Nigerian policewoman sacked for getting pregnant while unmarried

Nigeria Police Force has sacked an unmarried female corporal, Olajide Omolola, for getting pregnant. This is contained in a police wireless message with reference number CJ:4161/EKS/IY/Vol.2/236, DTO:181330/01/2021, copy of which was obtained by The Punch. The signal originated from the Department of Finance and Administration in Ado Ekiti and was addressed to the Divisional Police […]

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Govt may arrest ‘Onye-Eze Jesus’ for using religion to waste Nigerian money and for indecency

The Government of Anambra State in Nigeria may arrest a prophet, who goes by the name, Jesus of Nkpo or Onye-Eze Jesus, based in the Idemili Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C-Don Adinuba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Awka, the state capital. He […]

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ICC should investigate the sacked Service Chiefs ―Fayose

Former Ekiti state Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has asked for probe of service chiefs who were relieved of their jobs on Tuesday, January 26. Fayose who accused the former service chiefs of only serving themselves and their pockets, described their sack as a “a right step in the right direction.” He said: “Though coming after […]

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Woman caught on camera having oral sex with partner at a bus stop, arrested (Photo)

A couple is facing almost three years imprisonment after they were caught on camera having oral sex at a bus stop in Central Jakarta, Indonesia The 13-second video which went viral after it was posted by a Twitter user on Friday, showed the pair performing the act at a bus stop on Jalan Kramat Raya […]

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Buhari sacks his Service Chiefs, names their replacements

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has sacked his Service Chiefs and has appointed new officers to take over their offices. A tweet by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announcing their sack reads: “PMB appoints new Service Chiefs. Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm […]

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Yoruba Youth leader, Sunday Igboho’s house gutted by fire (Photos)

A midnight fire on Tuesday gutted some parts of the house of a popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, which may have been caused by suspected arsonists. The house was razed in the early hours of Tuesday, around 3am and the building is located in the Soka area of Oyo […]

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Woman who sold her baby to Pastor for N10,000 in Nigeria, arrested

Officers of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), popularly known as Amotekun have arrested a woman, Seun Oladayo, for allegedly selling her newborn baby for N10,000. The 22-year-old woman sold the baby shortly after giving birth, to a Pastor identified as Olawale who reported the incident to Amotekun officers. Oladayo said that she decided to […]

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Governors, Miyetti Allah meet in Akure, Ondo state over vacation order (Photos)

A meeting between some Governors and the national leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has taken place at the International Culture and Events Centre in Akure, Ondo State capital. At the meeting which was attended by Governors of Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Kebbi, and Jigawa States, NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi in […]

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Yoruba leaders, Obas have warned President Buhari not to arrest me ―Sunday Igboho (Video)

Yoruba Youth Leader (YYL) and activist, Sunday Igboho, says Yoruba leaders and Obas have called President Buhari and warned him not to allow the police to arrest him. Igboho made news last week following the eviction notice he gave to Fulanis residing in Igangan, Ibarapa north local government area of Oyo state. His comment reportedly incited […]

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NYSC DG tells Corpers not to wait for white-collar jobs

Director-General of Nigeria’s  National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has urged corps member not to wait for white-collar jobs. Ibrahim gave the advice on Monday while addressing the 2020 Batch ‘B’ corps members deployed to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The DG who spoke at the FCT Orientation Camp in Kubwa advised […]

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Case against four EndSARS protesters struck out by court

A court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has on Monday discharged four out of six protesters arrested in November for demonstrating outside the National Assembly. Last year, Africa’s most populous country was swept by weeks of widespread protests sparked by anger over brutality from the police’s loathed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The government disbanded the unit […]

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Bola Tinubu is back to Nigeria, after being away for one month

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has arrived in Nigeria after a month absence. Tinubu returned to the country yesterday, about a month after he left. He was sighted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, in company of some of his aides. The Cable had reported that Tinubu […]

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Apostle Suleman under Police investigation for allegedly sleeping with pastor’s wife

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a probe of the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International (OFM), Apostle Johnson Suleman, for allegedly sleeping with the wife of Pastor Mike Davids, threatening his life and denying him access to his children. The woman Apostle Suleman is accused of sleeping with is known […]

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Nigerian actress, Kemi Afolabi completes her new house (Photo)

Renowned Nigerian actress, Kemi Afolabi has started off the year by completing her new house. We have not been able to state where the new house is situate whether it is built at the Lekki-Ajah axis, the popular spot for the movie celebrities, or at Ogun state, her state of origin. Her colleague, Abiola Adebayo […]

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IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu reacts to IGP’s order for the arrest of Sunday Igboho

Leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has reacted to the Inspector General of Police’s order for the arrest of the Yoruba Youth Leader (YYL), Sunday Igboho over eviction notice to the Fulani herdsmen. Last week, Ondo state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, issued a seven days ultimatum to herdsmen occupying Ondo […]

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No power can drive Fulani out of Ondo forests –Miyetti Allah leader, Bodejo says

As the seven-day ultimatum Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, issued herdsmen occupying Ondo state forests expires on Sunday January 24, the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has declared that nobody has the power to remove Fulani herdsmen from the state’s forests. In an interview with The Sun, Bodejo claimed the Fulanis […]

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Man found dead inside a car in Lagos (Photos)

Yet-to-be-identified man was found dead inside his car along the CMD Magodo road in Lagos state on Friday, January 22. A statement from the Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the agency received an emergency call and when the staff arrived at the scene, they found a lone driver […]

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You can’t threaten us with war over Fulani on our land ―Afenifere replies ACF

Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has responded to the statement released by the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), in which they warned the Southwest governors to stop the attacks on Fulanis in their states as it can lead to reprisal attacks in the North which in the long run can lead to a repeat of the 1967-1970 civil […]

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