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Exiled former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, is to be tried for the murder of the man he ousted in a 1987 coup, a charismatic Marxist revolutionary, Thomas Sankara, lawyers told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Tuesday. The case was sent to the military tribunal in the capital, Ouagadougou, after the charges against Compaore […]
Continue ReadingKaduna-born actress and TV presenter, Rachel Bakam has passed on. She died at the age of 38. Bakam died at a private hospital in Abuja on Tuesday April 13 after a brief illness. Friends and family have all flooded her social media pages to pen down their tributes to her. Before her death, she was […]
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange Coinbase made a scorching stock market debut Wednesday amid frenzied interest in bitcoin and other virtual currencies despite concerns about a bubble. The enterprise, the first company devoted entirely to cryptocurrency to enter the US stock exchange, immediately garnered an overall market valuation of $100 billion, bigger than that of General Motors and […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the accusations in the human rights activists community in the country, Nigerians have taken to the social media to lament the dearth of conscientious, people-focused and selfless activists like the late lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Gani Fawehinmi. According to them, present day activists are after grants, appointments and other fringe benefits […]
Continue ReadingA 15-year-old South African schoolgirl has reportedly committed suicide after she was bullied by fellow pupil at school. Lufuno Mavhungu Tshirenzheni from the Thulamela Municipality, Limpopo, allegedly committed suicide by overdosing on pills on Monday, April 12, Limpopo provincial police said. In the video which went viral on social media on Tuesday April 13, the grade 10 […]
Continue ReadingThe People’s Court of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh, Vietnam on Tuesday, April 13, sentenced a 25-year-old Nigerian man to death for illegally transporting narcotic substances into the country from Cambodia. Unachukwu Chiluba Paulinus was arrested on February 19, 2020, in the Ta Pheng area of Thuan Tay hamlet in Loi Thuan commune, Ben Cau […]
Continue ReadingPastor Paul Adefarasin, founder of House on the Rock has said Nigeria is a scam and that the next administration must not be allowed to access power without a brand new constitution. Adefarasin, in a trending video said the faulty nature of the Nigerian constitution had made the whole thing a scam as the 1999 […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Imo state and now a Nigerian Senator, Rochas Okorocha, has reportedly been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Officials of the Commission laid siege on the former Governor’s private office at Nkwerre Street in Garki area of Abuja and picked him up shortly after he returned from […]
Continue ReadingA former member of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Olushola Popoola has reportedly been denied asylum in Canada over some activities he engaged in as a member of the controversial disbanded Nigerian police unit. It was gathered that Popoola completed his training and became a member of the Nigerian Police Force in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode says a ship from Nigeria has been impounded in China while it was trying to smuggle 7, 200 penises into the Asian country. Fani-Kayode made the claim on his Twitter handle on Tuesday, April 12. It reads: “A ship from Nigeria has been impounded in China whilst trying […]
Continue ReadingRemains of the five Nigerian friends who were burnt to death in a ghastly car accident were laid to rest on Sunday, April 11 in Adamawa State. Reports say that the tragic accident occurred on Friday, April 9, while the five men were reportedly heading to Kaduna state for their friend’s engagement ceremony. The men […]
Continue ReadingAfter some pussyfooting, the governors of the five Southeast states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo yesterday decided to take their destinies in their hands and address the fast-deteriorating security situation in the region with the unveiling of a new security outfit codenamed Ebube Agu. Ebube Agu, meaning fear of a lion in Ibo, […]
Continue ReadingAmerican model, Ashley Gerren Taylor, who appeared on the BET reality series Baldwin Hills and documentary America the Beautiful, has passed away. She was only 30 years old. According to The Shaderoom, the mother of one passed away in her sleep due to natural causes on Sunday, April 11, at about 4:30am. The report also […]
Continue ReadingNigerian politicians are notorious for giving handouts, popularised as ‘stomach infrastructure’ by ex-Governor Ayo Fayose, to would-be voters before and during an election period. Bola Tinubu, using his self-named non-governmental organisation, has begun distributing bags of rice and other foodstuffs to Kano residents. The All Progressives Congress’s national leader was in the news in March […]
Continue ReadingItsekiti Prince, Harrison Jalla, has filed a lawsuit before the Delta High Court, challenging the election and emergence of Prince Tshola Emiko, as the Olu of Warri designate. Emiko, son of the 19th Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II, was on April 4, announced as the Olu of Warri designate after the death of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Ashabi Ayantunde popularly known as Iya Ife has passed away. She died in Ile Ife, Osun state on Sunday evening, April 11 after a brief illness. She was said to have fallen ill and was rushed to Ile-Ife, Osun State where she died. Information as to the mode of her sickness is still […]
Continue ReadingThe family of late activist and Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, have announced his burial arrangement. In a statement released on Monday April 12, his widow, Joe Okei-Odumakin, said his burial rites would begin on Thursday, April 22 with a day of tributes at the Police College, Ikeja, and would end on Saturday, April 24 when he will be buried […]
Continue ReadingA man, Ronnie Long, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 44 years on a rape conviction in North Carolina, United States, has said he deserved more after the state is only compensating him for 15 of those years, the USA Today reported. In 1976, Long, who is Black, was accused of raping a white woman and […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be Fulani militia have killed eight workers at a mining site in Kuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria. The incident occurred at about 7 p.m. on Friday, April 9, at a mining site belonging to Cabitex Company. It was gathered that the gunmen opened fire on the miners, […]
Continue ReadingVeteran and star Nollywood actor, Bruno Iwuoha is dead. He was aged 68. He died at the National Hospital Abuja early on Saturday morning, film maker Derik Zai said. He died of diabetes and blindness. The Abia state born actor, had been in coma for about three weeks before giving up. In a tribute, Zai […]
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