US Democratic leaders announce 2 Articles of impeachment against Trump

Democratic leaders in the United States House of Representatives announced Tuesday that they will bring two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress to set in motion the third impeachment of a US president in history. The announcement marks the culmination of an intense, fast-moving […]

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Nyekachi Douglas impressive at Miss World 2019 head to head group peak (Video)

Nigeria’s representative at the ongoing Miss World pageant, Nyekachi Douglas, made us proud when she presented her project during the Head-to-Head challenge that took place last week. The contestants from all around the globe were randomly divided into groups, where they had to compete against each other to secure a direct entry into the top 30. […]

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Why I oppose hate speech bill, even though I am hate speech victim -Wole Soyinka

Speaking at a summit to mark the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day in Abuja on Monday, Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on why he opposed the hate speech Bill proposed by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, said even though he had been a victim, he would not support any attempt to “terminate recourse to […]

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On Monday, DSS sends another delegation to apologise for court invasion -Femi Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN says Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) sent a delegation to the court on Monday, December 9, to apologise for the invasion by its operatives during the re-arrest of Sowore. Speaking at the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting event in Lagos, Falana said the delegation visited the court […]

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Ekiti State University workers protest mass retrenchment, shut down school

Workers of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti grounded academic activities at the institution on Monday, December 9 over mass retrenchment in the school. The institution had on December 5 sacked over 900 workers in the institution who were alleged to have been recruited between 2016 and 2017, during the tenure of Governor Ayodele Fayose, […]

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Omoyele Sowore: Portrait of A Life in Protest, By Reuben Abati

The mishandling of the Omoyele Sowore case has become clearly an albatross for the Nigerian government, an embarrassment for the incumbent Federal Government and a public relations disaster for both the Department of State Services and Nigeria as a whole. All of that was patently avoidable. Inadvertently, the Federal Government has turned Omoyele Sowore into […]

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In new video, ISWAP terrorists kill two Nigerian soldiers, policeman

The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) has released a new video showing the execution of two Nigerian soldiers and a policeman. According to Channels TV, information provided in the video which was dated December 8th, showed that those killed were reportedly abducted at a fake checkpoint in Benisheikh, a village seventy kilometers west of Maiduguri, […]

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Buhari replaces Babatunde Fowler with Muhammad Nami as FIRS boss

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has named Mr. Muhammad M. Nami as the new chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service. Nami, a northerner, replaces Mr. Babatunde Fowler, from southern state of Lagos whose tenure expired on Monday, December 9. Nami is a tax consultant and graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. The […]

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Lady allegedly set ablaze by boyfriend for alleged cheating, dies

24-year-old lady, Alabi Tolani, has reportedly died after she was set ablaze by her boyfriend, Orji Ifeanyichukwu for allegedly cheating on him. Orji has been cohabiting with Tolani at his apartment in G54, Army Post Service Housing Estate in Ojo, after she allegedly promised to stop prostitution and remain faithful to him. Tolani who began dating […]

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Woman gets death penalty for killing co-wife, seven step children

Agnes Nwefuru who was arriagned before an Ebonyi State High Court for setting ablaze her co-wife Felicia Nwefuru, killing her seven step-children in the process has been sentenced to death by hanging. Recall that though her husband, Mr. Sylvanus Nwefuru and Miss Ukamaka Nwefuru said to be one of the Felicia’s daughters survived the 2017 fire incident which […]

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Just as I predicted, Buhari has replaced Babatunde Fowler as FIRS boss with a northern muslim -Fani Kayode

Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, as usual, has tweeted about the replacement of Babatunde Fowler as FIRS chairman. President Buhari rejected the reappointment of Babatunde Fowler as the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and appointed Muhammad Nami as Fowler’s successor. He asked when Tinubu and Osinbajo will accept that they […]

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Davido’s brother, Adewale Adeleke, did his wedding introduction in style (Photos)

Adewale Adeleke, older brother of ace singer, Davido, was joined by their billionaire father, Adedeji Adeleke, and other family members for his wedding introduction at his fiancee, Kani’s family house in Calabar, Cross River state today December 8th. Adewale and his fiancee, Kani, got engaged in July and have kicked off their wedding preparations. See […]

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Southwest jeopardises North’s position to handover presidency to it in 2023 -Arewa Youths say

Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF), in a statement signed and made available to media men on Monday by Alhaji Yerima Shettima, its National President claimed that Northerners who are in the Southwest State to earn their living were being attacked and humiliated by the State’s taskforce. The group’s statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn […]

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DSS offered Sowore ‘death warrant’ deal -Falana alleges

Lead counsel to Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, Femi Falana SAN, on Monday alleged that the Nigerian government offered the activist a “death warrant” deal while in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), according to Daily Post. The rights activist disclosed that the Nigerian government reached out for the deal during Sowore’s […]

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Russia banned from 2020 Olympics, 2022 FIFA World Cup

Russia will miss next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned the powerhouse from global sporting events for four years over manipulated doping data. WADA’s executive committee, meeting in Lausanne, decided that Russia be handed the four-year suspension after accusing Moscow of falsifying laboratory doping […]

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Young Nigerian man allegedly sets girlfriend on fire, alleging she cheated on him (Graphic Video)

A Nigerian man has been apprehended by residents of Post Service Army Estate in Ojo, Lagos for allegedly setting his girlfriend on fire. alleging that she cheated on him. The suspect has been identified as Victor Oji from Benue State. When asked about his profession, Victor disclosed that he is an internet fraudster. He also […]

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Nigerian presidency denies ordering Sowore’s rearrest

Nigerian presidency has denied ordering the arrest of Omoyele Sowore who they described as a “person of interest” to the Department of State Services. “The DSS does not necessarily need the permission of the Presidency in all cases to carry out its essential responsibilities that are laid down in the Nigerian Constitution. They added that Nigerians […]

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Lagos Assembly won’t repeal ex-governors’ pension law like Zamfara —Spokesperson

Lagos State House of Assembly says it will not repeal the state’s pension law permitting former governors and other public office holders to receive huge pensions from state coffers. Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, Mr. Tunde Braimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday that Lagos Assembly would not go the […]

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