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John is a University of Lagos-trained journalist who has read almost every novel written by Chinua Achebe, Jeffrey Archer and Dan Brown. He's an expert Scrabble and draughts player who is also excellent at swimming.
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My father slept with me for eight years – Teenager reveals

A Lagos-based father, Mr. Ede Tyndale, has been arrested in the Ikotun

Lagos economy not ready for full opening – Sanwo-Olu warns

The Lagos State Government says it is considering full re-opening of the

Why we slashed salaries of Kano political office holders by 50% – Ganduje

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje says all political office holders in

Go to isolation centres and heal COVID-19 patients – Anglican bishop mocks miracle-working clerics

Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev

Wike loses top adviser to suspected heart attack

Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant on Electronic Media to Governor Nyesom Wike

Despite miracle drug, Madagascar loses first COVID-19 patient

A 57-year-old man has become the first patient to die of novel

Fulani herdsmen attacks in Southern Kaduna have govt backing – SOKAPU alleges

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has lambasted the Federal Government and

Gambari: Buhari couldn’t have got a better candidate – Ex-Minister

A former Education Minister, Prof. Tunde Adeniran has described the appointment of

Declare whereabouts of Chinese medics within 48 hours or … – PDP slams FG

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led

I never said Niger Delta didn’t want to be part of Biafra – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has distanced himself from an online report which

I didn’t join politics to solve Nigeria’s problems; unemployment pushed me – Rotimi Amaechi

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has explained how unemployment sent him into

How Jonathan’s Almajiri reform was sabotaged – Northern rep

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Sports in the Sixth Assembly, Hon.

“I have no more battles to fight” – Doyin Okupe begs for forgiveness after beating COVID-19

Still grateful to God for his recovery from COVID-19, former presidential adviser,

We want no part of your utopian republics – Ijaw youths flay Biafra, Oduduwa agitators

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) says it would continue to pursue issues

Daddy Showkey Offers Police Important Info About E-Money Investigation

Veteran musician, Daddy Showkey has advised the police and other law enforcement

I quit PDP immediately el-Rufai chose my daughter as running mate – Balarabe’s father

Abubakar Kankur Mohammed, father of the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Hadiza

“Northern Nigeria doesn’t like to hear restructuring; we must listen” – Olisa Agbakoba

A former President, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, says restructuring

Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists abandon wives, kids as military offensive heighten

Members of the terror groups, Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa

FG has received N792m donations to fight COVID-19 – PTF

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says the Office of the

COVID-19: Nigerian doctor, wife die 10 days apart in London

A 79-year-old retired doctor, Dr. James Oniah and his 61-year-old wife, Mary,

Girl, 7, found dead in co-tenant’s car in Ekiti

A seven-year-old girl, Morire Olagoke, has been found dead inside a car

‘If you can’t take blows brother, don’t throw blows’ – By Femi Adesina

Let me start by giving due credit for this headline, which is

EXTRA: Trick my mum used to give birth to four children with same birthday – Lady reveals

A Twitter user, @Slyxra has narrated how her mother gave birth to

We’ll close livestock markets if youths keep sneaking into our state – Abia govt warns northerners

The Abia State Government has read the riot act to leaders of

Lagos BRT driver kills wife of Globacom public relations head

Mrs Grace Okeleke, the wife of Head of Public Relations, Globacom, Andrew

Presidency, APC plotting to steal N13.5bn through school feeding programme – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has uncovered a plot by

Why Buhari should clampdown on Amotekun now – Yoruba group

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to clampdown on South-West security outfit,

No ransom was paid to rescue officer kidnapped in Ondo – Army

The Nigerian Army has said that no ransom was paid to secure

Drop Infectious Disease Control Bill – Governors Advise National Assembly

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has urged the National Assembly to drop

Disobedience of court orders by Prisons boss is unhealthy for democracy – By Ebun-olu Adegboruwa

Very recently, the Comptroller-General of the Correctional Centres, CGCC, gave an order