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Funeral rites of the talented Nollywood actress, Ms. Ada Ameh was held in her hometown, Ogobia, Otukpo local government area of Benue state, Nigeria, and she was laid to rest there on Friday August 26. Nollywood celebrities and some government officials led by the Benue state deputy governor, Mr. Benson Abounu, attended the funeral ceremony. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Army has dismissed two soldiers, Lance Corporal John Gabriel with service number N/A13/69/1522 and Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon N/A13/70/6552 attached to 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, Yobe State, after finding them guilty on two-count charge. According to the Acting Commanding Officer of the Battalion, Lt. Col. Ibrahim Abdullahi Osabo, the suspects were found guilty on […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Police Force (NPF) has suspended two Supernumerary Police Officers for what the force authorities described as discreditable conduct and violation of Social media policy. In a statement signed by the force public relations officer (PPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police described the violation as a breach of the provisions of the Police Act, 2020, […]
Continue ReadingPopular slay queen. Teju Pretty has been beaten and stripped naked by hair vendor, Rhiks hair, for owing her N150k since 2020 and allegedly being rude to her. Rhiks who narrated what led to the physical fight, said their issue began after she mistakenly sent N800k to Teju who was her brand ambassador at the […]
Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released $265m to airlines operating in the country to settle outstanding ticket sales Breakdown of the figure shows $230 million was released as special FX intervention while another sum of $35 million was released through Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) auction. Confirming the release in a statement, the Director, Corporate […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested three women for alleged conspiracy, trafficking of newborn twins and murder of the babies’ mother. The suspects, Ukorie Cynthia, Onyia Pauline, and Aroh Ijeoma, were arraigned in court and remanded in Enugu Correctional Custodial Centre. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in […]
Continue ReadingNyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, on Friday, said his team was more interested in a better Nigeria, and they are consulting widely with those who mean well for the country. Wike, in company of the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, spoke when he interacted with journalists […]
Continue ReadingOgun State Police Command, Nigeria has confirmed the arrest of a 23-year-old woman, Mary Olatayo, for allegedly selling her three-week-old baby boy for N600,000. In a statement on Thursday, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said the suspect was arrested following a complaint from the father of the baby. Oyeyemi said: […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Police Force (NPF) has vowed to go after the producers of plate numbers that can automatically change. A video of a car with a technology that helps switch its plate numbers has gone viral. In the video, the two sides of the plate number of the car, carry two different numbers and so they […]
Continue ReadingMajority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Nnamdi Okafor, has slumped and died in South Africa. Reports have it that Hon Okafor, who represents Awka South State constituency 1, slumped and died in the early hours of Wednesday, in a Hotel in Sandton City, Johannesburg, South Africa. The Anambra State House of […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, met with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London. Although details of the meeting were still sketchy at the moment, but according to reports, it was part of negotiations and permutations ahead of the 2023 presidential […]
Continue ReadingA woman identified simply as Esther, allegedly committed suicide over her husband’s plan to marry a second wife. According to local media, the lifeless body of the woman was discovered by the roadside at Nkoabang district in Yaounde, Cameroon on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. It is alleged that the mother of one took the drastic […]
Continue ReadingNigeria and the United States government have reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The agreement signing ceremony was held in the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami on Tuesday, August 23. Mr. Malami signed on behalf of the […]
Continue ReadingChief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation has explained why he would be supporting Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. In an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday August 24, Chief Adebanjo said he and Obi share same cause and he believes the former Governor of Anambra state is fighting […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has questioned the Nigerian Government on how the farmer-herder crisis is being handled. In a pre-recorded interview with Channels Television which was aired on Monday August 22, the literary icon wondered why the government was yet to ban the cattle group, Miyetti Allah, while it had proscribed the […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi as well as the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kassim Shettima, on Monday graced the current Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual conference in Lagos, Nigeria, where they respectively decried the state of the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Kenyan Prime Minister and long time opposition leader, Raila Odinga, filed a petition to the country’s top court on Monday challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival, William Ruto. In the petition, Odinga asks the court to nullify the vote’s outcome on several grounds, including a mismatch […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have killed a military officer identified as Major Churchill Orji, in Anambra State, Nigeria. The soldier was said to have been killed on Saturday, August 20, while in an operation in the troubled Azia axis, Inihiala Local Government Area of the state. A schoolmate of the deceased, Leonard Edu, confirmed the development to the […]
Continue ReadingNegotiator of the abducted Kaduna train passengers, Tukur Mamu, has drawn the attention of the federal government and the Christian Association of Nigeria, about plan by the terrorists to marry off a 21-year-old victim, Azurfa Lois John. The 300-level student of the Kaduna State University and her cousin, Peace Aboi, 28, were among passengers kidnapped […]
Continue ReadingYoung Rwandan woman, whose arrest for indecent dressing received international attention, has may be sentenced to 2 years in prison. Mugabekazi Lilliane, 24, was arrested & charged with public indecency after wearing a revealing dress to a concert by popular French musician Tayc in Kigali on August 9, 2022. The photo: Following her arrest, she […]
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