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Halima Umar According to TheCable, some suspected Boko Haram insurgents have released Halima Umar, a corps member in Gwoza, Borno state, five months after her abduction. In a statement on Thursday, the state government said Umar was freed through collaborative efforts involving security agencies and an undisclosed journalist. Abdulmalik Biu, general officer commanding (GOC) 7 […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, has commended the All Progressives Congress administration under President Muhammadu Buhari for stepping up the fight against corruption in the country in a bid to ensure good governance and development. But he lamented that jailing corrupt people was a desperate and wasteful effort […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will on June 25, roll-out the enhanced 10-year validity e-passport at the Ikoyi Passport office, Lagos. NIS Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, made this known in a statement in Abuja, on Thursday. James said in view of the exercise, the service would shut down the existing payment platform for the […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actress and video vixen, Joy Ezenobie, has passed away. According to reports, the actress who has battled fibroid for a while passed away on the 14th of June, 2019, after a failed surgery. Until her death, she was a member of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Lagos and featured in many soap operas […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The corporation disclosed this in a statement released by the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja, on Thursday. He said that the appointment will take effect from […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s immediate past Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his support during the time his son, Dayo Adewole, was kidnapped. The former Minister said this in a statement he signed on Thursday following the release of his son on Wednesday evening. He thanked God for the restoration and expressed gratitude […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the seven-day ultimatum handed down to Fulani herdsmen in the South-west by the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has sent his Chief of Staff, Mr. Jude Nwankor, to the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Abiodun Ige Adams. Speaking during the visit in his house in Lagos, […]
Continue ReadingSeidu Oshiomhole, the younger brother of the APC National Chairman and former Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole was yesterday attacked and beaten up alongside 14 other lawmakers-elect in the state. The lawmakers were reportedly holding a meeting at an undisclosed location when they were attacked by thugs allegedly hired by the state government. According […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian Professor of English, Austin Nwagbara, who resides in Ghana, was yesterday arrested and then released on bail by the Ghanaian police on claims he was inciting the public against the Ghanaian authorities. Nwagbara was arrested after a viral video showing him condemning the manner in which Nigerians are being treated in Ghana surfaced online. In […]
Continue ReadingAccording to this year’s Global Peace Index, Iceland has once again held its position as the most ‘peaceful’ nation on Earth, and in addition, the world’s overall ‘peacefulness’ has improved for the first time in five years. Afghanistan was bottom of the list, moving below even Syria, while South Sudan, Yemen and Iraq were all […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua has finally met with former US president, Barrack Obama years after he said he would like to meet and share a drink with him. Anthony Joshua shared a new photo of himself and Barrack Obama posing together and wrote: CEO Summit. A long way from where it all started.’ In a previous interview […]
Continue ReadingThere is “credible evidence” linking Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October, an independent UN rights expert said Wednesday, calling for an international investigation. In a fresh report, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard said she had “determined that there is credible evidence, […]
Continue ReadingDayo Adewole, son of former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has been abducted by some unknown gunmen. Dayo was kidnapped Tuesday evening. The military, the police, security agents and local hunters were already on the trail of the kidnappers as at press time, The Nation reports. Reports revealed that the former minister has been […]
Continue ReadingRemember the N60m cash intercepted and seized from a relative of the immediate past SSG of Zamfara state around the end of May? The Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto zonal office has secured the interim forfeiture of the N60 million cash linked to a former Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Prof. Abdullahi […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s 2019 general elections “fell significantly” short of the standards set in 2015, the joint Nigeria International Election Observation Mission of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) said in its final report on the elections. The United States-based organisations released their joint report on Tuesday in Abuja. The Nigerian Presidency said it […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lambasted governor Kayode Fayemi over alleged bogus approval of funds for himself and his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, alleging that the Governor’s intention was to milk the state dry not minding the poor resources and allocation accruing to it. In a statement issued on Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in a war of wits as the opposition PDP has now filed a petition before the Kano Governorship Election Tribunal against the Commission alleging denial to access elections materials. The PDP is accusing INEC of alleged violation of orders of the court, […]
Continue ReadingArising from a crucial meeting of the Aare Onakakanfo in Council yesterday June 17, the former leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and now the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams warned that the Yoruba people would be forced to retaliate if the Fulani herdsmen continued to maim innocent people. He ordered Fulani marauders […]
Continue ReadingAn upcoming Nigerian rapper simply identified as Ziggy, died yesterday Sunday June 16th after falling at a 4-storey building in Paradise estate Lekki, Lagos state where he resides. According to reports, Ziggy was in the estate taking a walk when he unknowingly stepped into an open space which was supposed to house an elevator. He fell immediately, broke his […]
Continue ReadingFormer Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi died on Monday in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a session in court, judicial and security sources said. “He was speaking before the judge for 20 minutes then became very animated and fainted. He was quickly rushed to the hospital where he later died,” a judicial source said. Turkish President Recep […]
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