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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a police officer identified as Ismail Dogara, in Kaduna state, Nigeria. It was gathered that ASP Dogara was brutally attacked by the assailants on his way home in Zaria in the early hours of Monday, August 16. The officer was rushed to a hospital where he passed away […]
Continue ReadingAttorneys General of the 36 states of Nigeria have instituted a court action against the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation over the government’s failure to remit recovered funds into the federal account. In the suit filed at the Nigerian Supreme Court registry and marked as SC/CV/395/2021, the 36 states Attorneys General are […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday. “He has been ill occasionally for some time and when he came to Jos last weekend, the illness started again and he was rushed to the hospital. Unfortunately, he could not make it. We will miss him,” a […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of the suspension of the weekly Monday sit-at-home order declared by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the detention of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, residents of Anambra and Abia states deserted their markets, offices and business areas on Monday, August 16. IPOB on Saturday announced the suspension of the sit-at-home order saying […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 into law. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement on Monday, titled: ‘President Buhari Signs Petroleum Industry Bill Into Law.’ The presidential spokesman said his principal signed the controversial bill into law while working from […]
Continue ReadingA federal lawmaker representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Mr Adedayo Omolafe, popularly known as “Expensive”, has passed away. Omolafe, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), died around 2am on Monday at his residence in Abuja. The Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kennedy Peretei, confirmed this to […]
Continue ReadingThe Taliban has declared the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ after capturing the Air force, Army bases and the presidential palace of the country on Sunday, August 15. This comes as US, UK and Western nations hastily evacuate their citizens and diplomatic staff out of the country. This comes after Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani departed the […]
Continue ReadingArinola Olowoporoku simply called Arin, the fifth female housemate to walk into Big Brother’s House has ended her journey on the show tonight, as she was evicted. Speaking with Ebuka, the host, Arin said that everything that happened from when she walked into the house has been positive. Also, thirty-year-old Princess Francis aka Princess, has […]
Continue ReadingAfghanistan 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 […]
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