Mali president, prime minister under ‘arrest’

Mutineering soldiers in Mali on Tuesday detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, one of their leaders said. “We can tell you that the president and the prime minister are under our control,” the leader, who requested anonymity, told AFP. He added that the pair had been “arrested” at Keita’s residence in the […]

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Nollywood makeup artist dies in accident

A makeup artist in the Nollywood industry, Williams Anuoluwapo aka Kumbalee, is dead. Kumbalee died in a fatal motorcycle accident on Sunday, August 16, just two weeks after celebrating his birthday. An excited Kumbalee shared new photos of himself on his Instagram page to celebrate his birthday, not knowing that death was lurking around the corner. […]

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University graduate gets 50 years imprisonment for rape in Nigeria

A 34-year-old man was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, for raping a 19-year-old student of UNILAG on campus. John Otema, a UNILAG graduate, was charged before Justice Abiola Soladoye with three counts of rape and assault occasioning harm on two female students. The quantity surveyor and facilities manager was found […]

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Shari’ah Council urges Kano govt to execute judgment on blasphemy

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has urged Kano State Government to execute the court judgement that found a singer guilty of blasphemy. In a statement signed by its Secretary General, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad, on Tuesday in Kaduna, the Shari’ah Council said executing the judgement will serve as a deterrent to others. It berated those […]

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A Reverie With George Orwell: Of Tai Solarin, Mailafia and Lai Mohammed, By Festus Adedayo

Any student of autocratic rule will tell you that free speech is always the first casualty of a budding despotism. So, watching the viral video of how development economist, polymath and former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deputy governor, Obadiah Mailafia, spurted out his seismic allegations against runners of the Nigerian state last week, my […]

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See billionaire’s daughter, Adama Indimi and her husband’s welcome party in Kogi (Photos)

 A welcome party for the billionaire’s daughter, Adama Inidimi and her husband, Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim, was held in Ebiraland in Kogi state on Saturday, August 15. The welcome party was held in the palace of the Ohoniyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Ado Ibrahim, on Saturday, August 15. Malik is one of the sons of the Royal […]

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International flights resumes in Nigeria on Aug 29 –Minister

Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says international flights will resume in the country on August 29, 2020. Sirika said this in a tweet on Monday. The Minister tweeted, “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the August 29, 2020 beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption. […]

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Lawyer remanded for petitioning against NIS boss tenure extension

A lawyer, Daniel Makolo, has been remanded in police custody for allegedly writing a petition to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, faulting the tenure extension granted to the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede. A Karu Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Emmanuel Iyanna was said to have ordered Makolo’s remand for two weeks for […]

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Ex-Police Inspector remanded for causing the death of a young man

An Osun Magistrate Court, sitting in Ibokun, Osun State, Nigeria, has on Monday remanded an ex-Police Inspector, Ago Egharevba for unlawfully hitting a 20-year-old fashion designer with the butt of the gun. It was gathered that the dismissed officer allegedly hit Ayomide Taiwo with the butt of the gun over N50 bribe on Tuesday, August 4, […]

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Mailafia invited by DSS again over his TV comment on terrorism

Mailafia’s lawyer, Yakubu Bawa, confirmed that his client had been re-invited by the secret police, Nigeria’s DSS. He said that Mailafia was expected to be at the DSS office in Jos, Plateau State capital, by 12:00pm on Monday (today). “I believe it wouldn’t be anything different from the last encounter with DSS, which was purely […]

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Tribunal Nullifies Election of Gov Diri of Bayelsa

Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, nullified the election that produced candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), Senator Duoye Diri, as Governor. In a majority judgment delivered by Justice Yunusa Musa in the petition, the tribunal held that the Independent National Electoral Commission unlawfully excluded  Action Democratic Party (ADP) from the November […]

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Leaving the Diaspora to Take a Gov’t Job is No “Sacrifice”, By Farooq A. Kperogi

It has now become customary for Nigerians in the diaspora who leave their exilic locations to take government jobs at home to emotionally blackmail the nation into seeing them as irreproachable demigods whose “sacrifice” in leaving their diasporic comfort zones should inoculate them against scrutiny. Here are 6 reasons why this is boneheaded. 1. No Nigerian […]

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Nigerian man arraigned in Uganda for allegedly being in possession of cocaine valued at N905 million (Photos)

A Nigerian man who was arrested in Uganda after allegedly being in possession of 320grammes of cocaine valued at sh244.4m (N905m), has been charged and remanded in prison. 37-year-old Madu Chima was arrested alongside one Ibanda Abubakali, 31, a security guard attached to Pinnacle Security Limited. Appearing before Grade One Magistrate Abert Asiimwe, the duo pleaded […]

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Osun festival celebration turns sour, one dead

A yet-to-be-identified man has been reported dead by the police, while another one was fatally injured in an accident that occurred at the celebration of Osun festival at Ido Osun town, Osun State. According to Punch, the death happened when some youths bearing dangerous weapons stormed Ido Osun from Osogbo on motorcycles, rode recklessly and […]

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BigBrother warns Nengi and Kaisha over their BBNaija’s house clash (Videos, photos)

Shortly before the eviction show this evening, Big Brother issued a stern warning to all the housemates over the various clashes that almost turned violent. He summoned them to the lounge and played video clips of some of them quarreling and almost going physical. He asked Nengi, Kaisha, Erica, Lucy, and Wathoni to stand up […]

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