Nigerian gospel singer, Moses Bliss and wife welcome first child (Photos)

Nigerian gospel singer, worship leader and songwriter, Moses Bliss Uyoh Enang, popularly known as Moses Bliss, and his wife, Marie Wiseborn Bliss, have welcomed their first child. The couple, in a joint Instagram post, shared photos from their maternity shoot to announce the good news of their son’s arrival. To also celebrate the arrival of […]

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After public clamor, EFCC summons Okoya’s sons over ‘Naira abuse’

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Subomi and Wahab, sons of billionaire industrialist Razaq Okoya, for interrogation over alleged abuse of the naira. The brothers were directed to appear at the EFCC Lagos office on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, by 10 a.m. on Monday, January 13, 2025. In the invitation signed by Michael Wetkas, […]

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Judicial Service Commission demotes Chief Magistrate over alleged issue of fraudulent arrest, remand warrant

Nasarawa State Judicial Service Commission (NSJSC) has demoted Emmanuel A. Jatau, a Chief Magistrate II, to Senior Magistrate I over misconduct in the controversial case involving Chioma Okoli and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). NSJSC’s decision was conveyed in a letter dated January 6, 2025, addressed to Okoli’s legal counsel, Inibehe Effiong. The letter, signed by […]

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I met generator thief and its buyer locked up in Kirikiri prison since 1999 ―TikToker Ogunsanwo laments

Nigerian Tiktoker, Olumide Ogunsanwo popularly known as Seaking, has recounted what he observed while he was remanded in Kirikiri prison in Lagos State, Nigeria. In a video shared online, Seaking said that the prison is filled with poor people who cannot defend themselves. According to him, while he was there, he met two inmates, one […]

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Nigerian man gets 11 years imprisonment in US for money laundering and passport fraud

Nigerian man, Chukwunonso Obiora, formerly of Massachusetts, was sentenced for his role in separate schemes to launder criminal proceeds from fraud and obtaining a United States passport through false statements. The United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New England made the announcement on […]

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If your spouse doesn’t hype you, don’t agree ―Actor Yul Edochie advises married couples (Video)

Nollywood star actor, Yul Edochie has taken to social media platform to share advice for married couples while basking in the joy of his birthday celebration. In a post on Instagram, the actor shared a behind-the-scenes video of his birthday photoshoot, accompanied by an audio tribute from his second wife, Judy Austin. The video featured a […]

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US president-elect, Donald Trump sentenced in hush money criminal trial

United States president-elect, Donald Trump has been sentenced to unconditional discharge for his conviction last year on 34 charges of business fraud related to hush money payment to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Unconditional discharge means Trump will not be imprisoned, fined or face probation, but his conviction still stands, and he will enter office as a convicted […]

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Notes from Accra on Mahama’s Day, By Olusegun Adeniyi

No fewer than 21 Heads of State, including Presidents Bola Tinubu and Paul Kagame, as well as former African leaders like Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and Jacob Zuma, among others, were at the Independent Square in Accra on Tuesday for the swearing-in ceremony of Mr John Dramani Mahama as President of Ghana. And it could not have escaped the attention of these […]

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Woman spotted walking completely naked along a major road in Nigeria

A viral but eyesore video shared online on Friday showed a completely naked woman casually walking along a road in the Rayfield area in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Full details surrounding the incident are still unclear but some eyewitnesses attribute her behaviour to mental health issues, while others suspect she may have been under the […]

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Former US president, Jimmy Carter laid to rest

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency in a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. It was followed by an intimate hometown funeral near where he was born a century ago. All of Carter’s living successors […]

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US gives $52.88m Diezani Alison-Madueke’s loot back to Nigeria

Nigerian Government has received $52.88 million in recovered assets linked to a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United States of America. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, disclosed this during the formal signing ceremony of the asset agreement between Nigeria and the United States in Abuja on […]

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Faith in God or Guns: Priests, and Divine Protection on Trial, By Leo Igwe

A recent case where a catholic priest shot and killed a member of his parish in Imo state in southern Nigeria has occasioned a crisis of faith. The incident has compelled people, believers, and non-believers to raise fundamental questions about the conduct of clerics, and faith in divine protection. As was reported, this catholic priest […]

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Teen’s breast grows four times larger after alleged Covid vaccination

A woman’s breasts ballooned in size after allegedly getting her Covid vaccine in what researchers are calling a first-of-its-kind case. The 19-year-old from Canada went from a B cup to triple G cup within six months after receiving the two-shot course. She received her first dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine in September 2022 and her breasts started tingling and […]

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide elects new President-General

Senator John Azuta-Mbata has been elected as the new and 13th President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, a prominent Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Mbata, a former Senator representing Rivers East at the National Assembly from 1999 to 2007, was elected at the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly meeting held at the old government lodge Enugu, the Enugu State […]

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Prince Abimbola Owoade emerges as the new Alaafin of Oyo (Photo)

PRESS RELEASE Makinde approves new Alaafin A new Alaafin of Oyo has been formally approved by Governor Seyi Makinde. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said that Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade after thorough consultations and divinations, has been recommended by the Oyomesi and approved by the Governor of […]

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Nigerian Catholic Rev. Father quits priesthood after 17 years, embraces African traditional religion

A former Catholic Rev. Father of 17 years, Dr. Echezona Obiagbaosogu, said he has resigned from his position as a Catholic priest to embrace African traditional religion. Obiagbaosogu, who teaches African Traditional Religion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, in Anambra State, said he was fascinated by the traditional African spirituality and the art of […]

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Nigerian man sentenced to two years imprisonment for defrauding American of $345,000

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced one Chima Nkwocha also known as Young Billionaire to two years imprisonment for defrauding a United States citizen of $345,000. It was gathered from a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday that the convict was arrested in August 2024, arraigned before […]

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How do you ‘cyberbully’ someone who can hire the police?, By Abimbola Adelakun

Underlying the definitions of bullying in dictionaries is power imbalance. To bully someone is to direct aggressive behaviour at them, to intimidate or threaten them, to act cruelly towards someone, or to coerce them. For one to do these, there must be a power dynamic that makes the person at the receiving end vulnerable. Such […]

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