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Nigerian Supreme Court on Tuesday nullified the election of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo State. A full seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, unanimously declared Hope Uzodinma as the winner of the March 9, 2019, governorship election and the […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor, Toyosi Arigbabuwo is reportedly dead after a long battle with ill health. The actor died last night at his residence in Ile-Alli community, along Apete-Arola Road in Ibadan. The yoruba genre of the Nigerian movie industry is presently mourning this actor who died at his residence, in Apete in Ibadan, the Oyo […]
Continue ReadingAn ambulance conveying the corpse of one Mrs. Onyemata said to be mother of Rev. Fr. Alex Onyemata, a Catholic priest serving under Okigwe Catholic Diocese, was gutted by fire over the weekend. The corpse was reportedly rescued from the fire caused by petrol leakage while the ambulance was on its way to Mercy Mortuary in Umulogho community of […]
Continue ReadingTwo years after former Governor of Lagos state Akinwunmi Ambode commissioned a statue of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti at Allen Avenue in Ikeja, the monument has been pulled by the state’s government. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile who confirmed that the statue has been pulled down, said the roundabout where the statue was situated made the list […]
Continue ReadingA trader, Anthony Okolie, who was arrested by the Department of State Services and detained for 10 weeks, has sued the DSS for N500m. Okolie, in a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, by his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, also demanded N500m from Hanan Buhari, the daughter of the President, Major […]
Continue ReadingActivist Deji Adeyanju is back to Nigeria after flying and staying in Dubai for medical treatment. Recall the activist was attacked during a protest in Abuja for Sowore’s release where he sustained various injuries. Deji announced his return this afternoon on Twitter, a social media site he mostly uses to pass his messages across to […]
Continue ReadingBauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed is presently receiving treatment in a London hospital, United Kingdom for an undisclosed illness. The governor made this known in a statement released by his media aide, Mukhtar Gidado, today, January 13. He however did not disclose the nature of the ailment. “I am in hospital in London but we […]
Continue ReadingRenowned poet, Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has hailed governors of the Southwest for initiating and launching the security outfit code-named, ‘Operation Amotekun.’ Soyinka, while describing the security outfit inaugurated last week as “a desirable New Year gift,” said, it’s one of the most unexpected because he had earlier given up on the […]
Continue ReadingRenowned historian and president of the Yoruba Nation also known as Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Prof Banji Akintoye, said on Monday that the mood in Nigeria today is similar to the mood in the country months before the 1967 civil war. Speaking in Lagos at the “Never Again Conference” organised by the Nzuko Umunna and […]
Continue ReadingHearing of the appeals of Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano States, including four other governors was suspended by the Nigerian Supreme Court on Monday. Names and states of the other governors, whose appeals were affected are Emeka Ihedioha (Imo), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Simon Lalong (Plateau), and Samuel Ortom (Benue). Before […]
Continue ReadingGracious David West, the suspected Port Harcourt serial killer has reportedly identified 7 of his victims out of the 19 people he allegedly killed before being arrested. A statement presented in court during his trial on Friday, January 10, by IPO Sergeant Ogbomudia Timi Engbokuru, revealed that the suspect affirmed the visit aimed at identifying […]
Continue ReadingA corps member identified as Bolufemi Princess Motunrayo has been confirmed dead, after allegedly committing suicide by taking a poisonous substance. The Kogi State University graduate of Banking and Finance, reportedly left a suicide note for her parents and siblings before the sad act. The short message addressed to her family members reads: “I did this […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man identified as Dauda Onoruoiza has been confirmed as one of the 176 dead victims of the Ukrainian airplane that was shot down by Iran. The Kogi-born victim of the airplane crash was working with American airplane manufacturers, Boeing before the sad incident occurred. He was reportedly on a three months training with Boeing in Ukraine and […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement by President, Media Forum, of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim Musa, the members have told President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to watch their backs as the day of reckoning was nearer than they ever thought. The group called on the international community to intervene in the […]
Continue ReadingA former Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Political Matters, Akin Osuntokun, says the children of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, have no right to solely use the Presidential jet. During an interview with The Punch, Osuntokun said this while reacting to claims by Buhari’s Spokesman, Garba Shehu, that the Presidential jet by tradition […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Presidency says the wife and children of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, have the right to use the Presidential jet when they need to. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a message sent to The PUNCH on Saturday. Shehu was reacting to criticisms from some Nigerians […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian lady identified as Omolola Ajayi, has cried out for help via a viral video after allegedly being sold into slavery in Lebanon. Omolola who disclosed that her parents, Mr. Kehinde Ajayi and Mrs. Felicia Ajayi live at Offa Garage at Under Bridge in Ilorin, Kwara State, alleged that a family friend perpetrated the […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled ex-senator, comrade Shehu Sani, has accused the Nigerian government of attempting to silence him over his criticism of the administration led by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, using fronts. Sani alleged that the government is using his accuser, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to “frame” him up in the extortion allegations. There […]
Continue ReadingCoalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) says it will mobilise against the Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ibrahim Magu, for violating the fundamental rights of Sen. Shehu Sani, from Kaduna State. Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, Convener of the group, said this in a statement issued on Thursday, describing Sen. […]
Continue ReadingWestern Nigeria resorted to self-help in providing additional security shield for its people with the official launch today in Ibadan of Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Operation Amotekun. The security outfit has its headquarters in Gbongan in Osun State and will take off with 120 patrol vehicles for the policing of the six states, Lagos, […]
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