Family briefs Falana over Dowen college student’s death, demands Coroner’s inquest

Lagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has been hired by the family of late Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, Lekki, whose death had been linked to cult activities among senior students of the school. Falana has consequently caused a formal request to be made to the chief coroner officer in the […]

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Woman goes naked from waist down, curses boyfriend who dumped her as she drags her butt on the floor (Video)

A video shared online which goes viral, has captured moment an unidentified woman went naked, dragging her butt on the floor as she cursed her boyfriend who reportedly dumped her. Some local Ghanaian news platforms reported that in some cultures in the West African country, women who go naked and drag their butts on the […]

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Eight children found dead inside a parked vehicle in Lagos (Video)

Eight children were found dead inside a parked vehicle at 18 Adelayo street, Jah Michael bus stop, along Badagry Expressway, Lagos State on Saturday, December 4. It was gathered that the children aged four to six years old, had entered the parked Lexus SUV vehicle to play, mistakenly locked themselves and subsequently suffocated to death. […]

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Nigeria may split before 2023 elections ―Onaiyekan

Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has expressed fear of Nigeria splitting before the 2023 general elections. Onaiyekan who pointed out that Nigerian leaders always want to remain in office even after their tenure because of “greed, wickedness and stupidity”, added that one of the issues in the country is that incumbent governments do not […]

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12-year-old boy dies mysteriously in Lagos school after alleged torture

12-year-old boy, Sylvester Oromoni has died mysteriously after he was allegedly tortured for refusing to join a cult group in Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. Oromoni was reported dead on Wednesday, December 1 by a Twitter user, @perrisonoromoni, who is the deceased’s cousin. According to @perrisonoromoni, the deceased was bullied and beaten by fellow students […]

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Housemaid allegedly strangles ex-Nigerian state governor’s mother to death

Madam Oredola Igbinedion, mother of former Edo state governor, Lucky Igbinedion has passed away. She died on December 2. According to reports, the 85-year-old woman was allegedly strangled by her housemaid, at her residence in Ugbor, GRA, Benin-City, the State capital, Nigeria. It was further learnt that the maid who hailed from Cross River state, […]

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CNN’s number one show anchor, Chris Cuomo sacked

Cable News Network’s (CNN’s) most-watched Cuomo Prime Time anchor, Chris Cuomo has been fired by the network “effective immediately.” CNN’s number one show anchor, Chris was sacked on Saturday December 4, in the wake of revelations he had helped his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, while he faced multiple accusations of sexual harassment. […]

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Hours after wedding, groom’s parents, siblings, uncle, other family members die in auto accident in Nigeria

Groom’s parents, siblings and uncle were among the nine wedding guests who have died in a fatal auto crash in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The accident occurred at the tollgate along Glory Land drive in Igbogene axis of Yenagoa, the state capital on Saturday, December 4. According to an eyewitness, the deceased persons were returning to […]

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Appeal Court acquits Akure Prophet, Babatunde Alfa Sotitobire

Nigeria’s court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo state has set aside the judgment of the Ondo State High Court that sentenced the founder of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, to life imprisonment over a missing child. Recall that the Ondo State High court had on October 6, 2020, sentenced the Prophet to […]

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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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