Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organisation. Police searched venues across the Russian capital,…
Abia police confirms disappearance of Keke operator with 4 kids of same parents
The Abia Police Command has confirmed the disappearance of a tricycle operator with four kids of the same parents. The kids whose names were given as Mmesoma, Testimony, Godswill and Chinwotito, and aged eight, four, one and half and one…
Nine Dead In Attack On Peru Gold Mine
Nine people were killed and more than a dozen injured in an attack on a gold mine in northern Peru, authorities said on Saturday. A group of “armed criminals” raided the Poderosa mine in the province of Pataz, Peru’s interior…
Netizens slam Toke Makinwa’s presence at COP28 in Dubai
Some Nigerians on social media have slammed the presence of On-Air Personality, Toke Makinwa at the ongoing COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai. Toke Makinwa, in a Saturday tweet, had expressed excitement about attending COP28 in Dubai, noting the importance of…
Taylor Swift to earn over $100million from Spotify alone in 2023
The “Lover” songstress, Taylor Swift is set to earn more than $100 million from Spotify alone in 2023 after receiving 26.1 billion streams since the start of the year, per Variety. According to a report on Page Six, Swift has…
Alleged N2b Judgment Debt: Court Summons NATCOM Acting DG Adegbenro
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has summoned the acting Director-General, National Commission against the Proliferation of Arms, Light Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATCOM), Mr Adejare Nurudeen Adegbenro, to appear before it following his failure to liquidate an alleged…
Covid drives hospitalizations across the country as winter virus season ramps up
As a seasonal slew of respiratory illnesses circulate, it’s Covid that continues to send the most people to the hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. “Covid is still the primary cause of new respiratory virus hospitalizations…
Lassa Fever: Traders importing live rats from Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi — Benue govt
The Benue State government has raised the alarm over the importation of live rats into the state. The government warned that individuals behind the trade are exposing the people of the state to the Lassa fever outbreak. The State Epidemiologist,…
Troops kill 52 terrorists, arrest ISWAP leader in Bauchi
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of the Nigerian military and Department of State Service (DSS) have arrested a leader of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Bauchi state. It said the ISWAP leader was arrested during a sting…
Frances Sternhagen: Sex And The City actress who played Bunny MacDougal dies
Tony Award-winning actress Frances Sternhagen – who played Charlotte York’s mother-in-law Bunny MacDougal in Sex In The City – has died aged 93. Her family said in a statement the star died peacefully of natural causes at her home on…