Stray bullet kills female NSCDC official inside her home in Nigeria

Stray bullet has killed an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo State, Nigeria. Mrs. Glory Nkwocha was at her house with her family on Thursday, May 6, when a stray bullet from a gun duel between combined security operatives and hoodlums in Orlu town hit her. Mrs. Nkwocha was […]

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Seven police officers killed by gunmen in Rivers state on Friday night

Rivers State Police Command in Nigeria, has confirmed the death of seven officers during attacks by gunmen in the state on Friday night May 7. In a statement released on Saturday May 8, the spokesperson of the state police command, Nnamdi Omoni, described the killing as ‘unprovoked and mindless’. According to Omoni, the gunmen who […]

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Two fake soldiers (one man, one woman) nabbed in Nigeria

In a statement made available to journalists on Friday, Bright Edafe, acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said, suspected cultists and murderers were arrested and several arms and ammunition recovered. “On the 5/5/2021 at about 1300hrs, we received an information that a woman Jemilia Suleman ‘f’ age 48yrs, a native of Plateau State with one […]

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Gunmen attack Akwa Ibom police station, six police officers killed

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) launched another attack on Odoro Ikpe Police Station, in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, killing six officers. It was gathered that the attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday when people were still sleeping. Punch correspondent reports that […]

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Malami says high profile Nigerians will face prosecution for financing terrorism

Nigeria’s federal Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has disclosed that some high profile Nigerians will be facing prosecution for financing terrorism. This is coming after over 400 businessmen were arrested in an operation coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), and in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the […]

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Man who sprayed insecticide into his mouth and went viral, dies

A man who became an internet sensation when he sprayed insecticide into his mouth, has died. The family of Wayan Merta, who is also known as Ki Galang Pamungkas, have confirmed his death but said it was unrelated to the insecticide stunt. In a video that went viral, the guru from Bali, Indonesia, was seen spraying Baygon insecticide […]

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EFCC nabs two siblings for alleged internet fraud in Lagos (Photos)

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested two siblings for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects, Queen and Rowland Kalu, were arrested on Wednesday, May 5, at the Amikanle Alagbado area of Lagos State. Their arrest followed credible intelligence received by the Commission about […]

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Nigerian Ports Authority MD, Hadiza Bala Usman suspended, under investigation

Nigerian President Buhari has approved the suspension of Hadiza Bala Usman as the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). According to a statement released by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, Her suspension followed a recommendation by Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, to set up an administrative panel of inquiry to investigate the Hadiza-led management of […]

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Bola Tinubu, gov Oyetola and wife spotted in Saudi Arabia observing Umrah (Photo)

You may be looking for the APC national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Nigeria at the moment. We are sorry to let you know that you can’t find him for now. This is because he is currently in Saudi Arabia observing Umrah. A photo shared by the CEO of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu shows that […]

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Ex-Buhari Minister, Aisha Alhassan (Mama Taraba), is dead

Aisha Alhassan, former Minister of Women Affairs, popularly known as Mama Taraba, is dead. Details of her death are still sketchy but reports have it that she died at a hospital in Egypt. The deceased is reported to have battled a protracted illness in her last years. Alhassan contested the Taraba 2015 governorship election under […]

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Dancing Senator, Ademola Adeleke bags a degree from US university (Video, Photos)

Davido’s Uncle, Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, who is popularly referred to as Dancing Senator, bagged a degree in Criminal Justice from the Atlanta Metropolitan State College on Friday May 7. His convocation ceremony was attended by his brother, Adedeji Adeleke, his son BRed, and other family members. We say congrats. See more photos below and video […]

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Time to Raise The White Flag ―Concerned Professionals say

Our country is crippled. Our compatriots are being slaughtered like chickens all over the country. Insecurity has become the most interrogated phenomenon of our time and the result is clear for all to see. Food inflation is way over 20% and the people are starving because terrorists and bandits have made a visit to the […]

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FUOYE workers protest sacking of registrar, want him reinstated

Some workers of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) on Friday protested last month’s sacking of the registrar of the institution, alleging that the action is the handiwork of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Abayomi Fasina, which must be reversed. The placards-carrying workers, under the aegis of Concerned New Staff, who alleged that Fasina sacked Olatunbosun Odusanya as a […]

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Akeredolu’s aide allegedly slaps pregnant woman who reportedly collapses

An environmental security guard, Mrs. Adeola Egbebi has slumped on duty at Oja Oba market in Akure after she was allegedly slapped by the Senior Special Assistant to the Ondo state governor on special duty, Dr. Doyin Odebowale. The worker who is heavily pregnant, was reportedly assaulted by Odebowole for not standing up to greet […]

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Nigerian Supreme Court confirms INEC’s deregistration of 74 political parties

Nigerian Supreme Court has on Friday upheld an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal which okayed the deregistration of National Unity Party and 73 others. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last year deregistered the political parties over their inability to win any election during the 2019 general elections. In the judgment delivered by […]

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US warns that ISIS and Al-Qaeda are planning to penetrate Southern Nigeria

United States has warned that Al-Qaeda and ISIS are planning to penetrate Southern Nigeria. The US also said Al-Qaeda has started penetrating the north-western part of Nigeria. In a media briefing seen by TheCable, Dagvin Anderson, Commander of the US special operations command, Africa, said Al-Qaeda is also expanding to other parts of West Africa. […]

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I was not with the DSS, someone else ordered me into isolation ―Mbaka

Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, said the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese Most Rev Callistus Onaga was responsible for his “unexplained disappearance” and not the Department of State Services. Mbaka was declared missing on Wednesday after he was not seen at the adoration ground without prior notice or explanation. However, he […]

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Woman, two other suspects set ablaze by angry youths in Sokoto community (Graphic photos)

Three suspected bandits, including a woman, were killed by angry youths after a reported failed attack on a Fulani community in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state. It was gathered that the suspected armed bandits stormed Ruga, a Fulani community on the outskirts of Goronyo, around midnight on Wednesday, May 5, to rustle cattle […]

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Nigerian rapper who posts ‘Good night world’ online, dies

Up and coming Nigerian rapper, Michael Ozumba Uchemba, popularly known as Zumzy Brown, has died after suffering an asthmatic attack. Zumzy Brown was, until his death, a 300 level student of Political Science at the Veritas University, Abuja. He was said to have been rushed to Wuse General Hospital on Tuesday, May 4, after the attack […]

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Unspecified number of Abia state University students kidnapped

Gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of students of Abia State University Uturu, ABSU. The students were abducted from a commercial bus while returning from Okigwe in Imo state to Uturu around 8:00pm on Wednesday night, May 5, Confirming the incident, the Abia state Commissioner of Information, John Okiyi Kalu, says a preliminary investigation shows that […]

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