Nigeria’s golden girl, Tobi Amusan cleared of anti-doping violations

In a statement on Thursday, the Nigeria’s track & field golden girl, Tobi Amusan has been cleared of anti-doping rule violations, for allegedly missing three tests in 12 months, with the provisional suspension placed on her, lifted with immediate effect. This means the Nigerian world champion and world record holder in the 100m hurdles, will take […]

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Kano Election Petition Tribunal Chairperson exposes alleged bribery attempt by a SAN

Chairperson of Panel 2 of the Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Kano, Justice Flora Azinge, expressed her outrage over alleged Senior Advocate of Nigeria’s (SAN) attempt to bribe her, according to a report by Daily Nigerian. Speaking openly in court before the proceedings on Tuesday in Kano, the judge lamented the unethical conduct of senior lawyers, […]

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Tinubu assigns portfolios to all Ministers cleared by Senate (Full list)

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, unveiled the portfolios of 45 Ministers nine days after they were confirmed by the Nigerian Senate in a week-long screening exercise. Like his predecessor, the President will head the Petroleum ministry while a former Senator, Heineken Lokpobiri, is the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources. A statement on Wednesday by the […]

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Final year Nigerian University female student found dead in her room, male friend battles for life

A final-year student of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Mbah Ezinne, has been found dead in her room. Lifeless body of a female student of the Department of Anatomy was found in her apartment on July 31, 2023, after she was not seen in her church. One of her brothers, Mbah Samson, […]

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Church G.O arrested after married woman reportedly died during sex romp with him in Nigerian hotel

The General Overseer (GO) of Agape Evangelical Ministries (City of Miracles), Bishop Timothy Otu, has been arrested. Bishop Otu was arrested after a married female evangelist who lodged with him in a hotel was found dead in Aba, Abia State. According to Promise Uzoma Okoro, the deceased who is a mother-of-five is identified as Evangelist […]

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Nigerian rapper CDQ involved in car crash, battling for life (Video)

Nigerian indigenous hip-hop rapper and songwriter, Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf, popularly known by his stage name CDQ, is currently battling for life after his car was involved in a ghastly accident. The accident reportedly took place in Lagos, Nigeria. In a video shared online, the car he was in, looks badly damaged, a thing a lot […]

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Nigerian govt files fresh 20-count charge against ex-CBN governor Emefiele

Nigerian government, on Tuesday, applied to withdraw the charge of illegal possession of firearms pending against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed  Bakodo Abubakar, who approached the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos with an oral application […]

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Former US president, Donald Trump, 18 others indicted in Georgia over bid to reverse 2020 election loss

Former American president, Donald Trump, has been indicted in Georgia for his alleged roles in trying to overturn the 2020 election in the state.  Fani Willis, the District Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, secured the 41-count indictment from a grand jury on Monday, and told a press conference the indictment alleged ‘violations of Georgia law […]

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Court of Appeal affirms Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the Edo State capital, has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. This was contained in a statement issued Monday evening by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh. See the statement below: PRESS RELEASE Court Of Appeal Affirms Abure As […]

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Nigerian Ministry of Information & Culture has 21 Agencies ―StatiSense says

Statisense has stated that Nigerian Ministry of Information & Culture alone has 21 Agencies. See the 21 agencies below: 1 Nigeria Television Authority 2 Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria 3 News Agency of Nigeria 4 Voice of Nigeria 5 Nigerian Film Corporation 6 National Broadcasting Commission 7 Nigeria Press Council 8 National Film & Video […]

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I warned against ‘Emilokan’ politics, God ‘ll move in Nigeria soon ―Tunde Bakare

Founder and Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, told his congregation on Sunday that he warned against the “Emilokan” kind of politics. During a State of the Nation broadcast, at the church in Ikeja, Lagos, Bakare said, ’emilokan’ meaning ‘it’s my turn,’ used by President Bola Tinubu during his […]

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Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Kayode Laro dies

Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Mr. Kayode Laro has passed away, Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. Mr Laro died at the age of 63 years. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mrs. Francisca Omayuli, on Saturday, the Ministry said, Laro died last Friday in Paris, France, after a protracted illness. The statement read: […]

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Lady who returned $70,000 gets Canadian permanent residency card

Eko Hotel and Suites female staff identified as Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, who returned a misplaced $70,000 to a customer in Lagos State, has been offered free Canadian Permanent Residency (PR) card. Ngozi, upon discovery of the bag containing a huge sum of money, reported the incident to the hotel management. The hotel’s General Manager, in line […]

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Nigerian military reveals conspiracies to overthrow Tinubu

A report citing the Military high command has revealed that there are conspiracies from various sources to encourage personnel of the Nigerian armed forces to overthrow the current democratic government, which is presided over by Bola Tinubu. But, Tukur Gusau, a brigadier-general and the director of defence information, called the development “unpatriotic and wicked” in […]

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Some Senators have gotten N2m recess ‘token’ ―Senator Ningi

Senator Abdul Ningi has said that some lawmakers have gotten N2m as holiday allowance even though he is yet to get his own. Recall that during plenary on Tuesday, August 8, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, was caught on tape telling the Senators to expect a “token” to enable them to enjoy their recess. “In order […]

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Nigerians in Niger beg FG to evacuate them, afraid of war, xenophobic attacks

Nigerians resident in Niger Republic have appealed to the Federal Government to facilitate their evacuation and return home before any possible offensive against the coup plotters by the Economic Community of West Africa States’ (ECOWAS) forces to restore constitutional governance. ECOWAS had on Thursday resolved to deploy troops in Niger following the refusal of the […]

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Mosque collapses in Zaria, eight killed, 25 others injured

No less than eight Muslim worshipers were killed and 25 others sustained various degrees of injury as a section of the 150-year-old Zaria Central Mosque collapsed on Friday during prayer session. The unfortunate incident, it was learnt, occurred at about 4:00pm while the worshippers were praying. Mallam Shehu Nagari, one of the survivors said, the […]

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ECOWAS orders immediate deployment of standby military force to dislodge junta in Niger

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic where military coup took place . President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday, […]

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