Man kills his aunt in Nigeria, accusing her of witchcraft

A 23-year-old indigene of Ogun State, Nigeria, Dansu Asogba, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his 60-year-old aunt, Iyabo Dansu over alleged witchcraft. In a statement on Saturday, the Ogun State Police Spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested following a report by two children of the victim at the […]

Continue Reading

Feminists protest topless after a woman was denied entry to museum over boobs (Photos, video 18+)

Feminists took off their tops at a museum to protest after a woman was barred from entering because she was showing “too much” cleavage. Jeanne, a 22-year-old student, claimed male staff at the Orsay museum in Paris, France, “stared” at her breasts and asked her to cover-up her low-cut dress before entering. She published an open […]

Continue Reading

Female LASTMA officer faces investigation for assaulting passenger (Video)

A female officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) is now to be investigated for possible disciplinary action after she was seen in a viral video engaging in a fight with a passenger. According to the agency, the incident occurred at Aromire junction, off Awolowo Way, Ikeja on Friday September 11. The LASTMA […]

Continue Reading

I’m not about to be anyone’s 7th wife, NEVER ―Actress Chika Ike

Nigerian actress, television personality, producer, businesswoman, philanthropist and former model, Chika Ike has reacted to rumour that she is dating her colleague, Regina Daniels’ husband, Ned Nwoko, the billionaire businessman. The rumour came off a viral video in which it was alleged that Regina Daniels’ mother, Rita threatened to go spiritual if Chika Ike does […]

Continue Reading

US imposes visa ban on election riggers in Kogi, Bayelsa, Edo and Ondo states

United States Government says it has imposed a visa restriction on individuals for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run-up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo State elections. Although elections have not yet held in Edo and Ondo states, the Secretary of State, Mike […]

Continue Reading

Ekiti Local Govt Service Commission’s Director assassinated

A Director in the Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission, Mr David Jejelowo was on Monday September 14, shot dead by some unknown gunmen. The deceased was reportedly shot dead at his residence located at Umesi street, Igirigiri Area of Ado-Ekiti metropolis. Ekiti police spokesperson, Mr. Sunday Abutu said Jejelowo suffered the attack around 1:00 am on Monday. Though the police […]

Continue Reading

Pretty lady crushed to death in Lagos, as inexperienced 16-year-old boy drives mum’s SUV

A 50-year-old trader, Mrs. Tuale Iwejim, has died after she was hit by a 16-year-old boy who was using his mother’s SUV to test his driving ability at the Arena Shopping Mall, Oshodi, Lagos State. According to a report by Punch, Tuale was in the shopping complex to purchase some items for her shop when she was […]

Continue Reading

Nigerians are facing double suffering, Time for Dialogue is NOW ―Onaiyekan, Jega, others tell Buhari

A group, ‘Nigeria Working Group on Peace-building and Governance (NWGPG)’ has called on the President to do everything possible to address the security challenge even if it means sacking service chiefs. Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega; and a former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan and the […]

Continue Reading

Three men nabbed for the shooting death of pretty actress

  Three men have been arrested by the South African Police in connection to the shooting that led to the death of actress Thandeka Mdeliswa. There were earlier reports that the 34-year-old actress who played the role of Khanye Hlophe in SABC’s Ikani, was shot outside her family home in Evander days ago.  The suspects fled, […]

Continue Reading

Okun people of Kogi write NASS, demand to be in Southwest zone

Okun ethnic nationality in Kogi State, Nigeria, has demanded relocation from the Northcentral geopolitical zone to the Southwest. The people of Okunland also wanted a separate state which would be made up of the Okun people and the core Yoruba speaking part of Kwara State. Their demand was contained in the memorandum sent to the […]

Continue Reading

Falana petitions African Commission over Kano singer’s blasphemy death sentence

Chambers of Lagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia, over the death sentence passed on Kano singer, Sharif Yahya Sharif. The senior lawyer is asking the Commission to exercise its mandates and authority under the African Charter on Human and […]

Continue Reading

AGF Malami reduces NBA powers, amends RPC

A new gazette by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), which supposedly weakens the powers of the Nigerian Bar Association has caused division among some Senior Advocates of Nigeria and lawyers in the country. Malami had amended the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners 2007, removing the […]

Continue Reading

Yoruba Group, NEF forging together gives hope; fresh Constitution review, a waste of resources, time ―Obasanjo

Ex-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigeria is slowly becoming a failed state and a basket case that urgently needs to be pulled from the brink of collapse; and described National Assembly’s fresh constitutional review exercise as a waste of time and resources. He said constitutional review had been a money-gulping activity by every Assembly […]

Continue Reading

Appreciating a responsible father, By abiodun KOMOLAFE

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller Next Friday, September 11, 2020, the mortal remains of my late father, Pa Sunday Alaba Komolafe, will be committed to Mother Earth. The event, which will take place at Ijebu-Jesa, his Osun State-ancestral hometown, will no doubt […]

Continue Reading

Former Sokoto state governor, Wamakko’s 23-year-old daughter dies

Former Sokoto State governor, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, is bereaved as he lost one of his daughters, Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko, during childbirth on Thursday, September 10. Sadiya died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, following complications arising from childbirth. She was 23 years old. Her funeral prayer was conducted Thursday night, September 10, at […]

Continue Reading

Groom dies in car crash three days after his wedding in Nigeria (Photos)

A groom, Rex Ebube Amatu, has died in a fatal car crash, just three days after his wedding in Delta State, Nigeria. According to reports, Rex, from Anambra state, who got married on Saturday, September 5, died on his way back to Lagos State on Tuesday, September 8. The accident was said to have happened in […]

Continue Reading