Again, veteran Nigerian actor passes away

Nigerian movie industry has again been thrown into mourning after the news of the death of another veteran Yoruba Actor, Ganiyu Oyeyemi, popularly known as Ogunjimi, surfaced on social media on Friday. Ogunjimi’s death was announced by a Yoruba actor, Kunle Afod, in a post on his Instagram page. Mourning the actor, Afod wrote: “We […]

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Parents of Chess champion, Tunde Onakoya, get a house gift

Chess champion and founder of ‘Chess in Slums Africa’, Tunde Onakoya, finds himself engulfed in emotions as an unnamed good Samaritan graciously gifted a house to his parents. The development is coming on the heels of Tunde’s breaking of the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon in New York. Even though the official […]

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11 Nigerians arrested by German Police for dating scam and money laundering

German Police have arrested 11 Nigerian nationals suspected to be members of a Black Axe group behind a large-scale dating scam and money laundering. The Bavarian police in a statement on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, said that the gang was involved internationally in “multiple areas of criminal activity” with a focus in Germany on dating […]

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Ex-minister Hadi Sirika nabbed by EFCC over alleged N8bn Nigeria Air fraud

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering investigation. Punch reports that the indicted former Minister of Aviation arrived at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 23. The ex-Minister is being grilled on […]

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Six men get 140 years imprisonment for robbery and conspiracy in Ekiti

A High Court of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced six men to a total of 140 years for conspiracy, robbery and receiving stolen properties. Four of the convicts were sentenced to 21 years each for robbery and seven years each for conspiracy, the remaining two were jailed for 14 years each […]

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Emefiele faces fresh charges, accused of approving N18.9bn to print N684.5m naira notes

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh charge against Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In the four-count charge, the anti-graft agency accused Emefiele of approving the printing of N684,590,000 naira notes at the rate of N18.96 billion. The commission is alleging that Emefiele broke the […]

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Nigerian University suspends lecturer over viral sex video

The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has suspended indefinitely its Mr David Udo-Udom, the lecturer allegedly involved in a sex scandal in a video trending in social media. The indefinite suspension is with immediate effect pending the outcome of a Disciplinary Panel constituted by the university to investigate the incident, UNN Public […]

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Nigerian movie industry mourns, as another veteran actor dies

Two weeks after Junior Pope and three other Nollywood actors died in a boat accident in Anam River, Nigerian movie industry has again been thrown into mourning as the news of the death of another veteran Nollywood actor and singer, Zulu Adigwe, surfaced on social media on Tuesday. Adigwe’s death was announced by a movie […]

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Nigerian pastor in Police custody for alleged rape, extortion

Pastor of the God Foundation Spiritual Church of Christ, Ibùdó Aseyori of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, at Osioyemi Eleweran, in Abeokuta, Nigeria, Monday Ogunyomi, has been arrested and detained by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman during a cleansing prayer in the church premises. Reports say the incident occurred […]

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Gunmen kill Nigerian University law Professor, kidnap two others

Persons believed to be gunmen and kidnappers have killed a Professor of law at the Babcock University, Dr. Yinka Olowojobi, and abducted two others in Iperu town, Ogun State. The gunmen dressed in black attires and said to be eight in number, attacked the Ajadeh Event Centre located on Sagamu Road in the Iperu area […]

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FCCPC sealed up Chinese supermarket in Nigeria where Nigerians are not allowed to shop

Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed an Abuja-based Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) in Abuja, Nigeria, following allegations of discriminatory practices against Nigerians. Officials of FCCPC shut the supermarket when they stormed the premises on Monday. The commission’s officials sealed up the place after interrogating […]

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Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police opposes creation of State Police, says State governors will use it for political gains, abuse of human rights

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has opposed the establishment of State Police, saying the country was not ripe for it. He stated this during a one-day dialogue on state policing, themed, ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria’ on Monday. Egbetokun stated that the establishment of state Police would exacerbate ethnic tension, […]

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Binance executive who escaped from Nigerian custody, arrested in Kenya

Kenyan Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter confirmed the development to Punch on Sunday night. Punch […]

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Man whose wife compelled to travel to India for snoring surgery, dies during process

Nigerian actor, Ugezu Ugezu, has shared the story of a man who died during surgery, after his wife, who became tired of her husband’s snoring, “convinced and forced” him to undergo a medical surgery in India in order to stop him from the snoring. The actor said, despite friends advising against it, the wife and […]

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BBNaija’s Queen sacks nanny for going to sleep before baby

BBNaija season 6 housemate, fashion icon, ex-beauty queen, brand influencer, and philanthropist, Queen Mercy Atang has disclosed that she recently fired her nanny for not doing her job diligently. She said the nanny protested about not getting enough sleep, but it was strange because she sleeps before the baby she is supposed to look after. […]

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‘Everybody was afraid to spray money including me’ ―NIDCOM chair, Abike Dabiri shares experience at a party (Video)

Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa took to social media on Saturday, April 20, to share her experience about Naira spraying concern at a party in Lagos. In a video shared on her Instagram page, she said, “Just coming from a birthday party, and guess what? Everybody was afraid to spray. “But […]

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Diaspora Mortgage Scheme will be in operation in 3 months, say NIDCOM, FMBN

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) have assured Nigerians in the Diaspora that the diaspora mortgage scheme will be in operation within the next three months . A statement by Gabriel Odu of the Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM, the assurance was given during a strategic […]

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