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A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja Nigeria, on Friday, ordered Nigerian government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murder of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Mr Giwa was 39 years old, when, on October 19, 1986, he was blown to smithereens by a parcel bomb […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has applied to withdraw the treasonable felony charge that the former President Muhammadu Buhari-led government filed against a civil rights activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, in 2019. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, in a letter dated February 14, which he wrote […]
Continue ReadingRussia’s most significant opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin’s critic has died in an Arctic Circle jail at the age of 47. According to the Russian prison service, he collapsed and died on Friday, February 16, after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade jail term. The […]
Continue ReadingA jealous nurse sliced her boyfriend’s penis off with a kitchen knife as he slept following a heated row over his alleged infidelity in Peru. The healthcare worker, named Marleni Rimarachin Colunche, is said to have carried out the bloody attack on Iván Céspedes, her partner of four years. The couple, both aged 39, worked […]
Continue ReadingNational Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP) has on Wednesday, slammed a six-month suspension on its National Treasurer, Ms. Oluchi Opara. Her suspension was officially announced at a media briefing held at the party secretariat in Abuja. Opara had at a press conference on Monday, accused the LP National Chairman, Julius Abure of […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu will, on Thursday, depart Abuja for Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to participate in the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government. “The President will join other African leaders in high-level meetings on institutional reforms of the African Union; peace and security,” Tinubu’s Special […]
Continue ReadingUnited States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have released pictures of the site of the tragic crash that killed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, and five others. The Airbus EC130 helicopter crashed close to the California-Nevada border near Halloran Springs, killing Wigwe, his wife Doreen, their son Chizi Wigwe and […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Fatai Adams, has reportedly passed away. It was gathered that he died in the early hours of Wednesday, even though details of his death have not been made public. The party’s state Publicity Secretary, Mr Kennedy Peretei, who confirmed the incident, said […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Afropop singer, songwriter, actress and activist, Yemi Alade has sent a stern warning to an anonymous person on X (Twitter). The singer who left her followers guessing who she was referring to, wrote: “You see this life, ehh… no think say because of social media we be mates. …. take your time” Her post: (LIB)
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, rewarded the Super Eagles of Nigeria with a national honour, Member of the Order of the Niger (MON), flats and piece of land in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Tinubu made the pronouncement when he received the players and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) at the Council Chamber, […]
Continue ReadingIn a press release on its website on Tuesday, the UK’s Department of Business and Trade has said that United Kingdom (UK) and Nigeria are set to sign a partnership agreement that will permit British legal practitioners to operate businesses and render services in Nigeria. The partnership deal between the UK and Nigeria is to […]
Continue ReadingImmediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday, appeared as a witness in the ongoing trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and that $6.2m was released from the CBN in February 2023 using a forged document. Mustapha stated this […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Tuesday, the board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc has announced Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) following the unfortunate death of former GCEO, Herbert Wigwe. “Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced […]
Continue ReadingWorld marathon running record holder, Kelvin Kiptum has passed away after driving his car into a big tree, it has been revealed. Kiptum, the marathon runner, died on Sunday at the age of 24 in his native Kenya, with his coach, Rwanda’s Gervais Hakizimana, 37, also killed in the road crash near Kaptagat, an area […]
Continue ReadingNew crisis has hit a faction of the Labour Party (LP) being led by Julius Abure after its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday, demanded the accountability of about N3.5 billion in party finances. According to her, the finances were proceeds from the sales of forms and other fundraising […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Arise News television on Sunday evening, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has stated that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero said the demand from organised labour would be influenced […]
Continue ReadingChief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has reportedly died following the crash of a helicopter conveying him and five others on Friday night near the California-Nevada border in the United States of America. The chartered Airbus EC130 helicopter was flying from Palm Springs, California, to Boulder City, Nevada, just outside of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), on Friday, declared that it would deduct N10,505,286,072 from the annual allowed revenues of the 11 power distribution companies during the next tariff review as part of sanctions over their non-compliance with the capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. NERC disclosed this in a notice obtained in Abuja, stressing […]
Continue ReadingFormer Super Eagles international, Idah Peterside, revealed that the Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, who plays for Chippa United in South Africa, has reportedly received threats from South African fans following his standout performance against their country at the AFCON semi final. Speaking on Channels Television on Thursday, Peterside stated that some fans have warned […]
Continue ReadingAfrica Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone, a platform and user of X (Twitter), has given the names of four Nigerians (one of them an NYSC member), who suddenly died while watching the AFCON semi finals between Nigerian Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana of South Africa on Wednesday. Sharing on X, the pictures of three of the four […]
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