Actress Kelly Preston died on Sunday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, her husband John Travolta confirmed in an Instagram post. She was 57. “It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” Travolta …

A leader of a notorious gang, Biola Ebila, who was on the wanted list of the Oyo State Police command, has been killed in Ibadan after a reported gun duel between him and a rival gang. Until his death at Olomi area of Ibadan, the warlord was the leader of …

Mourners visiting a memorial for the late Seoul mayor Park Won-soon at the Seoul National University hospital in Seoul on July 10, 2020. News that the former activist, women’s rights advocate and lawyer had apparently taken his own life has rocked South Korea’s capital. Before being found dead in the …

By Chioma Obinna The spike in Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases continued, on Thursday, with another 499 confirmed new infections in 24 states of the federation. With the latest report, the country now has a total of 30,748 confirmed cases; 12,546 discharged and 689 deaths. The report also showed that five more …

Charles Leclerc is lucky to have escaped with a warning after breaking Formula One’s strict coronavirus protocol by flying home to Monaco for three days this week. The Ferrari driver was pictured on social media socialising with friends outside his designated ‘bubble’ in the short break between last Sunday’s season-opening …

The Premier League has admitted that Video Assistant Referee (VAR) got penalty decisions wrong in all three matches on Thursday, as frustration mounts over the use of the technology in the English top-flight. Manchester United were given a controversial helping hand by the video assistant referee in their 3-0 win …

Photos have been released for the first time in years showing a group of rare gorillas in the mountains of southern Nigeria, conservationists say. Only 300 Cross River gorillas are known to live in the wild, making them the most endangered sub-species. But the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says this …

US Supreme Court The United States Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Manhattan district attorney can obtain President Donald Trump’s tax records and that Congress can not have access to his financial records for now. Court observers thought the justices might combine the two cases, they have not, ruling …

NNPC Logo The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Thursday in Abuja announced an increase of 19.14 per cent in the average daily natural gas supply to power plants which translates to 788millon standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscfd), equivalent to power generation of 2,873MW. The NNPC, in a …

Five million residents of the Australian city of Melbourne have been told to stay at home for six weeks, amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Victoria State Premier Daniel Andrews announced the lockdown after the state saw 191 new infections, its highest daily number since the pandemic began. The state’s …