Nigerian-born UFC star Israel Adesanya, popularly known as the Last Stylebender, has claimed that most ladies living in Lagos are hookers, widely known as “runs girls”. Speaking in a video shared via his official X handle on Monday, Adesanya said Lagos ladies like showing off, but proceeds of prostitutes are financing their lifestyles. However, the [...]

Russia has launched several strikes across Ukraine, killing at least five people and wounding several, in an attack that appeared to target energy infrastructure. Ukraine also launched a drone attack on Russia’s central region of Saratov, injuring four. The exchange began around midnight on Sunday and continued beyond daybreak on Monday. Ukraine’s air force reported [...]

After Bayern Munich overcame a late deficit to defeat VfL Wolfsburg in their Bundesliga opener on Sunday, the team's new head coach, Vincent Kompany, complimented his team's spirit. An 82nd-minute goal by Serge Gnabry secured the German champions a 3-2 win at Wolfsburg and handed Kompany, who replaced Thomas Tuchel after their disappointing third-place finish last season, a winning [...]

American McCartney Kessler stunned No. 1 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil on Saturday, shaking off a brutal first set for a 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory in the final of Tennis in the Land in Cleveland. It was Kessler's first career WTA Tour title. READ ALSO: Most Women In Lagos Engage In Hookup Culture – Isreal Adesanya (Video)  As the [...]

A dam has collapsed in northeastern Sudan as the country deals with heavy rainfall leading to disastrous floodwaters, the Federal Ministry of Health said. The ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that the Arbaat Dam north of Port Sudan had collapsed, killing four people in the floodwaters and sweeping away homes. It added [...]

Armed men have killed at least 38 people in three assaults amid other reported incidents of violence in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan. Several buses and trucks were stopped overnight on Sunday by armed men who checked passengers’ IDs before shooting 23, setting 10 vehicles ablaze and escaping in the remote area of Rarasham in [...]

The forward for Chelsea, Noni Madueke, praised his teammate Cole Palmer after their 6-2 victory over Wolves on Sunday. Madueke scored a second half hat trick, with Palmer providing assists for all three of his goals at Molineux as Chelsea kick started their season. "He is cold and I am fire, so it mixes well. [...]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the July 4 judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja faulting the conduct of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, which produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming September 21 election. In a unanimous judgment a [...]

After Kylian Mbappé failed to score in a La Liga match for the second straight game, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti stated he is not worried about the forward's goal-scoring ability. However, the La Liga champions' 3-0 victory at the Bernabéu against Real Valladolid on Sunday saw Mbappé substituted after 86 minutes, after his second [...]

The Federal Government has prohibited individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council and West African Examinations Council exams. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ program on Sunday night. Mamman explained that the federal government has directed WAEC, [...]

The proposed meeting between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) scheduled to hold today has been postponed. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed that the planned meeting which was to prevent another ASUU strike, will no longer be held as announced by the Minister of Education on Friday. [...]

An Ibadan driver was filmed wearing a woman's ankara blouse while driving his passengers. A surprised passenger filmed the driver and shared the video online. READ ALSO: Passenger Beaten, Choked By Bus Driver For Spitting On Him It shows him in a blue Ankara blouse, with puffy sleeves that flared out towards the wrist. READ ALSO: Drunk [...]

Just eight months after joining Barcelona in a move costing an initial €35 million ($39 million), forward Vitor Roque has joined Real Betis on a season-long loan. Betis will pay Roque's salary in full and also have an option to extend the Brazilian's loan into a second season. Another clause has also been included which [...]

Napoli have received a €65 million offer for Victor Osimhen from  Saudi Arabia club, Al Ahli. The Saudi Arabian club are the first to officially send in an offer for Osimhen after reported links to Chelsea. Posting on X football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, said: “Al Ahli have submitted an initial bid to Napoli for [...]

The State Security Service (DSS) has given the reason for arresting a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, early on Sunday. DSS operatives arrested Mr Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 5.40 a.m. on Sunday, shortly after he arrived in Nigeria […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to disclose details of any Chinese loans, liabilities, and other external borrowing obtained and guaranteed by the Federal Government. In a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation […]

The 2023 Kogi State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dino Melaye, has claimed that the opposition party has been commercialised and privatised. In a post via his X handle on Saturday, the former Kogi West Senator asserted that the PDP has lost its relevance in the country’s political space. Melaye accused the acting […] The post PDP now ‘once upon a time,’ says Dino Melaye appeared first on Media Room Hub.

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command, on Friday, arrested one female, Hauwa Sani for concealing 124 rounds of anti-craft ammunition in a gallon of palm oil, alongside a two-year-old child in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel revealed this in a statement posted on X.com on Saturday. According to the statement, […] The post Police arrest suspect with 124 rounds of ammunition in Nasarawa appeared first on Media Room Hub.

