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The Ekiti State government led by Kayode Fayemi, has disclosed plans to procure sophisticated drones as part of efforts to boost surveillance, expose criminal hideouts and combat insecurity. The state’s Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning Mr. Femi Ajayi disclosed this at the weekend during the breakdown of the 2021 Appropriation Law with a budgetary […]
Continue ReadingNigerians in the diaspora have designed Aso-Ebi for the Wednesday, January 20, inauguration ceremony of United States president-elect, Joe Biden and Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris. In a video that has gone viral, two Nigerian men residing in the diaspora can be seen brandishing the African print with the photos of Biden and Harris imprinted on […]
Continue ReadingLeader of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, in an interview with Sunnewsonline, has stated that the Northern part of Nigeria is the most backward in the country despite having a northerner, Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria. “It is sad that today, our own is in-charge of almost all the security agencies, our […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, says Nigerians cannot wait to see the end of the regime of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, just as Americans look forward to the exit of the administration of outgoing US President, Donald Trump. Fayose stated this in a string of tweets of Tuesday, some hours to the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Sports, Bala Bawa Ka’oje, has passed away. He died at the age of 60. In a statement titled, ‘Former Sports Minister Ka’oje dies at 60, buried in Abuja’ on Tuesday, Nigeria Football Federation’s spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, said the country’s sporting fraternity was thrown into grief with Ka’oje’s death. He quoted NFF […]
Continue ReadingTwo retired top civil servants: Accountant-General of the Federation, Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, and an ex-Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Inde Dikko have disclosed how they refunded N8.2billion loot to the treasury. The Nation reports that the government officials refunded the monies to avoid prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and […]
Continue ReadingA suspected ritualist den was uncovered on Sunday, January 17, opposite the University teaching hospital Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state, Nigeria. An elderly man was caught and paraded by residents of the area as a suspect and some of the items found at the den include cheque books, human photos , wigs, horn, ATMs and other […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of State for Finance and later Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, has passed away. He was 78 years old. Martins-Kuye died in his home at Victoria Garden City, Lagos on Sunday morning, January 17. Born in August 1942 in Ago Iwoye, Ijebu constituency of Ogun State, he studied sociology […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of former military governor of Borno and Lagos States, Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), as the new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Marwa, whose appointment is with immediate effect, takes over from Alhaji Mohammed Mustapha Abdallah, who was appointed NDLEA […]
Continue ReadingA Beitbridge businessman and his wife were reportedly forced to have sex all night after some robbers broke into their bedroom. The prosecutor, Munyonga Kuvarega alleged that the suspects broke into businessman Edson Moyo’s home on January 5 2021 at around 1 am wielding machetes, axes and logs. New Zimbabwe reported that while some assaulted Moyo […]
Continue ReadingA young and upcoming Nollywood actress, Sotonye Green is dead. Her friend and colleague, Debby King revealed she died of COVID-19 yesterday at the Yaba Isolation center. A devastated Debby accused the management of the center of sharp practices while her friend was being treated until her death. She said: “Please if you know anyone […]
Continue ReadingThe Kenyan police has been granted an order by the court to detain a woman whose lover died during coitus at his house in Dandora, Nairobi. It was gathered that Joyce Warimu’s lover fainted and died instantly while on the act. After police searched his house, they found assorted drugs and medical reports. Josephat Wafula, the […]
Continue ReadingThe leader of the Yoruba Global Movement known as Yoruba World Congress (YWC) or Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, has urged the Yoruba and the Igbo people to put away rivalry and work together to achieve their ‘deserved destinies’ in the world. Prof Akintoye spoke on Friday at a webinar with the theme, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man, Mr. Elijah Amusan, has in a two-minutes video clip, begged the Nigerian government for deportation back to Nigeria, He said he moved to Germany from Italy over a period of five years, but lacked documents; he cried for help that he should be returned to Nigeria. The man who spoke in Yoruba, said […]
Continue ReadingNigerian army’s lance corporal, Martins Idakpini, who was arrested and detained for criticising Nigerian Army’s Chief of Staff, General Tukur Buratai, has been granted bail after spending 7 months in detention. The soldier was arrested and detained in Abuja after a video which was made in June 2020 went viral. In the video, he accused […]
Continue ReadingFriday January 15, is Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance day and as expected, a ceremony held at the National Arcade, Eagle Square in Abuja. The ceremony was attended by President Buhari, Vice President Buhari, and other government officials. As is the tradition, white pigeons are placed in a cage positioned at the venue of the ceremony […]
Continue ReadingDr. Muhammad Junaid, second Republic House of Representatives member, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has failed woefully while describing him (Buhari) as “a threat to the country’s security”. “As regards the statement made by the President concerning security in the country generally and northeast, I think President Muhammadu Buhari has been economical with the truth,” […]
Continue ReadingAn Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in Nigeria, Yunana Babas is dead. Babas who was in-charge of Zone 8, died barely 3 days after another AIG Omololu Bishi died. Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara state who commiserated with the police authorities over the death of the AIG, described him as a perfect gentleman and […]
Continue ReadingUnited States President-elect, Mr. Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo into his cabinet. Biden had announced the appointment of Badejo, a lawyer and an alumna of Berkeley Law College in the US, when he named additional 20 members of the office of the White House counsel. The office of White House counsel advises […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese, Rev. Mathew Hassan Kukah has said that Nigeria is yet to heal from the wounds of civil war. Bishop Kukah said this at the second edition of the ‘Never Again Conference: 51 years after the Nigerian-Biafran civil war’ on Thursday January 14. The event is the brainchild of Nzuko Umunna, […]
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