News Tabloid alleges that Reno Omokri has a new baby from UK-based lover outside wedlock

Despite Reno insisting that a report that he welcomed a child with another woman is false, the publication insists they stand by their report. The Will had released a report on Monday  May 17, claiming Reno Omokri abandoned his wife Tuokpe Omokri and their three kids in the US and welcomed a child with a […]

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Abidemi Rufai, SSA to Ogun state governor, arrested in the US for $350,000 fraud

United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have arrested Abidemi Rufai, a Nigerian and Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, over $350,000 employment fraud. Rufai was arrested on Friday evening at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York based on criminal complaint. He was subsequently charged with defrauding Washington […]

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Former Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed arrested by EFCC

Former Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has reportedly been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to Channels Television, the former governor is being questioned by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja The 57-year-old was said to have arrived at the EFCC headquarters at about 10.00 am on […]

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Nigeria’s House of Reps set to legalize Indian hemp in Nigeria

Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, says the lower chamber of the National Assembly is set to legalize the use of Indian Hemp in Nigeria for economic benefit. A Bill to legalize the use of Indian Hemp in Nigeria for economic benefit passed second reading in the house in October, 2020. Kalu […]

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Gunmen kidnap Nigerian professor and her husband

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Grace Ayanbimpe and her husband. It was gathered that the lecturer and her husband were kidnapped by the gunmen who stormed their residence behind Haske Quarters, Lamingo in Jos North Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of […]

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Gunmen attack another police station in Abia, 2 police officers feared dead

Unknown gunmen have killed two officers and burnt down the Apumiri Ubakala Police Station in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia in the early hours of Monday, May 17. The hoodlums stormed the police station today armed with dangerous weapons as they shot at the officers and then razed the police station. The police […]

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Working 55 hours or more weekly kills 745,000 people —WHO, ILO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) say 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease occurred in 2016 as a result of long work hours. WHO, in a statement from its headquarters in Geneva on Monday, said that the figure was the first global analysis of loss of lives and health associated […]

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Heavy rain, wind, disperse Yoruba Nation propagators in Osogbo

Wind and heavy rain on Saturday dispersed propagators of Yoruba Nation at the popular Nelson Mandela Freedom park via Old garage area of Osogbo capital of Osun State on Saturday afternoon. According to The Nation, scores of Yoruba Nation propagators stormed the streets of Osogbo on Saturday after they changed the venue where the agitators […]

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Gunmen raze Delta police station, as three police officers allegedly feared killed (Photos)

Three policemen have allegedly been killed after unknown gunmen attacked the Nsukwa Police Divisional Headquarters in Aniocha South LGA at about 10am on Sunday May 16. The Nation reports that the gunmen, who arrived on foot, launched the attack from a thick forest behind the ill-fortified station. The deceased police officers are said to be […]

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I was rejected three times at ritualists’ den ―Nigerian nurse shares chilling story

18-year-old Nigerian auxiliary nurse, Rachael David, who was recently abducted by suspected ritualists in Rivers state, has shared the chilling story of how she and some other victims were taken to a place she suspects to be a ritualist den but she was rejected thrice by the suspected ritualists. In an interview with Punch, Racheal […]

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Former beauty queen accuses billionaire Ned Nwoko of putting her father in jail for resisting land grabbing, sends SOS to Nigerians

Billionaire, lawyer and politician Ned Nwoko is the number one trending topic on Twitter after former beauty queen, Pamela Ifejoku, accused him of putting her father in jail and causing her mother to spend her birthday in prison because their community resisted Nwoko’s attempt at land grabbing. Pamela, who was bestowed MBGN Miss Tourism after she […]

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I was raped by my pastor instead of deliverance ―Nigerian lady says

A Nigerian lady has come out to share her heartbreaking story of surviving rape several times which she said started from her childhood. Dorothy Edet while speaking with newsmen during the funeral of Iniobong Umoren, the jobseeker who was raped in Akwa Ibom, recounted how she has been raped by close relatives, strangers as well […]

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Lebanese national allegedly impregnates 7 minor girls in Nigeria

Plateau Police Command has arrested a middle-aged Lebanese national identified as Simo, for allegedly sleeping with 14 under-aged girls in the Abattoir Community, a suburb of Jos, the state capital. According to Africa Independent Television (AIT), the Lebanese was said to have lured his victims to his residence, while seven of them are allegedly pregnant. […]

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Buhari jets out to France on Sunday

In a statement released by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari is billed to depart Nigeria on Sunday to Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend African Finance Summit. Buhari will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Minister […]

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Rainfall at Osogbo rally is divine message to Yoruba Nation agitators to shelve the idea ―Shehu Sani

Comrade Shehu Sani, former senator who represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, said the rainfall that “dispersed” Yoruba Nation agitators on Saturday from the venue of their rally at Osogbo, the Osun State capital, is a ‘divine message’ for them to change their minds and embrace a united Nigeria. This platform had earlier reported […]

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Big funeral held for raped and killed job seeker lady, Iniubong Umoren, in Nigeria (Photos)

The funeral of Iniubong Umoren, the university graduate job seeker who was recently raped and killed in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria has held in the state with family, friends and sympathisers in attendance. Iniubong was raped and killed when a man lured her on social media with a fake job interview. See more photos from […]

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Sunday Igboho addresses Yoruba Nation mega rally in Osogbo (Photos)

Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Saturday afternoon May 15, stormed Osogbo the capital of Osun State, Nigeria, to demand the creation of Oduduwa sovereign state. Igboho stormed the capital city with many of his supporters in his convoy. The youths leader, who spoke at the […]

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‘Failed Presidency: Buhari Should Resign Now’ ―Coalition of Northern Groups

A Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over insecurity, accusing him of failing to secure the lives and property of the citizenry. The coalition claimed that the nefarious activities of bandits and other criminals terrorising Katsina and other Northern states, forced President Buhari to stop celebrating Salah […]

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