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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Sir Jadegoke Adebonajo Badejo, slumped as he was walking out of his home and died. Badejo, 61, the Principal Partner of Bonajo Badejo & Co, died on Friday, June 5. A source who spoke to The Nation narrated how he died, saying: “He was fully dressed about to step out […]
Continue ReadingA 17-year-old girl has been arrested for faking her own kidnap in Ogun State. The girl identified as Seun Adekunle was arrested alongside her 25-year-old boyfriend, Basit Olasunkanmi, after her mom, Bukky Adekunle, reported at Enugada police division on the 4th of June 2020 that she sent her daughter to Lafenwa market on the 1st […]
Continue ReadingA Mexican senator, Martha Lucia Micher, 66, went topless during Government Zoom call after mistakenly thinking she’d turned her camera off but left it on. The incident occurred during a recent meeting with members of the National Regeneration Movement political party, the Bank of Mexico, and journalists to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Continue ReadingOndo State Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) has given advice that the suspected killers of the daughter of Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, have a case to answer. Mrs Olakunrin was killed on Benin-Owo Expressway, Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo in July 2019. The men of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad […]
Continue ReadingThe National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that its recent survey revealed that 42 percent of Nigerians have lost their jobs due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Bureau said the study was conducted between April to May 2020, during the time when the index case was identified in the country. It was further gathered […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission NHRC has demanded justice for a nursing mother and her three months old child who were allegedly beaten up by a SARS officer known as ”Idowu SARS” in Ibadan, Oyo state. In a video posted by Ojukwu, the SARS officer could be seen holding a pistol while […]
Continue ReadingA thief fell asleep in the middle of his operation after breaking into a TV presenter’s house in Tanzania. Confirming the incident in an interview with East Africa Radio, ITV Zanzibar presenter, Farouk Karim said the thief entered his compound by scaling the fence. The journalist added that the thief stole shoes and clothes before […]
Continue ReadingThe Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has finally bowed to the US pressure and has ordered an independent review of the report of the probe of President of the bank, Mr Akinwumi Adesina. The board of governors reached the decision on Thursday June 4, in spite of sitting and former African leaders’ campaign […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka said he does not believe President Buhari is the one in charge of the affairs of the nation. Soyinka who has never hidden his displeasure about the Buhari-led government, said this when he spoke in a fresh interview with PlusTV Africa. While reacting to the open letter the former military administrator […]
Continue ReadingNothing less than eight police officers and a civilian were killed by dare-devil armed robbery gang in Isanlu, Yagba East Local government area of the Kogi State Thursday. The tragic incident which occurred at about 12 pm on Thursday sent the whole community into a pandemonium as residents ran for their lives. It was gathered […]
Continue ReadingAmerican civil rights activist, Reverend Al Sharpton delivered a powerful eulogy at the memorial service for George Floyd. Speaking at the event which was held at the Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary at North Central University in Minneapolis, the Baptist minister said: “Go home. Get your rest, George. You changed the world, George.” “I want us to […]
Continue ReadingA 57-year-old retired medic allegedly committed suicide on Thursday, June 4, by throwing herself in front of a moving lorry on the Kajiado-Namanga road, Kenya. Eunice Kinuthia, who worked as a medical doctor at Kajiado County Referral Hospital, died on the spot at Kobil area, a few meters from Kajiado Police Station. Dennis Owino, the […]
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson has described the death of George Floyd “appalling and inexcusable” as protests in the United States continue to rock the country. The PM spoke up after Labour’s leader Sir Keir Starmer said the case had “shone a light on racism” across the world. Boris said; “Let me begin by associating myself absolutely with […]
Continue ReadingFormer Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck was charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of second-degree murder, and the three other officers on scene during his killing were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, according to CNN. Mugshots of all the officers involved in the death […]
Continue ReadingLess than one week after a 100-level student of the University of Benin, Uwaila Omozuwa, was raped and killed inside a church in Benin City, an 18-year-old student of the Federal College of Animal and Production Technology, Moore Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State, has suffered the same fate. This young woman was murdered on Monday […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of old Ondo State (comprising Ondo and Ekiti States then), Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua, has passed away. Evangelist Olumilua, an elder statesman, a diplomat, who was born in 1940, died in the early hours of Thursday in his Ikere Ekiti hometown, Ekiti State, Nigeria. According to reports, the former governor died after a brief […]
Continue ReadingSenate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu was on Wednesday released from the Nigerian Correctional Service’ custody in Kuje, Abuja. This followed yesterday’s order of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordering the immediate release of the former Governor of Abia. Justice Mohammed Liman, who ordered Kalu’s release, did so by complying with the […]
Continue ReadingLaura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country. Yet we have resisted the urge to speak out, because this is not the time for us to lecture. It is time for us to listen. It is time for America to […]
Continue ReadingPope Francis has called the death of George Floyd at the hands of US police officers tragic and said he is praying for him and “all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism.” After an eighth night of protests across the United States, Francis addressed Floyd’s death […]
Continue ReadingMadam Sabianah Aranilewa, 78-year-old widow, has been killed by suspected ritualists who harvested her body parts in the Ikere-Ekiti, the headquarters of Ikere Council Area of Ekiti state, Nigeria. According to The Nation, Mrs. Aranilewa was declared missing by her family members last week Friday, May 29. Her son, Eyitope Aranilewa who was interviewed, said […]
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