20-year-old Dallas rapper, Lil Loaded, whose song ‘6locc 6a6y’ was a 2019 viral hit, dies

Dashawn Maurice Robertson, known professionally as Lil Loaded, the Dallas rapper behind the 2019 viral summer hit “6locc 6a6y,” has died at age 20. The Dallas County medical examiner’s office confirmed Monday, May 31, to USA TODAY that the young rapper, whose legal name was Dashawn Robertson, had died. Officials did not reveal the cause of his death. However, Ashkan Mehryari, an […]

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Reno Omokri knocks Buhari for going to Ghana to bring peace to Mali when Nigeria itself lacks peace

Reno Omokri, former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Nigerian president, has knocked President Buhari’s decision to travel to Ghana for a meeting with ECOWAS leaders to discuss how to return peace to Mali, despite the incessant killings in Nigeria. Reacting on Twitter, Omokri wrote: “What an irony that @MBuhari traveled to Ghana to discuss with ECOWAS […]

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Nigerian Senate holds 2-day Constitution review national public hearing this week

Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has on Tuesday, said that a national public hearing to alter the provisions of the 1999 constitution will hold on Thursday through Friday this week. According to a statement issued by the Special Assistant (Press) to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, “the 2-day National Public Hearing on proposals to alter […]

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NECO Registrar died after a brief illness, not assassinated —Police

Claims that the Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Minna, are not true, the Niger State Police Command have said. The command said, the late NECO Registrar’s family had formally announced that he passed on after a brief illness at the National Hospital in Abuja. […]

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Chief Provost of Immigration killed by gunmen in Imo state

Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, Mr. Okiemute Mrere, has been killed by unknown gunmen. It was learnt on Monday that Mrere, was assassinated on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri. A senior officer of NIS who confirmed this to The Nation, said that the slain officer’s corpse […]

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Divisional Police Headquarters set ablaze by gunmen in Imo state

Gunmen have razed the Amandugba Divisional Police Headquarters in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State on Monday, May 31. According to The Nation, residents say the attackers threw explosives into the police station before it went up in flames. “Isu Divisional Police Headquarters is on fire now. Fire has engulfed the facility. The attackers […]

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Governance in Nigeria is grounded, the worst amongst us is in charge of our affairs ―Ghali Na’abba, ex-Reps Speaker

Former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba has said there is no governance in the country. Decrying the spate of violence across the country at a gathering of ethnic nationalities in Abuja on Monday May 31, the former speaker said “the worst amongst us is being enthroned to manage our affairs.” The meeting is being attended […]

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We are watching Nigeria slip into anarchy ―Rita Dominic, actress

Actress Rita Dominic has expressed her concerns about the current state of insecurity in the nation. In a tweet posted today May 31, Rita said everyone is watching Nigeria slip into anarchy. He wrote in her tweet: “I am afraid that we are watching Nigeria slip into anarchy. It is surreal. Our elected officials need […]

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The man pulled out from his SUV and shot dead identified as Justice Stanley Nnaji (Graphic photos)

Justice Stanley Nnaji has been identified as the man pulled out from his SUV and shot dead on Sunday evening in Enugu State, Nigeria. The former Enugu State High Court judge was shot multiple times beside the Enugu Diagnostics Centre, by Ebeano Tunnel, after he was dragged out of his Mercedes Benz Jeep. The shooters […]

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Residents comply with IPOB sit-at-home order in Igboland (Photos)

Streets in many parts of the SouthEast states are currently deserted following the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB. The order is to mark two days of Remembrance for Biafra Day. Many state governments and security agents last week asked residents of the state to ignore the order and go about […]

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Man pulled out from his SUV and shot dead on the road in Nigeria (Graphic video)

Commissioner of Police for Enugu State Command, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, psc, has ordered the launch of a full-scale manhunt of yet-to-be idenitifed armed assailants alleged to have trailed and shot dead an unidentified man driving in a Mercedes Benz Jeep, which they carted away, along Ebeano Tunnel, Enugu on Sunday, May 30, at about […]

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US returnee kidnapped from his farm in Kwara, N100m ransom demanded

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a United States of America returnee in Kwara state, Nigeria. The victim identified as Muritala Adebayo, was said to have been kidnapped on his farm located at Pampo, Asa Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, May 27. “We were all at the farm when suddenly we […]

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200 Islamiyya students kidnapped in Niger state, one shot dead

Around 200 students of Islamiyya school located at Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria have been abducted. One person was said to have been shot dead while another was critically injured after the gunmen carried out the kidnap operation about 4:30 pm on Sunday. A resident of the area, Zayyad […]

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We paid N180m, 10 motorcycles as ransom to get our children released ―14 kidnapped students’ parents (Video)

Parents of the 14 abducted students of the Greenfield University Kaduna who regained their freedom on Saturday, May 29, said they paid N180 million to the bandits and also gave 10 motorcycles as a ransom for the release of their children. The students were abducted from their hostels on April 20. Sadly, the bandits killed 5 […]

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Gunmen razed another police station in Imo state, four killed

Less than 24 hours after gunmen razed down the Atta police station in Njaba local government area of Imo state, another police station in Izombe in Oguta local government area has been razed by some unknown gunmen. A statement released by Bala Elakana, spokesperson of the state police command, says the gunmen burnt the police station at […]

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Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) gets new president

The immediate past vice-president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has emerged as the new president of the union. A professor of soil science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Osodeke was elected president of the union during a three-day conference, which held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, […]

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Gunmen shot, killed ex-presidential aide in Imo state

Ahmed Gulak, former political adviser to ex-Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has been shot and killed. Now, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Gulak was killed in Owerri, Imo State capital on Saturday night. Sources said that he was ambushed while on his way to Sam Mbakwe International Cargo airport. His motorcade was said to […]

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