Toke Makinwa is in bed sick, says she has covid-like sickness

Media personality, best selling author, actress, reality TV show host, Youtube influencer and lifestyle entrepreneur, Toke Makinwa laments with claims that there is a ”nasty bug” infecting everyone, as people she knows are sick including herself. The pretty vlogger stated that she has been feeling ill and having symptoms of Covid-19, but still, she appeared negative […]

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Sylvester Oromoni and Nigeria’s School System, By Reuben Abati

The death of Sylvester Oromoni, a JSS 2 Student of Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos under controversial circumstances, has understandably sparked outrage – with both parents and other concerned citizens expressing shock and anger. Sylvester Oromoni Jr’s death speaks to the failure of the Nigerian school system, the collapse of morals and the evil that […]

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Eight children found dead inside a parked vehicle in Lagos (Video)

Eight children were found dead inside a parked vehicle at 18 Adelayo street, Jah Michael bus stop, along Badagry Expressway, Lagos State on Saturday, December 4. It was gathered that the children aged four to six years old, had entered the parked Lexus SUV vehicle to play, mistakenly locked themselves and subsequently suffocated to death. […]

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Nigeria may split before 2023 elections ―Onaiyekan

Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has expressed fear of Nigeria splitting before the 2023 general elections. Onaiyekan who pointed out that Nigerian leaders always want to remain in office even after their tenure because of “greed, wickedness and stupidity”, added that one of the issues in the country is that incumbent governments do not […]

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The logic of what Nigerians call ‘money rituals’, By Abimbola Adelakun

What I find highly frustrating in discussions of certain killings in Nigeria is the assumption that the deaths were about “money rituals.” In instances of violent murders where the motive remains unclear, people allege ritual killings. The tendency to immediately conclude that certain instances of homicides are ritual killing could, unfortunately, be providing an alibi […]

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12-year-old boy dies mysteriously in Lagos school after alleged torture

12-year-old boy, Sylvester Oromoni has died mysteriously after he was allegedly tortured for refusing to join a cult group in Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. Oromoni was reported dead on Wednesday, December 1 by a Twitter user, @perrisonoromoni, who is the deceased’s cousin. According to @perrisonoromoni, the deceased was bullied and beaten by fellow students […]

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Housemaid allegedly strangles ex-Nigerian state governor’s mother to death

Madam Oredola Igbinedion, mother of former Edo state governor, Lucky Igbinedion has passed away. She died on December 2. According to reports, the 85-year-old woman was allegedly strangled by her housemaid, at her residence in Ugbor, GRA, Benin-City, the State capital, Nigeria. It was further learnt that the maid who hailed from Cross River state, […]

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CNN’s number one show anchor, Chris Cuomo sacked

Cable News Network’s (CNN’s) most-watched Cuomo Prime Time anchor, Chris Cuomo has been fired by the network “effective immediately.” CNN’s number one show anchor, Chris was sacked on Saturday December 4, in the wake of revelations he had helped his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, while he faced multiple accusations of sexual harassment. […]

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Hours after wedding, groom’s parents, siblings, uncle, other family members die in auto accident in Nigeria

Groom’s parents, siblings and uncle were among the nine wedding guests who have died in a fatal auto crash in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The accident occurred at the tollgate along Glory Land drive in Igbogene axis of Yenagoa, the state capital on Saturday, December 4. According to an eyewitness, the deceased persons were returning to […]

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Appeal Court acquits Akure Prophet, Babatunde Alfa Sotitobire

Nigeria’s court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo state has set aside the judgment of the Ondo State High Court that sentenced the founder of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, to life imprisonment over a missing child. Recall that the Ondo State High court had on October 6, 2020, sentenced the Prophet to […]

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Between Ortom and Benue People, By Olusegun Adeniyi

Governor Sam Ortom is angry with the people of Benue State. And last Saturday, he publicly expressed his feelings at the commissioning of a Pentecostal Church in Makurdi, the state capital. Before we get to what he said about his people, let’s begin with the issue. Ortom accuses Benue people of peddling unfounded allegations about […]

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Estranged husband stabs woman to death in South Africa

A 41-year-old South African woman, Ntomboxolo Xhobane, was viciously stabbed to death allegedly by her estranged husband who refused to accept their separation. Her family said Ntomboxolo left her husband Simbongile in October after she caught him cheating on her with a neighbour. The mother of three moved out and rented a flat in Delft, on […]

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Senator Jibrin’s campaign office in Kano razed by thugs

Persons believed to be hoodlums, in their hundreds on Thursday set ablaze the Gubernatorial Campaign Office of one of the political opponents of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Sen. Barau Jibrin representing Kano north senatorial district. Some of the suspected attackers were said to have gone with dangerous weapons to the Senator’s office located along Maiduguri Road […]

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Same Old Cruel Lies to Justify Fuel Price Hike, By Farooq A. Kperogi

Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Malam Mele Kyari, said on November 23 that the Buhari regime will inflict yet another pain at the pump by jacking up petrol prices to N340 per liter in February 2022. If this materializes, it would be the fourth time the regime has increased […]

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Ikorodu community leader petitions Lagos CP on how stray bullet hit his sister-in-law (Photos)

A community leader in Ikorodu, Salami Oluwaseun, has narrated how stray bullet hit his sister- in-law after a policemen allegedly fired gunshots during an argument with some commercial tricycle operators. Oluwaseun said that the incident happened around the Parafa-Lucky Fibre axis of Ikorodu-Itoikin Road at about 8 pm on Sunday, November 28. According Salami, his brother […]

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UK court convicts Yoruba nationalist, Adeyinka Grandson on charges of terrorism, inciting genocide

UK-based Yoruba nationalist, Adeyinka Grandson has been convicted on charges of terrorism, inciting genocide and conspiracy to commit terrorism, according to Ben TV. The President of the Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF) secessionist group was arrested in August 2019 by the Scotland Yard Counter Terrorism Command London and the Metropolitan Police, following an approval granted by Westminster […]

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