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Police officers in Yobe State have arrested four people over the death of an 18-year-old girl, Bilikisu Alli, at a government guest house in Damaturu, the state capital. The suspects are in detention at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Yobe State Police Command. The Police Public Relation Officer in the command, Dungus Abdulkarim, an […]
Continue ReadingYounger sister of veteran Yoruba actress Mrs. Folake Aremu popularly known as Orisabunmi, Mrs. Janet Ademola, has died. According to reports, Mrs. Ademola died on Saturday, January 9, four days after the actress died. Ademola’s death also comes barely 48 hours after their older brother, Steve Onisola, also died. Onisola died on Thursday, January 7. […]
Continue ReadingMrs. Rosemary Adebutu, one of the wives of Chief Kessington Adebutu, the owner of the defunct Face-to-Face Pools, is dead. She was said to have died in a highbrow hospital on Lagos Island on Saturday afternoon after a brief illness. Chief Kola Oyefeso, a close associate of the bereaved billionaire, confirmed the news of Rosemary’s […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian ambassador to the United States, Israel, and Cyprus, Prof. George Obiozor, has emerged President-General of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. According to Punch, Obiozor emerged in an election held at Dan Anyim stadium in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Sunday. Reports coming in say, other candidates for the position of the […]
Continue Reading47-year-old Nigerian man based in Canada identified as Nafike Malafa Bala has died. His death occurred on his birthday. It was gathered that the University of Jos graduate died on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, which happened to be his birthday. The circumstances surrounding his death was not mentioned. He is survived by wife, children, mother and […]
Continue ReadingA court in Kenya on Thursday, January 7, remanded a 22-year old woman for assaulting a fellow woman who she accused of snatching her husband. Lucy Nyanchera Ombuka admits to willfully and unlawfully assaulting Martha Osoro and inflicting injuries on her in Raila slums, in Langata sub-county of Nairobi on January 2, 2021. She also admitted to stealing Osoro’s […]
Continue ReadingNollywood veteran actor, radio broadcaster, writer, voice-over artist, filmmaker and television personality, Jim Lawson Maduike is reportedly dead. Maduike was said to have died after complaining of body pains at around 12 pm on Saturday, January 9, 2020. The versatile Nollywood actor featured in more than 150 movies.
Continue ReadingNigerian government will be borrowing from Nigerians unclaimed dividends and bank account balances unattended to for at least six years. This will be in accordance with the provisions in the Finance Act 2020 recently signed into law by President Buhari. The remitted funds will be available as special credit to the federal government through the […]
Continue ReadingReports coming in say that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Saturday dismissed the alleged certificate forgery case filed against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State by the All Progressives Congress and one of its members, Edobor Williams. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, while delivering his judgment, held that the plaintiffs failed to prove their […]
Continue ReadingMedia giant, Twitter has suspended Donald Trump’s account permanently two days after the siege at the Capitol that led to the death of five people and a few hours after he tweeted that he will not be attending Biden’s inauguration. Twitter explained why they took the decision in a statement they released a few hours […]
Continue ReadingA boy, Oyeachonam Okonkwo, 10, has become the youngest king in Igboland after he was crowned following his father’s death. His father, Igwe Akuebisi, the Olame 1 Of Iyiora Anam. Anambra state, was buried in December 2020 and the boy was crowned on Thursday, January 7, 2021. […]
Continue ReadingA Married Ghanaian female politician, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was on Wednesday Jan 6, seen comfortably sitting on another man’s lap in the Parliament before a fight broke out between NPP and NDC members over who takes the majority side in the parliament following the dissolution of the 7th parliament. In a Joy News interview, Kwabena […]
Continue ReadingNigerian comedienne Oluwadamilola Adekoya popularly known as Princess, was a guest on TVC on Thursday morning January 7 where she spoke about her marriage to movie actor/producer, Jeremiah Adeshola, which lasted only two weeks. Princess and Adeshola held a quiet wedding at the Federal Marriage Registry in Ikoyi, Lagos, on May 8, 2013. This was followed […]
Continue ReadingCoach Steve Onishola, the Technical Director of Kwara Falcons Basketball Club of Ilorin, has died. Onishola died barely 24 hours after his younger sister, Folake Aremu, a Nollywood actress popularly called Orisabunmi, died at 60. The late basketball coach was said to have passed on at 71 on Thursday, Jan 7, in Illorin, following a […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump has pledged that there will be an “orderly transfer of power” to President-Elect Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, CNN reports. Following a formal affirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, President Trump said the decision “represents the end of the greatest first term in US presidential history. “Even though […]
Continue Reading12-year-old Blessing Ineh, who reportedly went missing in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta, has been found alive inside a soakaway. It was gathered the the young girl was last seen on New Year Day after she was sent on an errand by her parents. She was found inside a soakaway located behind […]
Continue ReadingFirst City Monument Bank (FCMB) has announced the appointment of Yemisi Edun as its acting Managing Director. Edun takes over the running of the bank from the embattled Managing Director, Mr. Adam Nuru, who on Tuesday, January 5, proceeded on leave amid allegations of marital infidelity involving him and a former female staff of the […]
Continue ReadingThe outspoken and envelope-pushing chief executive of Tesla, Mr. Elon Musk, overtook Amazon boss Mr. Jeff Bezos to become the world’s wealthiest person, US media reported Thursday. Musk is a major shareholder of the electric car company and has benefited from Tesla’s surging share price over the last year. CNBC estimated Musk’s wealth at $185 […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the recently adjusted electricity tariff. Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, made this known in a statement on Thursday. NERC had on Tuesday increased the electricity tariff payable by power consumers across the country. The hike in tariff which varies, based on different consumer […]
Continue ReadingChina’s internet erupted in mirth at America’s troubled democracy after supporters of President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol, comparing the chaos to the Hong Kong anti-government protests of 2019. On Thursday morning, state media tabloid Global Times tweeted side-by-side photo comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the city’s Legislative Council Complex in July […]
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