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Charles III on Saturday finally met his date with destiny after a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, as he was officially crowned king in the first coronation in Britain since 1953. At 12:02 pm, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the solid gold St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old boy, Emmanuel John, over the killing of his father, Monday John. It was gathered that Emmanuel, around 10pm on Tuesday, May 2, used a pestle to kill his father during a fisticuff between the deceased and his mother, Mrs Mercy John. A […]
Continue ReadingA court in United Kingdom (UK) has sentenced former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot, in a conviction that was the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act (MSA). The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, whose victory in February is being challenged in court, has been keeping part of his wealth in the United Kingdom, where he and his close associates own at least 20 properties that were mostly acquired when Tinubu was the governor of Lagos State. Following the 2023 presidential election, Tinubu is scheduled to […]
Continue ReadingEgyptian authorities have sent over 500 students back to Sudan following the failure of two of them to provide either a passport or Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC). According to a voice note of a Nigerian official obtained by Punch on Friday morning, students without passports or ETC had been instructed to stay back. The official […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled and suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa-Ari has been granted bail after coming under a police investigation for declaring Ayisetu Dahiru Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the governorship election of the state before the conclusion of the collation of results. Yunusa-Ari was allowed to go home […]
Continue ReadingBishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Nigeria, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has said that it does not make sense to swear in people into office when their electoral victories are being challenged in court. Onaiyekan shared this thought during an interview with Channels TV on Thursday, April 4. Onaiyekan said: “There are cases in […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s first coronation in 70 years takes place on Saturday, with Charles III crowned king in an elaborate Christian ceremony steeped in solemn ritual and more than a millennium of history. The coronation, the first of a British king since 1937, is the religious confirmation of his accession after the death of his mother, Queen […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Ndiegoro, in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. The ASP identified simply as “Agbalagba”, said to be attached to the Ndiegoro Police Division, was gruesomely murdered with his head cut off along East Road at about 5:am on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. […]
Continue ReadingImo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, has suspended one of its lecturers, Desmond Izunwanne, for allegedly slapping female students who arrived to a class session behind schedule and in non-departmental uniform. Spokesperson for the University, Ralph Njokuobi, in a statement in Owerri, the state capital, said the lecturer’s action was “barbaric and unbecoming.” Njokuobi said at […]
Continue ReadingTragedy struck on Sunday as a female undergraduate student of the University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, Maria Precious Tunde, reportedly died in her sleep. The sad incident according to sources occurred at the deceased off-campus hostel, located at Ekosodin Village, a student town near the school. It was gathered that the late Maria, until […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) constituted by Appeal Court Justices, has fixed Monday for the hearing of the petitions challenging the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, Bola Tinubu as the president-elect. With this development, the expected legal battle by candidates disputing the outcome of the 2023 presidential election will commence […]
Continue ReadingAt last, the suspended and fleeing Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC’s) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Mr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been arrested by the police. The Force Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday. INEC had called for the arrest of Hudu over the illegal […]
Continue ReadingA bodyguard has shot and killed a government Minister in Uganda early Tuesday in an apparent private dispute, according to the army and local media. The attacker, who has not been publicly identified, then turned the gun on himself, according to state broadcaster UBC and others. The victim, Charles Engola, served in the government of […]
Continue ReadingThe son of the President-Elect of Nigeria, Oluwaseyi Tinubu’s company is being reported to be enmeshed in an $11million London property scandal; as reported by Bloomberg Africa, UK, Middle East, Asia, etc. A firm belonging to the son of Nigeria’s president-elect bought an $11 million London mansion that his predecessor’s government was seeking to confiscate […]
Continue ReadingInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria could lose an estimated $10bn of foreign direct investment and official development assistance inflows to geo-political tensions. The IMF in its country focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, released on Monday, said the figure is about a half per cent of the nation’s annual Gross Domestic Product. IMF said: “The […]
Continue ReadingAkinyemi Onigbinde, a professor of political philosophy with a speciality in public policies, politics and governance, has stated that the election that produced President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was not free and fair. Onigbinde, who is also the Executive Secretary, Centre for Development and Policy Studies, in an interview with Nigerian Tribune, said the elections […]
Continue ReadingAbike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman and CEO of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has been caught on camera signalling to a radio anchor person not to take a question from a journalist, David Hundeyin, who wanted to ask a question on the death of Itunu Babalola, a Nigerian lady that died in prison in Cote d’Ivoire. […]
Continue ReadingThe Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has vowed to reclaim his alleged stolen mandate in court. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Awka, the former Anambra State governor reiterated his commitment to exploring every legal option to ensure that he reclaims his mandate. Obi had contested in the last presidential election and […]
Continue ReadingMany Nigerian fans still remember with glee that July 31, 1996 night, when Nigeria’s U-23 side overcame huge favourites Brazil, who paraded a star-studded side that had Ronaldo de Lima, Rivaldo, Bebeto, Roberto Carlos, Dida amongst others in the semi-finals of that year’s Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA. In front of 78,587 fans at the […]
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