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Retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has debunked popular claim of his former principal dying from eating a poisoned apple from prostitutes. Al-Mustapha who narrated how his late boss died in an interview with ThisDay, said the sudden collapse of the health system […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been arraigned at the Magistrate Court 1, Yaba, Lagos. He was arraigned today Wednesday, June 16, around 9.00am. However, the Magistrate court sitting in Yaba, Lagos state, has denied the embattled actor, bail. The movie star was arrested in April this year for allegedly defiling […]
Continue ReadingIt was such a sad and an unimaginable event in Uganda when a Pastor, Jimmy Obong, died on the spot. As reported by Tuko news media, the Ugandan pastor was invited by members of Mr. John Okodi family to offer deliverance and prayers. With claims that one of the members was spiritually possessed, Pastor Jimmy […]
Continue ReadingBen Akabueze, the Director General (DG) of the Budget Office of the Federation, on Tuesday said cutting budget allocations to Federal Government agencies would not have a significant impact on Nigeria’s revenue. The DG said this in Abuja at the launch of the Nigerian Development Update by the World Bank. According to him, allocations to […]
Continue ReadingThere was a drama in Uganda when a married woman allegedly got stuck to another man after having sex together. The incident was said to have occurred in Gulu city, in the Northern Region of Uganda on Wednesday morning, June 16. According to an eyewitness, Pai Robins OgwengAkiiki, after engaging in sexual intercourse, their organs could […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the dates that the coming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states will be conducted. Chairman of the commission, Mr. Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday June 16, said the governorship election in Ekiti state will hold on June 18, 2022, while that […]
Continue ReadingAgitators of Biafra and Oduduwa republics have merged forces to train their operatives in a joint session in a bid to continue defending their territories against aggressive raids and wanton killings of innocent people by suspected Fulani herders and other criminals. In a statement titled, ‘Press Release from the Joint Training of Biafra and Oduduwa […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man with the name Echezonachukwu O. Obianefo, 23, has been arrested by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly stealing a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, which is valued at around $300,000. Obianefo, of Houston, Texas, United States, is being held in the Harris County Jail in Houston and his bail was set at $50,000. Obianefo is […]
Continue ReadingChairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has said that he’s been receiving death threats since he was appointed chairman of the anti-graft agency. The EFCC Chairman disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. He recalled how someone who isn’t investigated by the agency, threatened to […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement titled, ‘Cardinal Okogie: Life at 85′, the former Catholic Archbishop of the Lagos Diocese, Nigeria and ex-president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie noted that the regime met some of the crises while taking over power in 2015, adding that the country seemed to have “worsened economically […]
Continue ReadingA final year female student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Omotoke Suliyat is dead. The HND2 student of Marketing Department reportedly slumped In the bathroom and was immediately rushed to Hope Hospital at Adigbe where she was confirmed dead on Sunday, June 13. Speaker of Students’ Representative Council (SRC), Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Rt. Hon. […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in an interview with Arise News on Monday, has said another Democracy Day may not be celebrated in Nigeria if the system of government is not decentralised. The octogenarian lamented and likened the tempo for disintegration in recent time in Nigeria to that witnessed prior to the civil […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government says Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, are vicariously liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSARS protest. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Tuesday when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria in […]
Continue ReadingA newly-wed couple from South Africa were electrocuted to death on Sunday June 13, just a day after they returned from their honeymoon. Gauteng police confirmed that the bodies of Zaheer Sarang and Nabeelah Khan were found on Sunday afternoon. Johannesburg police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said the couple’s bodies were found in the shower. Masondo said: “It […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, resurfaced at an event in Lagos, over the weekend, two years after she resigned from office. Adeosun was forced to tender her resignation letter as Nigeria’s Finance Minister in September 2018 following the NYSC scandal she was enmeshed in. In July of 2018, a report by a National […]
Continue ReadingVeteran war correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, on Monday announced that she has recently undergone “major surgery” for ovarian cancer, and faced months of chemotherapy treatment. Amanapour, who has not been hosting her program for CNN’s international outlets for the past four weeks, returned to the air Monday and opened her program with remarks about her condition. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senator representing the Osun Central Senatorial District, Dr Ajibola Basiru, in an interview with Punch on Sunday, said the President, Muhammadu Buhari lacked legal and constitutional powers to revive the old grazing routes, anywhere in the country. Basiru, who holds a Ph.D degree in Property Law, spoke to Punch in his capacity as the […]
Continue ReadingSome Nigerians in Libya are mourning a compatriot identified simply as Tina, who died in Tripoli after she reportedly went insane. According to a Tripoli-based man, Isaac Charles from Enugu State, who disclosed this on Friday, June 11, the deceased “ran mad” and passed away later.
Continue ReadingEminent people across the world including former heads of state and government have called for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court to make sure that leaders who steal their countries’ wealth do not escape justice. Coming together under Integrity Initiatives International, these leaders have made a declaration calling for the establishment with immediate effect. […]
Continue ReadingZambian President, Edgar Lungi, slumped on Sunday, during the 45th Defence Force Day Commemoration and Investiture ceremony. A statement by the Principal Private Secretary to the Zambian President, Simon Miti, on Sunday, as published by LusakaTimes, confirmed the incident, whilst stating that the president recovered immediately. The statement read: “The President of the Republic of […]
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