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Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, spoke out on his brother Seun’s detention during a concert in France on Friday night. Femi stated that the family was working hard to achieve a favourable outcome and that they have one of the best lawyers. In the video that went viral on Saturday, he...

The embattled factional chairman of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, has kept his word on returning to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday, where he was booed on Wednesday. He, however, sat at the back of the courtroom, not in the area reserved for Labour Party officials. A member,...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders of five Central Asian countries announced on Friday the official establishment of a mechanism for meetings among the heads of state of China and Central Asian countries. The announcement was made in Xi’an, where the China-Central Asia Summit was held on Thursday and Friday....

Africa is home to the world’s earliest known use of Mathematical measuring tools and calculation, confirming the continent as the birthplace of both basic and advanced mathematics. The knowledge spread throughout the entire world after a series of migrations out of Africa beginning around 30,000 BC and later by a...

A Nigerian woman, Elizabeth Ekpo, got married to her female lover, Krystle, in New Orleans, Los Angeles, in the United States. A sister to one of the brides shared pictures from the wedding on her Facebook page on Tuesday. She wrote, “My baby sister Krystle got married to the love...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Thursday, visited the okada rider, who was assaulted by some police officers in a viral video. Three policemen were seen in a viral video brutalising the Okada man. One of the policemen was seen hitting his baton on the man as...

The Police, Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies have been alerted to a plot by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa to hurriedly travel abroad to evade probe. Consequently, the Coalition of Concerned Citizens (CCC) has called for Bawa’s arrest, prosecution,...

By Emmanuel Kelvin As a demonstration of his commitment to advancing healthcare management in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, May 19, inaugurate the state-of-the-art Presidential/VIP Wing of State House Medical Centre, Abuja. This legacy project, situated within the premises of the Presidential Villa, had its ground-breaking ceremony...

By Mathew Lawan President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to chair the public presentation and launching of two new books on the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, May 19, at the State House Conference Center, Abuja. According to Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, the Chairman, Organizing Committee for the...

A divorce-seeking 44- year-old woman, Oluwatoyin Falade, on Wednesday, asked Orile Agege Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage due to her husband’s infidelity. During court proceedings, the mother of two who lives in the Agege area of the state said, “My husband is a flirt, he...