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Veteran Nigerian-Yoruba comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has passed away. He was aged 63. The prolific Nigerian actor gave up the ghost on Monday November 22, after a long battle with an undisclosed illness. Born on August 22, 1958, in Inabere Street on Lagos Island where he grew up but hails […]
Continue ReadingA female Nigerian Air Force personnel, Lance Corporal Bercy, has died after a snake made its way into her toilet bowl and bit her when she sat on the toilet. Bercy was bitten by the snake on Saturday, Nov. 20, at her home in Abuja, Nigeria and unfortunately, she didn’t survive. Following the tragic incident, […]
Continue ReadingOne of the members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN, has raised the alarm over the alleged plan to take his life following the report by the panel that protesters were killed at the Lekki toll gate on October […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator from Ekiti state, Gbenga Aluko, is dead. The Ode-Ekiti-born politician was said to have slumped and died in his office in Abuja on Saturday, November 20. He was 58 years old. According to reports, he was rushed to a hospital in Abuja where he was confirmed dead. His close aides say he […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has said that an unconditional release of the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently standing trial for treason, runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary. This is as he said, though such a demand is quite heavy, […]
Continue ReadingPromising Nigerian DJ, Abesin Michelle, professionally known as DJ Michelle, and thought to have drowned at the beach, has been found alive, according to reports. Singer, Small Doctor took to Instagram to reveal that she has been found alive. “And a Baby girl was found alive,” he wrote. Also, Big Brother Naija’s Angel took to Michelle’s Instagram […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Paralympic Gold Medalist and current world record-holder in the men’s 65kg weightlifting category, Paul Kehinde, aka Olumi Agberin, has died. He was 33 years old. Kehinde was also a former world number 1 Para Powerlifter, Olympic Gold medalist, and Commonwealth Games Champion. Kehinde reportedly died on Thursday, November 18, after a brief illness. Facts […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Ondo State Police command in Nigeria have arrested a prophet identified as Festus James for allegedly raping an eight-month-old pregnant woman at Agbabu village via Ore, in Odigbo council area of Ondo state. Parading the suspect before newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, Funmi Odunlami, said the prophet who came […]
Continue ReadingGov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma has granted clemency to Julius Jones, commuting Jones’ death sentence just hours before he was scheduled to be executed for a 1999 murder he says he did not commit. CNN reports that Jones’ sentence will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to an executive order […]
Continue ReadingMarket traders today carried placards protesting the closure of Oyingbo market, as they asked Tinubu’s daughter, Folashade Tinubu Ojo to leave Oyingbo market alone. They carried placards one of which said: “Folashade Tinubu Ojo, Ahmed Tinubu’s daughter leave Oyingbo Market alone. Mainland Local Government, hear our cry.” Another placard said: “Folashade Ojo Tinubu, we have […]
Continue ReadingRemains of late Alhaji Sani Dangote, the Deputy President, Dangote Group of Companies and brother to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, was laid to rest in Kano today, Wednesday, November 17. His body arrived Kano state from the US this morning and was received by his family members and friends. A funeral prayer was held […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appealed to secession agitators in the country to consider the enormous benefits from a united Nigeria. According to Fayemi, who is the chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), restructuring remains the best option for Nigerians saying dialogue remains a major pathway to peace and progress. Speaking as […]
Continue ReadingOne member of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Lekki toll gate shooting, has shed light on why there are errors in the leaked #EndSARS report. A youth representative on the panel, Temitope Majekodunmi, said the report in circulation had typographical errors but they were corrected before it was approved and submitted […]
Continue ReadingA woman identified as Sekinat Adesanya, has been killed by suspected robbers in Ogun state. The incident happened around Moro community, close to Odokekere, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of the state at about 5:30 am on Saturday, November 13. The deceased was on her way to join in the preparation for a family […]
Continue ReadingLess than a year after her husband, Chico Ejiro died suddenly, Joy Chico Ejiro has lost her last son, Viano Chico-Ejiro. Viano had been battling cancer for years and his father had devoted his life and resources to his treatment. Viano’s mother, Joy Chico Ejiro, had also been playing her part. She moved to the […]
Continue ReadingTrial of University student, Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder case of Super TV boss, Usifo Ataga, continued on Tuesday November 16, at the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, Lagos State. Below are more of the photos of Chidinma arriving the court on Tuesday morning.
Continue ReadingA lady, identified simply as Susan, has been electrocuted at the Hustle and Bustle club in the Aminu Kano Crescent area of Wuse, Abuja. Hustle and Bustle is a club and restaurant co-owned by a popular socialite, Obi Cubana. The victim, who went to the club on Saturday, was alleged to have been electrocuted by […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State Judicial Panel headed by Justice Doris Okuwobi (rtd) has shared a list of people killed and declared missing after the shooting at Lekki toll gate during the #EndSARS protest in October 2020. In its 309-page report which has been made public, the panel listed 48 names as casualties of the October 20, […]
Continue ReadingA report submitted by Federal University of Technology (FUTO) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), endorsing the appointment of Nigeria’s minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Pantami, as a professor of cybersecurity, has been rejected by the body’s National Executive Council. Adddressing journalists in Abuja on Monday November 15 at the end of a two-day […]
Continue ReadingTimothy Adegoke, a master’s degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, who was declared missing on November 7, has been found dead. Spokesperson (PPRO) for the Osun State Police Command, Opalola Olawoyin, who confirmed the development in a statement on Monday, November 15, but who did not state how he died or where […]
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