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Nothing 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 […]
Continue ReadingA policeman who allegedly shot dead a motorcyclist for refusing to pay N100 bribe at a checkpoint in Maiha local government of Adamawa state, has been arrested. The security operative who reportedly killed the 20-year-old commercial motorcycle operator has been identified as police corporal, Richard Zaphet. The incident sparked off a crisis in Wuro-ba Adamu village but was brought […]
Continue ReadingOne of the suspects linked to the rape and murder of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa has been arrested by police officers attached to the Edo state police command. The 22-year-old 100-level student of the University of Benin, Edo State was raped and killed while reading in a church in Benin city. Spokesman of Edo police […]
Continue ReadingOffice of the Attorney-General of the Federation has taken over from the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, the prosecution of the alleged Taraba State kidnapping kingpin, Bala Hamisu, also known as Wadume, along with 19 others. Nigeria’s IGP had on February 3, 2020, slammed 16 counts of terrorism, murder, kidnapping, and illegal arms running […]
Continue ReadingThe Kogi Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Abdulmumuni Danga, who allegedly brutalized and raped a former beauty queen for calling him out on Facebook was called in for questioning. However, there has been pressure from the state governor and others in the political class to pervert justice, Segun Awosanya has said. Earlier this year, a […]
Continue ReadingA pastor of Christian Reformed Church -Nigeria (CRC-N) in Donga local government area of Taraba state, Nigeria, Emmanuel Bileya has been killed alongside his wife, Juliana by militiamen. The duo were said to have been working on their farms when they met their untimely death. Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku who expressed shock over the […]
Continue ReadingDr. Augustine Adeoye Arogundade, the Chairman of Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) is dead. The Agbado/Oke-Odo council chairman died on Tuesday June 2, after a brief illness, days after the death of Alhaja Tawakalitu Abiodun Ayilara, Secretary to the Local Government was announced. Chairman of Agege Local Government, Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi confirmed the death […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday June 2, met with embattled President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina at the presidential villa in Abuja. The meeting is coming in the wake of the crisis rocking the AfDB following allegation of corruption against Adesina. Earlier reports showed that the crisis has been centered on US’ rejection of […]
Continue ReadingMajekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek who rose to fame in Nigeria with the 1988 album, Prisoner of Conscience, which included the multiple award-winning single “Send Down the Rain” has died. The death of the Reggae music icon, has shaken the continent, and prominent Nigerians have taken to social media to mourn his exit. […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria, on Tuesday ordered the release of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, from prison. Recall that Kalu was jailed for 12 years in December 2019, for N7.1bn fraud alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, and a former Director of Finance at the Abia State […]
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