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Kidnappers operating in Niger state have released a video showing 21 commuters that were abducted along the Tegina-Zungeru highway in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state on Sunday, February 14. The victims were abducted while traveling in a bus belonging to the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA). A statement released by the state government on Tuesday, February 16, […]
Continue ReadingObinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus Obi, who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Virginia Court in the United States for internet fraud. Nigerians are reacting to his sentence on Tuesday evening, February 16, after he was found guilty of causing approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims between 2015 […]
Continue ReadingThe pastor who canceled a wedding because the couple were few minutes late to church has died on the same date his wife died. Pastor Essa Ogorry of Fulfilling Word Foundation Church, Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, died on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. His wife, Tonyemieba Essa-Ogorry, also died on the same date a […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor, Victor Decker, 72, has died. He was found dead in his apartment on Monday February 15. According to reports, Decker’s decomposing body was found on a couch in his apartment by his neighbours. After not seeing him for days, his neighbours decided to knock on his door to check on him. When […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has warned that the country may disintegrate if Nigerians do not remain calm and united in the face of recent challenges. Expressing his dismay over the recent attacks in parts of the country, Abdulsalami called on governors to take full responsibility for managing the divergent voices […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has named a Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent, Abdulrasheed Bawa, as the new Chairman of the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and has therefore requested the Senate to confirm Bawa’s nomination. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday which he […]
Continue ReadingSupporters of Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, who have set up a fundraiser for him have been able to raise £42,401 (N22.4m). This is just as Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State set up a peace committee to address the rising ethnic conflicts in the state. Two […]
Continue ReadingA former Oyo State Court Registrar (ex-Chief Magistrate) already serving a term of imprisonment, has been sentenced to a fresh three years in prison over issuance of a dud cheque. The EFCC on Friday February 12, secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio. She […]
Continue ReadingA State High Court in Benin City, Edo Sate, on Friday, Feb 12, sentenced a police constable, Joseph Omotosho, to death for conspiring with four other constables, who are currently at large, to kill a car dealer in 2015. The slain car dealer, Benson Obodeh, 26, was suspected by the police to belong to a […]
Continue ReadingA Dubai-based Cameroonian lady identified as Ndolo Immaculate, has allegedly committed suicide over her husband’s alleged infidelity. It was gathered that Imma allegedly caught her husband, Daniel Sona Epie in bed with another woman. Details surrounding the incident are still sketchy, however, according to reports online, Imma fell into depression due to her husband’s alleged cheating […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Finance, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Okonjo-Iweala, whose tenure begins March 1, is the first woman and African to hold the position. In a tweet on Monday, the WTO stated this saying, “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria is appointed as […]
Continue ReadingThree days after the passing of Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the late first Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has received two notes left for him by Jakande before his death. Sanwo-Olu led a delegation of top government functionaries in the State to the Fidau (Islamic funeral prayer) held for the late Jakande at […]
Continue ReadingThe Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected killers of a businessman and farmer, Oluwole Agboola. The suspects, Dahiru Usman, 35, Muhammed Ahmadu, 32, and Ibrahim Mamuda, 20, were paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, on Wednesday, February 10. Recall that six armed men dressed in military camouflage abducted the University of Ibadan graduate on his piggery/fish […]
Continue ReadingMike Davids, a pastor, who was formerly with Omega Fire Ministries, has written a letter to the Corporate Affairs Commission asking the CAC to suspend the General Overseer of the church, Apostle Johnson Suleman, and appoint an interim manager in line with Section 839 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020. The pastor, who […]
Continue ReadingFormer US president, Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate in an impeachment trial over his role in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol, concluding the second impeachment trial of his term in office. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to acquit Trump on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” after a […]
Continue ReadingAmerican singer, actress, and businesswoman, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, simply called by her stage name, Rihanna, took to her Twitter handle to lend her voice to the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria. Reacting to a Tweet from Amnesty international, Rihanna wrote: “Peaceful protest is a human right!! #EndSARS” Her post: Photo: Rihanna
Continue ReadingPopular Nigerian comedian, Mr. Macaroni, and other #OccupyLekkiTollgate protesters who were arrested in the early hours of Saturday, February 13, have been arraigned before a mobile court in Panti, Yaba, Lagos state and granted N100,000 bail with sureties in like sum. According to the state police command, they were arrested on grounds of conspiracy, conduct […]
Continue ReadingA Magistrates Court in Lagos State has ordered that a DNA paternity test be conducted on the daughter of a Yoruba actress, Ronke Odusanya following her separation from her estranged partner, Olanrewaju Saheed. Premium Times reports that Magistrate M.O. Tanimola gave the order on Wednesday when the case was brought before her at Court 8, […]
Continue ReadingA viral video shared online has shown how the Nigerian police dehumanized Instagram Comedian, Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni and other #occupylekkitollgate protesters after arresting them. In disregard to their health and safety, the comedian and the other protesters who were all sweaty, were packed up in a bus with their shirts off. The video […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of government warning and the heavy presence of policemen and other security agents at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, some protesters on Saturday kept their promise to protest there to pour out their grievances against bad governance in Nigeria. The protesters, who demanded justice for those killed by soldiers at the plaza […]
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