Ex-president Obasanjo acts as Senior Prefect during centenary anniversary of High school (Video)

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, showed off his agility on Monday, January 16, as he joined his former classmates, other alumni as well as current students of his Alma Mater, the Baptist Boys High School Abeokuta, to celebrate the centenary anniversary of the school. As part of the lineup of activities to celebrate the […]

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Address to Nigerians, Pastor Bakare reveals those to reject in 2023 election (Full text and video version)

Founder and Serving Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare has warned against vote-buying in the forthcoming elections. This was as Pastor Bakare urged Nigerians to reject political merchants during the 2023 general polls. Bakare spoke during his State of the Nation broadcast, titled: “Bridging the gap between politics and governance,” […]

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ASP Vandi appears in High court, pleads not guilty to charge of killing Lagos lawyer, Bolanle Raheem

The suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, who was arrested over the murder of female lawyer Raheem Bolanle, has pleaded not guilty after being arraigned in court on Monday, January 16. Vandi who was arraigned on one count of murder before the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square annex, was accused of […]

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Release of Nnamdi Kanu does not need surety, IPOB tells Soludo

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that while they welcome the recent call by the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for the unconditional release of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention since 2021, they noted that the issue of granting of bail or standing surety does not arise […]

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Catholic Rev. Father burnt to death by bandits in Nigeria

Reports coming in say bandits attacked Kafin Koro Community in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday have burnt a Reverend Father, Isaac Achi of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church, to death.  According to a family source, Rev. Father Achi was first abducted in Madalla and spent […]

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Divisional Police Officer slumps, dies in his office in Lagos

Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Seme Police Division in Lagos State, Nigeria, SP Mojeed Salami, slumped and died in his office on Tuesday, January 10. According to police sources, the deceased had complained of headache on the said day and had visited the hospital. The DPO returned but was still feeling unwell. He asked his orderly […]

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Man catches his pregnant wife having sex with another man in hospital

A pregnant mother stricken by malaria and confined to a hospital bed for five days was caught red-handed by her husband having sex with a 24-year-old man in Apac District, Uganda. The accused is said to have committed the offence at Apac Hospital when he accessed the female ward. The suspect’s luck ran out when […]

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Popular Nigerian comic actor is dead

Veteran Nigerian comic actor, Femi Ogunrombi aka Papa Ajasco, is dead. His death was confirmed by a theatre practitioner, Husseini Shaibu, via his Twitter handle on Sunday. Mr. Ogunrombi, actor, singer, highlifist and trained Nurse, was for about a decade the Music Director of the National Troupe of Nigeria. He acted the famous comic character, […]

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Oil discovered in Nasarawa, drilling begins in March ―Kyari

Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, has announced the discovery of oil in Nasarawa State. Kyari said the official spud-in of first oil well in the state will commence in two months. A tweet shared by NNPC read; “Group CEO @nnpclimited @MKKyari announced today that the official spud-in of […]

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Gunmen attack Coalition of United Political Parties spokesperson’s residence, 4 killed, houses and vehicles burnt (Videos)

Reports coming in say gunmen have killed the uncle (name yet to be known) of the spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Ugochinyere. In a seemingly distressed message on Twitter on Saturday afternoon, Ugochinyere said the unknown persons are also setting a house ablaze, suspected to be his residence. “We need […]

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Ekweremadu’s daughter arraigned in UK court for organ harvesting, pleads not guilty

Daughter of Nigerian Senator, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney. Sonia Ekweremadu, 25, is charged alongside her father Ekweremadu, 60, her mother, Beatrice, 56, and Doctor Obinna Obeta, 50. On December 20, Ike, Beatrice and Obeta denied conspiracy to arrange the travel of another person […]

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Gunmen shoot, kidnap a Divisional Police Officer in Nigeria

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), in Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the police officer whose real name is yet to be known, but popularly called SP Lareee, was abducted on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Woktori Hotel in Pankshin. A policeman […]

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Nigerian woman sent to prison in UK for stealing £19,650

Nigerian woman, Abiola Akinremi, 41 years old, who is a care home worker has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment in the United Kingdom for stealing almost £20,000 from the savings of vulnerable residents. The convict was said to have abused her position as an administrator at the facility in Bostall House in Abbey Wood,  […]

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Ekiti reverend, one other sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for forging church signature

A High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Thursday sentenced two men — a 63-year-old cleric, Adereti Ebenezer, and 68-year-old chief, Akinyede Joseph, to three years imprisonment each for forgery. They were arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye on October 18, 2021, on four counts charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, false sworn declarations and […]

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PVC collection deadline extended by INEC

In a released statement, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards until Sunday, January 29, 2023. INEC had earlier on fixed the collection deadline as Sunday, January 22, 2023. National INEC Commissioner, Mr. Festus Okoye said in a statement that the Commission is determined to […]

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One week to their wedding, gunmen shot couple dead in Nigeria

A couple, Mba Ifeoma Gloria and Eremezie Tochukwu Martin, whose wedding was slated for January 18, 2023, have been killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Arondizuogu in the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo state. People of the community say the intending couple was taking a ride in the groom’s brother’s tricycle when they were […]

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Coffin maker caught removing IVF from cholera patients in nearby hospital

33-year-old coffin maker who is struggling to make sales, is accused of sneaking into a hospital to remove IVF inserted into the veins of cholera patients on admission. This incident is said to have happened in Limbe, a seaside city in the South-West Region of Cameroon. The man was allegedly caught in the act by […]

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Nigeria’s INEC releases final list of 93 million voter register, Northwest top, followed by Southwest (Table)

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday released the final list of voters that will cast their ballots in the elections, with the North-West and South-West having the lion’s share of the 93.4 million eligible voters. Presenting the voter register at a meeting with leaders of political parties at the INEC headquarters, Abuja, the […]

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EFCC arrested me in error ―Doyin Okupe

Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and current Director General of Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that his rearrest by the Department of State Service on the request of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), was erroneous and should not have happened. […]

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Doyin Okupe rearrested at the Lagos airport

Immediate past Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LP) (PCC), Doyin Okupe, has been arrested by Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. This was disclosed on Facebook by one of his lawyers, Tolu Babaleye, on Thursday. The lawyer also disclosed that Okupe was on his way to […]

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