Kidnapped Ondo State University Professor found dead

A senior lecturer at the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Professor Gideon Okedayo, who was abducted by unknown gunmen about a week ago, has been found dead. Okedayo was kidnapped on Igara road in Akoko Edo area of Edo State while traveling to his hometown on Thursday.  A source at the University […]

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My husband has denied me sex for 5 years –Woman tells court

Nigerian housewife, Talatu, 35, on Monday approached a Sharia Court ll sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for a divorce with her husband, Nasiru Sulaiman, for being sex-starved by him for five years. She said, “We have six children but he has refused to enrol them in school. “I enrolled them but he pulled them […]

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Court grants permanent forfeiture of Diezani Alison-Madueke’s $40m jewelleries

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has on Tuesday, ordered the permanent forfeiture of the 2,149 pieces of jewellery and a customised gold iPhone, valued at $40m, recovered from the Abuja home of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Nicholas Oweibo held that Diezani, through […]

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Judge accuses Sowore’s counsel of interrupting court proceedings

A Federal High Court judge in Nigeria, Justice Nkeonye Maha, had on Monday accused a counsel, Abubakar Marshal, representing pro-democracy activist and convener of RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, of disrupting her court session. Marshal, who is a member of the legal team from Femi Falana chamber, had approached the judge in the open court shortly […]

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Atiku vs Buhari: Election Tribunal delivers judgment on Wednesday

Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will on Wednesday deliver judgment in the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 election. Atiku and PDP asked the five-man tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba to nullify President Buhari’s victory at the poll […]

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Mohammed Adoke Writes Back…, By Reuben Abati

The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Administration in Nigeria (2010 – 2015) has generated quite a number of post-tenure publications which significantly, in varying degrees of articulation, veracity and delivery shed light on key developments during that momentous phase in Nigerian politics. The books under reference offer accounts of individual experiences or outsider perspectives, but altogether, they […]

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BBNaija colleagues: Cee-C, Nina, Lolu, Anto Lecky, Leo DaSilva, Khloe, Kehinde Bankole, Tomike, etc attend #BamTeddy traditional wedding (Photos)

BBNaija Stars: Cee C, Nina Ivy, Lolu, Anto Lecky, Leo DaSilva, Khloe, actress Kehinde Bankole, TV Gal Tomike and one of the Alaafin of Oyo’s wives, Queen Ola, many other fashionable men and women turned up for BamBam & Teddy A’s traditional wedding on Saturday, at Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria, in all their pink colour […]

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Majek Fashek seriously sick, flown to London, needs financial help (Photo)

Rain maker and veteran Pangolo Reggae legend, Majek Fashek, is critically ill and currently receiving treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in England. The ace reggae singer was flown out of Nigeria on Wednesday after his condition became critical. His manager, Uzoma Omenka, confirmed this on Monday, according to Premium Times. The manager also said […]

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Election Tribunal removes Orji Kalu from Nigerian Senate

National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abia state has sacked former governor, Orji Uzor Kalu as senator representing Abia north in Nigeria’s National Assembly. Kalu, who is currently the senate chief whip, had been elected under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC). But the tribunal nullified his election at its sitting on […]

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Middle belt of Nigeria does not belong to the North –MBF

Emmanuel Zopmal, National leader of the youth wing of the Middle Belt Forum in a statement he issued in response to an interview by a retired police commissioner, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has noted that there is no sense in continuing being together with the north, a people who persistently seek their total destruction and annihilation […]

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640 Nigerians signify to return home from South Africa –Abike Dabiri-Erewa

As a result of the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other nationals in South Africa, the Nigerian government has revealed that 640 Nigerians have registered to come back home from the rainbow nation. Nigerian government had deferred the date for the evacuation of Nigerians living in South Africa, following the need to get travel […]

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Jonathan was under pressure to prosecute Buhari over certificate, genocide, human rights violations, Adoke says in new book

President Goodluck Jonathan came under pressure to prosecute Candidate Muhammadu Buhari over various allegations in the run-up to the 2015 presidential election — but he declined and eventually lost to the former military head of state. Mohammed Bello Adoke, who was attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice under Jonathan, made this revelation in […]

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Dino Melaye denies being the father of TV star, Tboss’ new baby

Nigeria’s Senator, Dino Melaye has denied allegations that he is the father of the baby of former Big Brother Naija housemate, Tokunbo Idowu, popularly known as Tboss. In a tweet posted Sunday afternoon on his timeline, Melaye congratulated Tboss on the birth of her child, adding that he never dated the reality TV star. “I […]

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BBNaija’s Mercy flashes her private part, Ike plays with her vibrator (Video 18+)

After the Saturday night party, Big Brother Naija housemates, Mercy and Ike who are both Heads of House this week had a ‘swell’ time in the HOH luxury room. While they were both having fun, Ike was captured playing with Mercy’s vibrator. The fun took an unexpected turn when Mercy fell down and accidentally exposed her private part […]

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Presidential election Tribunal to deliver judgment this week

Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will deliver judgment in the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 general election, according to Daily Trust. Chairman of the five-man panel, Justice Mohammed Garba had while reserving the judgment on August 21 stated […]

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Varsity student almost died while fasting for 41 days and nights in Nigeria (Photos)

Just 3 days after a pastor allegedly died while fasting for 30 days, one Ikechukwu Oke, a student of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria, has also been rushed to the hospital while fasting and praying for 41 days and nights in his room at British lodge. It was revealed that Oke decided to embark on […]

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Wike did not demolish any mosque building -Fayemi, chair govs forum

Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has declared that he could not see any evidence that a building existed on the disputed land in Rainbow Town, Port Harcourt, where some persons alleged that the Rivers State government demolished a mosque. Speaking with journalists after a joint assessment of […]

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After office, I almost commit suicide, says Adoke, ex-AGF

A former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, who is currently on a self-exile, said he contemplated suicide due to alleged persecution he was subjected to after he left office in 2015. Adoke also listed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu; and Senator Ali Ndume as […]

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Obasanjo, Jonathan, Alaafin, others congregate at Benin City

Two former Nigerian presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr Goodluck Jonathan were among the dignitaries who attended the 85th birthday thanksgiving service of the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, in Benin, Edo state, Nigeria, on Sunday. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the event, which took place at the Saint Gabriel, the ArchAngel […]

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