Decomposed bodies of 3 kidnapped Uniport students found in shallow grave, three suspects arrested (Graphic photos)

Decomposed bodies of three Uniport students abducted and killed by kidnap gang, have been recovered from a shallow grave in Etoo, Eleme Local Government area of Rivers state. The Anti-Cultism Unit of Rivers State police command also arrested members of a kidnap gang who abducted and killed the students. It was gathered that the undergraduates, […]

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Man rapes, dumps teenage girl inside pit in Nigeria (Photo)

28-year-old man, Godday Robinson, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl into a state of unconsciousness and throwing her into a pit. A statement issued on Thursday, by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, says the suspect […]

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Nigerian military arrests 13 alleged fake soldiers in Lagos

About 13 fake soldiers accused of using military uniform to perpetrate crimes in Lagos in spite of the lockdown order issued by President Buhari over the outbreak of Coronavirus, have been arrested by the Nigerian military. Among the suspects were identified as Ebenezer Adeleke, Afolabi Hassan, Allen Afolabi, Daramola Olamide, Akpan Joel, Eze David, Frank […]

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Why Kaduna Catholic seminarian was killed –Suspected kidnapper

Mustafa Mohammed, leader of the gang suspected to have killed a Catholic Seminarian, Michael Nnadi, has said he killed the 18-year-old because he was always preaching about Jesus Christ. Nigerian Police, last month, arrested some armed men who stormed the Catholic Seminary and kidnapped four Seminarians, murdered one of them and released the remaining three on […]

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Woman kidnapped with Ekiti State Commissioner reportedly freed

An unidentified woman who was reported to have been kidnapped with the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Folorunso Olabode, has been reportedly set free. Olabode and the woman were abducted on Sunday evening along Isan-Iludun road in Ekiti by unknown gunmen and a councillor from Ilejemeje local government was shot dead at the scene […]

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Sexual assault not true, never happened ―Joe Biden

US presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied sexually assaulting a former staffer, saying the incident she claims occurred 27 years ago “never happened.” “They aren’t true. This never happened,” Biden said in a statement regarding the accusations made by Tara Reade, a former staffer in his US Senate office. Biden, the presumptive Democratic […]

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Nigerian actor is seriously sick, needs financial help (Photos)

Nigerian actor, Gbolagade Akinpelu, popularly known as “Ogun Majek”, has called out to the public for help as his health deteriorates. The appeal for financial assistance was contained in a message issued by one of the actor’s sons, Akinpelu Akeem Abidemi. Abidemi said that the children of Gbolagade Akinpelu are using the medium to appeal to all indigenes […]

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Coronavirus: Dad who rejected son who sneaks into Ekiti from Lagos, gets Fayemi’s commendation (Photos)

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has offered an appointment to the Nigerian dad who denied his son entry into his home after returning from Lagos. Mr Femi Adeoye, a resident of the state and a retired FRSC official, became a viral sensation yesterday after a video of him saying he will not allow his son […]

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Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 1932, deaths now 58

Nigeria has recorded its highest Coronavirus infections in a single day, ramping up 204 news cases on Thursday, bringing to 1932, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle. In a tweet, NCDC also disclosed that a total of […]

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Days after wedding, teenage wife raped to death in Nigeria

Officers from the Police Command of Jigawa State, Nigeria, have arrested a 30-year-old man, Alasan Audu, for allegedly raping his wife to death days after she denied him sex for 20 days after their wedding. Audu allegedly raped 17-year old Hansa’u to death on the 21st April, 2020, at Kankarelu village in Ringim Local Government […]

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Yoruba Nation becomes a member of UNPO

Emeritus Professor, Second Republic senator and President-General of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Banji Akintoye, has announced that the Yoruba nation has been recognised as the 45th member by the Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organization (UNPO). Akintoye, who said this in a statement announcing the membership of the international body, said the latest development represents […]

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Beautiful Nigerian video vixen, dancer and celebrity, dies

Popular Nigerian dancer and video vixen, Kodak is dead. She died in the late hours of Wednesday, April 29. According to reports, Kodak was electrocuted while charging her phone at a video director’s home in Omole Estate, Lagos. She was confirmed dead at a nearby hospital she was rushed to. Olamide who penned down a tribute […]

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In Lagos, 25-year-old man dies of coronavirus

One 25-year-old man has died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State, Nigeria. Through his Twitter handle, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on Thursday. Abayomi said: “87 new #COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 29, 2020. The total number of confirmed cases in Lagos is now 947. “The […]

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Nigerian Court sentences man to 2 months in prison and 10 strokes of the cane for stealing

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Alkasim Abdullahi, to two months in a correctional facility (prison) for stealing a laptop and other items. The magistrate, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, also ordered that the convict be given 10 strokes of the cane. The convict was facing a two […]

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Ex-chief economist of ECA, Prof Teriba dies, buried in US

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has joined others in mourning one of its most distinguished Chief Economists, Mr Owodunni Teriba, who died and was buried on Tuesday in Chicago, Illinois in the United States of America. In a statement by its Communications Section on Tuesday, the United Nations agency lauded Mr Teriba’s contribution to the […]

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Six inmates shot, 2 escape at Sapele prison

A jailbreak was recorded on Tuesday April 29, at the Nigerian Correctional Service custodial centre in Sapele, Delta State, few days after the same facility was set on fire by inmates who were protesting against an alleged ill-treatment. The inmates had protested against the amnesty which was granted to some inmates of the facility by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. […]

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If Goodluck Jonathan were Nigerian President and did all these during coronavirus ―Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-Nigerian president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has come again with his usual teaser against president Muhammadu Buhari and his government. Listen to him below: “If Jonathan was President during #COVID19, and he refused to close Nigeria’s borders because his daughter and Chief of Staff were abroad, and he also focused sharing […]

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British PM, Boris Johnson and fiancee announce the birth of their son

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister’s newborn didn’t quite generate the giddy hysteria of someone coming out from an environment of a powerful political office holder. But the BBC broadcaster alerted its viewers hours ago with a Breaking News that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, had just announced the birth of their […]

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18 prostitutes caught in brothel in Nigeria despite lockdown, arrested, quarantined

Eighteen suspected commercial sex workers have been arrested by the Ondo State Task Force on COVID-19 for violating the curfew imposed by the state government. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had announced a dusk to dawn curfew as part of efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease. It was gathered that the violators were caught […]

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Jonathan responds as Buhari seeks his family, Ministers’ bank records in US

Ex-Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has responded to reports that Nigerian government is planning to subpoena his and his wife’s bank records in the United States. Bloomberg had reported that Nigerian government requested for “all documents concerning any transactions to, from, or for the benefit” of Jonathan and his wife between 2009 and the present […]

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