Faith Disqualified from BBNaija Season 10 After Injuring Fellow Housemate

  A housemate, Faith, has been disqualified from the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season 10 show after a physical altercation with fellow contestant Sultana. The decision was announced by Biggie…

Defence Chief Blames Eroding Family Values for Nigeria’s Rising Insecurity

  The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Christopher Musa, says loss of family values is responsible for rising insecurity in Nigeria. The defence chief declared that strengthening family values is…

Court dismisses suit challenging Tinubu’s Rivers State Emergency rule

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, September 2 dismissed a suit seeking to declare as illegal and unconstitutional the six-month suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and…

Lassa Fever: Nigeria records 895 confirmed cases and 166 deaths in 2025 – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has released its latest Situation Report, covering Week 37 (September 8–14, 2025), confirming a total of 895 Lassa fever cases and…

Nigeria now has second-highest number of poor people globally – Former statistician-general of the National Bureau of Statistics Yemi Kale

Former Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Yemi Kale, has said around 89 million Nigerians, representing 40 percent of the population, are living below the poverty line.  …

15-year-old girl dies of internal bleeding after being struck on the head by her teacher

A 15-year-old Grade 8 pupil at Gongoni Primary School in Vipingo, Kilifi County, Kenya, Anestine Dzidza Tunje, has succumbed to injuries allegedly inflicted by her teacher during school hours.  …

28 spoons and 19 toothbrushes found in drug addict’s stomach

A 40-year-old man from Hapur was rushed to the hospital after he complained of severe stomach pain and his condition left doctors stunned.   Doctors at Devnandani Hospital in Uttar…

Skydiver, 52, plunges to death after ‘faulty’ parachute failed to open during solo jump

A 52-year-old skydiver plunged to her death after a “faulty” parachute failed to open during solo jump.   Rosana Mabel Back, 52, did a jump from her regular local centre…

South African ambassador had faced corruption claims before he was found dead at foot of Paris hotel

French prosecutors are investigating the death of South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, whose body was discovered at the foot of a high-rise Paris hotel.    …

Iconic chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall, passes away on tour aged 91

Legendary primatologist, anthropologist, and conservationist, Goodall has died aged 91.   Goodall, a UN Messenger of Peace and Founder, di£d of natural causes while in California on a speaking tour…