EFCC slams him with 2-count charges of corruption and abuse of office By Soni Daniel, Abuja A former Minister of State for power in the country, Muhammad Wakil, is to remain in prison custody till March 31, 2021 on the order of a Federal Capital Territory High Court over his alleged involvement in the mismanagement […]
Read more
The recent interview and revelation by Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle accusing the royal family of racism have stirred comparisons with the marriage of Peter Okoye and his wife, Lola. Meghan in an interview with Oprah Winfrey accused the Royal family of racism. Her husband, Prince Harry who took her side, stepped down from royal responsibilities […]
Read more
The Federal Government has been tasked to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria a terrorist group. A group, the Igbo National Council (INC), made the demand during a summit held in Owerri, the Imo State capital. INC President, Chilos Godsent also asked Nigerians to stop buying and eating cow meats grown by […]
Read more
The NBA said Okeke was not called to the bar and the NBA would further take legal and prosecutorial steps against Okeke in the case. A lawyer, Kenechukwu Okeke, who filed a criminal complaint before an Abuja Magistrate Court over the actions of 50 persons, including celebrities during the October 2020 EndSARS struggles, has been […]
Read more
THE Benin Division of the Court of Appeal Monday set aside the Judgment of the Edo State High Court that disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his running mate, Gani Audu in the September 19, 2020 governorship election on the ground that Audu filled forged documents in […]
Read more
Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the spate of kidnappings in the country and its negative effect on girl-child education. The First Lady said this in a statement posted on her social media to commemorate the International Women’s Day on Monday. She also called on stakeholders to charge of the […]
Read more
The remains of blogger, Ada Doris Kamuche aka AdaIgbo has been laid to rest in her family compound in Ukwulu, Dunukofia local government in Anambra state on Saturday, March 6. Kamuche passed away in February 2021 after a brief illness at the age of 36. She died four days after she celebrated her birthday. Read here. Her funeral […]
Read more
Kukah said during a virtual interview with Toyin Falola, academic and historian, on Sunday. He said as Nigerians, we are bound together and nobody should pretend we are not. “I don’t think any Nigerian, in his right sense, should pretend nothing binds us together. This 923,768 km² that Lugard gave us binds us together. All […]
Read more
Fugitive Malawian Prophet, Shepherd Bushiri has opened up on why he left South Africa where he faces money laundering, fraud and corruption charges. Recall that his escape nearly caused a diplomatic row between Malawi and South Africa as many media houses reported that he was smuggled using President Lazarus Chakwera’s presidential jet. Bushiri’s escape was discovered […]
Read more
26-year-old Precious Teya who was arrested for sleeping with a 13-year-old boy has been freed on $10,000 bail, following a successful bail appeal at the High Court on Friday March 5. Teya who was initially denied bail when she appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Guwuriro on charges of indecent assault, won her bail application after High Court […]
Read more
New details have emerged as regards the tragic story surrounding the death of Kashy, who was the CEO of CashNation Entertainment, the record label of singer Barry Jhay. On Sunday March 7th, 2021, news broke that Kashy Godson, CashNation Entertainment Boss, committed suicide by jumping from a balcony in Ghana. However Barry Jhay, a Headies-winning […]
Read more
The Director Press, Office of the SGF (OSGF), Mr. Willie Bassey, said this in a notice on Sunday. The development was coming on the heels of the duo of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who received their doses of the vaccine, live, on Saturday at the Presidential Villa. The SGF and the PTF members would […]
Read more
Meghan Markle said she had suicidal thoughts because, Royals didn’t want to make Archie a prince cos they didn’t know how dark his skin might be when he’s born. “In 2015, there was no zoning; many aspirants, including Rochas Okorocha contested. In 2019, there was no zoning; people in APC were not courageous enough to […]
Read more
This is coming on the heels of Thursday’s meeting where the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other members resisted the pressure to increase production. or the first time in 2021, oil price has risen to $71.28 per barrel in the international market. This is coming on the heels of Thursday’s meeting where the […]
Read more
The Presidency yesterday described as fake news, a reported fire incident in Aso Rock Presidential Villa. A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, dismissed the report, said there was no fire breakout inside the Villa He, however, explained that on March 6, a fire broke out burning shrubs between the outer wire fence and […]
Read more
