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President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he will participate in the 2025 edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025 (ADSW 2025). Tinubu, who jetted out from the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, at about 6:30pm, was seen […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Tiktoker, Olumide Ogunsanwo popularly known as Seaking, has recounted what he observed while he was remanded in Kirikiri prison in Lagos State, Nigeria. In a video shared online, Seaking said that the prison is filled with poor people who cannot defend themselves. According to him, while he was there, he met two inmates, one […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man, Chukwunonso Obiora, formerly of Massachusetts, was sentenced for his role in separate schemes to launder criminal proceeds from fraud and obtaining a United States passport through false statements. The United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New England made the announcement on […]
Continue ReadingUnited States president-elect, Donald Trump has been sentenced to unconditional discharge for his conviction last year on 34 charges of business fraud related to hush money payment to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Unconditional discharge means Trump will not be imprisoned, fined or face probation, but his conviction still stands, and he will enter office as a convicted […]
Continue ReadingA viral but eyesore video shared online on Friday showed a completely naked woman casually walking along a road in the Rayfield area in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Full details surrounding the incident are still unclear but some eyewitnesses attribute her behaviour to mental health issues, while others suspect she may have been under the […]
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency in a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. It was followed by an intimate hometown funeral near where he was born a century ago. All of Carter’s living successors […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has received $52.88 million in recovered assets linked to a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United States of America. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, disclosed this during the formal signing ceremony of the asset agreement between Nigeria and the United States in Abuja on […]
Continue ReadingSenator John Azuta-Mbata has been elected as the new and 13th President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, a prominent Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Mbata, a former Senator representing Rivers East at the National Assembly from 1999 to 2007, was elected at the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly meeting held at the old government lodge Enugu, the Enugu State […]
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE Makinde approves new Alaafin A new Alaafin of Oyo has been formally approved by Governor Seyi Makinde. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said that Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade after thorough consultations and divinations, has been recommended by the Oyomesi and approved by the Governor of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced one Chima Nkwocha also known as Young Billionaire to two years imprisonment for defrauding a United States citizen of $345,000. It was gathered from a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday that the convict was arrested in August 2024, arraigned before […]
Continue ReadingA newspaper, Mansfield News-Journal, in 1963, published a bold prediction: someday, people would carry their phones in their pockets. At the time, the idea seemed absurd—phones were bulky, wired devices limited to homes and offices. As one can see today, we carry not just mobile phones but powerful smartphones capable of video calls, internet access, […]
Continue ReadingNew Commissioner of Police (CP) in Ekiti State, Joseph Eribo has assumed office, to take over from Adeniran Akinwale, who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). A statement released on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Ekiti State police command, Sunday Abutu, described Eribo […]
Continue ReadingIn its latest update, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has expanded its lexicon with 20 Nigerian words and expressions. The newly added entries include popular terms like “japa,” “agbero,” “eba,” “419,” and “abi,” among others. These words, deeply rooted in the everyday lives of Nigerians, highlight the influence of Pidgin English, street slang, and cultural […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has dismissed the objection filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, challenging its jurisdiction to hear the $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Delivering the ruling on Wednesday, Justice Rahman Oshodi held […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer and songwriter, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, has gifted a new Benz SUV worth over N200 million to personal assistant (PA), described as his right-hand man, Femmy. Femmy shared a clip of the luxury ride’s machine on his Snapchat platform, expressing heartfelt gratitude with the caption: “Whoooppp thank you Big Wiz, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalung, has described the power brokers in President Bola Tinubu’s administration as very educated, more experienced, sophisticated and dangerous than those in the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today program, Dalung claimed that the cabals in Buhari’s administration lacked education […]
Continue ReadingA high court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, has ruled that Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers state governor, can conduct official business with three lawmakers at the state house of assembly who have not vacated their seats. The suit had sought to compel Governor Fubara to re-submit the 2024 budget to the faction of the […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement released on Monday evening, two Nigerians, Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja, 39, and Abel Adeyi Daramola, 37, face up to 20 years each in a United States prison after they were convicted by a federal jury for orchestrating a $560,000 romance scam. The US Attorney, Alexander Uballez and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge […]
Continue ReadingJohn Dramani Mahama was sworn in for a second term as Ghana’s president on Tuesday at a ceremony in the capital Accra, pledging to overcome public discontent by boosting the economy and creating much-needed jobs. The opposition leader, 66, won the December 7 presidential election by a wide margin to stage a political comeback in the West African nation, […]
Continue ReadingCelestial Church of Christ (CCC) has announced the sudden passing of its three prominent Pastors on the first day of the new year 2025. Evangelist Oladotun Elusanmi, Shepherd Olumuyiwa Michael, and Assistant Venerable Superior Evangelist Johnson Olajuwon, were announced dead by the church’s media head in a statement released on its website. Secretary of the […]
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