Another assassination attempt on Donald Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Secret Service agents spotted and fired on a gunman in bushes near the property line of the golf course, a few hundred yards from where […]

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Omoyele Sowore arrested at Lagos airport on arrival in Nigeria

Sahara Reporters publisher and Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested as he arrived Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, around 9.43 am on Sunday. On Thursday, 12 September 2024, a DSS memo ordering the arrest of Sowore upon his arrival in […]

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Owa Obokun of Ijesaland has joined his ancestors

The Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, has joined his ancestors. He passed on at the age of 86. His death was announced in a statement, signed by Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital. Confirming the monarch’s passing, Fasuyi, in a tribute that he personally sent to […]

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Lagos court sentences American businessman to 74 years imprisonment

Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Nigeria, has sentenced an American businessman, Marco Ramirez to 74 years in prison over $1.6m fraud. Ramirez was sentenced on Tuesday following the charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC had arraigned the convict on a 12-count charge but later […]

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Nigerian nurse sentenced to prison in UK for leaving her 10-week-old baby to die

A Nigerian working as a nurse in the United Kingdom (UK), Ruth Auta, has been sentenced to three years in prison for neglecting her ten-week-old baby, Joshua Akerele, who died while she was at work. According to Daily Mail, the single mother who is in her late twenties, had reportedly left Joshua alone in her […]

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Woman slumps, dies as she shares testimony in Lagos church

A 55-year-old woman, only identified as Ifeoma, reportedly died shortly after collapsing while sharing a testimony at the Ministry Church in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State. Reports say the incident, which occurred around 8:48 am during Sunday service on September 8, 2024, ultimately led to her death a few minutes later. Spokesperson for the […]

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Kamala Harris baits, rattles Trump in explosive debate

The first and what may be the only meeting between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris of this abbreviated campaign season is in the books. Tuesday’s debate started off on a cordial note, with a handshake between the two candidates. As the night wore on, it got combative with Harris repeatedly baiting Trump into talking about […]

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Labour Party group defends its Caretaker Committee Chairman, Nenadi Usman against fraud allegation

Some members of the Labour Party (LP) in the South-South under the auspices of the Core Social Democrats (CSD), on Tuesday, rejected a defamatory report against the former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman. The former Minister was appointed to lead the LP’s 29-member Caretaker Committee on 4th September during an extended stakeholders’ meeting held […]

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Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media, Ajuri Ngelale resigns

In a statement issued on Saturday, Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, has resigned from his position with immediate effect. The statement further said he has also stepped down as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen. Ngelale […]

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Why police declared me PIDOM’s accomplice ―David Hundeyin speaks

Investigative Nigerian journalist, David Hundeyin, clarified the reasons behind the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) declaration that tagged him as an accomplice in the trial of whistleblower Isaac Tamunobifiri, also known as PIDOM. Speaking in an interview with News Central Television on Wednesday, Hundeyin said it was not unconnected to truth-telling in an administration that sees […]

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Your Refinery has dealt a heavy blow on fuel import cabals in Nigeria ―Otedola congratulates Dangote

Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has congratulated his friend, Aliko Dangote, on the actualisation of his $20 billion refinery in Lagos. In a statement released on his social media handles on Tuesday September 3, Otedola said the roll out of petroleum products from the Dangote Refinery has dealt a heavy blow on the oil cabals […]

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Nigeria Police name David Hundeyin, Michael Alade as PIDOM’s accomplices

The Nigeria Police Force has said a discreet investigation revealed that an investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, and one Michael Alade are Bristol Isaac, aka PIDOMNigeria’s accomplices. PIDOMNigeria was accused of leaking classified and restricted documents, fraud, sedition, and tax evasion among others. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, the Force Spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said PIDOM […]

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South African pastor sent to life imprisonment for raping underage girl

Nelspruit Sexual Offences Court in South Africa has sentenced a 42-year-old pastor, Dumisani Morris Khumalo, to life imprisonment for the rape of a 14-year-old girl in 2020. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) DPP Mpumalanga Regional spokesperson, Monica Nyuswa, in a statement on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, said: “The assault had adverse effects on the victim, […]

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NNPC stations increase petrol price to N855 per litre

Strong indications are showing that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has directed its retail outlets to raise the pump price of petrol to N855 per litre. Nigerians woke up on Tuesday to find a change in pump prices, rising from around N600 to N855 per litre. According to Punch, sources informed its correspondent that […]

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Yar’aduas’ mother dies in Katsina hospital

Hajia Dada Yar’adua, mother of former Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’adua, is dead. She was also the mother of a Nigerian army General and politician, late Shehu Musa Yar’Adua GCON who was the Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, a de facto vice president of Nigeria from 1976 to 1979; and Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, the […]

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Briton, Nigerian declared wanted for attempting to overthrow Tinubu’s govt

Nigeria Police Force (NPF), on Monday, declared a British national, Wynne Andrew Martin, also known as Andrew Povich, and a Nigerian, Lucky Ehis Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government in the country. The police accused the British national of building a network of sleeper cells to topple the democratic government […]

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President Tinubu landed in China on official state visit

President Bola Tinubu arrived in Beijing, the capital of China on Sunday, on an official state visit. While there, the Nigerian leader would attend the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit,  themed “Joining Hands to Advance Modernisation and Build High-Level China-Africa Community with Shared Future.” This was disclosed in a post on X by the […]

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