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Nigerian Senate on Thursday started the screening of nominees for appointment as National Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The nominees, including Lauretta Onochie, one of the aides of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, appeared in the Senate for the exercise. Onochie arrived at the Senate wing of the National Assembly accompanied by the […]
Continue ReadingOlubadan of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has denied reports that he collected N50 million from the Federal Government to aid the arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho. The monarch made this clear as Yoruba Nation agitators staged a protest on Wednesday, July 7, in Ibadan, Oyo State. The crowd demanded the release of agitators arrested […]
Continue ReadingKano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today July 6, 2021 secured the conviction of one Habiba Abubakar before Justice J.K Daggard of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on a two count charge of obtaining by false pretense. The convict fraudulently sold a plot of land to the complainant […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian soldier in the rank of Major has been shot dead in an armed robbery incident in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Lawan Shisu Adam said an army private was also killed in the incident which occurred at Dumdubus village in Dutse Local Government Area of the state around 9pm […]
Continue ReadingColonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), the former Military Administrator of Kaduna State, has blamed the current government under President Muhammadu Buhari for separatist agitations threatening the country’s unity. Umar, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday titled: ‘Nigeria; A Nation Challenged, ‘insisted that the current administration under Buhari has failed to unite Nigeria. He […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives in Imo state, Nigeria, have arrested an alleged fake lady lawyer, Mrs Princess kate Nneoma Duruji “F”, age 37 Years of Akakkims Palace Orji Owerri, lmo state. A statement released by spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, today July 7, states that the suspect who has been parading herself as […]
Continue ReadingFollowers of the Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest last Thursday’s midnight invasion by the Department of State Services (DSS) of the residence of the Yoruba nation activist. Placard-carrying protesters gathered in front of Igboho’s […]
Continue ReadingBishop of the Methodist Church, Onitsha Diocese, Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Biereonwu Livinus Onuagha, says he will stand with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, as long as Northerners stand with Pantami and Gumi. He said that Nnamdi Kanu might have exhibited youthful exuberance but that he is representing 99.9 percent of […]
Continue ReadingWednesday 7th July, 2021 PRESS RELEASE 23 YEARS AFTER: WE JUST CANNOT FORGET MKO July 7 marks the 23rd anniversary of the murder of Chief MKO Abiola, the man popularly elected by Nigerians as president on June 12, 1993. It was an election widely accepted as transparent, free and fair. It was also a watershed […]
Continue ReadingHaiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated at his home early Wednesday morning by a group of armed individuals, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced. Joseph said he was now in charge of the country. Moise’s injured wife was in the hospital, according to Joseph, who urged the public to remain calm, and insisted the police […]
Continue ReadingGovernors, Senators and House of Representatives’ members from Southwest Nigeria zone, have agree to present a common position for Nigeria’s constitution review. They took the position at their Tuesday evening meeting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory and also set up a committee to harmonise the positions of the Governors and lawmakers from the zone. […]
Continue ReadingFounder and Senior Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Pastor Daniel Olukoya, has been ordered by a United States District court in Maryland to pay $7,320 within 30 days to Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters. Pastor Olukoya had filed a lawsuit against Sowore in 2018 after a 2017 report of […]
Continue ReadingFour farmers have been kidnapped by gunmen in a farm location in Ekiti. The kidnappers are demanding N50 million ransom to secure the release of their victims. Police Command in the state on Tuesday confirmed the kidnapping of the four farmers, but denied knowledge of the N50 million ransom. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes […]
Continue ReadingThe Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Union bank are currently entangled in a fierce legal battle with a private company, Petrol Union oil and gas Ltd over a whopping $15B judgment debt at the Supreme Court Supreme Court of Nigeria has, however, agreed to hear a motion filed […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Nigeria’s federal Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, last week revealed that Kanu was repatriated and subsequently arraigned him. However, Malami did not reveal where the IPOB leader was repatriated from. […]
Continue ReadingA middle-aged man identified as Ibrahim Lawal aka Kawu has committed suicide by hanging in Daura town, Katsina State. Daura is the home town of Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari. It was gathered that the deceased, who worked at the Sandamu Local Government Council, was found hanging from a tree on Sunday, July 4. A resident, […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Kenya have launched manhunt for a female cop who is believed to be a person of interest in the murder of a police officer, John Ogweno, in Kasarani Police lines, Nakuru County. The suspect, Corporal Caroline Kangogo, said to be the deceased’s lover is suspected to have shot him dead. Police constable Ogweno, […]
Continue ReadingEbenezer Oduntan, Nigerian pastor, has been arrested and charged with theft worth about €70,000 from a company and church in Co Kildare over an eight-year period. Irish Times reports that the office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), in a statement, said Ebenezer Oduntan (55), with an address at The Close, Curragh Grange, Newbridge, […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to grant Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, bail on alleged fraud preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Justice Obiora Egwuatu declined the oral application for bail by counsel to the defendant, P.O Olorunishola, SAN, […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Funmi Falana, has filed a formal request for a coroner inquest into the killing of a salesgirl during Saturday’s mega rally of Yoruba Nation agitators at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos. The teenage girl, whose name, is given as Jumoke Oyeleke, was found drenched in her blood and […]
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