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As a result of months of allegedly running from the law, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has finally arrested the suspended Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr. Ekoi Obono-Obla. Obono-Obla’s arrest by operatives of the Commission on Friday, in Abuja, comes […]
Continue ReadingFormer governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Nigeria, Soalabo West, has been killed by suspected herdsmen after he was kidnapped at his poultry farm at Aluu back of OPM in Port Harcourt on March 12. It was gathered that two days into his abduction, the suspected herdsmen […]
Continue ReadingIndia has executed the four men who were convicted of the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi in 2012. The men, Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh had been found guilty in a 2013 trial and sentenced to death by hanging, but their execution […]
Continue ReadingChairman of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, has lost his wife Evelyn Murray-Bruce to cancer. The heartbroken former Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, described Evelyn as his best friend for 43 years and wife for 41 years. Ben Murray-Bruce who shared photos which captured beautiful memories he created with his wife, stated that she will […]
Continue ReadingIf you watched Newsline on NTA in the 1990s, you’d be conversant with the girl dubbed “Miracle Baby” after 3 women claimed they were her biological mothers. At the time, Abike Dabiri (now Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa) investigated the story to get to the root after a woman in her mid-60s (Mother 1), named Alhaja Wuraola Abayomi, […]
Continue ReadingOne of President Buhari’s daughters has gone into self-isolation after returning from the UK, which is one of the high risk countries with coronavirus. First Lady Aisha Buhari made the announcement via her Twitter handle. She revealed that her daughter went into self-isolation based on the advice of the Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire, the […]
Continue ReadingA member of the National Youths Service Corps deployed to Akwa Ibom State, Mrs Queen Eziuche, died on Sunday, March 15 morning at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Ikot Itie Udung in the Nsit Antai Local Government Area of the state. Mrs Queen Uba Eziuche, a Batch B member with call up number: NYSC/ISU/2020/0562, reportedly went […]
Continue ReadingA woman identified as Evelyn Chinwendu Ejike (nee Ogechukwu Osita) was killed when a cooking gas exploded in her house in Abuja last week. Details of the incident is still sketchy, however, it was alleged that the deceased who was pregnant was cooking and using her phone when the gas exploded. The woman suffered 90 […]
Continue ReadingA kidnap suspect who was arrested for the abduction and alleged rape of a middle-aged married woman has claimed she gave him sex voluntarily and didn’t fight him off. Saidu Iliya, 27, was paraded at the Niger State Police Command for kidnapping and raping one Rakiya Sani. According to reports, on March 5, 2020, one Mohammed […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actress, Nkiru Umeh has disclosed that she is one of the victims of Abule Ado gas explosion which destroyed properties and also claimed many lives. According to the actress, the explosion which occurred while they were in church destroyed her beauty complex, her house and cars. Nkiru who expressed gratitude of surviving the incident which […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that beginning from Thursday March 19, the fuel pumps at its retail stations will be adjusted to N125 per litre. NNPC group managing director, Mele Kyari who announced this today, said the adjustment is in compliance with the directive given by Timipre Sylva, the minister of state […]
Continue ReadingIn a bid to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in the state, the Lagos state government, in agreement with religious leaders, has banned all religious congregational service of over 50 worshippers. The decision was reached after a meeting between the state government and religious bodies which comprised of members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Muslim leaders. Reading […]
Continue ReadingThe Enugu suspected Coronavirus patient quarantined in the state isolation centre has reportedly died. The Punch reliably gathered this morning that the woman died on Sunday even before the state Ministry of Health came out to declare that the woman was negative to the novel virus. Family sources told Punch correspondent that the septuagenarian was […]
Continue ReadingTo curb the spread of Coronavirus in the state, the Ogun state government has banned large gatherings in places like cinemas, sports arena, restaurants and night clubs for the next 30 days. A statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, Kunle Somorin, announcing the restriction, reads: “Further measures so far […]
Continue ReadingBurkina Faso has recorded its first death from coronavirus after a top lawmaker died from the disease. 62-year-old Ms. Rose Marie Compaore, who was the first vice president of the parliament reportedly died on Tuesday night from coronavirus. She was also suffering from diabetes. Reacting to her demise, Martial Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso’s COVID-19 response coordinator said: ‘This is […]
Continue ReadingBrent crude, the international benchmark’s price tumbled on Wednesday to the lowest level in 16 years as global markets continued to respond to the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia amidst the spread of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world. Brent crude, against which Nigeria’s crude is priced, fell by $2.23 to $26.11 per […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Benue State and Senator representing Benue East Senatorial district, Gabriel Suswam has stated that Nigerian politicians must spend one or two days in prison to become better leaders. The Senator who is currently being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N3.1 billion fraud while he was Governor of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, has on Wednesday placed a travel ban on 13 high-risk Coronavirus countries. The banned countries are China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Switzerland. Some of these banned countries have already been placed on total lock down by their own […]
Continue ReadingMs Anne Giwa-Amu, 60, who is the author of the book titled “Sade” accused Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie of Plagiarism and Chimamanda has now responded. Giwa-Amu said Chimamanda’s “Half of a Yellow Sun” was in fact plagiarised with bits of her work; “Sade: United we stand.” In a YouTube video, Anne accused Chimamanda of plagiarism then accused Chinua […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Douye Diri, met president Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday and said Buhari received him as “one of his sons.” The governor explained that he went to Aso Rock to greet the President and formally present himself to him since he is the […]
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