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Ex-Senate president and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim was on Sunday October 24, grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). While there is no official statement yet on why Anyim was grilled by the anti-graft agency, media reports showed that it is connected to the ongoing […]
Continue ReadingOperatives from Benue State Police Command have arrested two suspects in connection with the rape and murder of a 24-year-old Joy Onoh in Makurdi, the state capital. Onoh, a graduate of the Benue State University, Makurdi, was awaiting a call-up letter from the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) before her tragic death. The deceased who markets […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, says 837 awaiting trial inmates escaped from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town, when suspected gunmen attacked the facility. Its Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Anjorin, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan. Suspected gunmen invaded the facility on Friday at about 9.30 p.m after they […]
Continue ReadingA 17-year-old student at Gathiruini boys secondary school in Kiambu county of Kenya has been lynched after he sneaked into a dormitory of female students in a nearby school at night. The form four student and five others, allegedly sneaked out of their school and crept into a girls dormitory at Komothai girls secondary school, at […]
Continue ReadingLondon-based news magazine, The Economist, has described the government of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, as inept and high-handed, adding that he had also failed to tackle corruption. The 178-year-old magazine said this in an editorial titled, ‘The Crime Scene at the Heart of Africa,’ which was published in its October 23, 2021, issue. It said due […]
Continue ReadingChief Yomi Alliyu SAN, one of the Counsels to Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has faulted the claims made by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN. Malami had linked Igboho to a terrorism sponsor, claiming that the activist is being financed by a lawmaker. But responding, Alliyu SAN […]
Continue ReadingTwo remaining aides of the embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, who have been in Nigeria’s Department of State Services’ (DSS) custody since July 1 have finally been released. Amudat Habibat Babatunde popularly known as Lady K and Jamiu Noah Oyetunji have been in the custody of DSS custody since July, even […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has on Thursday confirmed that the rail tracks for the Kaduna-Abuja train services were in the evening of Wednesday blown up by explosives planted on the tracks by yet to be identified persons. Speaking to newsmen, the Managing Director of the NRC, Engineer Fidet Okhiria explained that the explosives damaged the […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was today re-arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria over charges of treasonable felony and terrorism which the Federal Government amended last week to amount to a seven-count charge. He was brought to court by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday unlike […]
Continue ReadingPresident of Turkey, Recep Erdogan has said that the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria. He said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of his two-day official visit to the country. Erdogan had in 2016 […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man who flew in from Canada and was at the Lekki tollgate to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting during the #EndSARS protest of 2020 has been arrested by the police. A video of him being grabbed and hit by the police while he was speaking to the Press has been shared online. […]
Continue ReadingHistory was made on Monday in Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada when a person of colour was elected for the very first time into the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo government. Nigerian-Ekiti girl, Mrs Funke Banjoko (nee Ogunsuyi), a princess from Ipoti/Igogo-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, garnered the highest votes among the 6 elected in a crowd […]
Continue ReadingA video which showed moment police officers harassed Arise TV crew covering the #EndSARS protest memorial at Lekki Toll Gate and also tried to seize their drone, has been shared online. The drone which the police officers tried seizing, was reportedly recording the protest in real time at the venue. British-born Arise TV journalist, Adefemi Akinsanya has been identified as […]
Continue ReadingA newborn baby girl miraculously survived after she was packed in a suitcase by her mother and buried in a shallow grave in a yard in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The 34-year-old mother, Lindiswa Ntalo, who was arrested last week appeared in court on Monday, October 18 and granted bail. According to police spokesperson […]
Continue ReadingConvener of #RevolutionNow protests and the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, and Pelumi Olajengbesi, one of the Nigeria-based lawyers to Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho are leading the EndSARS anniversary protest at the Unity Fountain, in Abuja. See more photos below:
Continue ReadingSocial media giants, Facebook may rebrand itself with a new name next week in a bid to distance itself from a series of embarrassing scandals. The firm’s original social media site, Facebook, will likely keep its moniker, but Facebook Inc., the parent company which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, will rebrand. Chief Executive Officer Mark […]
Continue ReadingOperatives from Nigerian Police Force, Lagos command, on Wednesday fired teargas to disperse protesters at the Lekki tollgate. Nigerian youths had converged on the Lekki tollgate to mark the first anniversary of #EndSARS protests in the country. Firing of teargas by the police led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter. Two protesters were earlier […]
Continue ReadingNo less than three traditional rulers were killed during an attack by unknown gunmen at Nnenasa community, Headquarters of Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. The traditional rulers from the area numbering over 20 were having a stakeholders’ meeting at the local government headquarters in the community when gunmen invaded the venue and opened fire […]
Continue ReadingAn estate agent identified as Bayo Sina Babarinde was shot dead by gunmen during Sunday service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Living Word Parish, Basin Road, in iIlorin, the Kwara state capital. It was gathered that Babarinde stepped out of the church to receive a phone call when his assailants rained bullets […]
Continue Reading43 people have been confirmed dead in the wake of the attack by bandits on Goronyo township in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state gave this clarification after due diligence on figures of those that died in the Goronyo market Sunday attack. Earlier in the day Tambuwal had […]
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