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Founder 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe International Crimes Division of the High Court (ICD) in Uganda on Friday, October 8, sentenced a pastor to life imprisonment after he was convicted of six counts of aggravated trafficking in children and six counts of aggravated defilement. Mr Didas Mpagi, alias Bakulu, who was the headmaster of Real Infant Primary School in Wakiso […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Lagos state and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has returned to the country after months spent in the UK for medical reasons. He arrived Nigeria on Friday night October 8 and was received by the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other APC chieftains.
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, presided over by Justice Okon Abang, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the son of former Chairman of the Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Faisal Maina, to 14 years imprisonment. Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, was found guilty on three counts of money laundering filed against him by […]
Continue ReadingSuspected hoodlums set a Kano-bound train ablaze at Offa Railway Station in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, on Tuesday. The train which was coming from Lagos was reportedly set ablaze by the hoodlums when it had a stop-over for repairs at the Offa Railway station. Head of Media and Publicity of Kwara […]
Continue ReadingA young Nigerian woman identified as Wasilat Attahir, has died three days to her wedding. It was gathered that Wasilat’s wedding fatiha was set to hold on Saturday, October 9, in Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State. A friend of the deceased, Xahreet Uthman Faruq shared her wedding invite with the caption “just 3 days to her wedding […]
Continue ReadingBudget of Economic Growth and Sustainability Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja Thursday, October 7, 2021 PROTOCOLS 1. It is my great pleasure to be here once again to present the 2022 Federal Budget Proposals to this distinguished Joint Session […]
Continue ReadingRemains of Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo arrived on Wednesday in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, from London, where he transitioned to glory on Sunday, August 8 2021, at the age of 63. The iconic philanthropist is survived by a prosperous family, wife, and twelve children. His memory has been honoured by family, close friends and […]
Continue ReadingBarely four months after the death of Hajiya Aisha Jummai Alhassan, aka Mama Taraba, a former Nigerian Minister of Women Affairs, her younger brother, a former Nigerian senator, Abubakar Abdulazeez Ibrahim has also died. He died on Tuesday in his house in Jalingo after a brief illness, aged 64. Abubakar was elected twice into the […]
Continue ReadingA woman identified as Mrs Yusuf Bosede Khadija, has reportedly committed suicide in Kogi State, Nigeria. According to reports, the incident happened a few days ago at Okuhapa in Obangede, Okehi Local Government Area of the state. The woman, said to be a secondary school teacher, took her own life by jumping into a well. […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, October 5, signed the Lagos State’s Administration of Criminal Justice (Amendment) Law (ACJL) 2021. The ACJL was first passed in Lagos State in 2007 and amended in 2011 to ensure the fundamental rights of suspects and persons that come into contact with the justice system, as enshrined in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) operative identified as Prince Nwachinaemere Ezemuonye Ozuzu has been shot dead in Owerri, the Imo state capital. According to Daily Trust, the officer, from Umuoyo, Irete in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state was murdered on Owerri-Onitsha Road. The incident occurred less than 48 hours after […]
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