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The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, has on Wednesday, struck out a suit seeking to bar Governor Godwin Obaseki from contesting the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primary scheduled for Thursday. Presiding judge, Justice E. O Obile took the decision after parties to the suit agreed to an out-of-court settlement and […]
Continue ReadingA pastor of a deliverance centre, in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, Nigeria, has been arrested by the state police command for alleged attempted rape. The pastor, one 33-year-old Inifon Inyang, who lives at Nung Atim Road off Idioro, Uyo, had allegedly attempted to rape a 21-year-old girl. Commissioner of Police for the state, […]
Continue ReadingMr. Femi Fani-Kayode, former Nigerian Minister of Aviation and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has named the Nigerian first lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari as the only one ray of light in the Villa. He said this via his Twitter handle this Wednesday morning, June 24. “There is only one ray of light […]
Continue ReadingFamous and veteran Nigerian actress, Bose Adewoyin is dead. The actress who became famous for her role as Madam Tinubu in ‘EFUNROYE TINUBU’ written by Professor Akinwumi Isola and directed by Gbenga Adewusi in 1989, died on Tuesday morning, June 23. Bose who was also on the contingent of the Lagos State Council for Arts and […]
Continue ReadingThe Kogi State House of Assembly has lost one of its members, Mr. John Abah. Mr. John Abah was a lawmaker representing Ibaji Constituency in the 8th assembly, where he was serving as a second term member. According to Punch, Demi Olugbemi, the Chief Press Secretary to the speaker, Mr Mathew Kolawole, confirmed his death. […]
Continue Reading40-yr-old Philippino lady identified as Irene Torento Panashas, has been rescued by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command at Neke-Uno Village, Enugu East LGA, Enugu State six (6) months after she arrived Nigeria from the Philippines in an apparent but unsuccessful search for love. A statement released by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police […]
Continue ReadingA woman has died by alleged suicide in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria, after taking to Facebook to post a cry for help that no one took seriously. Princess Folashade Eloho Bello, a single mum-of-one, took to Facebook on June 19 to pour out her heart. She spoke about giving up hope but ended the […]
Continue Reading22- year-old man, Ayokunbi Olaniyi, on Tuesday appeared before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria for allegedly having sex with a pig. The police charged Mr Olaniyi, who resides in Eleti–Odo area, Iwo Road, Ibadan, with one count of unnatural offence. The Prosecution Counsel, Opeyemi Olagunju, told the court that on […]
Continue ReadingA 17-year-old girl, simply identified as Ayisat, has gone missing after she was allegedly swept away by a flood in Lagos. The flood, resulting from the heavy downpour in Lagos on Monday, June 22, swept the teenager away in Surulere. A statement by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said the unfortunate incident occurred at […]
Continue ReadingA five-year-old boy simply identified as Mujeeb was hacked to death by yet-to-be-identified persons in his compound in the Tose area of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State on Monday, June 22. This incident comes weeks after three females, Grace Oshiagwu, Barakat Bello, and Azeezat Shomuyiwa, were killed by unidentified persons in the same local government area. Mother of […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat has been sealed by armed Police personnel on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday. According to Punch, the IGP had scheduled a meeting with some of the feuding members of the ruling party later on Tuesday afternoon. The Appellate Court sitting […]
Continue ReadingA woman and her son have been arrested after the son allegedly raped his two young cousins living with them, leading to the death of one of the girls. 5-year-old Kadijah M. Saccoh and her sister were living with their aunt and her son in her home in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Kadijah’s parents were living apart. The […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
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