Federal University, Oye Ekiti holds combined convocation ceremonies

Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, has urged all Nigerians to see the insecurity ravaging the country as the business of all citizens, as the institution holds its combined convocation ceremonies. Fasina also appealed to the federal government to negotiate with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), […]

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IGP submits probe report to PSC on DCP Abba Kyari’s alleged involvement in Hushpuppi’s fraud case

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has finally submitted disciplinary recommendations on the alleged role of the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) to the Police Service Commission (PSC). Kyari was indicted in an FBI investigation in a $1.1 million internet scam carried out by […]

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Buhari sends Electoral Amendment Bill back to National Assembly

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, while sending it back, has asked the National Assembly to remove the clause that has to do with direct primaries from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Reports have  it on Monday that the President, who stated this in his letter to the Senate, asked the National Assembly to remove the controversial […]

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Supreme Court sets aside conviction of senior advocate of Nigeria

Nigerian Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joseph Nwobike. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned him before a Lagos State High Court on counts bothering on perversion of justice. The 18 counts bordered on attempting to pervert the course of justice, offering gratification to a […]

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Tribune’s Saturday Editor, Olagunju, wins at DAME 2021

It was an evening of glory for the Tribune family on Sunday as Dr Lasisi Olagunju, the editor of the Saturday Tribune title, emerged winner at this year’s edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) held in Lagos. Dr Olagunju won the Informed Commentary category while Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju emerged first runner-up at […]

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Buhari did not breach any agreement with Tinubu ―VON DG replies Bisi Akande

Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), has maintained that there was no agreement to make the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the running mate of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, in 2015. Chief Bisi Akande, former interim National Chairman of APC, had claimed in his book, ‘My Participations’, that […]

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Golf player smashes the windscreen of Toke Makinwa’s car (Photos)

Media personality, best selling author, actress and reality TV show host, Toke Makinwa has revealed on Instagram that her car was smashed by someone playing golf. She shared a photo of the shattered windscreen with a sad face emoji. She added in the caption that the golf player threw a ball that hit her windscreen.

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Secondary school students arrested over alcohol-propelled group sex (Photos ‘viewers discretion advised’)

16 Students of Gatitu Mixed Secondary School, Kenya, were on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, arrested after they got involved in a drinking spree and sexual orgy. The students were arrested in several bars and bush hideouts in Makuyu area after engaging in a drinking spree and group sex, after their school closed for the December […]

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Bride who went into coma a day after her wedding, has died

A newly wedded bride, who went into coma after a procedure for birth control at Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Clinic Bukoto in Kampala, Uganda, has died. Joan Namutebi died on Thursday night, December 16, Kampala Metropolitan Police and Criminal Investigations Directorate officers confirmed on Friday. Namutebi wedded Mr Derrick Wabwire last Friday, December 10 […]

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Buhari jets out to Turkey with wife, seven ministers to attend summit

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday travelled with his wife, Aisha, and seven ministers to Istanbul to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit. In a statement on Thursday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that the President had travelled to Turkey for a summit, themed, ‘Enhanced Partnership […]

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Chief Ayo Adebanjo explains source of funds for his Lekki house, calls on EFCC to probe Tinubu, Akande’s sources of wealth

Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, lambasted former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) pestered APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now resides. Chief Adebanjo, 93, at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, […]

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Nollywood actor, Karibi Fubara passes away

Nollywood actor, Karibi Fubara, has passed away. His family member, Kalanne Fubara, shared the sad news on social media this evening. “He was a warrior, now he’s an angel in heaven,”  Kalanne wrote. The “God calling” actor was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 and had been in Dubai receiving treatment. Karibi, who married popular Nollywood fashion entrepreneur, […]

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Lagos earmarks N5bn to kick-start monthly rental policy

In what looks like a win-win situation for both real estate investors and tenants if the rules of the game are strictly adhered to by all stakeholders, the Lagos State Government has mapped out strategies to kick-start monthly rental policy in the state. To show the seriousness it attached to the new scheme aimed at […]

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Marriages consummated at Federal Marriage Registries, including Ikoyi Registry, are void ―Court rules

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice D. E. Osiagor, has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the federal government to conduct marriages. Justice D. E. Osiagor, held that only the local government marriage registries are empowered to do such by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). He […]

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National Security Adviser names groups backing terrorism in Nigeria, Sahel countries

Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has identified Jama’at Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM), and ISGS as groups funding the activities of terror groups in Nigeria and other Sahel countries. The NSA  disclosed this when he spoke at the 14th Workshop of the League of Ulamas, Preachers, […]

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Enugu native doctor who married 59 wives, dies (Photos)

Simon Odo popularly known as ‘King of Satan’, a popular Enugu native doctor who married 59 wives and has over 300 children and grandchildren is dead. The native doctor from Aji in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, died in the early hours of Tuesday December 14 after a brief illness. One of […]

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Bisi Akande lied against me, he is selling out Yoruba race to make Tinubu president ―Pa Adebanjo says

Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has lambasted Chief Bisi Akande, over allegations he levelled against him (Adebanjo) in his book, ‘My Participation’. Chief Akande, a former Governor of Osun State and first interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had last week presented his book to the public, where in one […]

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EFCC investigates northern Governor who withdraws N60bn in cash in six years

Executive Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has confirmed that a governor of a North-Central state is under investigation for allegedly withdrawing N60 billion in cash in six years. Bawa said this was uncovered by the newly-created Department of Intelligence (DI) under his administration. The EFCC Chairman who was giving […]

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