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Nigerian Supreme Court on Friday nullified the trial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, and others, who were in December convicted and sentenced for a N7.1bn fraud. Justice Mohammed Idris, who had been elevated to the Court of Appeal bench, had returned to the Federal High Court in Lagos to complete the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria has recorded 381 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 3526. This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday via its verified Twitter handle. The 381 new cases are the highest Nigeria has ever recorded in 24 hours since the outbreak […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the Federal Government from taking fresh steps to extradite the former Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America on allegation of complicity in illicit drug deal. In a judgment, Justice Okon Abang held that no fresh application for […]
Continue ReadingBritish rapper, Ben Chijioke, better known as Ty, has died from Coronavirus ailment at the age of 47 Benedict Obioma Godwin Chijioke, who is of Nigerian descent, died after he was hospitalized and placed in a medically-induced coma following “complications” surrounding the virus. His team confirmed his death on Thursday, May 7. Ty was previously nominated for the […]
Continue ReadingThe fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man out for a jog when he was chased and killed, was caught on video, prompting a call for a grand jury to review the case as the shooter has not been arrested or charged. The shooting occurred in February but the video was posted online Tuesday, May 5, by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian music video producer and director, Clarence Peters, who was detained by the Lagos State Police Command over the sudden death of dancer and video vixen, Kodak, has been granted bail, according to reports. Clarence, the son of Afro-Juju music maestro, Shina Peters and veteran actress, Clarion Chukwura was a few days ago arrested and […]
Continue ReadingA 79-year-old disabled woman who was allegedly buried alive by her son has miraculously survived after being trapped in the pit for nearly three days, authorities have said. Police in north-western China’s Shaanxi province rescued the paralyzed mother, known as Wang Mou, on Tuesday, May 5, after the woman’s daughter-in-law reported her missing. The 58-year-old son, known […]
Continue ReadingThe Patriarch of Highlife Music in Africa, The last of the Originals, Highlife music maestro, Dr. Victor Abimbola Olaiya was buried today, May 7 at the Vaults & Garden Cemetery in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. Recall that the music legend died at the age of 89 on February 12, 2020 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). His […]
Continue ReadingA member of a Turkish left-wing music band died on Thursday in an Istanbul hospital, just two days after he ended a nearly one-year hunger strike protesting government persecution, his lawyer told dpa. Bassist Ibrahim Gokcek died on Thursday at a hospital in Istanbul’s Beylikduzu district, lawyer Gorgun Danaci said. He said lawyers found out […]
Continue ReadingLast week, the Kaduna State Police Command demonstrated probably their swiftest response to any petition ever when they arrested self-professed atheist and president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, Mubarak Bala, over his Facebook posts that mocked certain religious truths. The petition to the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Habu Sani, was signed by one […]
Continue ReadingA former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Dahiru Saleh, has passed away. He was said to have died in Azare, Bauchi State, to suspected Coronavirus complications. A family source told SaharaReporters that the late Saleh died on Thursday in Bauchi and would be buried in Azare today. “Yes, he is dead. It’s […]
Continue ReadingSecurity operatives on Wednesday May 6, intercepted about 150 travelers including Almajiri children travelling in three vehicles along the Abuja-Kaduna road. The Commissioner for Human Resources and Social Development in the state, Hafsat Baba disclosed that the travelers were trying to enter the state from the Federal Capital Territory, (Abuja) and Nyanya in Nasarawa State. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has been named a member of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD). This was contained in a statement signed by Jan Maarten Slagter, CEO of IBFD, on Wednesday. The statement reads: “IBFD is delighted that Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has joined our Board of Trustees and expects that […]
Continue ReadingThe Rivers state police command has paraded five suspected killers of three University students in the state. Some days ago, we published the story of how a unit of the Rivers State police command arrested members of a kidnapping gang who abducted and killed three University students – Nelson Nwafor and Fortune Obemba, both students […]
Continue ReadingA prominent Professor has again died in Kano State, Nigeria. The deceased is Prof. Monsuru Emiola of the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), a native of Oyo State. The don died at the University clinic after a brief illness. Prof. Emiola was a senior lecturer with the Physical and Health Education Department, Faculty of Education Bayero […]
Continue ReadingA commercial vehicle driver, Gbenga Ogungbemi, and his friend, Tosin Olobamoyo, have been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command for allegedly killing a businesswoman, Evelyn Ebere, and stealing her N400,000. A statement by the state police command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Gbenga who usually takes the deceased to Ire-Ekiti where she buys […]
Continue ReadingAbout one week after helping to repatriate to Nigeria, $311m (N118bn) stolen by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, the United States says there is a separate $319m (N121bn) Abacha loot in the United Kingdom and France. American Embassy in Nigeria said in a statement on Wednesday that there is $167m in stolen […]
Continue ReadingThe ‘Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020’ sponsored by the Speaker, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila and two other members (Pascal Obi and Tanko Sununu) was last week rushed through first and second readings in the House of Representatives. Rather curiously, members were not provided copies of the legislation until motives of the sponsors were called into […]
Continue ReadingPan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has kicked against the nomination of Farida Dankaka as chairman of the Federal Character Commission and demanded that the Senate should reject her. Mr Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, made the position known in a statement entitled, “FCC: Shunning the principle of federal character”, released on Wednesday. Odumakin […]
Continue ReadingA couple, Shirley and Jack, who met as accidental pen pals are now celebrating 60 years of marriage, a rarity in this day and age. Sherry Kerrigan, 78, and Jack Godley, 82, have five children – Karen, Kevan, Donna, Lisa, and Debra, ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren but who would have believed that all it […]
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