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The video of the verbal and physical assault of a police officer by Seun Kuti, Afrobeat musician and son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was not just embarrassing but shameful. It captures, in moving pictures, the level of impunity that pervades Nigeria, which has made it almost impossible for the country to progress. The video, which was […]
Continue ReadingClerk of Nigeria’s National Assembly (CNA) has been directed by the Nigerian senate to transmit a constitution alteration bill No. 58 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent in line with the provisions of the Authentication Act. The bill seeks to provide for independent candidacy in presidential, governorship, national and state assemblies and local government councils […]
Continue ReadingTwo weeks after he returned to the country from a trip to France and London, Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, left Nigeria for Europe again, purportedly on a working visit. This was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman. The statement read: “Already, meetings with multi-sectoral actors in Europe’s business […]
Continue Reading95-year-old man identified as Alhaji Muhammad Sabo has reportedly married a young girl said to be 14 years old in Abuja community, Nigeria. The wedding fatiha was held on May 5, 2023, at Dogon Ruwa under Gawu in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nigeria. People earlier expressed skepticism over the […]
Continue ReadingFive political parties and their candidates are respectively challenging the outcome of Nigeria’s February 25 presidential election on grounds of non-compliance with the electoral laws as well as the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Names of the Justices who will be presiding over the various presidential election petitions that will arise are: […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old boy, Emmanuel John, over the killing of his father, Monday John. It was gathered that Emmanuel, around 10pm on Tuesday, May 2, used a pestle to kill his father during a fisticuff between the deceased and his mother, Mrs Mercy John. A […]
Continue ReadingGolden Eaglets of Nigeria have lost 0-1 to Morocco in their second Group B game at the 2023 U-17 AFCON on Wednesday. Early strike by Abdel Maali secured Morocco’s second win in the group. The Eaglets are expected to bounce back from the loss when they face South Africa on Saturday. Morocco got off to […]
Continue ReadingInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria could lose an estimated $10bn of foreign direct investment and official development assistance inflows to geo-political tensions. The IMF in its country focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, released on Monday, said the figure is about a half per cent of the nation’s annual Gross Domestic Product. IMF said: “The […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Oyo State Police Command have paraded 18-year-old man, Taofeek Adeagbo, for allegedly killing his father. Taofeek Adeagbo’s mother, Rashidat Adeagbo, was also arrested for concealing the crime. While parading the suspects alongside 23 others in Ibadan, on Friday, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adewale Osifeso, said the incident occurred in […]
Continue ReadingAn Italian lady has travelled down from Italy to Nigeria for a reunion with her biological mother after 34 years of separation. In a Youtube video, the lady could be seen in the company of an Italian man who escorted her to where she (her mother) lived. Upon seeing her, the mother appeared shocked before […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has arrived Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday. His flight touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and was welcomed by a crowd of supporters. Tinubu arrived from France in the company of his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, at the presidential wing of the airport to a rousing […]
Continue ReadingIsraeli ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, has stated that direct flights from Nigeria to Israel will begin on April 20, 2023. Freeman said before, a Nigerian intending to go to Israel had to go through Ethiopian, Turkish, or British airlines and experience 13 hours of delays but now a direct flight will take 5 hours. […]
Continue ReadingSupplementary Election held by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on April 15, 2023: Candidates contested in two Governorship polls, 5 Senatorial Districts, 31 House of Representatives Constituencies and 57 State Constituency seats. Below are the Nigerian House of Reps seats results as announced by INEC: (3 Pending) KHANA/GOKANA PDP/incumbent: Dumnamene Robinson Deekor (18641)✓ SDP: […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Police Force has paraded the officer who assaulted a man in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria, alongside two of his colleagues. A video showing the officer slapping and flogging the yet-to-be-identified man, went viral a few days ago. The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Monday, April 10, disclosed that […]
Continue ReadingIn my experience of presidential elections in Nigeria, I must necessarily admit that 2023 is the most dramatic so far — and something tells me I have not seen anything yet. I am not talking about the drama of candidates winning or losing in unexpected places. That is lovely. That is what I live for […]
Continue ReadingFounder, Restoring Isaachers Generation (RIG), United Kingdom, Prophet Tomi Arayomi, has announced the relocation of his family out of the country, until a “better Nigeria.” Arayomi and his wife Tahmar, who are both British citizens, were on Friday arrested alongside their aide, Emmanuel Ezerika, by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Nnamdi Azikwe […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, film producer and director, Mr. Yemi Solade, is of the opinion that to live and survive in Nigeria, one must belong to “the cult.” The veteran actor shared this thought on his Instagram page on Saturday morning, April 8. The actor also shared a post disclosing that he is depressed. He however […]
Continue ReadingOnce again, the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission imposed a heavy-handed fine on Channels TV, following a petition by an aide of Bola Tinubu. Ironically, the petition was based on some comment by the Labour Party vice presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed who, during a live interview, said something to the effect that swearing Tinubu into office in May […]
Continue ReadingA final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Nigeria, has been fatally stabbed by an indigene over N1,000 payment misunderstanding. The deceased, simply identified as Temitayo, was stabbed with scissors in the early hours of Thursday, April 6, around Ebenco filling, opposite Akua junction, Akungba, Ondo State. Temitayo was rushed […]
Continue ReadingFormer Emir of Kano and ex-governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Muhammadu Sanusi has said that Nigeria has not been this divided since the end of the civil war. He spoke on Tuesday, April 4, at the third Nigerian Leadership Colloquium in honour of the senior pastor of Trinity House, Lagos, Ituah Ighodalo, who […]
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