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The Anambra state police command has rescued Ifeoma Blossom Obiora, the lady who threw many into panic after sharing suicidal posts on social media (Facebook). Ifeoma posts showed she was in so much pain. A women based NGO who made first contact with Ifeoma said she was married off at 15 and has been suffering […]
Continue ReadingAn explosion on Oil Mining Lease 40 operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company has killed seven workers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced on Wednesday. NPDC is the flagship subsidiary of NNPC. The explosion occurred on Tuesday at the petroleum company’s Benin River Valve Station. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, […]
Continue ReadingAn estimate of 3,789 inmates have so far been released from the Nigeria Correctional Service Centres across the country since the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. According to Nigerian government, the move, is targeted at reducing the risk of inmates contracting the virus. Mr Abubakar Malami SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has reacted to the amended 6th broadcasting code by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) which has ignited a controversy in the last few weeks. Soyinka described the amended code as an “economic sabotage” and also accused the government of declaring war on arts and its producers. The Nobel Laureate who said he […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief of Staff to Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman, the Kwara State Governor, Mr. Aminu Logun, has died. Logun’s death was confirmed on Twitter by Fafoluyi Olayinka, the Special Assistant, New Media to the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman. “Kwara State Chief Of Staff, Aminu Adisa Logun Is Dead.. Indeed, death is the next thing after birth. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the dismissal of 10 senior police officers and loss of ranks of 8 others following their trial for various cases of misconduct in the line of duty. Even though the identities of the affected officers were not disclosed in a statement released by PSC’s Head of Press and […]
Continue ReadingThe rift between the Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, took a different turn on Tuesday July 7 with members of the state’s House of Assembly serving a notice of impeachment to Mr. Ajayi. The impeachment proceedings started this morning with 14 of the 26 members signing the impeachment notice and […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has suspended the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, according to reports. The president had earlier on set up a presidential panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami (rtd) to probe the various allegations leveled against the EFCC boss especially by AGF, Abubakar Malami. The panel grilled […]
Continue ReadingThe Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has reacted to report of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu appearing before a panel for questioning on Monday July 6. In a statement signed by a PACAC member Femi Odekunle, it was alleged that Ibrahim Magu is a victim of power play spearheaded […]
Continue ReadingAn Enugu state Magistrate court, on Monday July 6, remanded a couple, Mr. Jude Ozougwu, and his wife, Ifeoma in prison custody for allegedly brutalizing their 10-year-old maid, Nneoma Nnadi. The couple made news over the weekend after photos of the battered body of the 10-year-old Nneoma surfaced online. The state police command on Monday […]
Continue ReadingThe acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, was reportedly detained after he was quizzed for nothing less than six hours by the presidential panel set up to investigate the allegations of corruption leveled against him and the agency by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. Few […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal Ministry of Works says it will be closing the ever-busy 3rd mainland bridge in Lagos for a period of six months beginning from July 24. Disclosing this to newsmen today July 6, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, said consultations are currently ongoing for another phase of repair works to […]
Continue ReadingTijani Oniru, one of the sons of Oba Abiodun Idowu Oniru, the late Oniru of Iruland who died in 2019 has been spotted in a viral video being beaten by some men who had “security” inscribed on the outfit they wore. Though what caused the altercation is still unknown at the moment, however one of the “security” men […]
Continue ReadingAn official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Emmanuel Mekuri, allegedly killed himself on Sunday July 5, after he had stabbed his 37-year-old lover, Patricia Ogunshola, in their apartment around Zoo area, Araromi in Lagos state, Nigeria. A statement released by Bala Elkana, spokesperson of the state police command, said at about 1pm […]
Continue ReadingFormer vice chairman and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) dissolved recently by President Muhammadu Buhari, Inuwa Abdulkadir is dead. He was reported to have died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, on Monday. The ruling party confirmed his death on its official Twitter page. The post read: […]
Continue ReadingReno Omokri, former aide to ex-Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has claimed that corruption has become official under President Muhammadu Buhari. Omokri stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics yesterday. Although he admitted that mistakes were made in previous administrations, he insisted things have only become worse under this current government. “When you […]
Continue ReadingChief Superintendent of Police, CSP Dolapo Badmus has warned Nigerians about falling victim to scammers as she disclosed how people can identify a business that’s likely to be a scam. She warned about falling for money doubling schemes, adding that “only a thief” falls for it. She wrote: “Please what’s Binono Business! From all indications scammers […]
Continue ReadingIsland nation, Madagascar has placed its capital Antananarivo under a fresh lockdown following a new surge in coronavirus infections, two months after the restrictions were eased, the presidency announced on Sunday. “The Analamanga region (under which the capital is situated) is returning to full lockdown,” the presidency said in a statement. “No traffic will be […]
Continue ReadingUnited Nations (UN) on Saturday said two civilians including a five-year-old child were killed and an aid helicopter damaged in a jihadist attack in restive northeast Nigeria. Restive Boko Haram fighters waging a decade-long insurgency in the region launched the attack in the town of Damasak on Thursday. UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon […]
Continue ReadingEnglish-born Ghanaian footballer, Derrick Otim has died at the age of 24 after he drowned in a lake in the US. The former Nottingham Forest midfielder drowned on Friday, July 3, in Lake Keowee, South Carolina, according to reports. In 2018, Lake Keowee was branded South Carolina’s “most deadly body of water” in a local news article […]
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