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Former Super Falcons goalkeeper, Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni, has passed away after battling with breast cancer for eight years. Aluko was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2017 and was given the all-clear a year later after undergoing treatment and a mastectomy. Sadly, she was again diagnosed with the disease in January 2019 and underwent 10 […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives in Jigawa State, Nigeria, have apprehended a 40-year-old man identified as Habu Ibrahim over alleged plans to poison his wife in Danadama village, Sule Tankarkar LGA. Revealing this to newsmen, the State Commissioner of Police, CP A. T. Abdullahi, in a statement released, said the suspect was arrested for allegedly lacing a drink […]
Continue ReadingA syndicate which specialized in printing fake Nigerian and Cameroonian currencies has been smashed by the Zone 2 Command, with the recovery of fake N9 million and 300 million CFA notes in Lagos. According to Vanguard, four suspected members of the syndicate are a couple Oludare Olamilekan, 50. his wife Oluwayemisi, 46; Ilelabayo Johnson, 62, […]
Continue ReadingUnited States on Monday imposed sanctions on Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other senior leaders, denouncing what it said was a campaign of rights abuses and corruption. The sanctions, which will block any US-based property and block any unofficial travel to the United States, replace a broader, two-decade-old sanctions programme against Zimbabwe. “The changes we […]
Continue ReadingNo fewer than 40 million telephone lines were barred by telecommunication operators over the weekend following the expiration of the February 28, 2024 deadline issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) mandating telecom consumers to link their Subscriber Identity Modules to their National Identity Numbers (NIN). This represents a 28 million increase from the 12 […]
Continue ReadingFollowing a long battle with blood clotting on his legs, veteran actor, John Okafor aka Mr. Ibu has died. The actor passed away in a hospital in Lagos state on Saturday, March 2. He was 62 years old. Family sources said, the actor has been on life support after he underwent a second surgery for […]
Continue ReadingSome residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency over the current economic hardship across the country. It was learnt that the warehouse is situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja. The voice of a man who was […]
Continue ReadingAt the maiden weekly press briefing of the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday, President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, said the regional bloc spent over a million dollars to support the conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. He said: “ECOWAS is one of the major partners of ECOWAS member states […]
Continue ReadingNigerian movie industry has been thrown into mourning following the news of the death of comic actor, Mr. Quadri Oyebamiji Tolani popularly known as Sisi Quadri surfaced on social media. He died at the age of 45 at the general hospital in Ogbomoso where he was said to be receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness […]
Continue ReadingPopular US-based Nigerian actor, Tayo Adeleye, has lost his dear wife. Sharing the news of her death in a social media post on Tuesday, Tayo noted that she would be forever etched in his heart. In a video from her burial ceremony, the actor said: “I could remember two weeks ago, you told me you […]
Continue ReadingAn Ivory Coast footballer, Archange Defrignan Mondou, has tragically passed away. 19-year-old Mondou played for Norway’s top club HamKam in the Eliteserien before his sad death. The midfielder, nicknamed Achilles, moved from the Ivory Coast in April of last year and initially joined HamKam’s second team, making three appearances and scoring one goal. On Tuesday, […]
Continue ReadingIt became known at the Thursday’s Senate plenary that a nominee for membership of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Board of Directors, Urum Kalu Eke from the Southeast, has declined the offer stating that he was currently engaged in the World Bank. President Bola Tinubu had on February 13 forwarded the names of Urum […]
Continue ReadingA member of the US Air Force is in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, in an apparent act of protest against alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza On Sunday afternoon, a video live streamed on Twitch showed the airman in uniform standing in front of the embassy […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister for Women Affairs, Ms. Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has issued a serious advice to her fellow Nigerian women. Kennedy-Ohaneye, during a Conference of Commissioners of State Ministries of Women Affairs in Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, said avoid trading words would prevent physical assault that may lead to injury or death. She advised women in […]
Continue ReadingGhanaian Parliament, on Wednesday, passed the bill on human sexual rights and family values, commonly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ bill. The bill, called the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, was introduced by Sam Nartey George, the MP for Ningo-Prampram. GhanaWeb reports that the bill was a Private Members […]
Continue ReadingA three-day photo exhibition, as part of events marking the 50th anniversary of PUNCH newspapers, opens in Lagos today (Wednesday), with a former Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture in Lagos State, Steve Ayorinde, as curator. The photo exhibition, showcasing iconic photographs from PUNCH’s rich archive, comes next after the ceremonies marking the newspaper house’s […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has embarked on a protest against hardship in the country. NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had on February 8, issued a 14-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government over the failure to implement the agreements reached on October 2, following the removal of fuel subsidy. There were stories […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given the go-ahead for full implementation of the 2012 Stephen Oronsaye’s Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies Report. As a result of the announcement, there will be merging, subsuming, scraping and relocation of several agencies of government at the federal level. Minister of […]
Continue ReadingChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has on Monday, sworn in 11 new Justices to the bench of the Nigerian Supreme Court, charging them not to allow their personal ambition to cloud their sense of judgement. Ariwoola further warned that the interaction of the new Justices with people of unviable inclinations and pedigree, […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of the warning issued by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, on Sunday, human rights group known as the “Take It Back Movement” on Monday hit the streets of Lagos State to protest against the soaring price of food and the high cost of living in the country. Fayoade said that […]
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