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Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal opposition candidate and political newcomer, very popular among the country’s disaffected youth, is set to be declared the next president after his main rival called him on Monday, March 25, to concede defeat. Provisional results showed Faye with about 53.7% and Amadou Ba – from the current ruling coalition – with […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor, Amaechi Muonagor, has died at the age of 62 after a prolonged illness. This was disclosed by a social commentator, Morris Monye, via his X handle, on Sunday. Muonagor was said to have suffered kidney failure and was on dialysis. The sudden news of his demise comes just few days after a […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, Nigeria Police Force (NPF), on Saturday, confirmed that six of its officers were killed in an ambush by kidnappers or criminals in Ohoro forest in Delta state, while six other officers were missing in action. “The bodies of six of the slain officers have been recovered after a fierce search conducted by […]
Continue ReadingOn Friday, men in camouflage clothing broke into a Moscow concert hall and opened fire, fatally shooting an unknown number of people, injuring several others. Reports now say the death toll in the incident has now risen to 133. Officials have said more than 100 others were injured. President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has said […]
Continue ReadingPrincess of Wales, Kate Middleton, 42, announced on Friday that she is battling cancer and is currently undergoing preventative chemotherapy treatment. She made the revelation, in a heartfelt video message, following weeks of speculation about her well-being since she was hospitalized for abdominal surgery in January. Seated in a serene garden setting, Kate, shared her […]
Continue ReadingFederal government of Nigeria has today, arraigned the detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, at a Federal High Court, Abuja on a three-count charge bordering on terrorism. Bodejo, who was arrested on Jan. 23 in Malia, Nasarawa State and kept in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), was arraigned before Justice […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Representatives has passed a bill for upward review of the salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of judicial officers, with the Chief Justice of Nigeria now expected to earn a monthly salary of N5.39m. In the executive bill submitted to the House on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu and passed on Wednesday, other […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says the attacks on Peter Obi by Reno Omokri, presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga and David Bwala showed that their principal indeed stole his mandate but is not able to run away with it. Solomon who has been critical of the Tinubu administration stated this on his […]
Continue ReadingIn a ruling delivered on Tuesday March 19, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria, rejected the bail application filed for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Instead, the court ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving the embattled IPOB leader who is facing charges […]
Continue ReadingA bus carrying students from a top Kenyan university collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of the students and causing serious injuries to 42, police said. The accident occurred at 5:50 pm on Monday, March 18, at Maungu, 360 kilometres from the capital Nairobi, when the […]
Continue ReadingTop Nollywood producer, outdoor adventure filmmaker and photographer, Ikechukwu Nnadi, popularly known as Andy Best, is dead. Nnadi, who was said to be battling with a prolonged ailment, was confirmed dead at a private clinic in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Tuesday. Confirming the death of the movie producer, the convener of the Best […]
Continue ReadingSeventeen soldiers (four officers among them) of the Nigerian Army on a peace-mission were on Thursday tragically killed during a clash between the Okuama and Okoloba communities in Ughelli South Local Government area of Delta State, Nigeria. Days after the gruesome murder, the Defence Headquarters said 17 personnel including the Commanding Officer of 181 Amphibious […]
Continue ReadingParamount ruler of Ile Ife Kingdom, HRM, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ọjájá II, Ooni of Ife nd one of his queens, Olori Tobi, have welcomed a set of twins. The monarch shared the good news on his verified Instagram account, stating that the Queen welcomed a boy and a girl, today March 16. “To God be […]
Continue ReadingOlubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, has joined his ancestors. He was 81. Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, confirmed the passing away of the monarch. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Governor Makinde said Oba Balogun died Thursday evening, March 14, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Rafiu Olohunwa, has distanced himself from a publication declaring him as the union’s newly appointed Lagos State Chairman. In a statement signed by him on Thursday in Lagos, Olohunwa described the publication as misleading and an attempt by mischievous elements to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian lady, Kemi, whose baby was almost swapped during delivery has suggested that DNA tests should be done immediately after pregnant women deliver their babies. The lady called-in on phone to a program on Television Continental (TVC) on Tuesday morning while paternity fraud was being discussed. According to Kemi, she and another woman, bearing the […]
Continue ReadingSome civil society and rights groups in Nigeria have condemned Oluwatoyin Madein, the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF); Commissioners of Finance for the 36 states of the federation and other government officials for choosing to hold a workshop in the United Kingdom at a time when the economy is experiencing a major downturn. The […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate was plunged into a rowdy session on Tuesday as the Point of Order raised by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, was hijacked by an escalation by Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe representing Cross River North. Hot debate had ensued in the Senate after Senator Abdul Ningi had, at an interview […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate has suspended the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi for three months over his allegation that the 2024 federal budget was padded by his colleagues. Ningi was suspended after about three hours of debate over his interview in which he alleged that the National Assembly padded the 2024 N28.7tn budget. A member […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement released on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria, the leadership of the United Nigerians in the Diaspora (UND) has said it will embark on massive street protest to some Nigerian embassies in Washington DC, some other US cities, London and other major cities in Europe and Asia nations, asking for immediate resignation of Chairman […]
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