Restructuring Nigeria is more beneficial than secession ―Fayemi tells Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday Igboho

Governor 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 […]

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Panel Member states why there are errors in ‘leaked’ #EndSARS report

One 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 […]

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Less than a year after Chico Ejiro’s death, his last son dies

Less 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 […]

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Chidinma, prime suspect in the killing of Super TV boss, Ataga, arrives court (Photos)

Trial 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.  

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Lagos Judicial Panel shares list of people killed or missing after the Lekki toll gate’s #EndSARS shooting

The 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, […]

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ASUU’s national council rejects FUTO chapter’s report endorsing Pantami’s professorship

A 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 […]

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Missing Obafemi Awolowo University master’s degree student found dead

Timothy 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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Widow of ex-Foursquare General Overseer dies three months after her husband’s death

Mrs. Yinka Badejo, widow of the former General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church, Nigeria, Rev. Dr. Wilson Badejo, has died, just three months after his demise. According to family sources, late Mrs. Badejo died on Friday, November 12, after battling with an undisclosed ailment. The deceased was said to have been ill before her husband […]

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Brutal killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate can compare to a massacre ―Lagos EndSARS panel says

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has said that the atrocious killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate on the night of October 20, 2020, can be equated to a ‘massacre’ in context. The Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel made this known in […]

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Kidnappers break in through the roof, kidnap RCCG pastor, female teacher in Nigeria

Suspected kidnappers have abducted a pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Sunday Adeniran and a female teacher in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the duo were abducted from their residence at 8 miles, Ikot Eneobong Community, hilltop estate, outskirt of Calabar metropolis at about 1:30 am on Saturday, November […]

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Man reportedly stabbed to death by his wife for catching her with another man on their matrimonial bed in Nigeria

A man identified as Abdulateef a.k.a Dagana was allegedly stabbed to death by his second wife after he caught her with another man in their matrimonial home. It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, November 14, in Jattu-Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government of Edo State According to DailyTrust, the […]

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‘Fixing Nigeria before the fall’, Afenifere will mobilise Yoruba for restructuring before 2023 elections ―Press Conference by Afenifere leader, Ayo Adebanjo (Full text)

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere led by Pa Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday, vowed to lead the Yoruba nation to demand restructuring of the country before the 2023 general elections can take place. Read the full text below: BEING THE TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT BY CHIEF AYO ADEBANJO,THE LEADER OF THE AFENIFERE AT WHEAT BAKER […]

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Nigerian man escapes gallows as Malaysia fed court dismisses his death sentence

Nigerian national escaped the gallows after the Federal Court set aside his conviction and death sentence for drug trafficking by the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Kuching, Malaysia. The Nigerian, Jonas Chihurumanya was arrested for allegedly trafficking 158.3g of methamphetamine in a car park at Jalan Canna at about 12.05am on June […]

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Former South African president, FW de Klerk, dies

Frederick William de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid president, who released Nelson Mandela from prison, has died at the age of 85. According to a statement by F.W. de Klerk Foundation today, the former president died peacefully after a battle with mesothelioma cancer at his home in Cape Town. “It is with the deepest sadness that the […]

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If Nigerian govt wants dialogue, Igboho must be at the dialogue meeting ―Yoruba Nation spokesman replies Malami

Umbrella body of the Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua on Thursday insisted that the embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, committed no crime by agitating for peaceful secession from the Nigerian State. The group led by 86-year-old Professor of History, Banji Akintoye, said the regime of the President, Muhammadu […]

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Couple sent to 30 months in prison for having sex on a busy road (Photos)

A man and woman who were caught on camera having sex on a busy roadside have been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment in Uganda. Hafashimana Paskari, a 29-year-old bodaboda rider of Migeshi village, Rwaramba parish and Muhawenimana Colodine Mukamulenzi, 24, of Nyakinama sub county in Kisoro District, were arrested last week and charged to court for […]

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Bandits ambush, kill 7 policemen in Zamfara

Not less than seven policemen were killed on Monday November 8, in an ambush carried out by bandits near Zonai village in Magami district in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Nigeria. The policemen were reportedly returning from duty after mounting a check point near Zonai village along Gusau-Magami-Dansadau road, when the armed gang […]

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School headmaster allegedly caught ‘sleeping’ with female student in his office (Video)

A video evidence of a Ghanaian JHS Headmaster who was allegedly caught ‘sleeping’ with a female student in his office, has gone viral. The headmaster was allegedly nabbed in the act by a resident of the area who invited the police and community members to the scene. Before the police arrived, the headmaster and the […]

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