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Osaki Diri, a Media Aide to the member representing Degema state Constituency, Rivers State House of Assembly, has died. Osaki Diri was electrocuted on Thursday, October 14, in Port Harcourt, a friend of his told LIB. According to the source, Diri’s phone was charging when a call came in. “He picked the call while it […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has received the Founder and Serving Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday. This was made known by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina who shared photos from the meeting on social media. […]
Continue ReadingA woman identified as Bazunu Michelle has been reportedly found dead inside her apartment in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of this report but it was gathered that the deceased was found with multiple stab wounds and her throat slit in the early hours of Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, Oyo State, Nigeria, on Tuesday October 12, arraigned one Toluwalade John Olateru Olagbegi before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on one count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense to the tune of Thirty-Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand […]
Continue ReadingThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has honoured Henrietta Lacks, recognising the world-changing legacy of the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken out without her consent, and has provided the basis for life-changing medical breakthroughs. In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a Black mother of five who was dying of cervical cancer, went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment. […]
Continue ReadingThe Kollam Additional Sessions Court in Kerala, India on Wednesday, imposed a double life sentence on Sooraj S Kumar for killing his wife using a cobra. Sooraj had killed his 25-year-old wife, Uthra on May 7, 2020, by letting a cobra bite her in her sleep. The crime became known widely known as the ‘Uthra murder case’ and […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Kayode Oyebode Adebowale of the Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan (UI), on Thursday, was named the 13th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution. Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the Chairman Governing council, around 8:00 p.m. on Thursday announced that Adebowale defeated the incumbent acting vice-chancellor, Adebola Ekanola, and 14 others in a keenly contested process at […]
Continue ReadingNigerians are currently mourning event host, Evelyn Adewunmi, popularly known as MC Eve, who died untimely in a car crash. The host, famously called The Energy Goddess, was said to have been in a car with her boyfriend on October 12, when they were involved in an accident along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria. The boyfriend, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a former Minister Of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, to pay a fine of N200,000 for being absent at his re-arraignment or stand the risk of having his bail revoked. Presiding judge, Justice Daniel Osaigor gave the order on Wednesday, saying that having gone through the court’s […]
Continue Reading33-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 […]
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