Nearly a year after losing their three-year-old son Ifeanyi, Davido and his wife Chioma welcomed twins – a boy and a girl – last week. The Nigerian singer confirmed the news in a televised interview in New York last Saturday, days after social media was awash with the news. “And it was in the same month – my son passed last year October, my wife gave birth this year October – it’s crazy,” he said....

Flood occasioned by heavy rainfall has swept away a 13-year-old girl in Awka, Anambra State capital. The girl, whose guardian operates a food stall along Ziks Avenue, Awka, was trying to rescue their wheelbarrow, which was being carried away by flood when she mistakenly missed her step and fell into a drainage. A source who witnessed the incident said the girl was immediately swept away by the fast-moving tide of the flood, and her body...

The Africa Illustrious Award on Friday conferred various categories of awards to deserving recipients in all works of life, across Africa. The award conferment, which was held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, was attended by award recipients or their representatives and their well-wishers, many outstanding professionals, tech entrepreneurs, entertainment gurus, businessmen, and women, as well as many other exceptionally distinguished individuals. Convened only about five years ago with the sole aim of searching...

Four persons died in a fatal crash on the Lagos–Ibadan highway in the early hours of Monday. Three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crash. The public education officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Ogun State, Florence Okpe said 21 persons, 13 men and eight women, were involved in the devastating accident. All four of the unfortunate fatalities were adult males. One male and two females suffered injuries. Okpe...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has commiserated with the family of Chief Christopher Oladipupo Ogunbanjo over the demise of the patriarch. The Governor described the death of Chief Ogunbanjo as a great loss to the state, Nigeria, the corporate world and humanity, as he commiserates with the deceased family. Abiodun while commiserating with the family of the late business tycoon, who passed on to glory on Saturday. He said that Ogunbanjo was a worthy...

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing of legal luminary, Chris Ogunbanjo which took place on Saturday, two months before his 100th birthday. Tinubu paid tribute to Ogunbanjo for consistently dedicating himself to championing causes close to his heart including grassroots community development. The President expressed his condolences to the Ogunbanjo family and the Ijebu-Ode community following the death of the elder statesman on Saturday, October 7, 2023. According to reports, Ogunbanjo’s family announced his death...