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The Abuja Division of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, yesterday, dismissed the appeal filed by a former member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, Hon. Farouk Lawan, seeking to end the $3 million bribery charge brought against him by the federal government. Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) had arraigned Lawan […]
Continue ReadingThe chairman of the Akwa Ibom state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ini Okopido, is dead. The deceased died in the early hours of Wednesday August 5, at the Ibom Multispecialty Hospital (IBH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. According to report, his death has been linked to multiple organ failure. A source told The […]
Continue ReadingToday, August 5 marks the first anniversary of #RevolutionNow protest organised by the activist and journalist, Omoyele Sowore. The youths of Nigeria decided to march in the streets across the cities and towns in Nigeria again to protest the poor state of living, unemployment, lack of infrastructure, lack of good education and health facilities. As […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Government has revoked the 2018 land use charge (LUC) which was introduced by former Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. This was announced by the Lagos Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Rabiu Olowo, at a press briefing on Wednesday. Olowo said the present government of Jide Sanwo-Olu has reverted to the pre-2018 land use charges. He said […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man allegedly committed suicide in an uncompleted building in Umudiaka, Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria. Mr Emmanuel Eze is said to have taken his life on Sunday night, August 2, hours after a domestic fracas with his immediate family over a yet-to-be-identified matter. The deceased, from Eha-Alumona, also in the same […]
Continue ReadingA review of the sixth Broadcasting Code of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) which raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million, has been launched by the federal government. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who unveiled the document at an event in Lagos on Tuesday August 4, said the code was reviewed in […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the death of Joseph Dawha, who was its 16th Group Managing Director (GMD). The corporation disclosed in a statement issued by its Spokesman, Kennie Obateru, in Abuja, on Monday, that Mr Dawha died after a brief illness. The GMD, Mele Kyari, expressed shock over the sudden death of Mr Dawha. […]
Continue ReadingMore than 70 pilots have been sacked by Air Peace as a result of the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on its operations. The airline which stated that the job erasure for pilots amongst its over 3,000 staff became imperative because it could not afford to continue to fulfill its financial obligations without carrying out […]
Continue ReadingVeteran actress Chinyere Wilfred has lost her dear mother and she expressed her sadness and pain on Instagram over the incident. She shared a video of herself on Instagram and her swollen eyes indicate she might have been crying so much. “RIP Mama,” the 50-year-old star actress wrote alongside a photo of her mum.
Continue Reading15 years after it entered the country, the South African Company and one of Africa’s biggest grocery retailers, Shoprite Holdings Limited, has said it will auction off its outlets in Nigeria, reports say. The megastore company, on Monday, disclosed this in a statement titled: “Operational and Voluntary Trading Update (52 Weeks Ended June 28, 2020). […]
Continue Reading24-year-old lady has been arrested by the Lagos state police operatives for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death over alleged cheating. The lady named Nkechi, a.k.a Omalicha, allegedly attacked Auwal Suleiman, 26, yesterday, August 1, 2020, at their residence in Sagbokoji Island, Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria. The couple started dating in 2018 and began living together […]
Continue ReadingAn English Education graduate of University of Calabar (UNICAL), Andrew Ogbeche, has admitted to facilitating his boss, Egbe Ediagbonya’s kidnap. The former Commissioner for Sports’ corpse was found decomposing in a bush close to his farm 19 days after he was kidnapped on May 16. Prior to the discovery of his corpse, the kidnappers had demanded […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Sunday reacted to the formation of the Miyetti Allah security outfit across the nation. In a statement he signed, Kanu alleged that the formation of the security outfit was a plot by Fulanis to conquer Nigeria. The IPOB leader insisted that it was […]
Continue ReadingA married okada (commercial motorcyclist) man identified simply as Dare, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl identified as Zainab Justina Adeyemo to death. The deceased had boarded the suspect’s motorcycle in Akoko area of the state, but was forcefully dragged into a bush where the suspect raped her to death on Friday […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actors and actresses are once again mourning one of their own. This is as a result of the death of popular Yoruba actress, Alhaja Musiliat Arikeusola popularly known as Osuntohun. The 67-year-old screen star reportedly died in her home on Friday following a long battle with an undisclosed ailment. She is said to have […]
Continue ReadingSeven Nigerian ladies have died in Niger State, Nigeria from suspected generator fumes, the Niger State Police Command said on Saturday. The tragedy happened at Rijau town, headquarters of Rijau Local Government Area of the state on Friday night. Niger state Commissioner of Police, Mr Adamu Usman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
Continue ReadingA male passenger, 72, died on an Air Peace Flight P47182 from Calabar to Abuja on Friday. The deceased allegedly had a case of paraplegia due to spinal injury since 2019 and was travelling for medical check-up in Abuja when the incident occurred. Reports say he became very sick mid-flight and upon arrival at the […]
Continue ReadingEmeritus Professor of History, Stephen Banji Akintoye, leader of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), the umbrella body of over 300 Yoruba groups worldwide, has said the Nigerian environment has been consistently harsh to the Yoruba people who dominate the Southwest part of the country. The elder statesman lamented that though his association is committed to […]
Continue ReadingCorporate and Commercial lawyer, Olumide Akpata Esq., has emerged winner of the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) 2020 national elections, after defeating two other contestants who are Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). This victorious win makes him the NBA’s first non-SAN President in years. Akpata won the election with a total of 9,891 votes of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian lawyer, who formerly worked as prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chief Godwin Obla SAN, has revealed that the suspended acting Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu, ordered his arrest because he asked to be paid his legal fee in the sum of N763.9m. Chief Obla reportedly made the revelation […]
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