Nigerian man stabs another to death for his refusal to accept Islam

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, remanded a man identified as Habeeb Eletu, for allegedly stabbing to death, a man over his refusal to accept Islam. The defendant, 26, whose plea was not taken, is being tried for malicious damage and murder. The Prosecutor, Insp. Kehinde Omisakin told the court that the defendant […]

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Kidnappers seize Katsina assembly chief whip’s daughter, two others

The daughter of the Chief Whip of Katsina state House of Assembly, Bello Abdu Danmusa has been reportedly kidnapped. Hajiya Amina Danmusa is married to Muftahu Yakubu Ciro in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State,  where the incidence occurred. According to Daily Trust, although no ransom has so far been made, sources close to […]

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The Illusion and Myth of Buhari’s Fight Against Corruption, By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu

Muhammadu Buhari was voted into office as president of Nigeria in 2015 under the supposition that he had a character that was allergic to corruption. He had maintained the resolve as being intolerant to corruption since he ventured into partisan politics in 2002. But upon becoming president after four attempts to run for the office, […]

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Buhari, Atiku, lack capacity to solve Nigeria’s problems – Balarabe Musa

Second Republic governor of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has said both presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari are not capable of solving problems in Nigeria. Balarabe said it was unfortunate that Nigeria was stuck with Buhari and Atiku despite having 91 […]

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Sirleaf-Johnson arrives Nigeria, to lead ECOWAS Election Observation team

Preparatory to the February 16, 2019 general elections, head of the Election Observation Mission (EOM) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson, yesterday arrived Abuja in official capacity. One time Chair of the ECOWAS, who arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) about 5.00pm, was received by the ECOWAS delegation led […]

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Onnoghen asks CCT chairman to disqualify himself

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, yesterday asked the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, to disqualify himself from his asset declaration case on the ground of likely bias. The embattled jurist alleged that the chairman had convicted him without hearing or formally arraigning him before the tribunal. […]

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Would-be Leaders, Their Godfathers, And Your Everyday Girl, By Lande Omo Oba

I haven’t been able to conduct a conversation around the forthcoming elections without the question of godfatherism popping up. I think most Nigerians have an apathy to “godfathers”. However, on the other side of what is a very bitter divide, I see new entrants into the political arena constantly on the lookout for prospective “godfathers”. […]

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Buhari gaffes again in Ekiti, says he came into office in 2005 (Watch video)

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari was involved in yet another gaffe today while addressing Ekiti people at his campaign rally. The President, who gave a speech at the campaign rally said: “I assure you that we are conscious of the promise we made, when we came into office in 2005.” Watch the video below: https://twitter.com/i/status/1092792826054746112 Video: […]

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Nigerian govt secretly pays Malami’s lawyers $15m ‘unmerited’ fees from Abacha loot -TheCable

Two Nigerian lawyers, Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Adebayo, purportedly hired for the return of $321 million Abacha loot from Switzerland, have been secretly paid their controversial fees, according to TheCable. Although they were initially to be paid $17 million. The amount was reduced by $2 million and paid following pressure from a very popular Lagos-based […]

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Model and actress, Princess Shyngle eagerly waiting for Mr Right, lists the men she has dated

Gambian but Nigeria-based actress and Instagram model, Princess Shyngle, has stated that despite having been with all kinds of men in this world, she still hasn’t come across Mr Right. The tiny waist Gambian actress, who once admitted to dating former Chelsea player Michael Essien, took to social media to list all the kind of […]

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Nigerian man killed by his family in UK, accused of being ‘possessed by evil spirit’

Dad Kenneth Ife, 63 (front) and son Roy, 32, are among five family members accused of manslaughter (Image: central news) A young Nigerian man, Kennedy Ife was killed by his family after they tied him up and performed an “exorcism” on him, a court has heard. Mistakenly believing him to be “possessed by evil spirits”, Kennedy […]

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Shaping the Narrative of Nigeria’s 2019 Elections With Big Data, By Samson Itodo

The newly released figures by Nigeria’s electoral commission indicates that 84,004,084 million persons have registered to vote across the 176,996 voting points during the upcoming February 16 and March 2nd elections. A total of 23,316 candidates are jostling for 1,558 vacant elective seats and offices. For the presidential election, official data suggest that 91.7 per […]

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Girls go gaga in boobs showing off competition (Photos 18+)

It all started when one lady shared pictures of her sizeable breasts and invited other women to do same. Men are probably camped on that thread right now. Lol. Someone pointed out that home training is keeping Nigerian women from participating but someone else said it’s feat of being judged.     See more photos […]

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New judge to try alleged N1.4bn fraud case against NBA president, Paul Usoro & others

Criminal trial of President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Paul Usoro, over an alleged N1.4 billion fraud, could not proceed on Tuesday before Justice Muslim Hassan of Federal High Court Lagos, following the transfer of the case to a new judge, Prof. Chuka Obiozor. Mr. Usoro is being prosecuted by the Economic and […]

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Boko Haram overran, captures 5 Adamawa towns

The towns of Madagali, Shuwa, Michika, Gulak and Baza in Adamawa State, have fallen to Boko Haram insurgents again, according to SaharaReporters. SaharaReporters learnt that Boko Haram fighters overran the towns on Monday evening in their droves, chanting “Allahu Akbar”, and are currently advancing to Michika in a similar style to how they captured the […]

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Body located in wreckage of Plane carrying missing footballer, Emiliano Sala

The AAIB released this photograph of the wreckage of the Piper Malibu One occupant of the plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot, David Ibbotson has been seen in the underwater wreckage. A search on Sunday found the Piper Malibu plane on the seabed off Guernsey, almost two weeks after it went missing. The Air […]

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Corruption As A Peculiar Mess Besetting Nigerian Politics, By Magnus Onyibe

A famous unlettered lbadan politician is associated with part of the title of this article when he famously pronounced the term Peculiar Mess as PENKELEMES. But that parody is not the focus of this piece which is aimed at identifying and advising against allowing allegations and counter allegations of corruption against the APC and PDP […]

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