Ekweremadu, wife charged in UK court, refused bail

Ex-deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, alongside his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, has been denied bail and remanded in custody by a United Kingdom court over allegation bordering on organ trafficking. The UK Metropolitan Police formally charged Ekweremadu and his wife with conspiracy to facilitate the travel of another person for organ harvesting in the UK. […]

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Buhari jets out to Rwanda to attend Commonwealth summit

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, said that at the meeting, the President will join other leaders to […]

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos denies dumping Peter Obi for Bola Tinubu

Preparatory for the 2023 general elections, the Lagos State chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization, has refuted reports that it dumped Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi and endorsed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Chairman of the Lagos chapter, Sunday Ossai, said the misleading claim that Ohanaeze in Lagos dumped […]

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CJN Tanko Muhammad replies to 14 Nigerian Supreme Court Justices’ protest letter

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad has replied to the protest letter signed by 14 Justices of the Nigerian Supreme Court and written against him. The Supreme Court justices in the protest letter, complained of poor welfare conditions and the deplorable state of the court. They also listed the operational challenges that have almost crippled the […]

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Married woman, lover got stuck in each other as they sex, cry out for help (Video 18+)

A woman said to be married and her sugar lover have been spotted in a viral video crying out for help after the duo got stuck in each other while having sex. Instagram user, @Kunlereal who shared the video, but did not disclose the identities of the two and where it occurred, wondered if dark […]

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Two Nigerian Police officers face disciplinary action for extorting man of N400,000

Two Nigerian police officers are to face disciplinary action for allegedly extorting N400,000 from a Nigerian man. A Twitter user had come on the microblogging platform to cry for help after the officers allegedly stopped him and extorted the said money from him. Spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stepped into […]

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14 Nigerian Supreme Court Justices write CJN Tanko Mohammad, lament unbearable conditions

Justices of the Nigerian Supreme Court, fourteen in number, have lamented the decrepit state of affairs in the court in a letter sent to the Chief Justice, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad. In the leaked letter, the Justices accused the CJN of refusing to address the issues despite drawing his attention to them. They complained of a […]

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Prepare to be depressed at least 5 times a week ―Nigerian lady in UK tells Nigerians preparing to relocate to Europe (Video)

A Nigerian lady who says she is based in the United Kingdom (UK) has dished out an advice to those who are hoping to relocate to the European country. In a video she shared, she said those preparing to come should also prepare for depression as they’ll be depressed at least 5 times a week […]

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Reports show that over 3,478 killed, 2,256 abducted in seven months under Buhari

From December 2021 to June 15, 2022, at least 3,478 people were killed while 2,256 others were abducted across the country according to a tally collated by Punch. The figures were obtained from the daily incidents recorded by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think-tank, during the […]

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Former guerrilla-rebel fighter, Gustavo Petro, wins Colombia presidential election

A former rebel fighter in the M-19 militia, Gustavo Petro has beaten business tycoon and fellow political outsider Rodolfo Hernández in the Colombia presidential election which occured on Sunday, June 19. The shock win of the former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro as president, makes him the South American country’s first leftist head of state. Petro […]

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As fuel queues return to Lagos, passengers stranded

Several passengers were stranded at various bus stops in Lagos State, Nigeria, on Monday morning, as commercial vehicles were very scarce on the road. The scarcity of vehicles was attributed to the fuel scarcity, which was gradually building up in some parts of Lagos. According to Punch, many people were stranded at major bus stops […]

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Convoy of APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu allegedly attacked by hoodlums in Lagos (Video)

African Independent Television (AIT) has reported that the convoy of All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu was allegedly attacked by hoodlums in Lagos State on Sunday June 19. It is unclear if anyone was hurt during the attack, but a video shared online by the news channel showed one of the buses in the […]

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Body of a girl found floating in a Nigerian river (Viewers discretion advised)

A Facebook user, Hassan Saminu is seeking help identifying a girl whose body was found floating in a river in Katsina State. Saminu, who shared the photos on Saturday, June 18, said the body was found floating in Sabangida river in Faskari Local Government Area of the state. Anyone with information about the girl’s identity […]

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APC’s Biodun Oyebanji is the winner of Ekiti governorship election

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress’ (APC’s) Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) the winner of the 2022 Ekiti state governorship election. According to the electoral body, Oyebanji polled a total of 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest challengers, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who polled a […]

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I’m happy to vote ―105-year-old woman who voted in Ekiti governorship election says

A woman (in the picture above) said to be 105 years of age, Mrs. Felicia Fayomi on Saturday June 18, participated in the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State. Mrs. Fayomi was led in by one of her granddaughters to Unit 2, Ward 6, Ifaki Ekiti in Ido-osi Local Government Area of the state. Before […]

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UK Court ordered closure of Nigerian-owned church for financial mismanagement

A High Court in United Kingdom (UK) has ordered the closure of Salvation Proclaimer Ministries Limited, a church led by Nigeria-born Tobi Adegboyega, over alleged financial mismanagement and lack of transparency in its operations. In a statement published to the UK government website on Friday, the church, popularly known as SPAC Nation, was said to […]

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Lightning strike kills female Nigerian University student

A first-year student of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, Nigeria, was reportedly struck dead by lightning following heavy downpour. Chiamaka Obodo, 20, was making a call with her phone inside her parents’ house at the Obilubi Obazu Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State, when lightning struck. She died on the spot before help could get to her. […]

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Police have failed, Nigerians will bear arms soon ―Akeredolu warns Nigerian govt

Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum Rotimi Akeredolu has again weighed in on the widespread insecurity witnsessed across the country. Delivering a keynote address at the opening of the ongoing Attorneys-General of the 36 States, the Ondo state Governor noted that police is overwhelmed. Akeredolu who disclosed that the police blamed non-availabilty of vehicles for their inability to […]

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Nigerian man declared wanted in the US for allegedly killing a lady

Authorities in Houston, Texas, United States of America are searching for a Nigerian man who allegedly killed and dismembered a missing woman who was last seen on April 16. The suspect, Chukwuebuka Nwobodo, 28, is wanted for murder and tampering with evidence, cops say. According to court documents, Nwobodo was charged on Wednesday, June 8, […]

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We borrow to pay salaries, says Nigeria’s acting Accountant-General

The acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has said that Nigeria is borrowing money to pay salaries. Nwabuoku said this on Tuesday, June 14, at a retreat organised by the office of the AGF for members of the technical sub-committee on cash management (TSCM) in Abuja. He explained that there is an increase in […]

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