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Dr. 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 […]
Continue ReadingIf you don’t want to go mad or crazy, please don’t think about the Nigerian politicians especially members of the APC and PDP. They are the same type of beer but coming out in different labels. Considering all Femi Fani-Kayode has written about Muhammadu Buhari and his Fulani background and tribe, it is almost unthinkable […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the Southern Governors Forum are meeting at the Enugu State Government House, but the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano is conspicuously missing at the meeting as he is neither present nor sent a representative. In attendance at the meeting which commenced around 12 pm had nine governors and seven deputies Governors. Those in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, slumped during a programme at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday The incident happened when he was giving a goodwill message at the National Identity Day celebration. The EFCC boss suddenly stopped talking, staggered and later laid down. Isa Pantami, Nigerian Minister of Communications and […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement necessitated by nine demands and released on Wednesday, Nigerian activists and revolutionists have announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on October 1, the Independence Day in Nigeria. The statement, signed by Coalition for Revolution’s (CORE’s) Co-convener, Baba Aye, and Co-convener, Gbenga Komolafe, was titled, ‘Poverty, insecurity, police brutality: CORE organises actions […]
Continue ReadingDr. Chris Ngige, Nigerian Minister of Labour and Productivity, has said that the rising rate of unemployment and lack of education portend danger for the country, warning that if not tackled the country might be “completely wiped out.”. The Labour and Productivity minister said this at the inaugural partnership economy summit organised by the Ministry […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abu Musab Al-Barnawi has been reportedly killed. Daily Trust reported that the vicious leader of the terrorist group was killed in the last week of August in Borno state. It reported that Al-Barnawi was the son of Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf who was also killed […]
Continue ReadingThe people within the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) held a protest opposite the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States to drive home their demand for a referendum so as to actualise their dream of having Nigeria broken into separate nations. The coalition of agitators for self-determination consist of southerners and […]
Continue ReadingA woman and five others have been arrested in connection with the murder of her husband and mother-in-law in Elliotdale, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The 36-year-old woman, Nophelo Gquthani, and her accomplices appeared in the Elliotdale Magistrate Court on Monday, September 13. Police spokesperson, Captain Siphokazi Mawisa, who confirmed the incident in a statement on […]
Continue ReadingAn ultra-conservative US radio host who spread false claims about vaccines and fought Covid rules in court has died after a two-week battle with coronavirus. Bob Enyart, 62, a self-proclaimed ‘right-wing religious fanatic’ who also worked as a church pastor in Denver, Colorado, told his listeners three of the main Covid vaccines were tested on […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have reportedly kidnapped the priest in charge of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Anchuna Village, Ikulu Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The priest identified as Rev. Fr. Luka Benson Yakusak, was said to have been abducted on Monday night, September 13. The spokesman of the Southern […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Naira further depreciated against the US dollar on Monday September 13, closing at N550 to $1 compared to N545 to $1 recorded in the previous trading session in parallel markets. From the data recorded on the FMDQ securities exchange window where forex is officially traded, naira closed at N412.75 per $1 at the official […]
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