Nigerian Police to go after producers of automatic changing plate numbers (Video)

Nigeria 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 […]

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Anambra Assembly Majority Leader slumps, dies in South Africa

Majority 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 […]

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Obasanjo, Obi, govs Wike, Ortom, Makinde, Ikpeazu, others meet in London

Former 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 […]

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Woman allegedly commits suicide over husband’s plan to take a second wife

A 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 […]

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Peter Obi is fighting for the oppressed and we believe in same cause ―Adebanjo, Afenifere leader

Chief 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 […]

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Why proscribe IPOB and not Miyetti Allah? ―Soyinka asks Nigerian govt

Playwright 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 […]

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Atiku, Obi, Shettima dissect Nigeria’s problems at NBA annual conference

Presidential 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 […]

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Odinga challenges Kenya’s presidential election result at the Supreme Court

Former 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 […]

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Kaduna train attack terrorists want to marry off 21-year-old abducted varsity student to commander who is in love with her ―Negotiator

Negotiator 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 […]

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Rwandan woman may face 2 years in prison for indecent dressing (Photo 18+)

Young 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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Why Agba Jalingo, activist and journalist was arrested in Lagos, bundled to Abuja

Following a report by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, late Saturday, Elizabeth Ayade, the wife of Frank Ayade – a brother to the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, is being linked to the arrest of the activist and journalist in the state, Agba Jalingo. “On Saturday, August 20, 2022, Jalingo was arrested by […]

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Tinubu’s endorsement claim fake ―Obasanjo

Ex-Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has cautioned supporters of the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, over the claim that he has endorsed him . Chief Obasanjo expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as unauthorised report of the discussion at the closed doors meeting he held with Tinubu. The former president in a statement […]

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NBC revokes licenses of AIT, Raypower, Silverbird, Rhythm FM, others

Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licenses of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others, over failure to renew their broadcast licenses. This was disclosed by the Director General of the NBC Mallam Balarabe Shehu today August 19. Shehu also directed its state offices to liaise with security agencies […]

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Woman and 5-year-old girl die in Lagos church stampede

Two persons died in a stampede at the Comfort Life Mission International Church located on Ewenla streets, off Ikotun-Idimu Road in Lagos. The incident happened on Thursday, August 18, during a prayer service hosted by Pastor Odekunle Epaphras Prayer Ministries, also known as Olorun Ojiji. The service which holds on the third Thursday of every […]

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ASUU President tells students not to vote for politicians with children schooling abroad

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, Wednesday, has stated that Nigerian students should not vote for politicians who have their children studying in institutions outside the country. Osodeke was speaking on a Twitter Space Webinar, organised by Premium Times and tagged, ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund and the Way Forward.’ […]

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Woman gets 27 years imprisonment for arranging husband’s murder with her boyfriend’s help

Mapula Florah Manaka, a South African woman, was on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, sentenced to 27 years imprisonment for orchestrating the murder of her husband, Archie Manaka during an incident. The Limpopo High court in Polokwane heard that Flora, 40, and her boyfriend plotted a murder against Archie, 43, who was an IT Specialist in […]

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Nigerian Prince dies after drinking with friends, his sister mourns

Daughter of a late traditional ruler in Rivers State, Nigeria, Princess Dorathy Osaronu, has lost her brother. This is coming three months after the burial of their father, HRH Oneh Eh Eta Onne, Paramount ruler of Onne Clan in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers state, Nigeria. Princess Dorathy, who disclosed this on Tuesday, August […]

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