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It is sad indeed that popular celebrity photographer, Fortunate Peter Umunname, aka Fortune Shotz, has passed away. He reportedly drowned on Tuesday, September 21, at a location in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. Fortunate was known to have worked with many Nigerian celebrities, with many of their photos bearing the photographer’s logo. He was Davido’s official photographer […]
Continue ReadingTwo policemen have been killed by unknown gunmen who attacked them at a checkpoint at Nachi community in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State today Wednesday, September 22. The gunmen attacked the officers at about 9am, leaving three other officers with serious injuries. The officers were said to have died on the spot from […]
Continue ReadingIndigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened a one-month sit-at-home protest in ‘Biafraland’ if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is not brought to court on October 21. Emma Powerful, the Media and Publicity Secretary of the IPOB, made this known on Wednesday in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State. He said […]
Continue ReadingA prophetess, Edna Lovely Worleru, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment last week Thursday, September 16, by a High Court in Rivers State, Nigeria, has died. Just two days after her sentence began, she died. It was reported last week that Worleru, a prophetess with a church in Rumuche community in Emohua Local […]
Continue ReadingRisikat Ajoke Adegeye, an ex-member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and wife of Juju legend, King Sunny Ade, is dead. Sources in the Lagos State House of Assembly and Daniel Fayemi, media aide to Adegeye’s son, confirmed her death. Fayemi said: “The philanthropic politician passed on in the early hours of Tuesday. Her […]
Continue ReadingA man suspected to be a ‘Yahoo boy’ has been arrested by the police in Bayelsa State over alleged failed attempt to use his girlfriend for money rituals. It was gathered that the suspect was caught attempting to behead the victim along SETRACO Road, Amassoma/Ogobiri axis of the state on Tuesday morning, September 21. The girl, said to be […]
Continue ReadingA military coup has been thwarted in Sudan and the situation is under control, the country’s military said on Tuesday, September 21 in a statement read on state TV. According to the Sudanese Military spokesman, Mohamed al-Faki Suleiman, interrogation of suspects involved in the attempted coup will begin immediately and the military would issue a […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have kidnapped an intending couple said to be planning to get married next week in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The couple had come into the state capital to purchase some items for their wedding and were returning to their base when they were kidnapped along Ilasa-Ekiti-Ayebode Road, in Ekiti East Local Government Area on Sunday, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a 24-year-old man, Adewale Daniel Jayeoba aka Wales Kingdom Capital wanted for his alleged involvement in an investment scam. The anti-graft agency, through its social media pages, declared the young man wanted on Monday September 20.
Continue ReadingOne Pastor John Onu, has been killed by police stray bullet at his house in Nkaliki, Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The incident happened on Monday morning, September 20, when police protecting a hotel belonging to one Chukwudi Onyibe, a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Local Government on Internally Generated Revenue, […]
Continue ReadingPeople suspected to be arsonists set ablaze another office of the Independent Electoral Commissioner (INEC) in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu on Sunday morning September 19. According to reports, the arsonists climbed through the perimeter fence to gain access to the office before setting it ablaze. The fire, which started in the early hours […]
Continue ReadingDr. Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is dead. He died at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Sunday morning, September 19. He was 64 years old. Mailafia hailed from Randa in the Christian-dominated area of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna state. He started his elementary education […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday morning, September 19, departed Abuja for New York where he will be attending the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The session opened on Tuesday, September 14. The theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to the Needs […]
Continue ReadingA lecturer at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Professor Abass Olajire is dead. According to a statement released by the school PRO, Lekan Fadeyi, late Olajire slumped and died while he was praying inside a mosque on Friday, September 17. “He slumped at the Ansarul Deen Mosque, Stadium Road and was confirmed dead at […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed the Chairman of Lere Local Government branch of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Kaduna State, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi Damba. The Fulani community leader popularly known as Dambardi, was killed in the early hours of Friday, September 17, in his village, Lere. The State Chairman of the […]
Continue ReadingThe city of Brussels has said it will name a new street after a murdered Nigerian sex worker, Eunice Osayande, as part of a wider campaign to recognise women in Belgium. 23-year-old Osayande was brutally murdered by one of her customers in the Gare du Nord district in June 2018. The street will be the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Special Assistant to Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s ex-President, Reno Omokri, has accused former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode of betraying Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, and his Biafran agitator counterpart, Nnamdi Kanu. He made the allegation in a series of tweets reacting to the redefecting of Fani-Kayode to APC […]
Continue ReadingOyo State High Court presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola has declared the raid conducted by the Department of State Service (DSS) on the residence of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan as illegal. The court also ordered the DSS which is also called SSS, to pay N20 billion […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian tech expert, David Gbodi Odaibo has reportedly died in his sleep, 7 days after winning a $125 million (approximately N69billion) U.S government contract. His brother and CEO of Retina-AI Health Incorporation, Mr. Stephen Odaibo narrated how he died in a post shared on LinkedIn. Stephen said his brother who was fully vaccinated and […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has dragged her boyfriend Prince Kpokpogri Joseph to the police headquarters accusing him of extortion, blackmail, threat to life and intention to release her nude pictures. A petition written by her lawyer and dated 10 September was leaked by news platform QED on Wednesday. DailyTrust also reports that Tonto in her […]
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