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By Faith Berewa With Sierra Leoneans going to the polls, all eyes are on the West African Coastal Nation as months of campaigning by the political parties culminate in elections to elect a President and members of parliament. The elections pitch incumbent, President Julius Maada Bio of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party, SLPP against…

Nigerian Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said that skit maker, Abdullahi Adisa, popularly known as Trinity Guy, will be charged to court on Monday for sexualising a female minor in a trending video clip. Adejobi stated this in a post on his Twitter page while responding to a tweep who asked that…

The Southern Kaduna people under the ambit of the Southern Kaduna Leadership Council (SKLC), have called on the Federal Government and the international community to immediately commence probe into the cases of genocide in their communities under the former Governor Nasir El-Rifai’s Government. The group also requested for protection from the government of Kaduna State,…

The Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun on Friday visited the House of Assembly Clinic and the Assembly E-Library, promising to provide all necessary support that will enhance the upgrade of both facilities to standard of serving their purposes for the staff and members of the House of Assembly. He said he…

The Sub operator of OceanGate has said all five people onboard a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic have been lost. The company made this known in a statement on Thursday. The statement reads, “We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri…

Big Brother Naija reality show star, Deji Morafa has tendered a heartfelt apology to his fellow housemate and ex-lover, Chichi. This is coming after Chichi recently called him out for subjecting her to some ill-treatment while they were in the house. Deji, in a tweet, tendered an apology to Chichi for not being genuine about…

Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Josephine Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, and Chinenyenwa Desire Okoebor, famous as Chichi were on Thursday night involved in a heated exchange. The spat between the duo during the Big Brother Naija Season 7 reunion saw Phyna revealed how Chichi abandoned her children in Benin. She also claimed that…

Two of the most well-known technology billionaires and social media titans, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, have agreed to face each other in a cage fight. Musk, who took control of Twitter in October, had on Wednesday tweeted, “I’m up for a cage match if he is. lol” Zuckerberg, who manages Facebook and Instagram, responded…

The naira yesterday depreciated N765.13 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the window rose to N765.13 per dollar from N763.17 per dollar on Wednesday, indicating N1.96 depreciation for the naira. Similarly, the naira depreciated by N14 in the parallel market yesterday. Vanguard…