Nigerian rapper, Olawale Hassan, jailed in the UK for rape

Nigerian rapper based in the United Kingdom, Olawale Hassan popularly known as Goldie 1, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a woman. BBC.com reports that the 33-year-old, who lives at Falcon Avenue, Grays, Essex, attacked the victim in Southend in 2017 after claiming he was a music producer, officers said. Olawale […]

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#EndSARS protest rocks Lagos city

Nigerian youths in Lagos State, on Wednesday, protested against the alleged brutality and extra-judicial killings being perpetrated by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The youths marched to the Force Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos, through the Computer Village, Under Bridge, carrying placards with various inscriptions. They vowed that the protest will hold for three days […]

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Young woman killed by lightning strike, two weeks after her wedding

24-year-old woman was struck dead by lightning two weeks after her wedding in Namukanaga village, Namungalwe sub-county, Iganga district, Uganda. The deceased, Kamuya Nabirye, died on the spot after she was hit by lightning as she sat on a bench inside her house, while carrying her three-month-old daughter during a heavy downpour on Monday, October […]

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Scientists discover 24 planets, conditions may be more habitable than earth

Scientists have discovered 24 planets outside our solar system that they believe may have conditions even more suitable for life than Earth. In a new study, led by Washington State University, the researchers detail the characteristics for these potential ‘superhabitable’ planets. The planets are more than 100 light years away, but could be our best […]

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Akeredolu, Jegede, Ajayi, others sign peace accord for guber election

To forestall violence and bloodletting, candidates of political parties participating in the coming Ondo State Governorship election have signed a peace accord. During the Peace Accord signing ceremony which held in Akure, Ondo State capital on Tuesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the pact was to ensure a violence-free election. Among those who […]

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Nigeria must be restructured ―Northern Elders Forum insists

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised Nigerians not to be tired of demanding the restructuring of the country from the present government. Speaking on Tuesday morning, NEF spokesperson, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, while featuring on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, insisted that the country must be restructured to address fundamental issues that ought to have been […]

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Fake lawyer arrested in court in Ogun State (Photo)

The police in Ogun state have arrested a 47-year-old suspected fake lawyer, Tajudeen Idris, while defending a case at the Magistrates’ Court 6 in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state last Friday, October 2. According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Idris was said to have appeared before […]

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Pastor Sam Adeyemi replies Garba Shehu over restructuring

Sam Adeyemi, Senior Pastor of Lagos-based church, Daystar Christian Centre, has joined other prominent Nigerians to call on the Nigerian Government, led by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to urgently restructure the country to save Nigeria from collapse. The Senior Pastor added his voice on Monday in an apparent response to a statement by the Senior […]

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Woman allegedly kills her two children in Nigeria to spite husband for marrying second wife (Photos)

It is very sad as a housewife simply identified as Hauwa allegedly killed two of her children in Kano State, Nigeria because her husband married a second wife. The deceased kids have been identified as Yusuf, 5 and 3-year-old Zahra’u. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday morning, October 3 in Diso village, Gwale […]

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Nigerian govt won’t succumb to threats over restructuring —Garba Shehu

In a statement released by President Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, Nigerian government has described the campaign for restructuring as “unpatriotic outbursts which are both unhelpful and unwarranted”. The presidency added that it won’t succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure at a time when the nation’s full attention is needed to […]

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Female senior University staff stabbed to death in Nigeria, decomposed body found

Decomposed body of a senior female administrative staff of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Nasarawa State, Mrs. Angelina Tyem, was discovered in her apartment in Lafia in the early hours of Sunday, October 4, four days after she reportedly disappeared. Tyem was a former candicate for the Akwanga North constituency in the 2019 […]

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I have covered my estranged wife’s madness for the dignity of my children ―Fani-Kayode

Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has opened up on some incidents that allegedly occurred before his marriage to his estranged wife, Precious eventually went sour. The writer and politician, who insisted that he won’t turn the affairs of his personal life into a public circus, alleged that he has endured the “madness” of […]

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Nigeria’s IGP bans SARS, Police tactical and ‘stop and search’ squads

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, weekend banned the personnel of the FSARS and other tactical squads of the force from routine patrols. A statement issued by Force Headquarters in Abuja said other tactical squads affected by the ban include the Special Tactical Squad (STS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Anti-Cultism Squad and other tactical squads […]

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I was sexually assaulted by my lecturer in UNIBEN ―Amaeze Imarhiagbe, actress

Nigerian actress, Amaeze Imarhiagbe has revealed that she was sexually assaulted by one of her lecturers while she was a student at the University of Benin. The actress said the incident happened 32 years ago and that it haunted her for so many years. She also shared a video in which she condemned rapists. Posting […]

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Omokri asks Sowore why he pays Fani-Kayode’s goodness back in a negative way (Tweet)

President Jonathan’s former spokesperson, Reno Omokri has questioned the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore’s motive for publishing a 30 seconds video clip of argument between Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode and his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu in a way to ridicule the ex-Minister. Omokri asked why Sowore has to pay back Fani-Kayode’s goodness to him […]

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Fani-Kayode responds to video of argument with his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu

Politician, essayist, poet and former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has responded to the video shared by Sahara Reporters earlier today October 3, showing him in an argument with his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu. Responding through his Instagram page, Fani-Kayode wrote: “@SaharaReporters posted a video which supposedly depicts me ABUSING my estranged wife.This is nothing […]

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