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Edo State House of Assembly has on Monday, April 8, 2024, impeached the embattled state deputy governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu. The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of the seven-man investigative panel set up by the state’s Chief Judge to probe allegations of misconduct against Shaibu. For sometime now, there has been crisis between […]
Continue ReadingFormer bank employee, Mike Ilishebo, 44, allegedly killed his 35-year-old wife, Valerie Franco, before taking his own life in Zambia. The incident happened at Meanwood Ndeke Phase One area in Lusaka on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Police Public Relations officer (PPRO), Rae Hamoonga, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, April 4, said […]
Continue ReadingOnce upon a time, the Nigerian Naira was a king over the United States Dollars. This was the case in 1975, when a brand new Peugeot 504 car would be purchased from the showroom with only N1,500, an amount that cannot buy a loaf of bread this year 2024. A loaf of bread is sold […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Monday, April 8, 2024, arraign the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos for alleged abuse of office over allocation of billions of United States dollars. Emefiele alongside his co-defendant, one Henry Isioma Omole, will be […]
Continue ReadingA married woman and worship leader, Funanani Mbedzi, has died after she was allegedly killed inside her church by her husband during the Easter celebration. According to South African Police Service (SAPS), the murder suspect entered the church in Makonde Shadani village, outside Thohoyandou, around 6 pm while the congregation was engaged in worship and […]
Continue ReadingFederal High Court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, convicted controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olarewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky for abusing the Naira. Bobrisky appeared at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday in a black outfit with a black scarf to cover face. The social media influencer was accused of “spraying” bank notes, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian male cross-dresser, Idris Olarewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been arrested and detained by the Lagos State Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, over abuse of naira, spraying of naira notes and currency mutilation. Bobrisky has failed to meet the bail conditions granted him by the commission. Spokesperson for […]
Continue ReadingFormer President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ali Ciroma, has died. Comrade Ciroma died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital, Nigeria, on Tuesday, April 2. A family member, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, announced the death […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Professor and former aide to the Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria, Joseph Odemuyiwa, has died from an auto crash that happened along the Ibadan-Abeokuta road. Odemuyiwa, who was a Professor of Business Education, was also the immediate Senior Special Adviser to Prince Dapo Abiodun on Vocational and Technical Education. Governor Abiodun has described the […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) serving with the Force Criminal and Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Lagos State Nigeria, Gbolahan Oyedemi, on Monday, reportedly committed suicide in his private house in his hometown, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Oyedemi was the Aide de Camp (ADC) to the late former Governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala, during his 11-month […]
Continue ReadingBassirou Diomaye Faye, a left-wing pan-Africanist, was sworn in Tuesday as Senegal’s youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison. The 44-year-old has never before held an elected office but several African leaders attended the ceremony in the new town of […]
Continue ReadingUnknown assailants have killed Dr. Kamar Abdulkadir, a lecturer in the Department of Physical Health Education, University of Maiduguri, Borno State. It was gathered that the assailants sneaked into his office on Sunday, March 31, 2024, and attacked him with a knife and hammer. A source told security expert, Zagazola Makama that the victim was […]
Continue ReadingUS-based Ghanaian couple, Valerie Owusu and Emmanuel Addae, have been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of their five-year-old son, nearly three years after he was beaten to death. They were found guilty of brutally beating the child with “at least four different instruments” over three days in 2021, according to the Suffolk County […]
Continue ReadingKaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has said that he inherited a huge debt burden of $587m, N85bn and 115 contractual liabilities from his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai’s government and that the huge debt has eaten deep into the state’s federal allocation. Governor Sani disclosed this at a town hall meeting on Saturday, March 30. The governor […]
Continue ReadingIn his Easter message made available to journalists, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, Rev. Mathew Hassan Kukah, on Sunday, expressed concern about what he described as the “ubiquity of the military in our national life.” “With the presence of soldiers everywhere, it is impossible to explain how we can say we are in […]
Continue ReadingRestless Nigerian singer, rapper, and songwriter, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable or Dr Zeh, has been spotted in a viral video being gifted a car. This was uploaded on @Jbrandy_YBNL verified “X” account on Friday, March 29th, 2024. The gift came from a businessman named Ochacho. The Abuja businessman was seen in the video gifting […]
Continue ReadingAccess Holdings Plc announced growth in its profits before tax on Thursday, posting N729bn in 2023, representing a 335 per cent year-on-year increase from 2022. The group, in its consolidated and separate financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, also reported 87 per cent increase in gross earnings to N2.59tn, up from N1.38tn […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-based Danish aid worker, Anja Loven Ringgren Loven and her team have rescued a malnourished little girl abandoned and left to die in Akwa State after being branded a witch. Loven, who disclosed this on Thursday, March 28, 2024, said the child was found in a near death situation. She wrote: “Yesterday we received a […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Defence Headquarters has declared eight persons wanted over their alleged roles in the recent extreme horrific killing of 17 military personnel in Delta State. Nigerian military released the list of the wanted persons on Thursday at a briefing in Abuja. The persons declared wanted are Prof. Ekpekpo Arthur, Andaowei Dennis Bakriri, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbo […]
Continue ReadingPart of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early on Tuesday morning after a column was hit by a large container ship, sending cars and possibly people into the Patapsco River. The Baltimore City Fire Department told CBS News that at about 1:30 a.m., 911 calls started coming in saying a vessel had […]
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