Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers say they were locked out of court, his American lawyer to petition ICC (Video)

An American lawyer representing Nnamdi Kanu in the United States, Bruce Fein, is in Nigeria for Kanu’s case that came up in court today and has threatened to file a petition before the International Criminal Court over an alleged violation of his client’s rights. Fein who was denied access to the courtroom after turning up […]

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Lawyer ordered to produce socialite, Toyin Kolade in court, over alleged $32m fraud

Nigeria’s Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos and presided over by Justice Peter Odo Lifu, on Tuesday, ordered a lawyer, Mr. Kehinde Awowole to produce his client, a popular businesswoman and socialite, Princess Toyin Kolade, who was alleged to be involved in a $32 million USD fraud, in court on December 3. Princess Toyin […]

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APGA’s Charles Soludo wins Anambra governorship election

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has won the Anambra governorship election, polling a total of 112,229 votes. According to Vanguard, APGA’s candidate scored the most votes in the Ihiala supplementary election that held on Tuesday. Voting was extended […]

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Pastor Taiwo Odukoya’s wife, Nomthi, has passed away

The South African-born and wife of Taiwo Odukoya, Founder and Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, Lagos Nigeria, Mrs. Nomthi Odukoya, is dead. Pastor Odukoya announced her death in a post on his Instagram page on Tuesday evening. According to the Pastor, his late wife, Nomthi battled cancer for the better part of […]

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Members of notorious kidnap gang and their food supplier arrested in Ekiti

Operatives from Ekiti State Police Command have arrested three suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang, one of them, Bunmi Ogunremi, 49, aka Bunmi Bafon who hails from Ado-Ekiti and their food supplier, Taiwo Fayoke. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Abutu Sunday, in a statement on Monday, November 8, said that the suspects have confessed to multiple kidnappings […]

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Alleged rapist who falls asleep immediately after the act, arrested at the scene

A suspected rapist, Ayuba Adabo, has been arrested after falling asleep at the scene of the act. The 34-year-old man allegedly raped a twenty-five-year-old lady along Amagiya road, Sapele, Delta state, Nigeria. A statement released by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, said that the suspect, who was heavily drunk, […]

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‘How are you sure there will be Nigeria in 2023?’ ―Pastor Adeboye (Video)

General Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A. Adeboye has expressed concerns over the 2023 general election and the rat race on it already in 2021 by the politicians. While preaching on Sunday, November 7, Adeboye said some people are already getting ready to kill themselves over the 2023 election […]

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Ex-pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina sentenced to 8 years imprisonment

Nigeria’s Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Okon Abang has found the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina guilty of money laundering. Abang held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) produced essential evidence through witnesses called, to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. […]

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Death toll at Ikoyi collapsed building now 42, rescued survivors 15 ―Sanwo-Olu

Governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the death toll from the Ikoyi building collapse has risen to 42. According to Sanwo-Olu, six people were discovered to have been rescued alive on the first day by first responders and taken to the police hospital before the arrival of LASEMA, bringing the total number of […]

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AGF Malami may lose SAN rank if found culpable in Odili’s home raid ―NBA president says

President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, says the Attorney-General of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, may be stripped of his senior advocate rank if he is found to be involved in the raid of the home of Mary Odili, a supreme court Justice and wife of former Rivers state governor, Peter Odili. […]

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Facebook removes Ethiopian Prime Minister’s post for inciting violence

Social media giant, Facebook says it has removed a post by Ethiopia’s prime minister that urged citizens to rise up and “bury” the rival Tigray forces who are now advancing towards the capital, Addis Ababa. “The obligation to die for Ethiopia belongs to all of us,” Abiy said in the now-deleted post that called on […]

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Despite lift of IPOB’s sit-at-home order, Anambra streets still deserted (Photos)

The streets in Awka and other places in Anambra state, Nigeria, are currently deserted in spite of the decision of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to lift its sit-at-home directive or order. IPOB had earlier announced plans to call for a sit-at-home order to protest the continued incaceration of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. This […]

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Amotekun intercepts 18 suspected bandits with guns, swords, dagger and knives

Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, Nigeria, have intercepted a bus loaded with 500 pieces of daggers concealed under the seats. Also intercepted were weapons with different seizes of knives and guns concealed inside Tigger nut bags. 18 people suspected to be bandits were arrested with the vehicle while two other buses escaped. […]

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Owner of collapsed Ikoyi building, Femi Osibona, found dead

Owner of Fourscore Homes, the developing company in charge of the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria, Mr. Femi Osibona, is confirmed dead. Osibona is said to be the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company which constructed the 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria on Monday November 1. His friend Dele […]

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INEC introduces Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) device, abolishes incident form

On Saturday 6th November 2021, Anambra State will make history as the first Governorship election in Nigeria in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will deploy the use of Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) device. The BVAS, deployed in its pilot phase for the Isoko South 1 State Constituency Bye-election in Delta State on […]

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Anambra guber election won’t be free and fair if a life is lost ―Bishop Kukah

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and Convener of the National Peace Committee, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has said that the Anambra governorship election won’t be free and fair if a life is lost. In an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto stated that many Nigerians have died unnecessarily and it should […]

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