Falling from 4 storey building in Lagos, rising Nigerian rapper dies (Photos)

An upcoming Nigerian rapper simply identified as Ziggy, died yesterday Sunday June 16th after falling at a 4-storey building in Paradise estate Lekki, Lagos state where he resides. According to reports, Ziggy was in the estate taking a walk when he unknowingly stepped into an open space which was supposed to house an elevator. He fell immediately, broke his […]

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Damning hacker’s threat to publish, Bella Thorne releases her naked photos by herself

Bella Thorne decided to take her power back from a hacker by releasing her naked photos herself. The 21-year-old actress received messages from an unknown person who had series of her own topless photos and videos after hacking her phone. The hacker threatened to make the photos public. In most of the photos, Bella is […]

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Egypt’s ex-President, Mohamed Morsi faints, dies in court

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi died on Monday in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a session in court, judicial and security sources said. “He was speaking before the judge for 20 minutes then became very animated and fainted. He was quickly rushed to the hospital where he later died,” a judicial source said. Turkish President Recep […]

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INEC says it only experimented with server but not for 2019 elections

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said that results of the 2019 general elections were not transmitted electronically to its server, stressing that the Commission only experimented the technology during some staggered elections held in 2018. The Commission said that the clarification was necessary because of rising controversies on the transmission of 2019 Presidential […]

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Court rejects documents in Ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal’s trial

A High Court, sitting in Abuja, Monday rejected uncertified documents sought to be tendered by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in the trial of ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal and others. Lawal is standing trial alongside his brother Hamidu, a director of Rholavision Engineering Limited; an employee […]

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Nigerian teenager, Eniola Aluko shot dead in London (Photo)

A 19-year-old, Eniola Aluko, was shot dead at Plumstead, London on Friday. Aluko, who is from Thamesmead, died after sustaining gunshot wounds to the neck and chest, according to UK’s Metropolitan Police. Metropolitan Police said they were called to the scene, a car park on Hartville Road, just before 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Aluko was […]

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Israeli Prime Minister’s wife, Sara Netanyahu convicted for misuse of public funds

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, appeared in court on Sunday to admit criminal wrongdoing over the misuse of state funds to order catered meals, in a plea bargain carrying no jail time. Under the agreement, a fraud charge was reduced to a lesser offense and she will pay the state 45,000 shekels ($12,490) […]

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Facebook is set to unveil new cryptocurrency

Facebook is set Tuesday to unveil a bid to bring cryptocurrency payments into the mainstream, reportedly with the endorsement of governments and financial giants. The world’s biggest social network is expected to outline details of a virtual currency launching next year that it hopes will avoid the rollercoaster volatility of “blockchain” technologies such as bitcoin. […]

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Nigerian Supreme Court fixes July 5 for judgment on Osun gov election

Nigerian Supreme Court has on Monday fixed July 5 to deliver its judgment on the dispute arising from the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State. The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the said election, Ademola Adeleke, are by their appeal challenging the May 9, 2019 majority judgment of the Abuja Division of […]

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RCCG Pastor arrested over alleged Ibom Air job scam in Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a pastor identified as Dignity Lazarus for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting members of the public and issuing them fake employment letters for jobs at the Ibom Air. Lazarus, who claimed to be a pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, was arrested by operatives of Special Anti-Robbery […]

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Fake malaria medicine allegedly kills Nigerian final year University student (Photos)

A final year Accounting student of the Enugu State University of science and Technology, Ojeh Cynthia Nnenna, has died after allegedly taking a fake malaria medicine. According to reports, Nnenna, who was set to complete her program next month, died on Friday night, just hours after having a chat with her friend narrating what she was going […]

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New customer-friendly electricity tariff regime coming soon -NERC

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said it is working on a new cost-reflective electricity tariff regime that is customer-friendly. Chairman of NERC, Professor James Momoh, disclosed this in Lagos at the 2018/2019 Graduation Ceremony of the Eko Distribution Training Programme (EDTP), where 99 staff of the Eko Disco, who participated in the training, were […]

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There were systemic failures, violence, voters apathy in Nigeria’s 2019 elections -EU Observers

The European Union Election Observation Mission has stressed the need to urgently improve the electoral process in Nigeria. The EU EOM Chief Observer, Maria Arena, said this on Saturday in Abuja at a news conference on the release of the final report of the 2019 General Elections. Arena who said the EU final report contained […]

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The Great Mistake of 1914, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Lord Fredrick Lugard In 1914 Lord Frederick Lugard, the British Governor-General of Nigeria, described northern Nigeria as the “poor husband” and southern Nigeria as the “rich wife”. He went further by boldly proclaiming the marriage of the two regions by British fiat and declared, without consultation with either of the two “spouses”, that this was […]

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