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Government of Ghana has recalled its High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mohammed Ahmed, following allegations linking him to electoral malpractice during a party primary election in Ghana. Ordered by President John Mahama, the recall was announced in a presidential statement issued on Saturday. According to the statement, the directive took immediate effect, with the Ministry of […]
Continue ReadingKhaleed Oladipo, a second-year university student has died after he was stabbed during a violent incident near a campus in Leicester, UK, prompting an outpouring of grief from his family, Nigerians, and the wider community. He died in hospital after emergency services were called to what police described as a “very serious incident” close to […]
Continue ReadingNew evidence has come up indicating that a crucial document submitted by notable Nigerian lawyer Mike Ozekhome SAN to a London tribunal, in support of his ownership claim to a North London property, was fake. Although the document was admitted by the British court as genuine at the time, due to lack of contrary evidence, […]
Continue ReadingBukola Yunisa, a Lagos-based entrepreneur and corporate worker, narrates to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI how she was emotionally and financially scammed by a man who posed as a widower and property developer, betraying her trust while promising love, marriage, and a shared future What do you do for a living? I am an entrepreneur and also a […]
Continue ReadingA court in United States has sentenced a Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, to 97 months’ imprisonment for participating in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable Americans. The statement published on the US Department of Justice (DOJ) website on Friday said: “a Nigerian National was sentenced today to more than eight […]
Continue ReadingJustice Anthony Onovo of the Enugu High Court, on Thursday, ordered the British Government to pay £20 million each to the families of the 21 coal miners killed in Enugu State in 1949 by the Colonial masters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the massacre took place at the Iva Valley Coal Mine […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Senate Minority Caucus on Thursday clarified that the Senate did not reject the electronic transmission of election results before passing the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, contrary to widespread media reports. Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, in company of Senator Aminu Tambuwal, Senator Ireti Kingibe and some other Senators made the clarification to set the record straight. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress Ajara Lasisi, popularly known as Aunty Ajara, has passed away. In a statement shared on Instagram, Aunty Ajara’s death was announced on Thursday by Nollywood director, Tobi Oladele Teemony, also known as Tee Mony, The statement reads: “With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved actress, Aunty Ajara. She passed on […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has deployed a small team of troops to Nigeria, the first official US military presence on the ground since airstrikes targeted terrorists on Christmas Day 2025. The deployment of Nigeria follows airstrikes ordered by President Donald Trump in December 2025 on what he described as “Islamic State targets” in the country. Trump had […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate under Godswill Akpabio has rejected a proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the Electoral Amendment Bill that sought to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory. As reported by Channels Television on Wednesday, the provision, if approved, would have required presiding officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission to upload […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is facing intense scrutiny in the UK after prosecutors showed she spent £140,000 on luxury furniture and decorative art in one single day. The ongoing trial at the Southwark Crown Court in London, also involves Olatimbo Ayinde, an oil executive, and Doye Agama, Diezani’s brother. Three of […]
Continue ReadingThe new African social media platform, LekeeLekee, developed by the owners of ARISE and THISDAY media group, and announced on February 2 has gone live. Positioned as an African alternative to established big global platforms, Lekeelekee’s establishment emphasizes themes of digital sovereignty, economic empowerment, and community-driven governance for Africans. The platform’s creators highlight LekeeLekee as […]
Continue ReadingA hospital in Toulouse, France, has discovered a World War I artillery shell lodged in the rectum (anus) of a patient identified by French media as a 24-year-old man, a finding that led to the deployment of a bomb disposal unit. As reported by The Mirror on Monday, the incident occurred on January 31 night […]
Continue ReadingA leprosy-stricken beggar on the streets of Indore in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, turned out to be a true slumdog millionaire, with several houses, vehicles and businesses to his name, the media in India reported. As part of concentrated efforts to make Indore a beggar-free city, local authorities recently rescued a physically-challenged man […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for spending much of January abroad. The former governor of Anambra State, in a post on his X handle on Sunday morning, noted that while leaders in other countries focus on domestic governance at the start […]
Continue ReadingA female Abuja-based music talent, Ifunanya Nwangene, has died after she was bitten by snake. Nwangene, a soprano singer with the Amemuso Choir, passed away on Saturday at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja. The Amemuso Choir confirmed her death in a statement issued on Sunday afternoon and signed by its Music Director, Sam Ezugwu. “We […]
Continue ReadingA retired Nigerian Army General, Mohammed Ibrahim Gana, has been reportedly arrested along with serving military officers and civilians over allegations of plotting to overthrow the government of President Bola Tinubu. Niger State indigene, Gana, the Danmagayaki of Nupe, was reportedly arrested about a week after his son, Lieutenant Colonel Sadiq Ibrahim-Gana, was detained by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian movie industry was thrown into unexpected anxiety during the week after news came out that actor, filmmaker and former chairperson of the Enugu state chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Stanley Amandi, had been arrested, alongside a number of serving military officers, over their alleged link to a failed coup plot against President […]
Continue ReadingAt least 25 people were killed when suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a town in northern Nigeria, relatives of victims said, the deadliest reported Islamist attack since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered air strikes on Christmas Day. The victims were labourers who had travelled to Sabon Gari town in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State to work at […]
Continue ReadingInspector General of Police (IGP) has re-arraigned Nigerian actress Angela Okorie before the Federal High Court, Abuja, on a 7-count amended charge of cyberstalking. When the charge was read to her during the court proceedings, Ms Okorie pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecution prayed the court for a short adjournment to enable them […]
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