Female National Youth Corps member slumps, dies

A female member of Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Miss Tayachibiyacha Ebal, serving in Dakingari, Kebbi State, has collapsed and died. Ebal was rushed to the camp clinic at Dakingari after she collapsed and later transferred to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Birnin-Kebbi, where she passed away while receiving medical attention. The incident […]

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Tinubu’s speech at 2025 budget presentation to National Assembly (Full text)

My Fellow Nigerians, In fulfilment of one of my constitutional duties and with an unyielding commitment to rebuilding Nigeria towards ensuring that we remain steadfast on the journey to a prosperous future, I hereby present the 2025 Budget to the Joint Session of the 10th National Assembly. On this day, before this hallowed chamber, I […]

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Gov Adeleke orders probe, clemency for young man sentenced to death for stealing a fowl

Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has expressed concern over a reported death sentence of a young man in the state for stealing a fowl. In a statement posted on X.com on Tuesday, governor Adeleke has directed the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to launch a full investigation into the case and initiate […]

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Funke ‘Jenifa’ Akindele blocks Faithia Balogun on Instagram, Faithia responds to her (Video)

Nigerian star actress, Faithia Williams-Balogun has taken to social media to respond to her colleague, another star actress, Funke ‘Jenifa’ Akindele who reportedly blocked her on Instagram. The drama unfolded after it was reported that the two actresses had unfollowed each other on the platform. Sources say, the rift between the two beautiful actresses began […]

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Nigerian Government renames University of Abuja

Nigerian Government has announced the renaming of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) to the name of former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon University (YGU). Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, revealed the decision to State House correspondents on Monday, December 15, after the Federal Executive Council’s meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. The […]

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I did not send anybody to appeal to Afe Babalola ―Dele Farotimi asserts

Nigerian lawyer and rights activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi, has maintained that he did not send anybody, on his own behalf, to beg or plead with Chief Afe Babalola SAN. Farotimi is currently standing trial in Ekiti State and federal courts for criminal defamation and cyber bulling in a complaint lodged against him by the legal […]

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Father cries out for justice over two sons wrongly sentenced to death

“It is said that the judiciary is the last hope of a common man, but what happens when a common man cannot get justice? The purpose of seeking justice is forfeited.” An Oshogbo High Court judge sentenced two brothers from Cotonou to death for armed robbery and murder. The judge admitted the confessional statement as […]

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23-year-old Nigerian male model wins Mr. International Pageant 2024

Nigerian man, Samuel Nwajaju, has become the first African to win the Mister International pageant at the 16th edition of the pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. Mister International, established in 2006 by the late Alan Sim, the former president and founder, is one of the world’s largest male pageants, second only to Mister World in […]

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Nigeria’s judicial system loose, pampers corrupt leaders who should be imprisoned for life ―ICAN president

President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Davidson Alaribe in a chat with Punch, bore his mind with Punch’s Johnson Idowu on the state of Nigerian judicial system among many issues affecting Nigeria at the moment. Alaribe said: “Our judicial system regarding punishment for fraud and corruption is very loose. What I need to […]

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Labour Party to drag its defected lawmakers to court

Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) has initiated legal action against its members in the National Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party is seeking a court declaration that the seats of the defecting lawmakers be declared vacant and is demanding the return of all salaries, allowances, and privileges received since their defection. […]

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Ex-gov Yahaya Bello admitted to N500m bail

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in the sum of ₦500 million. Presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, on Friday, ordered that the former governor provide two sureties with similar financial responsibility. The sureties must submit affidavits of means and own properties […]

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Nigerian man wanted by FBI for alleged $6m fraud extradited to the US, appears in US court

37-year-old Nigerian man, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, has been extradited to the District of Nebraska in the United States on a charge of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud filed in 2019. Kayode, who is accused of being part of a $6 million business email compromise (BEC) scheme between 2015 and 2016, was on the FBI’s Most […]

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Lagos businesswoman sentenced to 17 years in prison for N57.6m fraud

Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday, December 12, convicted and sentenced a businesswoman, Oluremi Ebun Phillips, to 17 years imprisonment for defrauding a company, AYM Shafa Limited, of N57,690,000. Nigeria’s EFCC said Phillips and her company, Omritas Energy Limited, sometime in 2016, in Lagos, fraudulently converted and stole the sum of N57,690,000, […]

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Afe Babalola petitions LPDC, wants Farotimi removed from Nigerian lawyers’ list

Law Firm of Afe Babalola has submitted a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee seeking the removal of a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, from the roll of Nigerian legal practitioners. The petition alleged that Farotimi violated certain provisions of the rules of professional conduct for lawyers. The 90-page petition, dated December […]

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Kemi Badenoch replies VP Shettima over comment on Nigeria

The leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, was born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents, has hit back at Vice President Kashim Shettima over the latter’s reaction to her comments about Nigeria. Badenoch, who grew up in Nigeria before departing the country for the UK at the age of […]

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Vice President Kashim Shettima slams Kemi Badenoch for ‘denigrating’ Nigeria

Vice President Kashim Shettima has criticised the newly elected British-Nigerian UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, for making disparaging remarks about Nigeria. While speaking at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja on Monday, Shettima emphasized that migrants are a vital source of life in all societies. He said: “Kemi Badenoch, […]

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Taraba State Governor’s sister accidentally shot by police escort, dies

Atsi, the younger sister of Taraba State Governor, Agbus Kefas, has died from gunshot injuries she sustained in a police accidental discharge. A source close to the Taraba State Government confirmed to Daily Trust that she died in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja where she had been receiving treatment after the incident. Atsi, 44, was […]

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US embassy reviews processes for Nigerian visa applicants

United States Embassy in Nigeria has reviewed its immigration visa processes for immigrants and reviewed processes will begin from January 1, 2025. A directive which was announced on its official X page on Tuesday, the embassy says applicants with interviews will now visit the Consulate General in Lagos at least twice during the process. It […]

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Nigerian pastor arrested over alleged multiple kidnappings

Nigerian Security operatives have arrested a notorious kidnapper, Terry Tinate Augustus, popularly called “Black” in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. Augustus, an acclaimed pastor from Ajapa community in Ese Odo LGA of Ondo State, was arrested by the Amotekun Corps in collaboration with the Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor on […]

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German President arrives Nigeria on a 3-day visit

The German Embassy announced in a statement that the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier was scheduled to arrive Nigeria on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 and will stay till December 12, 2024. “While in Abuja, President Steinmeier will meet with the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu as well as with the President of the […]

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