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BBNaija celebrity, Khafi Kareem, is presently mourning the death of her younger brother, Alexander, who was attacked in west London on Monday, June 8. Alexander, 20, was reported to have been shot close to his family house in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. He was said to have been walking back home from a convenience store […]
Continue ReadingA sharp crisis seems to be brewing within the Oniru monarchy as the new Oniru of Iruland, Oba Gbolahan Lawal, has asked all banks housing funds belonging to the family to immediately place a ‘Post No Debit’ order on all the accounts of the family, according to Punch. The warning was directed to First Bank […]
Continue ReadingCitizens or foreigners coming into Nigeria will henceforth leave their passports with the Nigeria Immigration Service for two weeks, till their health status is verified. In a circular dated June 10, 2020 and addressed to all diplomatic, consular and international organisations accredited to Nigeria, it was gathered that only those with diplomatic passport are exempted […]
Continue ReadingSouth African women are questioning when their men will come out to fight for them after another South African woman was brutally murdered in the country. Tshegofatso Pule, 28, a South African woman who was 8-months-pregnant, was found Monday, June 8, hanging from a tree with a stab wound to her chest in South Africa. She had gone […]
Continue ReadingBoko Haram has released a new video showing the execution of a Nigerian soldier and policeman. SaharaReporters reports that the video dated Thursday, June 11, 2020, was made by a branch of Boko Haram that has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State West Africa. The video showed the two security officers kneeling in a field at execution, […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Imo State, now Senator Rochas Okorocha, has denied claims by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that N7.9 billion was recovered from him. Head of the Port Harcourt zone of the EFCC, Mr. Usman Imam, had during a press conference on Thursday said the commission recovered N7.9 billion from the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Edo state, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has reacted to the decision of the APC to disqualify him from participating in the party’s governorship primaries slated for June 22, 2020. The chairman of the screening committee, Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, today announced that Obaseki and two others did not meet the requirement set by the APC […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Friday mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his Democracy Day nationwide speech. Spokesman of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin said Buhari may consider running for a third term before actualizing all the promises he keeps making to Nigerians. Odumakin told Daily Post that Buhari’s latest nationwide speech was full of promises. Afenifere’s National Publicity […]
Continue ReadingRuling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and two others ineligible to contest in the July 22 governorship primary election in Edo State. The ruling party appears not to have learnt any lesson from Rivers and the other States disqualified to participate in governorship elections by the Court due […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday addressed Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast, as part of the celebration of Democracy Day, the day that is being recognised in remembrance of Chief MKO Abiola who won the election of June 12 1993 but was never allowed to rule, and even died in the process of claiming his […]
Continue ReadingProlific novelist, essayist and the award winning author of the novel, ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has lost her father, Emeritus Professor James Nwoye Adichie. According to sources, Professor Nwoye Adichie was admitted at the Chira Memorial Hospital in Awkuzu in Oyi local government area of Anambra State where he died on […]
Continue ReadingNew details may have emerged in connection with the rape and murder of 22-year-old Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level Microbiology student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN). A popular journalist, Ayo Ademokoya was reported to have given an update on Wednesday that one of the suspects arrested in connection with the rape and murder has […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it will sanction seven electricity distribution companies (DisCos) for not complying with orders to cap estimated bills to customers. The DisCos are Benin, Ikeja, Eko, Kano, Kaduna, Enugu and Port Harcourt. In a statement distributed on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday, the commission said the DisCos have […]
Continue ReadingTragedy struck in Minna, the Niger state capital in the early hours of Wednesday when woman and her three children, among them, one month old baby, were burnt to death in their two bedroom apartment. The house, situated in Nkangbe, a suburb of Minna, the Niger state capital. The incident was said to have occurred […]
Continue ReadingThe Kano State Police Command say they have arrested a man after 40 people were raped in one town over the period of a year. A mother in Dangora, Kano, caught the man in her children’s bedroom, according to police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna. The man ran away but neighbours chased and caught him, he added. The man was […]
Continue ReadingOn Cuomo Prime Time Wednesday night, Chris Cuomo laughed at President Trump and his campaign for sending CNN a cease-and-desist letter, and demanding an apology, over a CNN poll showing Joe Biden leading the president by 14 points. But CNN isn’t the only organization showing Biden with a hefty lead over Trump. A recent ABC/Washington Post poll showed Biden with a 10 point lead over the president among registered voters. […]
Continue ReadingJustice Monica Dongban-Mensem has been confirmed as the President of the Court of Appeal by the Nigerian senate. Her confirmation is coming days after some Nigerians accused President Buhari of delaying her confirmation for ethnoreligious reasons, despite the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. President Buhari however defended himself by saying that security agencies were […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Affairs, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has accused the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, of laxity and underperformance in governing the state since assumption of office in 2018. Ojudu also scolded Fayemi for allegedly running the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) like his own personal […]
Continue ReadingThe Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN has been dragged to court by Ekiti state government alongside the Attorneys General of Lagos and Ogun States following the implementation of virtual court proceedings. Ekiti state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapohunda, in the lawsuit which challenged the constitutionality […]
Continue ReadingA Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has freed a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) charged with the killing of a 51-year-old man, Babatunde Ishola who allegedly tried to rape her. The young girl, a Senior Secondary School (SSS) three pupil, was arraigned by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) before Mrs A Adedayo of the Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ […]
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