Police in Germany are searching for an unknown suspect behind a mass stabbing at a festival in the western city of Solingen in which three people were killed. Eight people were injured, five of them seriously, police said on Saturday as thousands had gathered at a central square for celebrations to mark Solingen’s 650th anniversary. [...]

Russia wanted to “destroy” Ukraine but the war has “returned to its home”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in an Independence Day video address filmed in the border area from where Kyiv launched its surprise incursion into Kursk. Ukraine was on Saturday celebrating its 33rd independence day from the Soviet Union amid the protracted war, [...]

The Anambra State Police Command said it rescued a 27-year-old man, identified as Alozie John, from attempted suicide in Umunnachi community, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state. The young man, a livestock dealer, who hails from Isielu LGA of Ebonyi State, was said to have attempted suicide over the indebtedness of N1.2million to his […] The post Police rescue man from attempted suicide over N1m debt in Anambra appeared first on Media Room Hub.

The Economic Community of West African States Food and Cultural Festival says its upcoming festival holding in Nigeria is aimed at promoting food security, poverty alleviation and zero tolerance for hunger in 16 ECOWAS countries. Its Director-General, Ambassador Felix Ihonre said this at the Preparatory Inter-Ministerial/Stakeholders Meeting on ECOWAS Food and Cultural Festival in Abuja […] The post ECOWAS festival will promote food security, poverty alleviation – DG appeared first on Media Room Hub.

Heartland Football Club confirmed that head coach Samson Obi has died following a car accident. The club’s media officer, Tunde Liadi, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Owerri and made available to newsmen on Saturday. Liadi stated that the accident occurred at Okwelle in Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo at about 4 [...]

The Nigeria Football Federation has described the death of Heartland FC coach and former U-20 goalkeeper, Christian Obi, as shocking and sad. Heartland’s Media Officer, Olatunde Liadi confirmed the death of the gaffer in a statement on Saturday, following a ghastly accident involving one of the team’s buses on their way to Abakaliki, the Ebonyi […] The post NFF mourns Heartland coach, Obi appeared first on Media Room Hub.

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, expressed concerns that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's presidency in 2023 would have brought instability to Nigeria. During an appearance on Arise Television, George revealed that Atiku's emergence as the PDP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election could have led to significant problems, including [...]

A Twitter user has gone off on a rant after it was revealed that Koye Kekere-Edun, an actor and the son of Nigeria's newly appointed Chief Justice, Kudirat Kekere-Edun, was a vocal supporter of Peter Obi, the Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate. The Twitter user, Taofeek T. Gawat, sarcastically congratulated Koye on his mother's appointment [...]

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Kukah, has decried the unjust treatment of Christian faith in Nigeria, with the unimaginable persecution of Christians in the North.   Kukah spoke on Friday in Lagos virtually at the Silver Jubilee Anniversary of the Order of the Knights of St Mulumba Nigeria Eko Subordinate Council. [...]

A dispatch rider riding along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State was killed in an accident following a multiple-vehicle collision on Friday. Also in the incident, two other persons sustained a fractured leg injury in the accident that occurred near the Chevron end of the expressway. According to a statement on Friday by the Director [...]

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that 20 medical and dental students and a House Officer who were kidnapped in Benue State while en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu State have been released. The students, from the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos, were [...]

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Y.D. Ahmed has announced the rescue of a prospective corps member, Solomon Daniel Bassey, who was abducted in August 2023. The DG stated this at a press briefing on Friday at the NYSC Headquarters, Abuja. "On August 22, we rescued the last corps member [...]

The Supreme Court has affirmed the reelection of Governor Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Imo State. In a judgment on Friday, August 23, a five-member panel of the court dismissed the appeal by the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Athan Achonu for being unmeritorious. Justice Mohammed Baba Idris, [...]

The Court has affirmed the victory of Ahmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election held in Kogi State on November 11, 2023. In a judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the appeal by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and candidate Yakubu Muritala [...]

The abductors of 26 women from Allawa Community in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, who were abducted in February this year, have released a video featuring two of the captives. In the 30-second video obtained by KOKO TV NG on Friday, the women pleaded with their families and relatives to provide the [...]

The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has vowed to increase Nigerians’ trust in the judicial system. She maintained that such a task would not be hers alone but the collective duty of all Nigerians. “We will take the judiciary to new heights. We will improve its reputation and ensure that people have [...]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday urged journalists to abide by all laws, regulations and guidelines for the September 21 Governorship election in Edo State. It also enjoined journalists to obey all rules and codes from relevant regulatory bodies as well as the ethics of the journalism profession in the discharge of their [...]

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by former Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva against the victory of Governor Duoye Diri in the last governorship election held in Bayelsa State on November 11, 2023. The Supreme Court, in the judgment on Friday, August 23, on Sylva’s appeal, marked: SC/CV/648/2024, held that the appeal [...]