Osinbajo and the fallacy of truth, By Abimbola Adelakun

At a town hall meeting with Nigerians in New York on Sunday evening, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was asked about the security situation in Nigeria. He responded that although there were actual incidents, the stories of violence and insecurity have been wildly exaggerated. He blamed the social media for its propensity to galvanise e-troops who […]

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Three storey building collapses in Lagos, 12 injured

A three-storey building under construction collapsed in Lagos this morning leaving 12 persons with various degrees of injury. Accoridng to reports, the building collapsed at about midnight on Wednesday in Fagba area of the state. Confirming the incident to journalists, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu […]

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INEC’s, Buhari’s applications to dismiss PDM’s petition fails

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, lost their bid to have the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) and its candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Pastor Haminchi Habu. Habu and the PDM are by their petition challenging the […]

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Jersey Island in discussion with Nigeria for return of N82bn alleged Abacha loot

Jersey Island in the UK has said discussions are ongoing with the Federal Government to repatriate to Nigeria £211m (N82bn) allegedly looted by former military dictator, General Sani Abacha. Although authorities of the island said it couldn’t make a comprehensive comment on the issue, it stated that provided that an agreement was reached, the bulk […]

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46 years after, 82-year-old man compensated with $288,000 for wrongful conviction

82-year-old Vietnamese man, Tran Van Them was charged, convicted and sentenced to death in 1973 and 1974. He was only declared innocent in 2017. Them, a resident of Yen Phong District in Bac Ninh Province, one hour northeast of Hanoi, got the compensation for the years he spent in jail. He and his family originally […]

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Alleged massive arms surrender, ex-gov Ibikunle Amosun speaks

Senator Ibikunle Amosun, former governor of Ogun State, has denied illegally importing massive cache of AK47 assault rifles and million of ammunitions into the country. It was widely reported on Tuesday, June 25, that the former governor cum Senator, imported, without appropriate permits, 1,000 AK47 assault guns and two million rounds of ammunition, and handed […]

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Female Youth Corper shares her experience with a mad man, poses with him (Photos)

A female Youth Corper shared the experience she had with a mad man on her way for final clearance. On her social media handle, she wrote: “This mad man made my day. ✌ ���� I was going to the local govt for my final clearance and he beg me money so I gave him money […]

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Jay Jay Okocha celebrates his beautiful daughter on her birthday (Photo)

Nigerian football legend, Jay Jay Okocha celebrated his beautiful daughter, Dani, who turned a year older on Monday, June 24, 2019. She is 21. Sharing this lovely photo of his beautiful daughter, the ex-Super Eagles captain wrote: “Happy birthday to my beautiful daughter Dani, wishing you all the very best in life in good health […]

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Dressing provocatively at home will stop a husband from cheating -Actor Asiegbu’s wife says (Photos 18+ and reactions)

Nigerian women are certainly not buying the idea wife of Nollywood actor, Ejike Asiegbu, Oge, is proferring on how to stop a husband from cheating. Oge shared the photo above on the right on her IG page with the caption “If every house wife should start dressing like this at home there wouldnt be so […]

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Nigerian pastor sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for rape

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the FCT High Court Maitama has sentenced a clergyman, Pastor Basil Princewill, founder Mountain Mover Ministry International Nyanya, to seven years in prison for rape. Pastor Princewill was arraigned in court by the police on allegation that he forcefully had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl, between July 27 and Dec. […]

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Hours after returning to Nigeria from Turkey, Nigerian man kidnapped, killed (Photos)

Friends and family have taken to Facebook to mourn the tragic death of of a man identified as Uwaoma Ifeanyi from Orlu, Imo State. It was gathered that the father of two was allegedly kidnapped and brutally killed by unknown gunmen on Sunday, June 23. His body was riddled with gunshot wounds. According to his […]

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Time For INEC Chairman, Mahmud Yakubu, To Resign, By Femi Aribisala

The logic is simple. The 2019 presidential election in Nigeria cannot be, by all accounts, the worst election in the history of Nigeria without the corresponding chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) being, at the same time, the worst INEC chairman in the history of Nigeria. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, presided over an […]

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Ope Bademosi’s killer, hired Togolese cook bags life imprisonment

Togolese cook, Sunday Adefonou Anani, who murdered the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Switch Ltd, Ope Bademosi in his Parview residence on October 31st 2018, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Igbosere High Court. Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Anani following his plea of guilty to a one-count charge of voluntary manslaughter. During the trial, […]

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Mo Abudu shares Wole Soyinka’s reaction to the ‘Plane Seat’ issue

Media mogul, Mo Abudu has shared Professor Wole Soyinka’s reaction to the unusual encounter between the Nobel laureate and a plane passenger that led to national debate on the issue. Mixed reactions have trailed the conversation about the incident where a young Nigerian man ‘ordered’ Wole Soyinka, out of his seat onboard a flight over the weekend and […]

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T.Y Danjuma now worth $1.2bn in asset, wealth – Bloomberg

US-based financial data media house, Bloomberg, has said that a Nigerian ex-Chief of Army Staff and former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retd.), is now worth an estimated $1.2bn (N432bn). Danjuma was allegedly mentioned in the Panama Papers in 2017 among prominent Nigerians that operated foreign accounts and had foreign companies while […]

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