Sultan of Sokoto tells Nigerians who to vote for in 2023 elections

Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has told Nigerians to vote for leaders with reputable character in the 2023 general elections. The leader of Muslims in Nigeria asked Nigerians not to consider the religious or ethnic backgrounds of anybody but to think of the […]

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An Assistant General Overseer at Redeemed Christian Church is dead

Prof. Folagbade Aboaba, an Assistant General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has passed on at the age of 90. Aboaba died on Monday morning after a brief illness. National chairman of the Nigeria Institute of Agricultural Engineers, Prof Folarin Alonge, who confirmed the cleric’s demise said: “One of our Fathers in the profession, Prof. […]

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Fight breaks out as soldiers try to disarm police taskforce in Lagos (Video)

Nigerian soldiers and policemen got into a fight in public and this was caught on camera. The physical confrontation occurred Wednesday morning, January 18, at ijaya, Apongbon area of  Lagos State. The soldiers attempted to disarm a police taskforce and they put up a fight. A video shared online shows a soldier and a police officer […]

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After collecting ransom, gunmen behead LG boss in Nigeria

Chris Ohizu, the kidnapped Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, has been beheaded. The council boss was reportedly butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday, where his killers insisted that there would be no election […]

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PDP Presidential Campaign Council calls on EFCC, NDLEA to arrest and prosecute Bola Tinubu

Directorate of Strategic Communications for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, has said that the NDLEA, and the EFCC ought to arrest and prosecute the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The allegations against Tinubu were detailed in a communique signed by Bashorun Dele Momodu (Director, Strategic Communication), Paul […]

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FUTA student commits suicide over fraud allegation

Olona Oluwapelumi, a 300-level student in the Department of Industrial Design at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), has committed suicide at his residence in the Aule Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, Nigeria. He was said to have hanged himself in his room. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs. Funmilayo […]

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UK, EU, Australia issue security alerts to their citizens over envisaged 2023 election violence

United Kingdom and Australia have asked their citizens to avoid travel to Nigeria in the latest security advisories issued on Thursday. Equally, the European Union warned that insecurity might prevent elections from holding in parts of the country, adding that “security climate” was very hostile. A few months ago, the United States, UK, Canada, Germany, […]

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My father was killed by poverty, not sickness ―former Senate President’s son, Joseph Wayas laments

Former Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas died of poverty and not sickness, his first son, Joseph Wayas Jr, has said. Wayas, the Senate president in the Second Republic between 1979 and 1983, died at a London hospital in 2021. He was 83 years old. Speaking with The Nation in Abuja, Nigeria, Wayas Jr said his […]

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Nigerian govt and Lagos State give cash grants to poor residents

Lagos State Government has collaborated with the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to distribute cash grants to poor and vulnerable residents of the state. The state Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, at the event held at the Police College in […]

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If Nigeria gets it wrong again in 2023, this nation will bleed ―Actress Iyabo Ojo

Nigerian star actress, film director and producer, Alice Iyabo Ojo simply called Iyabo Ojo is of the opinion that Nigeria will bleed if citizens don’t get it right with the upcoming 2023 general elections. In a tweet shared on her handle this morning, Ms. Ojo said Nigerians are really suffering as she receives depressing messages from many […]

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Pretty female University student killed by speeding driver in Nigeria

A speeding driver has killed a female student of the Nasarawa State University (NSUK), Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Miss Adama Abdulrahman. The accident occurred on Wednesday morning, January 18, 2023, at Angwan Lambu area of Keffi, a students’ community. Eyewitness report indicates that the driver of the vehicle, who was on top speed, rammed into […]

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I scored zero in APC primary with true identity, original credentials ―Tunde Bakare hits back at Tinubu’s men

Founding and Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Tuesday, tackled critics who opposed his state-of-the-nation address on Sunday, saying he scored zero in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC primary with true identity, original credentials. In the address, Bakare had advised Nigerians to shun those promoting ‘emilokan’, a term […]

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Nigerian Professor found dead in US

American-based Nigerian don, Professor Marinus Iwuchukwu, and a woman identified as Charce Dunn, have been found dead in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, the United States. The two of them were found dead along Thorncrest Drive, Wilkins Township, Pittsburg on Tuesday after an alleged “domestic disturbance” around 10:00 am. The Police in Allegheny County said they received a […]

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How influencers are paid by political parties in Nigeria to promote falsehood against opponents ahead of 2023 election

A BBC investigation has discovered that political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of general elections in February. The BBC’s Global Disinformation Team has spoken to whistle-blowers working for two of Nigeria’s political parties, and prominent influencers who have described it as “an industry”. The […]

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Nigeria’s INEC Chairman delivers a speech, answers questions at Chatham House over 2023

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the 2023 election is majorly for young people because they make up a larger percentage of eligible voters. INEC’s Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu said this on Tuesday, January 17, while delivering a speech at the Chatham House, London, UK. Giving a breakdown of the voters’ register […]

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Otedola’s daughter, DJ Cuppy’s fiancé rushed to Accident and Emergency from the boxing ring

Daughter of billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola, the Nigerian disc jockey (DJ), Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy’s fiancé was rushed to the emergency ward after suffering an accident in the boxing ring. Boxer Ryan Taylor reportedly sustained an eye injury in the boxing ring. DJ Cuppy said the incident gave her a […]

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Slain Lagos lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, laid to rest (Photos)

The funeral service of slain Lagos lawyer, Mrs. Bolanle Raheem, was held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Olive Tree Parish, in Ikoyi Lagos state, Nigeria on Tuesday January 17. Delivering a sermon at the service, Okechukwu Enelamah, a former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, said Mrs. Raheem’s “relatively short life” was full […]

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China’s Population Falls for First Time in 60 Years

Official figures show China’s population shrank by 850,000 people in 2022 — the first such decline since 1961. The tipping point comes a decade earlier than the government and the United Nations predicted. Yi Fuxian, an expert on Chinese population, said the “real demographic crisis is beyond imagination and that all of China’s past economic, […]

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