Kokoma City Star, Rasheeda Williams shot dead in Atlanta

Rasheeda Williams, known as Koko Da Doll, is dead. She died at the age of 35 after she was fatally shot in Atlanta, California, United States. The transgender star, recently appeared in the documentary, ‘Kokomo City’, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January. Kokomo City explored the threat of violence for Black trans sex […]

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American Jeffrey Guterman writes FBI to release Tinubu’s $460,000 forfeiture file

A retired American mental health counsellor in the US, Jeffrey Guterman, has written a petition to the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, FBI requesting it to release its file on Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Taking to his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, the ex-American mental health counsellor disclosed that he had filed an expedited request because of Tinubu’s reported drug trafficking. According to him, Tinubu’s reported drug […]

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Newspaper columnist tackled Arise TV news anchor over her dressing, Nigerians react

Nigerians and Media personalities have reacted after a newspaper columnist took to his Facebook page to tackle an Arise TV news anchor lady over her dressing. According to Femi Akintunde-Johnson who is also an associate lecturer at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, the news anchor, Seyitan Atigarin, was improperly dressed as she read the news […]

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Over 2,000 Nigerian students demand evacuation from Sudan

Over 1,262 Nigerian students have appealed to Nigerian Government to evacuate them from the Republic of Sudan where a fierce military confrontation between the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary group, Rapid Support Force, has claimed 330 lives with 3,200 injured. Secretary-General of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Sudan, Adam Mohammed, who […]

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Iwuanyanwu is new Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General

Billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has emerged as the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, taking over from Amb. George Obiozor who died last December after a brief illness. The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday, April 20. According to him, in line […]

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Irate mob burns Lagos BRT bus as commercial bus driver dies in collision

An unidentified commercial bus driver died on Wednesday in an accident involving his bus and a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle in Ogudu, along the Oworonshoki Expressway, in Lagos. According to eyewitnesses, the commercial bus was coming from Lagos Island and heading to the Ojodu Berger area of the state when the accident occurred. In the […]

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Labour Party suspends Lamidi Apapa, others, appoints acting executives

The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Tuesday as it suspended a factional leader, Mr Lamidi Apapa, its National Deputy Chairman (South) and some other officials. The party also appointed acting executive members according to a statement signed by Ms Ladi Iliya, National Deputy Chairperson and Mr Kenedy Ahanotu Deputy National Secretary. They […]

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Adamawa governorship poll: Court refuses to hear Binani’s motion over jurisdiction

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Senator Aisha Ahmed, popularly called Binani. Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered the APC candidate’s counsel, Mohammed Sheriff, to address the court on the issue of jurisdiction before hearing the […]

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NURTW chieftain, 2 others allegedly gang rape female University student in Ekiti

Officers of Ekiti State Police Command have arrested a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) for alleged gangrape of a female student of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education (BOUE), Ikere-Ekiti. Spokesperson of the command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday, April 13, 2023, said the suspect […]

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Nigerian Bishop arraigned for allegedly raping 2 church members, remanded in Kirikiri

Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, on Monday, April 17, remanded a clergyman, Bishop Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, for allegedly raping two of his church members. Oluwafeyiropo, who is the founder of ‘I Reign Christian Ministry’, was remanded in Kirikiri correctional centre pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. The suspect […]

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Direct flights from Nigeria to Israel begins April 20 ―Israeli Ambassador

Israeli ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, has stated that direct flights from Nigeria to Israel will begin on April 20, 2023. Freeman said before, a Nigerian intending to go to Israel had to go through Ethiopian, Turkish, or British airlines and experience 13 hours of delays but now a direct flight will take 5 hours. […]

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In a secret memo in May 2022, Kayode Ajulo warned APC against fielding candidate with dual citizenship, criminal records

In its publication of 23rd May 2022, The Punch newspaper published a story that Kayode Ajulo, a lawyer and rights activist wrote a secret memo to president Buhari warning the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to field candidate with dual citizenship and or criminal records and that 22 of the 25 APC candidates jostling for […]

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Fighting between military, paramilitary troops continues for third day in Sudan (Video, photos)

Residents in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday,  April 17 woke to the sounds of artillery and bombardment by warplanes, as intense fighting continued for a third day with death toll reaching 100, while hundred more are injured. Clashes first erupted on Saturday April 15, between the country’s military and the paramilitary group, Rapid Support […]

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Tinubu faces fresh controversy over alleged dual citizenship as foreign Passport emerges online (Photo)

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, is currently finding himself at the center of a fresh controversy as allegation of holding dual citizenship has surfaced. A photo of the bio-page of a Guinea Conakry passport allegedly belonging to Mr. Tinubu has surfaced online after popular influencer, David Hundeyin […]

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25% votes in FCT mandatory to win —Mike Igini, ex-INEC REC

Ex-Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini, in a now-viral video was quoted saying Nigeria’s Constitution mandated a candidate to score 25 percent of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) before being declared winner in presidential poll. Many Nigerians had interpreted the relevant section of the constitution, […]

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Results on INEC portal shows Peter Obi won in Rivers, not Tinubu ―Premium Times claims

Report by Premium Times says results uploaded on the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) indicate that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won the 25 February presidential election in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. According to the report, Obi’s votes in the area implies he, and not Bola Tinubu […]

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Final year student lynched at Obafemi Awolowo University, two suspects arrested

Osun State Police Command has arrested two persons in connection with the murder of Mr. Okoli Ahize Chizoputam, a 500-level student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The final year engineering student was lynched by fellow students over alleged theft of a mobile phone at a hall of residence in the campus. The […]

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