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Afghanistan President, Ashraf Ghani has left the country as the Taliban prepare its last and final offensive into capital of Kabul. Government officials, one from former President Hamid Karzai’s office and another aide on the Afghan security council, told The Associated Press that Ghani departed the country on Sunday, August 15. Ghani left along […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man working as a delivery driver was shot dead while delivering food in Mitchellville, Maryland, United States. 48-year-old Noel Njoku, a DoorDash delivery driver, was killed on Thursday, August 12. The father-of-four was found shot multiple times in his car while delivering food to a customer via DoorDash. Prince George’s County Police said Njoku, […]
Continue ReadingMali, ranked 10th in Africa, are among eight countries who have been barred from hosting 2022 World Cup qualifiers next month after failing Confederation of African Football (CAF) venue inspections. Other nations who must use a neutral ground for a home fixture between September 1-8 are Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Namibia […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the acting Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. The Director of Information for the National Judicial Council (NJC), Soji Oye, disclosed this in a press statement he issued on […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have attacked the Izombe police station in Imo state and as a result, two police officers have been killed. A statement released by the spokesperson of Imo state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, says the bandits who arrived in their numbers could not gain access to the station due to the swift response of […]
Continue ReadingA JSS 1 student who claims to have been picked out during her school’s assembly on May 22 and given 20 lashes over an “indecent hairstyle” on the order of the principal who also suspended her, has filed a lawsuit against Ekiti state government. Gift Agenoisa said to be a student of Immaculate Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti, claimed her suspension […]
Continue ReadingFormer Federal Permanent Secretary (Super Perm Sec) and elder statesman, Ahmed Joda is dead. He died on Friday at the age of 91. The former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described his death as “heartbreaking”. In a statement on Friday signed by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said the late Joda was his […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Abuja, Nigeria, after a two-week stay in London, United Kingdom. Nigeria Air Force 1 jet carrying him touched down at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja at about 18.00 hours which is 6.00pm Nigerian time. He was received on arrival by his Chief […]
Continue ReadingAfter collecting N11m ransom, gunmen still shot dead an engineer on Thursday in Nigeria. The source, who did not want to be mentioned because of the sensitive nature of the matter, was responding to enquiries by Punch about fresh updates on the Baptist College students held captive by bandits. He said, “There is a company […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the South African Police Service have arrested a 26-year-old woman over her alleged involvement in the murder of her husband, which took place in October last year at a farm outside Groblersdal. As extensive investigations by the South African Police Service went on, a 23-year-old female suspect, Patricia Lee Smith who was reportedly […]
Continue Reading39-year-old cleaner identified as Sunday Julius has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, for allegedly defiling his four daughters. Julius was arraigned for defiling his four daughters aged 16 years, 11 years, 10 years and seven years from August 2020 to July 2021 at his residence in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos state. Police prosecutor, DSP Kehinde […]
Continue ReadingIt was a fatal experience as a school dropout who aspired to build a helicopter has died after one of the blades of his helicopter prototype slashed his throat while he was testing it. 24-year-old Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim, a school dropout from Maharashtra’s Fulsawangi village in Mahagaon tehsil, India, had built the prototype of a single-seater […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari paid a visit to former Lagos governor and now the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu, in London on Thursday August 12. There were reports that Tinubu was first to visit Buhari, so, this looks like a return visit. See more of their photos below:
Continue ReadingHajiya Hazida, the wife of late Nigerian President, Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (Turakin Sokoto) is dead. Shagari’s grandson, Bello Bala Shagari, who announced her death on his Facebook page on behalf of the family, said she died of COVID-19 complications around 3:00 am on Thursday, August 12, in Gwagwalada Isolation Centre. She was aged 80. He […]
Continue Reading24-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death with a broken beer bottle in Majeje village, Lulekani, outside Phalaborwa, South Africa on Saturday. The suspect, Juscah Mheleni appeared before Lulekani Magistrate court on Tuesday morning, August 10, on a charge of murder. She was remanded in custody until August 13, 2021 for profiling pending further […]
Continue ReadingAlmost two decades after abolition, Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the reintroduction of toll collections on some selected dual carriageways across the country. However, the exercise exempted diplomatic, military, para-military vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles from the scheme. Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed these on Wednesday while briefing the State House […]
Continue ReadingThe late legal luminary and foremost activist, Gani Fawehinmi’s heir apparent, Mohammed Fawehinmi, is dead. Reports say that Mohammed died on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was aged 52. His family source, who preferred not to be named, confirmed the death of Mohammed. “He complained of difficulty in breathing this morning and was taken […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has given the sign that the over two months’ ban on the social networking giant, Twitter, in Nigeria will be lifted soon. It made it known that it has reached an agreement with Twitter in most areas of misunderstanding. Fielding questions from the press at the State House after Wednesday’s FEC meeting, the […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Ogun state police command on Tuesday, August 10, apprehended a herdsman who simply identified himself as Mohammed, with one AK 47 riffle. The suspect was arrested following information received by the DPO Imeko divisional headquarters that two young Fulani boys were sighted at CAC Oha forest, Iwoye Ketu in Imeko Afon local […]
Continue ReadingVeteran and star Nollywood actor, Rich Oganiru, has passed away. The Owerri-born actor reportedly died on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 after he was ill for months. Only two weeks ago, a video of Rich Oganiru lying in his sick bed and appealing for financial assistance was shared online. “Please, everyone should reach out before he […]
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