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Veteran Fuji star and Nigerian film actor, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma also known as ‘Oganla one’ of the ‘orobo kibo’ hit, is celebrating his daughter, Opeyemi Odetola, who is now a US Navy officer. Sharing a photo of his daughter posing in her military uniform, the very proud and elated father wrote: ‘Congratulations to me, my […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), on Wednesday, suspended its strike, ending the industrial action that started since March 2020. National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement at a briefing of the union in Abuja, Nigeria. Ogunyemi said the suspension of the strike takes effect from Thursday, December 24, 2020. He […]
Continue ReadingA young mum took her own life, leaving behind her three-year-old son, after years of trying to get help for her mental health. Casey Thornhill, 21, from Sheffield, South Yorks, killed herself on Wednesday, December 16, after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), Yorkshire Live reports. She leaves behind three-year-old lad Noah and family friend Rachel Jackson has […]
Continue ReadingA tourism expert and chairman, Aloha Hotel and Resort, Osogbo in Osun State, Otunba Soba Oyeleke has described tourism and culture as veritable tools for nation-building and good employment-generating links, if well utilized for the benefit of the youths. Oyeleke, who is also the convener of the Kawai Hula dance, a new dance step brought into Nigeria from Hawaii in the United States of America, stated this shortly after the Kawai Hula dance […]
Continue ReadingThe palace of the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli, says contrary to reports, the monarch is “indisposed and currently receiving medical care”. It has been widely reported that the 65-year-old monarch died on Monday, December 21. Unconfirmed reports claimed he died from COVID19 complications. But, in a statement released this afternoon, the palace administration […]
Continue ReadingA notorious armed robbery and rape suspect, who told the police in a viral video in August that it’ll be best to kill him to prevent him from committing further crimes, has escaped from the custody of the Lagos State Police Command. Adeniyi Ajayi had explained at the time that he was initially arrested for […]
Continue Reading27-year-old Nigerian man has admitted taking part in a conspiracy to loot both Washington State’s Employment Security Department and state of Pennsylvania unemployment insurance funds. Esogie Osawaru, also known as “Milk Anthony” was arrested by the FBI in June 2020 along with a Nigerian co-defendant, Nosayamen Iyalekhue, 33, for defrauding victims using various online scams during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read HERE […]
Continue ReadingResidents of Ifesowapo in Agbado Oke Odo Local Council Development Area have lamented what they described as “outrageous billing” by Ikeja Electric. In a letter, copy of which The Punch says it obtained on Monday, the residents asked Ikeja Electric to stop supplying power to their communities. In the letter signed by the Joint CDA […]
Continue ReadingWorried about the mutated strain of COVID-19 manifesting itself in the United Kingdom, the Federal Government says it may impose a travel ban to and from certain parts of the world. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a Special Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingMore than 38 awaiting trial detainees have reportedly escaped from police custody in Enugu state, Nigeria. The suspects were arrested, arraigned and remanded in the custody of the State Police Command during the COVID19 pandemic lockdown in the state. The inmates numbering between 38 and 40 escaped from the police cells at the State Criminal […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate has on Monday passed the 2021 budget totalling N13.5trn. The fiscal document is predicated on oil benchmark $40 per barrel, N3.324trn for debt servicing, N4.1trn for capital expenditure, N5.6 trillion for recurrent while N496 bn was earmarked for statutory transfer. The budget has an increment of N505bn over the amount president Buhari presented […]
Continue ReadingA sergeant attached to the Elelenwo Police Division of the Rivers State Police Command has shot dead a 38-year-old man and father of three, Abiodun Jimoh, on the premises of the station. It was learnt that the sergeant, who was drunk, killed Jimoh during an argument over motorcycle documents. According to Vanguard, the Rivers State […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian woman and mother of five identified as Ifeoma Otubo had reportedly committed suicide at Okposi Umuoghara, in Ezza North local government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The 45-year-old woman was found hanging from a mango tree behind her house in the early hours of Sunday, December 20. The deceased’s brother, Christopher Oyibo, who […]
Continue ReadingAn elderly man was found dead in a guest house in Ghana after checking in with a 25-year-old lady believed to be his ‘side chick’ The man, 66, who gave his name as William Agyei to the receptionist, drove a Red Toyota Corolla with registration number ER 1614 -17 to the guest house with the […]
Continue ReadingVice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede has warned land speculators, purchasers and property developers to stay away from all the land belonging to the university or face the legal consequences. The Vice Chancellor gave the warning on Monday at a press conference held to announce steps the school’s management […]
Continue ReadingA young woman, Egbe Ogocukwu Rita, who was declared missing at Uwelu-Ibeku in Opi Town, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been found dead. According to reports, her body was discovered on Saturday, December 19, with multiple stab wounds and some of her pubic hair removed. It was gathered that the deceased went missing Saturday, […]
Continue ReadingDirector-General of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru in Plateau state, Nigeria, Prof. Habu Galadima, has passed away. A member of the Directing Staff of the institute who confirmed the Director General’s death in Jos on Sunday said: “The news of his death is true. He went to Abuja for a […]
Continue ReadingUS has executed Brandon Bernard, a Black man involved in the 1999 killing of a couple despite appeals from advocacy groups, jurors, and others after President Donald Trump ordered series of prisoner executions in his final days in office. Bernard, 40, from Texas, was on Thursday, December 10, given a lethal injection at the federal […]
Continue ReadingPolice Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed four senior Police Officers for misconduct and acts unbecoming of public officers. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, in Lagos. Ani stated that the PSC took the decisions at the 10th Plenary Meeting presided over by […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Sugar Land, Houston area, Texas, United States, are investigating the death of a Nigerian couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide acts. The husband and wife identified as Dr. Benjamin Okigbo and Theresa Okigbo were found dead at their Greatwood home on Friday morning, December 18. The discovery was made around 10:05am at […]
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