Estranged husband stabs woman to death in South Africa

A 41-year-old South African woman, Ntomboxolo Xhobane, was viciously stabbed to death allegedly by her estranged husband who refused to accept their separation. Her family said Ntomboxolo left her husband Simbongile in October after she caught him cheating on her with a neighbour. The mother of three moved out and rented a flat in Delft, on […]

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Ikorodu community leader petitions Lagos CP on how stray bullet hit his sister-in-law (Photos)

A community leader in Ikorodu, Salami Oluwaseun, has narrated how stray bullet hit his sister- in-law after a policemen allegedly fired gunshots during an argument with some commercial tricycle operators. Oluwaseun said that the incident happened around the Parafa-Lucky Fibre axis of Ikorodu-Itoikin Road at about 8 pm on Sunday, November 28. According Salami, his brother […]

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UK court convicts Yoruba nationalist, Adeyinka Grandson on charges of terrorism, inciting genocide

UK-based Yoruba nationalist, Adeyinka Grandson has been convicted on charges of terrorism, inciting genocide and conspiracy to commit terrorism, according to Ben TV. The President of the Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF) secessionist group was arrested in August 2019 by the Scotland Yard Counter Terrorism Command London and the Metropolitan Police, following an approval granted by Westminster […]

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Lagos White Paper rejects Panel’s death figure, says one killed in Lekki toll gate

Lagos State Government has rejected the resolution of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters that no fewer than nine persons lost their lives when armed soldiers stormed the Lekki toll gate to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020. This claim, which was contained in […]

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Funeral service of Pastor Nomthi Odukoya, wife of Lagos pastor Taiwo Odukoya, holds (Photos)

Funeral ceremony of late Pastor Nomthi Odukoya, wife of the senior pastor of the Fountain of Life Bible Church. Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, took place in Lagos, Nigeria. South African-born Pastor Nomthi Odukoya died in the UK on November 9, after a two-year battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband and two boys, […]

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Fani-Kayode in EFCC custody again over allegation of fraud

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday November 30 took former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode into custody over allegations of fraud. Mr. Fani-Kayode was taken to the EFCC office shortly after his trial at the Federal high court in Lagos on alleged money laundering was adjourned till January 2022. The […]

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Robbers kill Policeman, FRSC’s special marshal as they raid Bank in Ekiti

Suspected armed robbers have killed a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday evening in Aramoko-Ekiti when they raided an old generation bank. A source who requested anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that armed robbers stormed the bank through Igede-Ado-Ekiti Road after work had closed. According […]

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Banji Akintoye Resigns as Chairman of NINAS, as Yoruba bloc pulls out of the Southern, Middle Belt secessionist Alliance

In a statement, Ilana Omo Oodua, the Yoruba bloc of the south and middle belt secessionist alliance known as Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) said it has pulled out of the alliance reached months ago. In the statement released on Tuesday November 30 and signed by 45 leaders of the Ilana Omo Oodua […]

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Suspected kidnapper, Evan’s co-defendant Chiemeka Arinze, dies in prison custody

Chiemeka Arinze, a co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike also known as Evans, has died in prison custody. Vanguard reports that a source who pleaded anonymity said Arinze died on Friday, November 26, 2021. The source said the counsel to the late defendant had filed a bail application before the court last week, […]

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Saudi-bound Nigerian woman arrested, excretes 80 pellets of Cocaine at Abuja airport (Photo)

Mrs. Adisa Afusat Olayinka,  businesswoman heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, Nigeria, for ingesting 80 pellets of cocaine. A statement released by NDLEA spokesperson, Babafemi Femi, says the 46-year-old Mrs. Adisa […]

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#EndSARS panels are illegal, as States can’t probe military and police ―Keyamo

Nigerian Minister of State for Labour and Employment, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, has faulted the judicial panel of inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality and SARS-related abuses across the country, saying it is illegal. While responding to a question about the position of the government specifically regarding a […]

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Brutal execution of policemen shocks Buhari, IPOB

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, yesterday condemned the execution of two policemen allegedly in the Southeast. The policemen were said to have been killed by persons believed to be separatist elements in the region. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which described […]

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Young couple, their friend killed by suspected Yahoo boys, dumped in toilet in Nigeria

Two young lovers and their friend have been murdered in their house located at Aralusi quarters in Akure, the Ondo state capital, Nigeria, by suspected Yahoo Yahoo boys (internet fraudsters). The lovers, Ojo Akinro, Mary Igwe and their friend, Lamidi Sheriff, were allegedly murdered and their bodies locked up in the toilet to decompose. It […]

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I visited Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody today, what I told him —Orji Kalu

In a statement, Nigerian Senate’s current Chief Whip and former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, said he visited the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services on Monday afternoon. Kalu, in the statement which he personally signed and made available to […]

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Governor General, Sandra Mason replaces Queen Elizabeth as Barbados becomes a republic

Barbados is about to cut ties with the British monarchy to become the world’s newest republic. Barbados will this week replace its head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, with her current representative, Governor-General Sandra Mason. The swearing ceremony will take place on Monday evening into Tuesday. It will include military parades and celebrations as Mason is inaugurated […]

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Chairman of Coscharis motors, Cosmas Maduka’s wife passes away

Mrs. Charity Maduka, the wife of businessman and chairman of the Coscharis Group, Cosmas Maduka, has died. According to family sources, Mrs Maduka died after suffering a stroke in Nnewi, Anambra state on Sunday afternoon, November 28. Until her death, she was the Vice-president of the Coscharis Group since its inception and the co-owner of the company. May […]

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Plateau House of Assembly member, Henry Longs, dies

A member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Henry Soembis Longs, has passed away. Longs, who represented Pankshin South Constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) died in Jos on Sunday, November 28, shortly after undergoing a surgery. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Philip Dasun, confirmed Longs’ death […]

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Nigerian lecturer slumps, dies while attending community meeting

A lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria, identified as Ayatu Momoh, on Sunday evening reportedly died while attending a community meeting. Momoh, a lecturer in the institution’s Department of Mass Communication, hailed from Kogi State and was the secretary of Igala Local Community in Offa. He was attending the community’s meeting when […]

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Bayero University female student found dead in her hostel

A 400-level female student of the Faculty of Education, Bayero University, Kano, Binta Isa, was found dead in her hostel on Friday, November 26. Confirming the incident, the Deputy Registrar, Public Public Affairs of the University, Lamara Garba, said the deceased, who hailed from Kogi State, died around 7.00pm after complaining of acute chest pain. […]

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