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Professor Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan, has been kidnapped, FIJ can exclusively report. FIJ understands that Agbaje, who is currently on sabbatical at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), was on his way to Ibadan at about 6pm on Friday when kidnappers blocked his way …

Nollywood star, Ruth Eze has said that she can’t leave a man who cheats on her.   The actress who said this in an interview with Saturday Sun, recalled how her father told her that men are polygamous in nature.  Stressing that “all men cheat,” including “Pastors and Reverend Fathers,” Ruth Eze …

A mother-of-two has dragged her husband-to-be to Upper Area Court 4 in Yola, Adamawa State, accusing him of rape, assault, and intimidation. The woman, who has welcomed two children with her fiance and has been living with him for years, accused him of raping her a decade ago. In a suit marked …

Graham Potter endured a nightmare return to Amex Stadium as Brighton thrashed Chelsea to claim a first victory under their new manager Roberto de Zerbi. In a chaotic opening, Leandro Trossard’s calm finish put the home side in front after Thiago Silva – who had already produced two goalline clearances …

A man decapitated his partner then stabbed her body more than 100 times after she refused to have sex with him. 38-year-old Justin Fields, from Alabama in the US, removed the head and at least one limb of 52-year-old Tammy Bailey on October 21, 2022. He was caught on police body …

Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, has disassociated her ministry from the planned move by the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) to redesign the naira. The minister, who commented on the policy in response to a question raised by Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC Ekiti Central) during …

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure says the party’s “greatest” challenge is the lack of funds to run campaigns for the 2023 general election.  The LP national chairman said this on Friday at the inauguration of the party’s presidential campaign council in Abuja. Abure said Peter …

Five oil thieves identified as Kpee Sunday, Siitu Imabel, Confidence Kpanabe and Gloria Horsfall, Achieva Didia, have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms in Rivers state.   They were sentenced by Justices P. M. Ayua and E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, October 26, …

Singer, Portable has mocked Nigerians who brag about owning Mercedes Benz and see it as a symbol of class.  Portable who is currently in Germany, says the exotic car which many in Nigeria protect so much and use to brag to their friends, is what is being used as taxies …

PVC Registrants By States. Lagos:7,155,920. Kano: 6,026,850. Kaduna:4,411,723. Rivers: 3,689,197. Delta:3,386,791; Katsina:3,570,740. Oyo:3,330,336. Plateau:2,840,094. Bauchi:2,801,512; Anambra:2,761,467; Nasarawa:2,759,943. Ogun: 2,720,422. Benue: 2,667,902; Edo: 2,576,474. Borno: 2,564197. Akwa Ibom;2,447,438; Adamawa:2,234,550; Imo:2,272,293. Jigawa:2,272,293. Sokoto: 2,233,575. Abia: 2,202,242; Taraba: 2,088,260. Ondo:2,047,598 Osun:2,043,107. Kebbi: 2,076,798; Kogi:2,009,229; Zamfara:1,955,777. Enugu:1,944,016. Bayelsa:1,367,834; Cross River:1,894,640; Ebonyi:1,861,443; Kwara:1,736,858. Yobe:1,518,327. Gombe:1,394,393. …