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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 […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue ReadingSeveral 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 […]
Continue ReadingAfrican 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 […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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 […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue ReadingA 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. […]
Continue ReadingChairman 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 […]
Continue ReadingAuthorities 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, […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, Yinka Ogundaisi, has been buried in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Nigeria. Ogundaisi, one of the Village Headmaster actors, who died on Wednesday morning at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, was buried on the evening of the same day in Ibadan. The death of the seasoned actor was confirmed by a […]
Continue ReadingBetween June 2021, and June 2022, dollar-to-naira exchange rate has risen from N500 to N603 at the parallel market, signifying the greenback appreciated by 21 per cent within the one year period. Dollar exchanged at N603 (average) at Lagos and Abuja parallel markets on Tuesday, indicating a worsening liquidity crisis in the foreign exchange market […]
Continue ReadingNigerian footballer, Akeem Omolade has been found dead inside his car. Following the news of his death, Italian football clubs were plunged into mourning. The former Torino striker, 39, made several Serie A appearances for the Turin club between 2001 and 2003. He also played for Treviso, Reggiana and ten other Italian clubs before retiring in 2017. […]
Continue ReadingA 300-level student of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Chiamaka Mabel Okeke, has been killed by suspected armed robbers in Anambra State. It was gathered that the student of the Department of History and International Studies, died after she was stabbed during a robbery attack at a Shawarma spot where she had been working […]
Continue ReadingGiant bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has won the $1.7 billion London court battle with the government of Nigeria over its role in the transfers of hundreds of millions of dollars to a former Nigerian oil Minister accused of corruption. Nigeria’s government said a contract awarded by one of its predecessors to explore the deep […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced two co-defendants to two years imprisonment in a charge filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, said having admitted to have committed the offence preferred […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Sokoto State, Nigeria, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has once again taken a swipe at Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari. In an interview with Ladi Akeredolu-Ale of Channels Television, Kukah who is a strong critic of the government of the day alleged that President Buhari has been a disaster in the management […]
Continue ReadingA 20-year-old Kenyan lady has died after she was allegedly raped by her employer six days after she started working for him. Cynthia Nanjala succumbed to her injuries on June 2, 2022, two weeks after she was found lying naked and brutalised in a secluded spot in the Lunga Lunga slums in Nairobi. Cynthia told her […]
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