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Former Managing Director of Alpha Beta Consulting, Dapo Apara, an All Progressives Congress leader who is presently seeking to contest in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election, Bola Tinubu; and the present Managing Director of the company, Akin Doherty, have begun discussions on a possible out-of-court settlement in the case instituted by Apara at the Lagos […]
Continue ReadingReports say that there were multiple attacks by armed persons suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) enforcing the controversial sit-at-home order across Nigeria’s Southeast region. Also, there were indications that the residents of the region might be forced to observe a four-day lockdown from Monday following Kanu’s resumed treason […]
Continue ReadingIkeja Special Offences Court of Lagos State, presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada has granted Instagram celebrity and Dubai-based businessman, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, bail of N200 million. Mompha was rearrested last week Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and was first re-arraigned in court last Wednesday, January 14. Granting […]
Continue ReadingAn Ekiti State High Court sitting at Ado Ekiti, on Monday January 17, sentenced Damilola Olasoji, a 36-year-old dismissed soldier and Koiki Benson, 32, to death by hanging for the offence of armed robbery. The court also sentenced Ogbesetuyi Tunde (30) and the two defendants to life imprisonment for offence of conspiracy and attempted robbery. Olasoji, Benson […]
Continue ReadingFormer Military leader, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, (rtd) has said that the massive corruption going on in Nigeria now would make him and others who served in the military look like saints. Babangida said this in an interview with Trust TV. He said: “I sacked a governor for misappropriating N300,000. Now there are people, we […]
Continue ReadingThe Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a sit-at-home on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, in the Southeast, ahead of a court judgement expected to be delivered on their leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s human rights case instituted against the Nigerian government. IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said the order became necessary as Kanu is billed to appear […]
Continue ReadingLagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) on Friday, Jan. 14, estimated that Nigerian businesses lost N10.72 trillion ($26.1billion) within 222 days President Muhammadu Buhari shut down Twitter operations across Nigeria. The director-general of LCCI, Chinyere Almona, said in a statement: “In business terms, the cost of the seven-month shutdown of Twitter operations in Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingIslamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has released video of its fighters attacking Tukur Yusufu Buratai Institute for War and Peace (TBI), a research Institute of the Nigerian Army University, located in Buratai Village, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State on Monday January 10. The army institute is located in the hometown of […]
Continue ReadingSouthern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum met in Abuja on Thursday and declared that political parties that field northern presidential candidates won’t enjoy their support in the 2023 general elections. Delegations from the four regional socio-cultural organisations: Afenifere (South West), Ohanaeze Ndigbo (South-East), Pan Niger Delta Forum (South-South) and the Middle Belt Forum (Middle Belt) […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Nse Ikpe-Etim, has reacted to federal government of Nigeria lifting suspension of Twitter operations in the country. The federal government said it lifted the suspension of the social media giant’s operations in the country after reaching an agreement which include legal registration of operations, taxation, and managing prohibited publications in line with […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Oyo State, Nigeria, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has passed away. It was gathered that the chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) died on Wednesday at the age of 71. The cause of his death is still unknown because information regarding that is still very sketchy at the time of filing this report. […]
Continue Reading58-year-old Pakistani Protestant Pastor, Zafar Bhatti has been sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam. Zafar was handed the sentence by a district court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Anglican Ink reported that the Pastor who has been in prison since 2012, was accused of sending blasphemous SMS text messages. The Pastor who ran a house church […]
Continue ReadingFormer head of the Interim National Government (ING) that succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida when he stepped aside in 1993, Chief Ernest Shonekan, is dead. Shonekan, a boardroom guru before his selection to head the Interim National Government, died in Lagos. He passed away at the age of 85. Shonekan was the […]
Continue ReadingLeader of Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Tuesday, said his group won’t back any candidate for President in the 2023 general election until the current 1999 constitution is changed to reflect true federalism and regional autonomy. Adebanjo, in a conversation with Punch, also said there is no big deal in the declaration […]
Continue ReadingOfficers from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos state command, have re-arrested Dubai-based businessman, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for allegedly laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday January 10, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment […]
Continue ReadingAn international human development organisation, MacArthur Foundation has awarded N800 million grant to 11 human rights groups working on issues concerning the original inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja. But the Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education has awarded its N80 million to Mairo Women Foundation Ushafa for the promotion of […]
Continue ReadingVeteran juju musician and Soko maestro, Dayo kujore, is dead. He was confirmed dead on January 10, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Kujore made his debut album, ‘Ha Jesu mbe, awa yo’ in 1978 at a time he was playing music at a […]
Continue ReadingA young girl identified as Maryam Mustapha, was reportedly killed by a stray bullet while asleep in her bedroom in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria. According to one Yagana Usman, the deceased was hit by a stray bullet fired by unknown persons suspected to be revellers who shot into the air to celebrate the New Year. […]
Continue ReadingChristian youths under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria Youth Wing (YOWICAN), said on Sunday that, for his continued romance with bandits, the Department of State Services (DSS) should invite popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, for questioning. YOWICAN was reacting to the reported invitation of the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Fr. Matthew Hassan […]
Continue ReadingA police officer from Jigawa State, Nigeria, Mr. Nasiru Ya’u Abba Kazaure has died in a motor accident a day to his wedding. It was gathered that the officer was killed in the auto crash while coming back from his pre-wedding ceremony in the early hours of Friday, January 7. The late officer and his […]
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