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33-year-old Nigerian national identified as Lebechi Charles Kelechi, has been arrested in connection with a drug trafficking case in Cambodia. Police from the Anti-Drug Department of the Ministry of Interior, on Tuesday, October 12, said that the Nigerian allegedly trafficked nearly half a kg of drugs into the country. According to local media, on October […]
Continue Reading38-year old commercial motorcyclist identified as Murtala Adelakun has committed suicide by hanging in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. It was gathered that Adelakun was found hanging in his room at Agbaje, Ijokodo area of Ibadan on Tuesday morning, October 12. It was further learnt that the deceased was a barber but later went into motorcycle riding […]
Continue ReadingKenyan athlete, Agnes Tirop has been stabbed to death in her home in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County on Wednesday. A two-time World Championship bronze medallist, Agnes, was allegedly stabbed by her husband. A statement released by Athletics Kenya confirming the incident said, “We are this afternoon distraught to learn about the untimely death of World […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Youth Leader and activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been reportedly diagnosed with possible kidney or lungs illness. Yomi Aliyu SAN, one of his lawyers, made this known in an interview with BBC Yoruba, noting that the Yoruba Nation and rights activist developed the illness in Benin Republic prison custody. According […]
Continue ReadingAn undergraduate student of Library and Information Science (LIS) Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, has reportedly committed suicide over heartbreak. Olivia James, who combines her cake and small chops business with schooling, is said to have consumed sniper because her boyfriend left her days after she celebrated her birthday. She was rushed […]
Continue ReadingActors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has on Tuesday, secured the release of the veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, from the Department of State Services (DSS) custody. AGN made this known through a statement on their official Instagram page titled: ‘Chiwetalu Agu released to Actors Guild Of Nigeria.’ The statement signed by the AGN Communication Director, […]
Continue Reading21-year-old Chidinma Ojukwu, University student and the prime suspect in the killing of Super TV boss, Uwaifo Ataga, has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge filed against her by the Lagos state government. The Mass Communication student pleaded not guilty when she appeared before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos state high court sitting in […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives have arrested a young nanny who brutally attacked her employer’s family and killed their 7-year-old son in Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya. The suspect, Lydiah Jelagat Kipng’etich, 24, also seriously injured the boy’s mother during the attack on the night of September 24, 2021. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a statement on […]
Continue ReadingBowing to public pressure, Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, October 12, made a U-turn on the recently-passed Electoral Amendment Bill, to adopt the electronic transfer of election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The decision of the Senate followed the re-committal of some clauses of the Electoral Act 2010 to the Committee of the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has called on Igbo in the diaspora to offer their strong voice against violent agitations in Igboland while stating that a caucus is working towards the release of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Ekweremadu’s statement comes almost three months after Nnamdi Kanu, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former head of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, for certificate forgery. The two charges filed at the Jos Judicial Division of the High Court of Plateau State, stated the former SPIP head presented […]
Continue ReadingFounder and Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to destroy the 1999 constitution calling it a “glorified death certificate”. The national assembly is currently in the process of amending the 1999 constitution and has concluded zonal public hearings on it but Bakare feels […]
Continue ReadingKaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has appointed 28-year-old Khalil Nur Khalil as Executive Secretary of Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA). A graduate of Business and Economics from the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Cyprus, was the investment intelligence director at KADIPA (the youngest person to assume the role in the history of Kaduna) before his recent […]
Continue ReadingKwara State Government has suspended the head of Musbaudeen Islamiya Arabic school in Ganmo, Ifelodun local government area of the state over the brutal manner some students were punished in the school. A viral video showed five students including a female being mercilessly flogged with long cane by five clerics for alleged conducts conceived to be […]
Continue ReadingA military court in Ouagadougou on Monday began the long-awaited trial of 14 men, including the former president, accused in the assassination of Burkina Faso’s left-wing leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago. The slaying of Sankara, a pan-Africanist icon, has for years cast a shadow over the poor Sahel state, fuelling its reputation for turbulence […]
Continue ReadingIndigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it has banned the rearing and consumption of ‘Fulani’ cattle in Igboland. Mazi Chika Edoziem, Head of IPOB’s Directorate of State stated that the “ban takes complete effect in six months from 08/10/2021.” Edoziem said from April 8, 2022, only the local breed would “be consumed and used for all […]
Continue ReadingA pastor in Nyamira County, Kenya allegedly killed his wife before committing suicide in an incident that has left many locals shocked. Pastor George Abisa in a suicidal note obtained by local media alleged that his wife had infected him with HIV/AIDS following her affair with a local politician currently campaigning for Bogichora MCA seat. […]
Continue ReadingEx-chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega has stated that lawmakers kicking against electronic transmission of results in general elections, are doing so for their selfish interest. Prof Jega in his speech at a lecture titled: “Politics, governance and leadership recruitment in 21st century democracy,” organised by Kwara Visioners Network for […]
Continue ReadingReno Omokri has blamed Igbos for the treatment men of the Nigerian Army meted out on veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu. Agu was arrested on Thursday, October 7 in Anambra state for wearing an outfit with a Biafran flag on it. In a post shared on his Instagram page, Reno compared the treatment meted on repentant […]
Continue ReadingRemains of a missing young woman have been found buried inside a wall that was smoothed over with concrete. Joice Maria da Gloria Rodrigue, 25, a student who lived with her husband and two daughters in Sao Vicente, Brazil was reported missing on 27 September after visiting her grandfather. Her body was found on Tuesday, October 5, at […]
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