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There is a growing trend of people intentionally releasing false news to the public and later withdrawing, deleting it or keeping quiet when it is proven to be false. This is rampant on social media. Those who are most guilty of this are those who work for politicians directly or indirectly and those who want […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command has arrested an impostor who parades himself as a gynecologist working with the Yarima Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau. The corps public Relations Officer, SC Ikor Oche, on Thursday, October 12, 2023, paraded the suspect identified as Muhammad Naziru Mode, on the charge of impersonation […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has arrived Nigeria, and was arrested by Police over singer Mohbad. Naira Marley was taken into custody for interrogation and other investigation activities over the death of his former singee, Mohabd. This was confirmed by Lagos State Police Command PRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin via his X (Twitter) […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian Man, Peter Andrew Adagadzu, has died 20 days after his wedding, according to reports. He died in the early hours of Friday, September 29, 2023, after a brief illness. Adagadzu and his wife, Blessing Christopher, got married on September 9, 2023, at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Akwanga, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. According to […]
Continue ReadingA youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hyde Kalu has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar to drop his case pursuing the validity of President Bola Tinubu’s educational qualifications in the United States. The APC youth leader in Abia State said […]
Continue ReadingMale ‘private part thieves’ have allegedly snatched the genital of a naval officer in Calabar, Cross River state’s capital. Vanguard reported that the naval officer was manning the entry point into the barracks when a young man who gave his name as Samuel walked into the barracks, and was directed to the sentry point for […]
Continue ReadingI confess that last Wednesday, I feared I may be a masochist. I do not know what else one diagnoses after he spent most of 10 hours listening to the Presidential Election Petitions Court. I mean, I had other things to do, and I should have moved on to them the moment I learned that […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be cultists terrorizing parts of Rivers State have killed a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), identified as Bako Amgbanshin. Daily Post reports that the unfortunate incident occurred on Friday night in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the State. The assailants were said to have ambushed the DPO and his men while on […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, on Thursday night, quelled a violent protest that erupted following the alleged killing of a fashion designer by an official of the Department of State Services (DSS) who shot intermittently and injured several people. It was gathered that a customer brought the DSS official to the victim’s […]
Continue Reading100-level course 9 police cadet, Suleiman Jika, has collapsed and died at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria. Jika, 19, who hailed from Adamawa State, and was in the Department of Computer Science, reportedly collapsed inside the toilet in the early hours of Saturday, September 2, 2023. Punch reports that some of the […]
Continue ReadingIn the dying days of his administration in 2007, President Olusegun Obasanjo sold 51 percent of federal government’s stakes in two of Nigeria’s four ailing refineries to Bluestar Oil Services Ltd — a consortium floated by Dangote Oil, Zenon Oil and Transcorp Plc — for $761 million. Shortly after the inauguration of a new administration, […]
Continue ReadingImmediate past Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers (NBOB), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on Friday, called for the renaming of the country noting that the current appellation is demeaning and hypocritical. Olanipekun spoke at a colloquium that was held in Abuja to mark the 25th anniversary of Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama as a SAN. In […]
Continue ReadingJollof rice fans worldwide have taken to social media to share their thoughts about The Gambia emerging winners of the 2023 Jollof competition at the West Africa Food Festival held in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition, which ran from August 9-14, saw the winning team, led by the award-winning Chef Saikou Bojang beat 15 other countries […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s oil marketers, on Sunday, indicated that the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, would rise to between N680/litre and N720 per litre in the coming weeks should the dollar continue to trade from N910 to N950 at the parallel market. They also hinted that dealers seeking to import PMS were being forced […]
Continue ReadingFounder and Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, told his congregation on Sunday that he warned against the “Emilokan” kind of politics. During a State of the Nation broadcast, at the church in Ikeja, Lagos, Bakare said, ’emilokan’ meaning ‘it’s my turn,’ used by President Bola Tinubu during his […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian lady moved to the United Kingdom a year ago but has voluntarily returned to Nigeria. Social media user, DHK Rullah, who posted the story on Twitter said the lady went to the UK with her family, but applied to the UK Home Office and cancelled her visa, and then returned to Nigeria. After a […]
Continue ReadingCaveat Emptor: What is adopted and said here is pending the judiciary determination of who ultimately becomes the Nigerian president. “Let me dispense with any political correctness and say it loud and clearly that, any attempt to invade Niger Republic by a Nigerian led ECOWAS Army in the guise of “safeguarding democracy”, will be a […]
Continue ReadingA female soldier enforcing the curfew imposed by Adamawa government has killed a senior colleague, Nigerian army captain, at a checkpoint in Yola, the state capital. Daily Trust reports that the female soldier simply identified as Lance Corporal Nkiru shot a captain who tried to intervene in her altercation with civilians at Fire Service Round […]
Continue ReadingDays after a military junta ousted Niger’s elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, the Nigerian government has cut off power supplies to the neighbouring country. Niger’s electricity company, Nigelec, noted on Wednesday that the development followed an emergency meeting by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), where sanctions, including freezing utility services, were imposed on […]
Continue ReadingECOWAS member countries’ defence chiefs met in Abuja, Nigeria, but Defence Chiefs from Mali, Niger, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, and Guinea were conspicuously absent. Defence Chiefs from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, The Gambia, Cote D’Ivoire, and Cape Verde were in attendance at the meeting, which took place at the Defence Headquarters […]
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