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Some retired and dead staff of the Kogi State judiciary are still drawing monthly salaries and emoluments from the system. The Special Staff Verification Committee inaugurated by the Acting Chief Judge (Ag. CJ) of Kogi State, Justice Henry Olusiyi uncovered the sharp practices in the state judiciary. The chairman of the committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Alhassan disclosed this while presenting the report, in Lokoja, the state...

Deputy Senate Majority Leader and Chairman Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Ajayi Boroffice, has expressed worries after he recently discovered that the space agency in Nigeria that should be employing scientists and engineers are employing graduates of religious studies and other unrelated courses. Boroffice said this at the annual national space dialogue/media conference on space science and technology on Friday, December 4. He said the agency needs to be sanitized as such actions...

Enisa is getting all the attention she deserves. The American pop singer came into the Nigerian radar after she joined voices with Nigerians on social media to declare an end to police brutality and bad governance under the banner of the #EndSARS protest. To show gratitude, Nigerians streamed her music, making her songs top the charts in the country. And she...

Indonesia’s Social Affairs Minister was arrested on Sunday for allegedly taking $1.2million in bribes linked to food aid for those hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Juliari Batubara was named as a suspect after Indonesian anti-corruption agents seized suitcases, backpacks, and envelopes stuffed with cash equivalent to $1.2 million in a sting operation on Saturday. He turned himself in on Sunday at...

In the light of renewed deadly attacks by Boko Haram, a former Chief of Training, Operations and Plans of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Ishola Williams (retd), speaks on new strategies to be employed in defeating the terrorist group. He also offers his perspective on calls for the engagement of mercenaries. The Federal Government said Boko Haram is technically degraded. But...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently instruct the Director-General and the Board of the National Pension Commission to use their statutory powers to stop the 36 state governors from borrowing and/or withdrawing N17 trillion from the pension funds purportedly for ‘infrastructural...

Former England international, Joe Cole has said that Olivier Giroud’s form will haunt former club, Arsenal for letting him go. Giroud joined Chelsea from Arsenal In January 2018, where, in his first full season, he became the first player from the club to score more than 10 goals in a single European campaign. Just last Wednesday, Giroud netted four goals against...

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson, has set social media ablaze following the expression of her desire to have twins. Prince Okojie’s wife in reaction to a post her colleague Tonto Dikeh shared on her Instagram page, explained that she would love to tap into the blessings of getting twins but she is scared. Tontoh Diked shared a collage photo of her...

Renowned Nigerian music producer and record label owner, Michael Collins Ajere better known as Don Jazzy has reaffirmed that he is still not in good terms with his lifetime crush, Rihanna. Don Jazzy has countless times declared his love for Rihanna and dreams of having her with him. It seems he has been daydreaming since Rihanna has shown no affection...

Cossy Orjiakor has made her reasons behind having kids at an older age in a new interview. The busty Nollywood actress, singer, producer, and video vixen made this known while speaking in an interview with Inside Nollywood, and according to her, she doesn’t want to suffer like how her mother did because her mother had all her children at a...

Ex-housemate of Big Brother Naija season 5, Wathoni Ayansi, took a trip back home to Kenya and she was received with a beautiful welcome at the airport. It will be recalled that the reality show star, who is Kenyan born and of Nigerian descent, spoke highly of her mother’s country during her stay in the Big Brother House. She decided to take...

Big Brother Naija Star, Kiddwaya, has been backlashed by followers and other social media users after he advised them to build connections. Kiddwaya The love interest of Erica Nlewedim on his Twitter handle bragged about his connections in the industry. In his post, he explained that the industry game is about longevity, as one can be rich but would be stuck...

Former BBNaija housemate, Vee, has once again celebrated her achievement as she has accumulated 300k followers on her Twitter page. The BBNaija star announced this on her Twitter page with the caption, “300K” with a love emoji. A lot of her fans are happy that their queen has been able to amass several followers. Reacting to this, a fan identified as...

Veteran actress Rachel Oniga has recently admitted to being at fault for her failed marital union and has advised young girls to fight for their marriage regardless of the challenges it comes with. According to the single mother of three, her marital divorce was one of the most painful things she had to do and has become one of her...

Big Brother Naija reality show season 5 housemates, Tolanibaj and Erica Nlewedim, remain good friends even after leaving the lockdown house. Tolanibaj and Erica Nlewedim were there for each other whenever one needed help or comfort after a bad day in the house. Apparently, their friendship is still alive as in a new trending video sighted online, the two of them...

A soldier was filmed beating and stripping a woman naked because he considered what she was wearing to be indecent. The incident occurred at about 9:46am today, December 5, at Oju-Ore, Sango Ota, Ogun State. The woman was trekking, wearing a pair of shorts and white knitted coverup when a soldier inside a commercial bus saw her, alighted, and attacked her...

The United States has removed the reciprocity fee imposed on visa applications from Nigeria. The fee was imposed in August 2019 on applicants whose non-immigrant visa applications are granted. The US Consulate at the time said it was “reciprocating” the extra visa fee the Nigerian government charges American citizens. The US consulate argued that while the US charged Nigerians $160 for visa application, its...

North Korea has reportedly executed a citizen in public for violating "emergency quarantine measures" in the country. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), a citizen in North Korea was executed by firing squad shooting, after the man was accused of smuggling with his Chinese business partners. The report said the public execution was ordered in an effort to scare other citizens into strict...

Duncan Mighty has replied to Nigerians who are chastising him for bringing his marital problem to the social media court of law. The singer in several posts on Friday accused his wife Vivien and her family of plotting to kill him and take over his property. He also alleged that his wife was poisoning his food and burying charms in his...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has argued that nobody was killed during the End SARS protest at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State. Buratai maintained that there was no corpse during the protest at Lekki toll gate. The Army chief spoke at the decoration of 39 newly promoted Major Generals, yesterday in Abuja. He stressed that those claiming protesters were killed were seeing double. Buratai said:...