticsCatalan parliament declares independence
Catalan lawmakers have voted to declare independence from Spain, while Madrid has vowed to quash the region’s secessionist bid. Catalan Members of Parliament (MPs) backed…
View More Catalan parliament declares independence40 Indian doctors separate conjoined twin
Doctors in India have successfully separated conjoined twin boys who were attached at the skull in a marathon surgical procedure that lasted more than 36…
View More 40 Indian doctors separate conjoined twinMainagate:Quit if you have nothing to offer, PDP hits Garba
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised Garba Shehu, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, to resign if he has “nothing more to contribute in government”…
View More Mainagate:Quit if you have nothing to offer, PDP hits GarbaI can never betray Jonathan, Metuh
Olisa Metuh, former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said he would never allow himself to be used against ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Metuh…
View More I can never betray Jonathan, Metuh‘IGP allocated two vehicles to Aisha Buhari’s security personnel’
Police spokesperson,Jimoh Moshood, has said that the inspector-general of police,Ibrahim Idris, allocated two vehicles to the security personnel of Aisha Buhari, wife of the President.…
View More ‘IGP allocated two vehicles to Aisha Buhari’s security personnel’26 firms signify interest in Nigeria’s refineries
About 26 firms have indicated interest to participate in the revamping of Nigeria’s four refineries, which will require investment of about $2billion (N720billion) according to…
View More 26 firms signify interest in Nigeria’s refineriesDinner: Saraki, Dogara leaves Aso Rock ‘in anger’
Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, reportedly left the presidential villa in Abuja in a state of anger…
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