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ECOWAS member countries’ defence chiefs met in Abuja, Nigeria, but Defence Chiefs from Mali, Niger, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, and Guinea were conspicuously absent. Defence Chiefs from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, The Gambia, Cote D’Ivoire, and Cape Verde were in attendance at the meeting, which took place at the Defence Headquarters […]
Continue ReadingVwaere Diaso, medical doctor, died on Tuesday, at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, Nigeria, after an elevator she took crashed. According to findings and report, the hospital elevator that killed the late Dr. Diaso crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor. It was also gathered that the late doctor was rushed to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian writer and award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie on Tuesday, August 1, joined the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. Adichie walked into the court room before the tribunal resumed hearing on the adoption of written address by LP […]
Continue ReadingA helicopter with four persons onboard, including the pilot, crash-landed in front of a bank on Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday. Cause of the crash which occurred around 1600hrs is still unknown. Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said all four persons onboard who sustained varying degrees of injuries had been rescued and […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man identified as Uchenna Jonathan Ohiem, 27, has passed away in Mağusa, Northern Cyprus according to reports emanating from the country. The man was found dead in his apartment on Monday, July 31, 2023. A statement by the Cyprus police read: “On July 31, 2023, at approximately 11:00 AM, Uchenna Jonathan Ohiem, aged […]
Continue ReadingA newly appointed Magistrate, Ammaari Musa Semwogerere has been arrested and sacked for disguising as a woman to sit for exams for his girlfriend at the Law Development Centre (LDC) Lira, Uganda. According to local media, Semwogerere was promoted by the Judicial Service Commission to the position of Magistrate Grade One on probation two weeks […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court Judge in Nigeria, Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, has passed away. Mallong died on Sunday, July 30, in Abuja, Nigeria. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mallong died on Sunday after a brief illness. Also, Chief Registar of Nigeria’s Federal High Court (FHC), Hassan Amida Sulaiman, in a statement, announced […]
Continue ReadingMali and Burkina Faso, in a significant move, have jointly refused to enforce the “illegal, illegitimate, and inhuman” sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against the people and authorities of Niger. Both countries, which are currently led by putschists, made their stance clear in a joint press release, emphasizing that […]
Continue ReadingNigerian movie industry may have once again recorded the passing away of one its members, Musiliu Ajinkanle, as news of his death has been announced. Ajikanle, one of the popular actors based in Ibadan had been bedridden for sometime even though the nature of his ailment had been unknown. Popular cleric, Agbala Gabriel, in his […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu addressed Nigerians on Monday about the state of the nation. See the full text of his address below: My fellow citizens, I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you understand the reasons for the policy measures I have taken to combat the serious economic challenges this […]
Continue ReadingEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, at an extraordinary meeting on Sunday, in Abuja, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Niger Republic military to release and reinstate President Mohammed Bazoum as the legitimate Head of State and government of the landlocked state. Besides the seven-day ultimatum, the ECOWAS […]
Continue ReadingJustice Chima Centus Nweze (simply called CC Nweze) of the Supreme Court of Nigeria has passed away. Justice Nweze died on Sunday at the age of 64. His ailing health reportedly played a role in the recent unrest among Supreme Court Justices, who expressed their concerns during the tenure of the immediate past Chief Justice […]
Continue ReadingA Twitter user, Balewa @aprilbox, has shared the sad and shocking letter an Embassy allegedly sent to a Nigerian applicant on why his/her Schengen Visa was denied. In the letter that has gone viral, the embassy alleged that the documents some Nigerians present are forged and that this is common with Nigerians. The letter also […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actress and film producer, Ebele Okaro has taken to her Instagram page to share the sad news of the passing of her dear husband. Ebele penned down a tribute to her husband by sharing a quote from American actress and producer, Ellen Brennaman on her page. It reads: “Don’t think of him as […]
Continue ReadingA High Court Lagos State sitting in Ikeja has delivered judgment in the long-drawn suit over the management and control of some of the assets of Ojukwu Transport Ltd, OTL, in favour of Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and her two children. The late Ikemba Nnewi was […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advised citizens to stock their homes with food items, medicines and other essential things ahead of the commencement of its seven-day strike to protest the removal of fuel subsidies and the escalating cost of living in the country. The warning, it noted, had become necessary because the strike would cripple […]
Continue ReadingEx-banker, Uchenna Emmanuel, has confessed to having “mistakenly” used a bank customer’s ATM card to withdraw cash five times. The suspect, a cashier, made this known on Friday while being paraded by the Ondo State Police Command in Akure, the state capital. He claimed in his narration, to have made withdrawals from the account five […]
Continue ReadingA traditional ruler, Olu of Onibuku in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Olusegun Bankole, was crushed to death by a truck. The monarch was said to be aboard a tricycle, otherwise known as Keke Napep, when the liquor-laden truck ran over the tricycle along the Ota-Idiroko expressway, close to Winners Chapel […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man identified as Emma Ezeuko, has been killed by suspected gunmen in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was gathered that Ezeuko was shot dead on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, five days after his birthday. The deceased hailed from Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the […]
Continue ReadingSupporters of the coup in Niger have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president’s party, attacking politicians and setting the headquarters on fire, stoning and burning cars outside. In shocking scenes, groups of civilians with some holding Russian flags in beating up politicians who were allies of President Mohamed Bazoum – who was taken captive […]
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