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A Nigerian man simply identified as Chris, allegedly stabbed his fiance to death, and thereafter committed suicide in their home in Victory Park estate in Lagos state on Sunday, June 21. According to residents of the estate, the couple moved into the estate three weeks ago with their two young children. Not much was known […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian Minister of Education and co-convener of BBOG group, Oby Ezekwesili, has lost her mother, Mrs. Cecilia Nwayiaka Ujubuonu. The former presidential candidate, Ezekwesili made the announcement on Monday, in a statement through her spokesman, Ozioma Ubabukoh. Ujubuonu, born April 18, 1942, died in the late hours of Sunday, June 21, 2020. She was aged […]
Continue ReadingFor allegedly killing his stepmother, Mrs Augustina Odio, an Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Friday, remanded one Elom Maduka, 38, in a correctional facility. The suspect, it was gathered, was said to have complained that the victim was appearing in his dreams and telling him that she was responsible for his lack […]
Continue ReadingEminent socio-cultural leaders from southern and middle-belt Nigeria have sued the President, Muhammadu Buhari, for N50 billion over marginalisation of the people of the region in the appointments to security, quasi-security agencies and “strategic agencies” of government. The 16 plaintiffs filed the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/595/2020, at the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 8, […]
Continue ReadingSeven Nigerian journalists have died in Nigeria within the last seven days. The journalists, who work with different media organizations in Nigeria, died of different ailments. On the list are Dan Foster (Cool FM, Inspiration FM, City FM and Classic FM), Hugo Odiogor (former Editor at the Vanguard), Xavier Ndayongmong (Crime Editor at Daily Independent), […]
Continue ReadingChairman, Senate Committee on Army in the 9th Nigeria’s National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, declared on Sunday that federal lawmakers and other highly placed public officers were earning luxury wages to the detriment of Nigerian masses. Ndume said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi, […]
Continue Reading51-year-old man of Nigerian origin, Ronayerin Ogolor, has been sentenced to three years in prison for internet fraud in the United States. Ogolor was sentenced by US Chief District Judge, Beth Phillips, and was ordered to pay $871,739 in restitution to his 13 victims. Court documents said 13 victims from around the United States and […]
Continue ReadingFormer Kaduna Central District Senator, comrade Shehu Sani, has berated the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for calling for debate on the basis that Nigeria is running an expensive government. The former Senator said Osinbajo should rather work with Buhari to cut the cost of governance, rather than call for a debate on the issue. Osinbajo […]
Continue ReadingFormer Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, and two other members of the Omo Eko Pataki Forum, has alleged that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, and many top political office holders in the state are not natives of Lagos State. The members […]
Continue ReadingThe Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin) Bayero University Kano, Professor Haruna Wakili is dead. He died at the age of 60 Saturday morning at the National Hospital in Abuja after a protracted illness. Daily Trust gathered that the late academician would be buried in his home town at Hadejia, Jigawa State. Wakili was the former Director […]
Continue Reading26-year-old US rapper, Tray Savage has died. The American star, who is a member of Chief Keef’s record label, was shot in the neck in Chicago on Friday night, TMZ reports. The outlet reports that the musician was driving in the neighborhood of Chatham around 11.00am when someone opened fire on him. American law enforcement […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said Nigeria needs a national debate to examine the issues around the size and cost of governance, which has often been described as expensive and unsustainable. He explained that it could be difficult for the government to do something about its cost by itself but that it is something […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state has announced the death of Mrs Shola Oladeinbo, the Women Leader of the party. A statement signed by Prince Muiz Dosunmu, the State Secretary of the party said she died on Friday, June 19, after a brief illness. Describing the deceased as a dedicated member of the PDP […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said not all Nigerians succeeding abroad are engaging in fraudulent activities. Dabiri-Erewa stated this while reacting to a fraud allegation leveled against Ramoni Igbalode, aka Ray Hushpuppi. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had earlier announced that it was working with the FBI […]
Continue ReadingFull details of the deal the one time Forbes celebrated Obinwanne Okeke had with the US government after pleading guilty to $11 million fraud has emerged. This platform earlier on reported that the defendant admitted on Thursday June 18, his involvement in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and agreed to cooperate with American authorities. […]
Continue ReadingHon Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem has been sworn-in as the substantive president of Nigerian Court of Appeal by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. Speaking at the ceremony which Governors of Sokoto, Plateau, Niger and Kebbi States attended on Friday June 19, Muhammad asked Dongban-Mensem to live up to expectations by maintaining a […]
Continue ReadingTragedy struck in the Olujoda area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on Wednesday after a 45-year-old carpenter was killed by a mob who mistook him for an armed robber. According to reports, Olujoda has witnessed a series of robbery attacks in recent times and this has caused residents to be suspicious of every move. Eyewitnesses […]
Continue ReadingObinwanne Okeke, the owner of Invictus Group, who was arrested in the United States last year for computer-based fraud, has pleaded guilty to $11 million (N4.2 billion) fraud. The 32-year-old Nigerian businessman admitted to American prosecutors that he was involved in computer-based fraud between 2015 and 2019. Joshua Stueve, a spokesperson for the United States […]
Continue ReadingIt is chicken eating intestines of chicken when two departments in the same government that are supposed to be working together are instead in open fight. Nigeria’s Federal Attorney General (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari the sacking of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and […]
Continue ReadingOsun State Police Command, said on Thursday, that it had sent for testing samples of the rice meal allegedly eaten by a student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, Faderera Oloyede, who died in her boyfriend’s house in Iree, Osun state, Nigeria. The police also said the deceased’s boyfriend, Ayo Maliki, who fled […]
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