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A Nigerian lady is reported to have committed suicide after she was said to have suffered heartbreak when she discovered that her boyfriend cheated on her. Twitter user @sisi_alagboeko who shared the story online, wrote: “A girl committed suicide yesterday in the hostel, cause she caught her boyfriend cheating, and the guy decided to break […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Air Force (NAF) has released the names of the seven personnel that perished in the military aircraft that crashed in Abuja today February 21. According to a statement released by AVM Ibikunle Daramola, the Director of Public Relations and Information, the victims of the ill-fated plane crash include: a. Flight Lieutenant Haruna Gadzama (Captain). […]
Continue ReadingThe immediate past governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has been arrested by the police after he led a team of his supporters to reopen the Royal Palm Estate sealed by the state Government. Okorocha who was accompanied by his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, broke the keys used to seal the hotel which belongs to […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s experienced Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practitioner, Morenike Obi-Farinde has been appointed into the pioneer seven-man Tribunal of the world table tennis ruling body, International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). With this development, Obi-Farinde who is bringing three decades of legal practice and two decades as an ADR practitioner to the ITTF Tribunal will be the […]
Continue ReadingOn January 9, 2021, operatives of Amotekun – the quasi-state police outfit of south-western Nigeria – went to Aiyete in Ibarapa LGA, Oyo state, on a mission to arrest suspected kidnappers based on “intelligence” from the local communities. At the end of the operation, Alhaji Usman Okebi and his two sons were killed and several […]
Continue ReadingA week after they were abducted, passengers of the Niger State Transport Mass Transit have regained their freedom. Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello, announced their release on his Twitter handle on Sunday afternoon. 21 passengers were abducted by bandits on their way from Kontagora to Minna last Sunday. See his tweet below: We are […]
Continue ReadingOne United Airlines plane was forced to return to Denver International Airport to make an emergency landing on Saturday afternoon, February 20, after the engine caught fire shortly after takeoff, sending aircraft debris on people’s houses in Colorado. The Boeing 777 which had 241 people on board returned to the airport around 1:30 p.m. after […]
Continue Reading“To eliminate herders’/ farmers clashes, ECOWAS must take drastic steps in curbing foreign herders who are always armed with sophisticated weapons from making incursion into Nigeria just as the federal government must ban open grazing and block grazing routes from the northern to the southern part of the country” – Statesman Abdullahi Ganduje, a Fulani […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Air Force on Sunday said seven persons onboard a Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft died when the jet crashed in Abuja. The jet enroute Minna in Niger State crashed close to the runway of the Abuja airport after reporting engine failure. In a statement, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, […]
Continue ReadingTonto Dikeh’s ex-husband and hot in the news, Olakunle Churchill has gifted his grandmother a house. He gave her the house saying his grandmother deserves the best and congratulated her. Sharing a photo of them together and also a picture of the house on social media, Churchill who is now married to Rosy Meurer wrote: […]
Continue ReadingIn the last few days, I have been having cerebral discussions with some of my readers with Fulani background who accuse the press and some other Nigerians of ethnic profiling whenever they refer to killer herders/militias terrorizing the entire country as Fulanis. I have a lot of such Fulani friends; good and law-abiding people. One […]
Continue ReadingNigerian soldiers said they have uncovered Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau’s farm inside Sambisa forest in Borno state, Nigeria. A video shared online showed Nigerian Troops of Operation Tura Takaibango, local vigilantes and local farmers jubilating as they harvested crops from the farm. We must say from this platform that, we do not know how the […]
Continue ReadingCentre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has questioned the hurried promotion of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who is set to face Senate screening soon. Executive Director of CACOL, Mr. Debo Adeniran, expressed his view during an interview with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday. Bawa, who was appointed by […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Saturday, said there was no plan to make neighbouring Republic of Benin the 37th State of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Republic of Benin Is Not Aspiring To Be Part Of Nigeria’ which was signed by the ministry’s spokesman, Ferdinand Nwonye. The statement reads: “The attention […]
Continue ReadingJapan’s Naomi Osaka defeated America’s Jennifer Brady in the Australian Open final on Saturday morning, February 20, to win her fourth Grand Slam title. Osaka, 23, won 6-4 6-3 and has the enviable record of being unbeaten in major finals. Osaka won the first set when Brady, made bad errors in the game. Osaka then […]
Continue ReadingNigerians have slammed Nollywood actress, Destiny Etiko for the choice of the dress she wore to visit Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The actress took to her Instagram account to share a photo of herself wearing a clinging jumpsuit while with Governor Yahaya Bello in his office. Followers accused her of dressing inappropriately for the […]
Continue ReadingObinwanne Okeke, also known as Invictus Obi, who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the United States will be undergoing treatment for ‘fraud mentality and drug abuse’. A judge of an Eastern District court of Virginia, Rebecca Smith had ordered that the Nigerian man who was listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 category […]
Continue ReadingA police officer has been reportedly suspended in Peru after he was allegedly caught kissing a woman he arrested and was going to fine for breaching a COVID-19 curfew. In a viral video, the police officer was seen locking lips with the lady as she appeared to bribe him with a kiss to swap the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Joseph Biden’s inaugural speech said it all. The United States of America has overcome the attempted coup of January 6 incited by President Donald Trump. The country is set to re-assert itself as the citadel of democracy. “Democracy has prevailed.” Democracy has truly prevailed! The coming of Biden, therefore, is not a welcome breeze […]
Continue ReadingNigerians do God. It is almost impossible to find a self-professed atheist in Nigeria. Mosques and Churches are usually filled to the brim on Fridays and Sundays, respectively. Loud chants of God are flamboyantly rendered, literally, from roof tops, in season and out of season. Accessible social spaces are littered with sermons and God talk. […]
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