Lagos State Police Command on Monday said Oluwabamise Ayanwole, the 22-year-old lady who got missing in transit while on board the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit System, better known as BRT is a transportation system regulated by Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and operated by Primero Transport Services Limited, has been found dead in Lagos.

A statement issued by the command’s spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu on Monday sai...

Russia has given Ukraine two conditions to stop the ongoing war which entered Day 12 on Monday.

The country asked its neighbour to give up three regions and scrap its Army, Mirror reports.

The Kremlin wants Ukraine “demilitarised” and demanded that Donetsk and Lugansk become independent states.

The regions have witnessed battles between Russian backed separatists and Ukrainian forces for eight years.

More than 150 senior Russian officials have signed an open letter condemning president Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine as 'an unprecedented atrocity' and warning of 'catastrophic consequences'.

The officials said they were 'convinced' Russian citizens do not back the war and blamed Putin 'personally' for ordering troops into Ukraine in an attack 'for which there is no and cannot be justification'. 

Putin in the early h...

Long queues and chaos has ensued in civilian airports across Ukraine as people attempt to flee the country after Russia launched an invasion into the country on Thursday morning, February 24.


President Vladimir Putin of Russia ordered a full military assault on Ukraine and as at press time Russian troops have been seen crossing into Ukraine from its three borders with Belarus, Russia and Crimea.

Citizens and foreign na...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has issued a chilling warning to its allies in the West after declaring war on Ukraine.

Explosions were heard in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, as Putin announced that Russia was launching a military attack on Ukraine.

In an early-morning address in Moscow on Thursday February 24, Putin said: 'To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside - if you do, you will face consequence...

A Federal High Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe and two others for N450 million fraud.

The court also sentenced Raymond Dabo and Leo Jitung to three months imprisonment each.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged them in 2018 with conspiracy and money laundering.

Delivering ruling, Justice Musa Kurna, gave the the convicts an option to pay ...

An airstrike launched by the Nigerian Army with the aim to dislodge armed bandits on the border of Niger Republic has mistakenly killed seven children in the country.

The Nigerian Army is yet to respond to the report.

The incident occured in the village of Nachade on Friday, February 18, 2022.

This was confirmed by Chaibou Aboubacar, the governor of the Maradi region, where the incident took place.

Abo...

A Nigerian, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha, has been inducted as the first Igbo language lecturer at the University of Oxford in England.

Established in 1096 and situated in Oxford, Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

Umeonyirioha announced the development via his Twitter handle.

He is a Sino-Nigeria Relations & Language expert, writer and translations director.

His induction...

No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a tanker at Isara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident in Abeokuta.

Umar said that the accident occurred at about 5.00 a.m., adding that the number of people involved in the accident could not be ascertained.

He state...

The comedy's new record follows its 2021 smashing of box office records.

Funke Akindele’s Omo Ghetto The Saga has hit a new record. The film is reportedly now leading as the most watched title on Netflix Naija.

According to Flix Patrol, the comedy sequel has stayed on the streamer's top 10 list as the longest-running title for a Nollywood picture with a total of 98 days.

Released in 2020, the comedy sequel starr...

Gospel artiste, Tim Godfrey, has proposed to his girlfriend. He shared the good news on his Instagram page this afternoon. 

 Posting photos from the proposal, he wrote;

''Meeting you changed my life.
Meeting you brought unending smiles.
Most importantly, meeting you was and is my GREATEST REWARD from GOD.
Thank you for saying YES!!!
I can’t imagine how I have lived without you all my life… but guess...

Will Smith’s production house Westbrook Studios and David Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon are partnering with Netflix to produce the film adaptation of 'Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun'.
According to Deadline, the adaptation pitched to the streamer by Ola Shokunbi (who will script the adaptation) will see both Smith and Oyelowo produce.

The novel by British-Nigerian author journalist Tọlá Okogwu will be published in June. It fo...