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Kidnappers, who seized 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in the Mando Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, are demanding N500 million for the release of the students. The students comprise 23 females and 16 males, according to the Kaduna State Government. In a video posted by Daily Trust newspaper on […]
Continue ReadingAssailants have murdered the wife of a retired Commissioner of Police (CP), Mrs. Eunice Aghanya in Makurdi the Benue State capital, Nigeria. The husband, Ibezimako Aghanya, a retired commissioner of police, was said to be in Lagos when the assailants murdered his wife. Reports show that Mrs. Aghanya was murdered at her residence behind Kismet […]
Continue ReadingThe funeral of music producer, Ayorinde Faboro popularly known as Dokta Frabz, took place in Maryland, USA on Friday, March 12. Dokta Frabz died in February after he was reportedly shot. His funeral service got emotional when his daughter, Genesis, broke down in tears as she said she missed her father so much. His body […]
Continue ReadingDr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), on Saturday, arrived in Nigeria on a one-week working visit. Okonjo-Iweala resumed at the Geneva-based WTO on March 1, 2021, breaking a 26-year record by becoming the first female and first African director-general of the global trade and dispute settlement body. Speaking […]
Continue ReadingOn June 10, 2021, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos will rule on the no-case submission filed by the immediate-past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Paul Usoro SAN, in response to the money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Usoro was charged with 10 […]
Continue ReadingA man has taken to Twitter to narrate how his fiancée, who was travelling from Calabar to Ibadan, were kidnapped by “criminal herders” alongside other female passengers. He explained that he had spoken with his fiancée, Precious Patrick Ibor, at 7:37pm on March 9, 2021, and she informed him that she was already at Ijebu […]
Continue Reading27-year-old farmer, Isreal Ikumuyi, was arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Oke Eda, Akure, on Friday, March 12, for raping a 10-year-old girl to death. The incident happened on February 2, 2021, at Akinfosile village near Igbotako community in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo state. It was gathered that the primary school girl identified as Esther Friday, […]
Continue Reading31-year-old woman identified as Yesutor Elizabeth Akpalu, has died after she was allegedly assaulted by her fiancé in Ghana. It was gathered that the deceased, a 300 level student of the Evangelical Presbyterian University College, was rushed to the Ho Teaching Hospital by her friends on Sunday, March 7, after she complained of severe pain in […]
Continue ReadingKaduna State government has disclosed that troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 180 citizens abducted by gunmen in the state on Friday. The state said the citizens were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The statement issued by the state Commissioner, Internal Security and […]
Continue ReadingSouth African billionaire and Africa’s ninth richest person Patrice Motsepe has been confirmed as the new Confederation of African Football president during the organisation’s 43rd Ordinary General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco on Friday. Motsepe, who is the owner of South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns, was elected unopposed to replace outgoing Ahmad Ahmad, whose three-year reign promised […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Oyo State Command, has arraigned one Olalekan Joshua, 16, before the Magistrate Adetuyibi at Iyaganku Family Court 2, Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly raping a minor. The suspect was arraigned by the Anti Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit of the Command on Thursday, March 11. Olalekan, a barber […]
Continue ReadingGoodwill Zwelithini, the controversial but revered king of the Zulus, South Africa’s largest ethnic group, died Friday aged 72 after weeks in hospital for a diabetes-related illness, the royal palace announced. The king wielded great influence among millions of Zulus through his largely ceremonial and spiritual role despite having no official power in modern South […]
Continue ReadingObafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, is mourning the first emeritus Professor of Law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Professor David Adedayo Ijalaye. The Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, described Ijalaye’s death as “monumental”. A release by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the […]
Continue ReadingThe 10-year jail term handed by a lower court to former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, for criminal misappropriation and criminal breach of trust, was on Friday March 12 affirmed by Nigeria’s Supreme Court. Dariye who was convicted for looting N2billion public funds during his time as Plateau State governor between 1999 and 2007, […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Oluwakemi Ayoola, wife of the late Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources in Oyo State, Kehinde Ayoola, has died barely 10 months after the death of her husband. This platform reported then, that the former Commissioner died on May, 14, 2020 after he fell ill and was on admission at a private hospital in […]
Continue ReadingMaj.-Gen Babagana Monguno (retd), National Security Adviser to Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has said some funds earmarked for the purchase of arms to strengthen the country’s anti-terror war got missing under the leadership of the ex-service chiefs. The ex-service chiefs are Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin (retd); Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur […]
Continue Reading15 year-old teenager shot dead the man who raped her in Wedela, Carletonville, South Africa. Captain Eddie Boboko, the SAPS Spokesperson for the cluster, who confirmed the incident on Monday, March 8, said the girl was accosted by a man on Saturday night, and was forced into an area of bush where she and her male […]
Continue ReadingA breast cancer survivor, The_OfficialBiZ @The_OfficialBiZ has shared a topless photo after undergoing a double mastectomy. Twitter user, @theofficialbiz advised women to check themselves regularly and she listed the “warning signs” they should look out for. Read her tweets below: (The_OfficialBiZ, Twitter)
Continue ReadingGirlfriend of Tunde, aka Tuneri, a Twitter celebrity, who friends say committed suicide yesterday, March 10, has taken to Twitter to mourn him. Tunde died just one day after complaining about money issues. His girlfriend, Adetola, narrated how the news was broken to her. She said she received a call and the caller was asking […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has received in audience the Nigeria’s National Council of Traditional Rulers (NCTRN) at the State House in Abuja on Thursday. This was disclosed by presidential aide, Buhari Sallau, who also shared photos from the meeting. “President @MBuhari receives in audience National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria in State House on […]
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