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Nigerian Government on Tuesday said it was working on how to inject sanity into social media which it said was currently out of control. Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. Mohammed said no responsible government would sit back and allow such activities capable of […]
Continue Reading“Saturday night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist to justice,” Trump said at a much-hyped scheduled address. “His body was mutilated by the blast.” He then said that American officials were able to nevertheless positively identify him immediately using portable DNA testing equipment they brought with them. Trump described how special forces […]
Continue ReadingNigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is being ruled by ‘agbero’ leaders, according to SaharaReporters. That is the view of the General Overseer of Hilltop Believers Assembly Nigeria Incorporated in Delta State, Apostle Alfred Tseye-Okotie. An ‘agbero’ is a popular Lagos tout infamous for extorting commercial drivers and sometimes passengers. His main responsibility, at Lagos motor […]
Continue ReadingThe only surviving wife of Nigeria’s former Prime Minister, late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, is dead. Hajiya Jummai Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, died of cardiac arrest in Lagos on Sunday. It was learnt that she was taken to India to seek medical attention for her heart disease before she was later discharged some days ago. It […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave the country on an official trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh. Buhari would on the sideline of the event hold bilateral talks with King Salman of Saudi Arabia and King Abdullah ll of Jordan. A […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the federal government is committed to decongesting the correctional facilities across the country by reducing the number of awaiting trial inmates. At the public hearing organised by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriation on Wednesday, Mr Aregbesola spoke, according to the Vanguard newspaper. Aregbesola […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s first female science university graduate, Lady Deborah Jibowu, has reportedly passed away. She died at the age of 95. Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi confirmed the death of Lady Jibowu in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Olayinka Oyebode. He revealed that the deceased graduated from the University of Manchester in the […]
Continue ReadingA woman, rescued among 107 others by the police in Kwara state from yet another horrible rehabilitation centre has spoken about how she was raped daily by the uncle of the operator of the centre. The woman identified as Olaide Arikewuyo said she had spent five years in the centre and alleged that she had […]
Continue ReadingAmazon’s chief, Jeff Bezos has just lost his position as the richest person on earth to Bill Gates. According to Forbes, the Amazon honcho lost his title during after-hours trading Thursday, October 24th when the company’s shares plummeted 7 percent, dropping Bezos’ fortune to $103.9 Billion. Bill Gate’s net worth stands at $105.7 billion. The […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, urged Nigerians to endure the pains accompanied with the closure of Nigeria’s borders. Prof Osinbajo, who spoke at a town hall meeting in Benin City, Edo State, disclosed that border closure was aimed at ensuring that farmers become prosperous. The Vice President said part of the reasons for […]
Continue ReadingHuman rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, October 25 to investigate the source of money conveyed in bullion vans to the home of the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Leader Bola Tinubu on the eve of the 2019 presidential election. EFCC is empowered […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Appeal Court, Ekiti Division, has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs Senator Dayo Adeyeye challenging the verdict of the election petitions tribunal which nullified his victory in the senatorial election. The tribunal, headed by Justice Danladi Adeck, had on September 10 nullified the victory […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Supreme court has declared Mr Nyesom Wike as the validly elected Governor of Rivers State at the March 2019 gubernatorial election. A petition filed by the African Action Congress (AAC) and its candidate in the 2019 governorship election, Awara Biokpomabo Festus which was upheld by the Court of Appeal was upturned by the Supreme Court in […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has rescued five victims during overnight operation on Thursday, in another collapse building in Ojuelegba area of Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer, LASEMA, Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to newsmen on Friday in Lagos said the victims were rescued after the building was pulled down to […]
Continue ReadingSecurity in and around the Federal High Court, Abuja, was on Friday beefed up by operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission as Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, is to be arraigned. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Maina’s son, Faisal, is also being arraigned in the same court on […]
Continue ReadingThe probe panel, which investigated the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Simon Achuba, on allegations of gross misconduct, returned a not-guilty verdict against him because none of the six-point charge against him was substantiated by the state House of Assembly, according to Thisday. A copy of the report submitted to the state legislature […]
Continue ReadingFormer chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has called on the commission, to improve the electoral processes before the 2023 general elections. Speaking at Tell Magazine’s 20 years of democracy conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Jega noted that if care was not taken, the prediction of US Central Intelligence Agency […]
Continue ReadingThe Comptroller general of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed has denied claims of planning to arrest investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, who exposed the rot in Nigeria’s criminal justice system. Commenting on the documentary which exposed “drug abuse, sodomy, bribery, pimping and cash and carry operations” in Ikoyi prison, Ahmed said those found guilty of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Muhammad, has said the justices of the Supreme Court are humans and are therefore subject to mistakes. A statement signed by the Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, Festus Akande, said Mr Muhammad made the assertion on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the CJN was speaking during […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has granted an interim forfeiture order on 23 properties traced to the former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdurasheed Maina. Presiding judge, Justice Folasade Giwa-Ogunbanjo granted the order on Tuesday after hearing an ex-parte motion brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Moving the […]
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