DPO, three cops, three civilians killed in a bank robbery in Nigeria

In a statement on Saturday, Nigeria Police Force has revealed that two suspects were killed during a chase of armed robbers who robbed a bank, attacked a police station and killed some police officers in Benue State on Friday. Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Otukpo, Chief Superintendent John Adikwu, three other police officers, […]

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Ex-president Yar’adua’s son, Ibrahim takes daughter of former Immigration boss as second wife (Photos)

Ibrahim Yar’adua, son of the late Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’adua, has married Amira Babandede, the daughter of former Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Muhammad Babandede. The wedding fatiha was held on Friday, October 20, 2023. Ibrahim married his first wife, Saratu Sodangi, a lawyer, in 2018.  

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Australia ranked most promiscuous nation in the world, see Nigeria’s ranking position (Full List)

A new study publication has ranked Australia as the most promiscuous nation in the world, the USA as the 15th most promiscuous nation and even Nigeria made the list. NapLab compiled data from various sources to come up with their list, looking at national sexually transmitted infection rates, a country’s attitudes toward premarital sex and […]

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Loss of confidence in the Justice sector a recipe for anarchy ―FHC CJ, Justice Tsoho warns

Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has warned that loss of confidence in the justice system is a recipe for anarchy. Justice Tsoho gave the warning in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital while speaking at the 2023 sensitisation seminar organised by Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) for Federal High Court judges. […]

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For Prado Jeeps, the Ayes Have it!, By Olusegun Adeniyi

My February 2013 column, ‘Public Service in Private Interest’, related how our public service has proven incapable of mobilizing scarce resources for the advancement of the common good. “While the world is tending towards smaller and more efficient government, what we have in our country today is a behemoth that largely serves its own interest”, […]

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Nigerian woman sentenced to death in Iraq for attempted suicide may be executed next month

The life of a Nigerian woman, Dose Rebecca Oluwaseunfunmi, is currently in danger in Iraq, after sources said she was sentenced to death by the country’s government and will be killed in November if the Nigerian government does not take an action. According to Sahara Reporters, Oluwaseunfunmi travelled to Iraq on May 6, 2023, in search of […]

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More Passport offices to be established in Nigeria and abroad ―Nigerian Minister

Nigerian Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, has said that the Federal Government plans to ensure that several passport offices are opened around the country, as well as abroad, so that there will be easy collection of passports for Nigerians at home and in diaspora. Tunji Ojo said that the creation of multiple offices […]

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Now that Abuja men are losing their manhoods, By Abimbola Adelakun

Last Friday, the Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, while intimating newsmen about the epidemic of “stolen manhoods” in the nation’s capital and adjoining towns, noted that about 62 cases have been reported since September 21. Of this figure, Garuba said 51 were false. The “suspects” who raised the alarm have been charged […]

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Tinubu moves to stop FBI, CIA, other U.S. agencies from releasing his files to public

President Bola Tinubu is in yet another scramble to block records relating to him from being disclosed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other United States agencies. Peoples Gazette reports that Mr Tinubu’s lawyers in the U.S. have filed motions to appear in an ongoing freedom of information […]

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Nigerian Supreme Court fixes date to hear Atiku’s appeal against Tinubu

Nigerian Supreme Court will commence hearings on the appeal by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, October 23, 2023. Atiku, who came second in the election, had approached the presidential election tribunal (PEPT) to nullify the February 25 election, in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola […]

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When you discovered your husband and mum were once lovers! ―Candida

It’s not unheard of that some women, after sampling the delight and wealth of a toy boy, schemed such lover into the arms of one of their offsprings.  Some of these daughters know that the men they’re now marching down the altar with used to be their mothers’ lovers.  Some don’t.  When Mosun got married to […]

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Olukoyede, Hammajoda confirmed as EFCC chairman, secretary by Nigerian Senate

Nigerian Senate has confirmed the nomination of Ola Olukoyede and Mohammed Hamajoda as the Chairman and Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), respectively. Confirmed also along with the duo was Halima Shehu, as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). Olukoyede was named acting chairman of […]

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Obi won the 2023 presidential election, not Tinubu ―Babachir Lawal, ex-SGF

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, said in Abuja on Tuesday that the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, won the February 25 presidential election and not Bola Tinubu as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement he issued on Tuesday, Lawal asserted that […]

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White Canadian lady weds African man abandoned with 7 children by ex-wife over poverty (Photos)

According to one social media influencer, @PH_Promoter, the man here was reportedly abandoned by his African wife with whom they have seven children. Fortunately for the man, a Canadian tourist who visited the village fell in love with him. White tourist lady marries African man, and was reported to have taken him and his seven […]

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Nigerian lady commits suicide as groom-to-be dies one week to their wedding

A lady has committed suicide after her groom-to-be died a week to their wedding, in Northern Nigeria. The ceremony was scheduled for October 22, 2023. Sadly, the groom passed away a week before, and the wedding was called off. Later that day, the bride committed suicide. She supposedly went to bed with her father but […]

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Gaza or Jerusalem: Where should Nigerians be found?, By Lasisi Olagunju

If history were a child, the Yoruba would insist on calling it an Abiku. History keeps climbing the chimney and, in Wole Soyinka’s voice, yelling at us: “I am Abiku, calling for the first/ And the repeated time.” And with J.P. Clark’s opening glee, his entrance chant, history revels in “coming and going these several […]

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