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Ekiti State government said on Monday that the community leader, Alhaji Abashe Adamu, arrested by the police in the state for alleged kidnapping was never an appointee of Kayode Fayemi administration. Ekiti State Police Command said on Sunday that its personnel arrested Adamu and one Toyin Ibrahim on June 29 for allegedly coordinating numerous high-profile […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator, comrade Shehu Sani took to his Twitter handle to ask an opposition party what it intends to achieve by attacking another opposition party’s candidate. He may be directing his question to two personalities in the biggest opposition party in Nigeria who are presently attacking the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday expressed concerns over what it described as unprovoked attacks on its offices, with Enugu State office which was set on fire on Sunday night, being the latest. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Mahmood Yakubu, in an interview with newsmen said it was […]
Continue ReadingThe beautiful female member of the Nigeria’s National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Stephenie Se-Ember Terungwa, who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered in Abuja has been laid to rest. The 25-year-old corps member was laid to rest in her hometown, Mbakumbur, Mav-Ikyov in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria, on Thursday, June 30. She […]
Continue ReadingJust weeks after the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, one of his wives, Olori Kafayat, has also died. It was gathered that Olori Kafayat, who was the mother of Prince Adebayo Adeyemi, popularly known as D’Guv, died on Friday night. Details of her death were still sketchy as of the time […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement signed on Friday by Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari said his government would do everything possible to ensure the return of those abducted in an attack on a mining site in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, describing the attack as a […]
Continue ReadingForty students and faculty members from Morehouse College Glee Club in Atlanta, United States of America, USA, on Wednesday took Igbo names and declared their ancestry to the Igbos of South East Nigeria. At an official naming ceremony held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, the students narrated how they traced their Igbo ancestral roots […]
Continue ReadingAmazon, an American e-commerce company, says it is looking to recruit qualified persons for seven positions based in Lagos, Nigeria. The e-commerce platform is set to launch operations in Nigeria by April 2023, according to a report. According to Amazon, the vacant positions include associate solutions architect, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) startup scaling team; startup segment […]
Continue ReadingExcessive pressure on the foreign exchange market continued on Tuesday, with the dollar exchanging at N615 at the parallel market in Lagos and Abuja. The percentage of local raw materials sourced by Nigerian manufacturers declined to 52.4 per cent in 2021, from 57.5 per cent obtained in 2020, according to data from the Manufacturers Association […]
Continue ReadingBenue State Police Command has arrested a Nigerian police officer identified as Sgt. James Aondona, for allegedly killing a trailer driver in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the sergeant shot the driver dead on Sunday, June 27, after he refused to pay money allegedly demanded by police officers at a roadblock […]
Continue ReadingAsiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos state governor and the presidential flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, flew to France. He departed Nigeria shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the morning. This was contained in a statement issued by Tinubu’s […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, Nigeria. Hours after the resignation of the former CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Ariwoola, was sworn-in around 3:00pm. Justice Ariwoola […]
Continue ReadingNigerian celebrity actress turning to a politician now, Tonto Dikeh has said that she believes that she will succeed as Deputy Governor of Rivers State if they win in the coming election. Speaking of her candidacy under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in an interview with Channels Television, Tonto Dikeh noted that despite being a subject […]
Continue ReadingCatholic priest, Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia, who was on Sunday morning kidnapped in his rectory at Ikabigbo Community of Etsako West, Edo State, while coming out for the Sunday mass, has been killed by his abductors. Reverend Father Odia, according to a statement issued by the Catholic Diocese of Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area […]
Continue ReadingA couple which could not be identified at the moment, have been inconsolable after their three children drowned in a swimming pool on their estate in the Ajah area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Information gathered is that both husband and wife had gone for an event when the three children left their house to swim […]
Continue ReadingChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad has resigned, according to reports. Citing sources, Channels Television confirmed that he resigned on Sunday night on the grounds of ill-health. When contacted, the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to CJN, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, said, “All I know is that he’s going to declare open […]
Continue ReadingOne of Nigeria’s political parties, the Action Peoples Party (APP) may on Monday drag the Presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu to court to challenge his academic qualification to stand for the 2023 election. APP’s decision followed alleged irregularities in the academic qualification and documents submitted by Tinubu to Independent National […]
Continue ReadingThe US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life. The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 “Roe v Wade” decision that enshrined a woman’s right to an […]
Continue ReadingIn a judgment on Friday, a seven-member panel of Nigerian Supreme Court, headed by Justice Musa Dattijo Mohammed, was unanimous in holding that President Muhammadu Buhari, having participated in the making of the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, by assenting to it, could not turn around seeking to void it. The […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos, has been ranked as the world’s second least liveable urban area due to social unrest, terrorism and conflict. According to the latest 2022 Global Liveability Index, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of most liveable cities in the world for the first quarter of 2022. “The […]
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