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Over 156 people have been declared missing and are feared dead after an overloaded boat capsized in Kebbi, Birnin Kebbi. The incident took place early Wednesday, May 26, when the boat carrying about 180 passengers left Loko Mina in Niger State at about 7.30 am and was heading to a market in Kebbi State?, according […]
Continue ReadingThe Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Acting Director of Defence Information. Prior to his appointment, Major […]
Continue Reading19-year-old Ugandan woman accused of obtaining money through false pretense by faking a pregnancy has died after she collapsed in court. The deceased identified as Olivia Nassanga on Wednesday, May 26, collapsed in Mityana Magistrate’s Court where she had reported for her bail application, following her release from Mityana Prison. According to the deceased’s mother, Ms […]
Continue ReadingSenegalese-born American singer, Akon’s car was stolen from a gas station on Monday night, May 24 in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. The car was reportedly stolen as the singer was pumping gas into his car. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Akon stopped at a Quiktrip gas station to fill his white Range Rover up with gas. […]
Continue ReadingOndo state governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, has said he is married to a lady from the Southeast, so he can never be in support of Nigeria’s secession. Akeredolu said this when the Senate Committee on the Review of 1999 Constitution paid him a courtesy visit in Akure, the Ondo state capital on Tuesday night, May […]
Continue ReadingThe Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigerian Police in Lagos, has arrested the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Brisk Capital Limited, Dominic Ngene Joshua, for allegedly diverting over N2 billion in investor funds. The 21-year-old was arrested following petitions from some of the investors he allegedly scammed in cash and cryptocurrency trading. The suspect […]
Continue ReadingIba Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, has threatened to place a curse on politicians infiltrating and frustrating the struggle for Yoruba nation. Adams said some prominent politicians in the Southwest have infiltrated the struggle for the actualisation of the Yoruba nation. The Aare Onakakanfo was quoted as saying this at the weekly O’odua […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Ify Onwuemene, who became famous for her role in the popular sitcom ‘Everyday People’, has died of cancer. It was gathered that the actress, who died on Tuesday, had been battling endometrial cancer. Gloria Anozie-Young, her colleague in the film industry, broke the news of her death via her Facebook page. She […]
Continue ReadingA video of three young Nigerian pilot officers having a good time on a yacht somewhere has been shared online following the deaths of all three in two separate plane crashes. According to reports, the man on the left and the one of the right in the video, were among the 7 officers that crashed […]
Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has officially devalued the naira to 410.25/$ after the country’s currency defied all interventions to retain its value. Experts, in reaction, have said that the last resort employed by the CBN to adopt the NAFEX Investor & Exporter forex window rate of N410.25 as its official exchange rate to the […]
Continue ReadingGhanaian actress and media personality, Efia Odo has reacted to a video which showed moment 77-year-old President Akufo-Addo dozed off at the recently concluded Africa Financing Summit in France. In a tweet she shared, Efia described the incident as “embarrassing” as he was sleeping on the job. She wrote in the tweet: “Falling asleep in […]
Continue ReadingAkwa Ibom State Police has arrested a soldier for the alleged murder of a businessman in Ikot Abasi Local government area of the state. It was gathered that the army officer allegedly killed the businessman and dispossessed him of his vehicle after giving him a ride on Sunday, May 23. A source from Ikot Abasi […]
Continue ReadingEbonyi state police command has said that the man killed in an explosion on Tuesday May 25 in Afikpo, Ebonyi State is a policeman and not a suicide bomber as claimed by many. An explosion which occurred opposite Amizi Amangbala Primary School in Afikpo North threw the area into panic as passersby scampered for safety. The […]
Continue ReadingA kind of mild drama played out at the 60th birthday party of Yeni Kuti, daughter and first child of Afrobeat Legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, on Monday May 24. HipTV reported that Seun Kuti who is the pioneer of the Nigerian Resistance Movement, expressed his displeasure with Sanwo-Olu’s attendance by raising two middle fingers and […]
Continue ReadingIwollo Oghe Police Station in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State was on Tuesday May 25, burnt down by unknown gunmen who also killed four officers. The officers died of gunshot wounds sustained in a gun duel while trying to repel the attack. The state commissioner of police, Mohammed Ndatsu confirmed the attack. He said: “The […]
Continue ReadingAccountant General of Nigerian Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, has said the £4.2m looted by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, which the Federal Government recently repatriated from the United Kingdom, has been returned to the state. He made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when he appeared before the House of Representatives’ Ad […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigeria under-23 striker, Ibezito Ogbonna, was hospitalized after his house in Ashdod, Israel, was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza last week. The 38-year-old, who won the Israeli Cup with Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2006 and 2007, was at home with his wife and two young daughters when the building was hit by […]
Continue ReadingProf. Itse Sagay SAN, Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has said the 1999 Constitution should be scrapped and the 1963 Republican Constitution should be amended and adopted as the country’s constitution. Sagay spoke on Monday evening while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. The 80-year-old Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) believed that […]
Continue ReadingCommissioner for Agriculture in Sokoto State, Nigeria, Arzika Tureta, is dead. The Commissioner died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) on Monday morning. One of the aides of the Sokoto State Governor, Mr. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, described the late Commissioner as humble, amiable and grassroots politician who made his mark as a politician in […]
Continue ReadingIlana Omo Oodua, the umbrella body for Yoruba self-determination groups, has responded to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and other Southwest All Progressives Congress leaders for opposing the agitations for Yoruba freedom. The spokesperson of Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye, in an interview with The PUNCH described the APC leaders’ decision […]
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