US Democratic Congresswoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, dies

Dianne Feinstein, a centrist Democrat who served as California’s senator since 1992, has died. The passionate advocate for liberal priorities who broke gender barriers was the oldest member of Congress. She was 90. Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press (AP) on Friday. Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, was […]

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Supreme Court affirms Achonu as Imo LP Gov’ship candidate

Nigerian Supreme Court has affirmed Athan Achonu as the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the November 11, 2023 election in Imo State, Nigeria. Basil Maduka, a contestant in the primaries had objected to Achonu’s candidature at both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal. But the justices of the Supreme Court on Thursday […]

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Four officers detained after failed coup in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso said on Thursday that four officers had been detained, a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. The four are suspected of involvement in a “conspiracy against state security”, military prosecutor Ahmed Ferdinand Sountoura said in a statement seen by AFP on Thursday. Two others are “on the […]

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Atiku files reply to Tinubu’s review application at Chicago court

Legal team of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has filed a motion to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s plea for Chicago State University not to release privileged documents in his academic records. The Special Adviser to Atiku on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu, disclosed to newsmen that the legal team had up to […]

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Joe Biden appoints Nigerians, Osagie Imasogie and Chineye Ogwumike as advisers

The United States President, Joe Biden, has appointed two professionals who are of Nigerian descent as special advisers. Both Osagie Imasogie and Chineye Ogwumike were part of the 12 members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. The appointment was contained in a statement released by the State House […]

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Chief Medical Director allegedly beats wife to a pulp in Ekiti

Chief Medical Director of Ekiti State Specialist Hospital, Ikere-Ekiti, Dr. Olubiyi Olaolu Abidemi has allegedly beaten his wife, Dr. Olubiyi Adenike to a pulp during a disagreement at their residence on St. David Hospital Compound, Ifaki-Ekiti on Thursday, 14th September 2023. Trouble started when the wife was alleged to have refused to take care of […]

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Forgive Tinubu, discontinue your case in Chicago to save Nigeria from shame ―APC youth leader begs Atiku

A youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hyde Kalu has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar to drop his case pursuing the validity of President Bola Tinubu’s educational qualifications in the United States. The APC youth leader in Abia State said […]

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NLC, TUC announce indefinite workers strike beginning from October 3

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have announced plans to commence an indefinite Nigerian workers strike from October 3. This decision follows a joint press briefing held by the union leaders in Abuja, Nigeria. They have also called on their state chapters to organize protests nationwide. Joint action by […]

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Missing South African Magistrate’s lifeless body found in car boot, her husband arrested

Police in South Africa have arrested the husband of a Regional Court Magistrate, Mamello Thamae, 40, after her body was discovered in the boot of their car in Lesotho. Police had on Friday, September 22, 2023, launched a manhunt after Thamae and her husband, Lehlohonolo Maketoane, were reported missing. At the time, SAPS spokesperson, Captain […]

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Police begin search for missing Ekiti State University female student

Police Command in Ekiti has intensified the search for a missing 500-level female student of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Helen Eberechukwu Okorie. Spokesperson of the command (PPRO), DSP Sunday Abutu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, September 23, 2023, in Ado-Ekiti. According to the PPRO, the 23-year-old student has been missing since […]

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British-Nigerian TV dentist, Dr Uchenna Okoye collapses, dies

British-Nigerian celebrity TV dentist, Dr. Uchenna Okoye passed away on Friday, September 15, 2023 from a bleed on the brain after collapsing at her London home. The grieving family of the This Morning dental expert said they are ‘devastated her beautiful, full life has been cut so short’. Her personal assistant and confidante of more than […]

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Ex-UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya pleads guilty to drinking and driving, faces three months in jail

Former UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya has pleaded guilty to drunk-driving charges in his home country of New Zealand. The incident took place on August 19, when Adesanya was pulled over and found with 87 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood in his system. The legal limit in New Zealand is 50 milligrams. […]

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Nigeria’s Appeal Court has 39,526 pending cases ―Justice Dongban-Mensen, President

President of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensen, has said that the appellate court has 39,526 pending cases. Justice Dongben-Mensen made this known during a ceremony to usher in the 2023/2024 new legal year. She said the appeal court received a total of 7,295 appeals and 3,665 motions in the 2022/2023 legal year. “During […]

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Doctor accused of having sex with 90 women at his GP surgery apologises to former patients and lovers

A British doctor accused of having sex with 90 women at his GP surgery has apologised to his former lovers and patients. The Cambridge doctor, Dr. Tom Plimmer is accused of inviting women to the surgery in Swindon, Wiltshire, for sex during working hours. He told the tribunal that he felt ‘ashamed’ at having destroyed […]

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Overhead bridge collapses in Enugu, trucks trapped (Videos)

An overhead bridge at the New Artisan Market axis in the Enugu State Capital collapsed on Monday morning, September 25. A fully loaded truck and an unidentified lorry were on the bridge when it suddenly collapsed. Videos shared online show the extent of the damage done. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Works in […]

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Election Tribunal dismisses PDP, LP’s petition against Sanwo-Olu, APC

Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal for Lagos State, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party (LP), and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election. Jandor had contested the results of the March 18 […]

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Is this still a candlelight procession? Was she actually mourning Mohbad? ―Police spokesman, ACP Adejobi reacts to lady baring boobs (Video, photo)

Force Headquarters Police spokesperson (PPRO), ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, reacts to a video of a lady exposing her bra during last Thursday’s candlelight procession for late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba known as Mohbad. The young lady raised her white shirt up and flashed her bra, exposing some of her breasts while marching with others during the procession. […]

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Atiku’s aide releases list of Tinubu administration’s ’10 big lies’ in 119 days

In a statement in Abuja, Nigeria, the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, yesterday, unveiled what he described as the 10 big lies that had so far characterised the President Bola Tinubu administration. Shaibu stated that the “repeated lies” were evidence that Tinubu’s only plan was to use propaganda […]

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