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The Imo State High court building in Orlu was on Saturday, December 17, set ablaze by gunmen who targeted part of the structure housing sensitive documents. Daily Trust reported that the complex is housing both the High court and a Magistrates’ court. It was also learnt that the Orlu high court which is close to […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement issued on Saturday, the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), in Ekiti State, Nigeria, has declared a lecture-free day over the death of a first-year student of the Department of Quantity Survey. The student identified as Taiwo Gbolahan was reportedly crushed to death by a heavy truck along the Ikole-Oye highway in the state […]
Continue ReadingThe woman crushed to death by a passenger train at the Chikakore axis of Kubwa, Abuja, has been identified as Selimota Idowu Suleiman, a staff of Nigerian Television Authority, NTA Channel 5, Abuja, Nigeria. The deceased was on her way to the office when the incident happened at about 10am on Thursday, December 15, 2022. […]
Continue ReadingThe late popular gospel singer, the Wellu Wellu crooner, Sammie Okposo’s wife, Ozioma, was inconsolable as she, with the support of other mourners poured sand into his grave at his burial. The burial held on Thursday, December 15, in Lagos, Nigeria. The 51-year-old was buried at a private cemetery in Ikoyi after a Church service […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly diverted by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed, has been recovered. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, while appearing at the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team […]
Continue ReadingThe Buhari-led administration has been dragged to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja by Kudirat Abiola’s children over the unlawful killing of their mother. Kudirat’s children, Khafila Abiola, Moriam Abiola, and Hadi Abiola said in the lawsuit that “the failure or refusal of the Defendant to protect the life of Late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola in the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s ambassador to Spain, Demola Rasaq Seriki, has passed away. The Lagos politician was said to have died in Madrid, Spain. He was aged 63. His death was announced in a notice signed by his children on Thursday which says that Seriki died in Madrid, Spain in the early hours of the day. “It is with […]
Continue ReadingThe newly redesigned Nigeria’s Naira notes will go into circulation from today, December 15. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, had in October announced that the apex bank would release re-designed N200, 500 and N1000 naira notes by December 15, 2022. He stated that the old notes will cease to […]
Continue ReadingHead of Department, Voter Education and Publicity of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Achumie Rex, has accused politicians of trying to hack into the commission’s server and also trying to manufacture the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine ahead of the 2023 election. Speaking on Wednesday, December 14, at a two-day workshop for civil society organisations […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, the Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC) (PCC), Bayo Onanuga, has said presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was not rushed off the stage due to health concerns at his rally in Minna, the Niger State capital. Onanuga, in the statement, said the crowd that turned up to […]
Continue ReadingPeter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has promised to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company if elected Nigeria’s next president in 2023 general elections. He said he would bring prosperity to all the three senatorial districts of Kogi, with the enormous resources endowed naturally by God. Mr Obi made the promise on […]
Continue ReadingYemi Sonde, Chairman of Yemi Sonde Media Group and owner of the popular radio, YES FM, has raised an alarm of being blackmailed with his nude video. In a statement released on Tuesday, December 13, Yemi said the blackmailer who claimed to live in Cote d’Ivoire, sent him a video of him alone in his bedroom and […]
Continue ReadingOnwards to Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, accused some politicians of buying up Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and financially inducing voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers (VINs). The commission also said that two persons have been recently convicted for illegal possession of PVCs in Sokoto and Kano […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi; and the leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; on Sunday paid a visit to the headquarters of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Enugu State. The trio were in the state to condole with Ohanaeze Ndigbo over the death of a former […]
Continue ReadingThe co-founder and Deputy Managing Director of VETIVA, one of Nigeria’s leading Capital Management firms, Olaolu Mudashiru, has died. Mudasiru was killed on Sunday morning by a drunk driver in a hit-and-run accident while cycling with two other persons on the Bourdilion road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Said to be in his […]
Continue ReadingThe Board of Editors of THISDAY/ARISE News yesterday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council’s (PCC) Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga and its Director, Strategic Communication, Mr. Dele Alake of attempting to silence independent media, cower as well as bully free press ahead of the 2023 general elections in what […]
Continue ReadingA lady was filmed performing what appears to be oral sex on her man inside a canteen in a place said to be inside the University of Lagos (UNILAG) campus, in broad daylight on Friday, December 9. An eyewitness who reportedly recorded the video and sent the video to Linda Ikeji Blog said the two […]
Continue ReadingOlusegun Obasanjo, 85, wowed guests when he jumped off a high podium. The former Nigerian President attended the White Christmas festival and climbed the podium to give a speech. When he was done, he showed how fit he is by jumping off the podium while two men stood beside him in case he needed support. He […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday afternoon departed Katsina State for Washington DC to attend US-Africa Leader’s Summit scheduled to hold on December 13 and 15. The summit which is at the instance of US President Joe Biden seeks to work with “African governments, civil society, diaspora communities across the United States, and the private sector […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of his niece, Hajiya Laraba Dauda. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, December 9, 2022. “President Muhammadu Buhari, on his second day at home, has condoled with his extended family members on the demise […]
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