Nigerian man appeals for help to identify young woman allegedly killed by unknown assailants (Photo)

A Facebook user, Usman Muhammed is asking the public to help identify a woman who was allegedly killed by unknown assailants in Abuja, Nigeria. Muhammed, who disclose this in a Facebook post on Thursday, August 28, claimed that the woman was given a lift by some unidentified persons and subsequently killed. He urged anyone with […]

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Access Holdings appoints new substantive GMD/CEO

Access Holdings Plc has appointed Mr. Innocent Ike as its substantive Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, effective August 29, 2025, following regulatory approval. The announcement, contained in a statement released on Wednesday and signed by the company secretary, Sunday Ekwochi, comes hours after Roosevelt Ogbonna resigned from the company’s board in compliance with new corporate […]

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One year after, Nigerian govt again increases Nigerian Passport fees

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced an upward review of the cost of obtaining the Nigerian Standard Passport, effective September 1, 2025. According to a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), ACI AS Akinlabi, on Thursday, the new fees will apply only to applications made within Nigeria. “The review which only affect […]

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Kwam 1 And His New Wife: Aviation Banditry in A Lawless Country, By Toyin Falola

When people, through their words, attempt to distance themselves from both the good and the bad of the country, it often hurts my core. I have watched with disappointment as various postulations, such as those by Ms. Kemi Badenoch, have projected apprehensive attributes to the essence of the nation, Nigeria, putting the country in a […]

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How I deal with my worries ―Otedola’s daughter, DJ Cuppy opens up (Video)

Nigerian disc jockey (DJ) and billionaire Femi Otedola’s daughter, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has shared a word of encouragement with her fans and followers while opening up about her personal worries. In a video she posted on Instagram, the billionaire’s daughter admitted that sometimes she finds herself worrying, but one Bible […]

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Nigerian bodybuilder, Arobieke found dead in UK

Nigerian bodybuilder who was jailed for harassing 15 men has been found dead at his home in Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK). Akinwale Arobieke, also known as ‘Purple Aki’, 64, was well known in his local community. He was found at his home on Devonshire Road in Toxteth in what police believe were non-suspicious circumstances. Merseyside Police said officers were […]

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Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, jailed four years in US over $4.2m COVID-19 fraud

Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Nigeria, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. The monarch, 62, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship and resides in Medina, Ohio, was on August 26 handed 56 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. […]

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The Pharaoh of Oke Ayoba: Oyebanji’s Waning Spell and the Revolt Within, By Akindele Mathew

From a distance, Biodun Oyebanji exudes the aura of a quintessential *Omoluabi*, a man of virtue, humility, and grace. To the casual observer, he could almost pass for a saint. But proximity reveals a different reality: one that evokes the image of a Pharaoh ruling with an iron fist, cloaked in charm but driven by […]

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Jonathan, Don’t Just Run… Please Flee!, By Chidi Amuta

A self -anointed select pack of northern political hounds has found a favourite seasonal mascot for each election cycle. Former president Goodluck Jonathan has managed to find repetitive mention in each election cycle. Hardly any presidential election cycle passes without a loud speculation of Jonathan as a possible candidate. In each election season since after […]

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I will never advise my son to play for Nigeria ―Taribo West

Former Nigeria’s Super Eagles defender, Taribo West, on Friday, berated the Nigeria Football Federation and Lagos State Government for allegedly abandoning the family of late goalkeeper, Peter Rufai. Speaking at Rufai’s burial in a video posted by News Central on Friday, the ex-Inter Milan star expressed disappointment over what he described as the neglect of […]

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Nigeria deports 51 foreign nationals sentenced for cyberterrorism, internet fraud

Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday, August 21, deported 51 additional foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud by the Federal High Court in Lagos. The convicted foreigners were part of the 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in December 2024. The repatriated foreign […]

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INEC’s Bye-elections and Lessons Not Learnt, By Reuben Abati

The by-elections held across the country last Saturday in 16 constituencies across 12 states, in terms of the organization, the process and outcomes would seem to confirm one painful truth, namely that Nigeria’s democracy is still inchoate, tentative, fledgling, and that we are not yet anywhere near the target of democratic consolidation in Africa’s largest […]

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Female doctor with British citizenship seeks ‘obedient and submissive’ Nigerian man for relationship

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian woman, Obiageli Juliana Okoro, has claimed that a female doctor friend with British citizenship needs an obedient and submissive Nigerian man for relationship. Obiageli wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday: “I have a friend who has British citizenship. She is a doctor! She only want a Nigerian man who will […]

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Femi Otedola, a high school dropout who became a billionaire

Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has revealed that his journey to building a multi-billion-dollar empire began without a university degree or even a completed high school education. The 62 year-old oil mogul, in his newly released memoir titled: “Making It Big,” shares how his academic struggles led him to abandon formal education and dive into the […]

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Soludo sacks vigilantes who assaulted female NYSC member, orders their prosecution

Anambra State Government has dismissed eight operatives of the Agunechemba Security outfit over the brutal assault and public stripping of a female corps member, Miss Jennifer Elobor. Ken Emeakayi, Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, disclosed this at the agency’s headquarters in Awka on Wednesday. He said the government acted swiftly after […]

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Doctors find large knife lodged in man’s chest for eight years

A man in Tanzania who came to the hospital complaining of pain and pus discharge from his right nipple was shocked to learn that he had been living with a large knife lodged in his chest for eight years, the country’s media reported. Doctors at the Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania recently published a most […]

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Vigilantes beat, strip female NYSC member in Anambra (Video, photo 18+)

A video going round the net has shown the moment armed men believed to be operatives of Operation Udo Ga-Achi — also known as the Agunechemba Vigilante Group — stormed a corps members’ lodge in Anambra State and assaulted a female corps member identified as Jennifer Edema Elohor and some of her colleagues. Haven 360 […]

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