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A 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 […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator who represented Kogi Central at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has condemned all past and present political office holders in Nigeria, including himself, adding that “the God of the poor” will judge them all for how they’ve handled Nigeria’s resources. He said this in reaction to the level of hunger Nigerians have […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, BmBabby is mourning her brother who died after doctors allegedly refused to treat him due to fear of COVID-19. In a video she posted online, the devastated singer who couldn’t hold back tears, said she tried to get her sick brother treated but doctors and other medical personnel they met, refused to attend to […]
Continue ReadingAn Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Atiku Nagodi has died in Kano State, Nigeria. It was gathered that Nagodi, 54, who was the squadron commander, 9 police mobile force, Kano, died on Monday, May 4, after a protracted illness at his residence. Kano Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa confirmed Nagodi’s death and […]
Continue ReadingThe agile and star Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie and her hubby, Prince Odi Okojie, have welcomed their fourth child, a baby girl. The Nollywood actress gave birth to their baby at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Maryland, USA on Monday, May 4. Recall that a few weeks ago, there were reports […]
Continue ReadingA Union Bank staff has died from Coronavirus complications as confirmed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, Emeka Emuwa. In an internal memo made public on Monday May 4, it was gathered that the bank staff died while on treatment for Coronavirus at the Infectious Disease Center in Yaba, Lagos. The bank staff was working […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has been ordered to pay N1mllion damages to a Lagos based lawyer Olukoya Ogungbeje, for using the police to disrupt August 5, 2019 #RevolutionNow protest. The lawyer had sued the Federal Government for N500m, for using security operatives to tear-gas him and other protesters. In the affidavit, which he filed in support of […]
Continue ReadingThere seems to be trouble in paradise right now for Big Brother Naija’s Jackye Madu and her longtime boyfriend Lami Kosemani. The tech expert has publicly tendered a heartfelt apology on his Instagram page, asking his girlfriend to forgive him once again. He went on to beg his followers to go ahead and plead on […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has received $311,797,866.11, the third tranche of the former head of state, late General Sani Abacha loot, from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey. The federal Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, disclosed this in a statement released today May 4 by his Special Assistant on Media and […]
Continue ReadingHis Eminence, Rev. Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, has handed over a 30-room hotel to the Sokoto State Government as an isolation centre for suspected coronavirus patients in the state. Announcing via Twitter on Monday afternoon, the Sokoto State Ministry of Health, said Bishop Kukah acted on behalf of the Catholic Diocese […]
Continue Reading82.9 million Nigerians are currently living in poverty in Nigeria. This is according to the 2019 Poverty & Inequality in Nigeria report released by the National Bureau of Statistics today May 4. This figure represents 40.09% of the total population. According to the report published on Twitter by Dr Yemi Kale, Statistician General of the Federation […]
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