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Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the Federal Government from taking fresh steps to extradite the former Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America on allegation of complicity in illicit drug deal. In a judgment, Justice Okon Abang held that no fresh application for […]
Continue ReadingBritish rapper, Ben Chijioke, better known as Ty, has died from Coronavirus ailment at the age of 47 Benedict Obioma Godwin Chijioke, who is of Nigerian descent, died after he was hospitalized and placed in a medically-induced coma following “complications” surrounding the virus. His team confirmed his death on Thursday, May 7. Ty was previously nominated for the […]
Continue ReadingThe fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man out for a jog when he was chased and killed, was caught on video, prompting a call for a grand jury to review the case as the shooter has not been arrested or charged. The shooting occurred in February but the video was posted online Tuesday, May 5, by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian music video producer and director, Clarence Peters, who was detained by the Lagos State Police Command over the sudden death of dancer and video vixen, Kodak, has been granted bail, according to reports. Clarence, the son of Afro-Juju music maestro, Shina Peters and veteran actress, Clarion Chukwura was a few days ago arrested and […]
Continue ReadingA 79-year-old disabled woman who was allegedly buried alive by her son has miraculously survived after being trapped in the pit for nearly three days, authorities have said. Police in north-western China’s Shaanxi province rescued the paralyzed mother, known as Wang Mou, on Tuesday, May 5, after the woman’s daughter-in-law reported her missing. The 58-year-old son, known […]
Continue ReadingA member of a Turkish left-wing music band died on Thursday in an Istanbul hospital, just two days after he ended a nearly one-year hunger strike protesting government persecution, his lawyer told dpa. Bassist Ibrahim Gokcek died on Thursday at a hospital in Istanbul’s Beylikduzu district, lawyer Gorgun Danaci said. He said lawyers found out […]
Continue ReadingA former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Dahiru Saleh, has passed away. He was said to have died in Azare, Bauchi State, to suspected Coronavirus complications. A family source told SaharaReporters that the late Saleh died on Thursday in Bauchi and would be buried in Azare today. “Yes, he is dead. It’s […]
Continue ReadingSecurity operatives on Wednesday May 6, intercepted about 150 travelers including Almajiri children travelling in three vehicles along the Abuja-Kaduna road. The Commissioner for Human Resources and Social Development in the state, Hafsat Baba disclosed that the travelers were trying to enter the state from the Federal Capital Territory, (Abuja) and Nyanya in Nasarawa State. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has been named a member of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD). This was contained in a statement signed by Jan Maarten Slagter, CEO of IBFD, on Wednesday. The statement reads: “IBFD is delighted that Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has joined our Board of Trustees and expects that […]
Continue ReadingThe Rivers state police command has paraded five suspected killers of three University students in the state. Some days ago, we published the story of how a unit of the Rivers State police command arrested members of a kidnapping gang who abducted and killed three University students – Nelson Nwafor and Fortune Obemba, both students […]
Continue ReadingA prominent Professor has again died in Kano State, Nigeria. The deceased is Prof. Monsuru Emiola of the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), a native of Oyo State. The don died at the University clinic after a brief illness. Prof. Emiola was a senior lecturer with the Physical and Health Education Department, Faculty of Education Bayero […]
Continue ReadingA commercial vehicle driver, Gbenga Ogungbemi, and his friend, Tosin Olobamoyo, have been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command for allegedly killing a businesswoman, Evelyn Ebere, and stealing her N400,000. A statement by the state police command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Gbenga who usually takes the deceased to Ire-Ekiti where she buys […]
Continue ReadingAbout one week after helping to repatriate to Nigeria, $311m (N118bn) stolen by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, the United States says there is a separate $319m (N121bn) Abacha loot in the United Kingdom and France. American Embassy in Nigeria said in a statement on Wednesday that there is $167m in stolen […]
Continue ReadingPan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has kicked against the nomination of Farida Dankaka as chairman of the Federal Character Commission and demanded that the Senate should reject her. Mr Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, made the position known in a statement entitled, “FCC: Shunning the principle of federal character”, released on Wednesday. Odumakin […]
Continue ReadingBuhari’s Special Assistant on media, Femi Adesina has said, the fact that Nigerians elected a president doesn’t mean they have the right to order the President around. He said this when he appeared on Nigeria Info FM on Tuesday, May 5. In his reaction to a question, Mr Adesina criticised the caller. Femi Adesina said: […]
Continue ReadingAn aircraft conveying Nigerian citizens from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby mid-air. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa. It was gathered that the airline left Dubai for Lagos at 10.00am but an hour into the about […]
Continue ReadingA large number of Almajiris who came into Ondo state on Monday May 4, allegedly from Sokoto State, have been sent back to Sokoto. The Almajiris who were more than 25 in number reportedly walked through bush paths after entering the state to beat the blockades by security. officials enforcing the lockdown directives, before reentering […]
Continue ReadingA heartbreaking video showing the moment the body of a Nigerian woman, a Nurse, who died after battling with the novel COVID19 disease, was being evacuated from her home in Brooklyn, New York, United States, has been shared online. Health workers in the county were invited to remove her remains as her family were not […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari government of playing politics with the relocation of Almajiris to their various States of origin in the North. Many State governments are taking the measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Wike spoke at the Government House in Port Harcourt, […]
Continue ReadingA poor bricklayer lawfully working in Lagos state, Idris Saula, will never be the same again after six years of his life were stolen by the country’s criminal justice system. Saula was held in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre (Prison) in Lagos State for six years despite legal advice from the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions […]
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