Popular Hip-Hop/Rap musician, Divine Ikubor better known as Rema has gifted an artist the sum of 200K for drawing a pencil sketch of him. According to a pencil-artist, Olisaemeka Crystaladuaka_art, spent over 100 hours sketching the young musician and ended up coming out with a beautiful piece. In reaction to the art, Rema expressed gratitude to the piece […]
Read more
A senior officer with the Edo State Police Command has been kidnapped. Daily Trust gathered that gunmen broke into the Benin residence of the victim identified as ASP Clement Amoko in the early hours of Sunday and whisked him away. He was reportedly taken away in the presence of his wife and children. A source […]
Read more
Nigeria record label boss Babatunde Oyerinde Abiodun aka Kashy Godson is dead. Popular singer Barry Jhay is signed to his record label. According to the reports, the founder of Cash Nation Records, died on Sunday, March 7, 2021, after committing suicide. While some allege he jumped from his house balcony after battling depression for a long […]
Read more
Members of the Oodua Peoples Congress have arrested the notorious Fulani warlord terrorising Oyo communities, Iskilu Wakili. Kehinde Aderemi, Special Assistant on Media to Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams Adams, confirmed this on Sunday. “Yes, he has been arrested by our team. You will get details later,” he said on the telephone. Meanwhile, the […]
Read more
As a Christian, the word of God should always be the ultimate and faith in Jesus the all. On this note, I bring to you the reasons why In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is unchristian and how the word of God is against it. First, let me explain what happens in the process of IVF. A woman […]
Read more
Pope Francis landed in northern Iraq on Sunday to cap his historic tour to the country with a visit to Christian communities that endured the brutality of a jihadist “caliphate”. The heaviest deployment of security forces yet has been mobilised to protect the 84-year-old on what is perhaps his riskiest day in Iraq. Francis landed […]
Read more
A fire outbreak has been reported at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja, causing confusion among workers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s abode. SaharaReporters learnt that the fire started at 4 pm as the fire service officials tried desperately to put it out. “The security men were chasing people not to capture the incident, but […]
Read more
The Nigerian Army has dismissed the report of bandits’ attack on its base and killing of soldiers at Marina in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Saturday described the report as false and unsubstantiated. Yerima said the report in a newspaper publication claimed […]
Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Saturday introduced a new incentive to encourage inflow of diaspora remittances. The incentive, tagged “Naira 4 Dollar Scheme”, was announced in a circular signed by Saleh Jibrin, CBN ‘s Director, Trade and Exchange Department. Jibrin said that the scheme, which would run between March and May, would allow […]
Read more
At least 12 people have been kidnapped by bandits following an attack on the Junior Staff Quarters of the Kaduna International Airport. The incident occurred on Saturday, but the police authorities in the state have yet to confirm the attack. One of the victims, who is a member of staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management […]
Read more
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development says it has empowered 2, 510 rural women in Abia with N20,000 each through its Special Cash Grant Project. Beneficiaries of the programme are from all the local government areas in the state.Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the humanitarian affairs and social development minister disclosed this […]
Read more
The federal government has budgeted N10.6 billion for the transportation of COVID-19 vaccines to the 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory. According to a document seen by PUNCH, a total of N12.7 billion was budgeted as cost of transportation for the vaccine, procurement of PPE and AEFI kits. In the document […]
Read more
Nigerians have begun to lambast President Muhammadu Buhari and some governors over comments to summarily shoot anyone illegally seen carrying an AK-47 rifle. President’s spokesperson Garba Shehu Wednesday said Mr. Buhari has directed the military to shoot whoever is seen with sophisticated weapons like AK-47 at sight. Mr. Shehu said the president’s directive was to […]
Read more
The first runner-up of Big Brother Naija (Lockdown Edition), Dorathy Bachor, has stated that the reality television show made her come out of her shell. The entrepreneur stated this during an Instagram Live chat with showbiz personality, Ubi Franklin, during the week. She said, “I am a private person. I hate public opinion. The words, […]
Read more
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on February 18, 2021, ordered popular On-Air Personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, fondly referred to as Daddy Freeze, to pay the sum of N5m for committing adultery with one Benedicta Elechi. Daddy Freeze was ordered to pay the money to Paul Odekina, who was married to Elechi at […]
Read more
Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, Friday, insisted that he won’t take COVID-19 vaccine, noting that he’s hale and healthy and has no reason to do so. Bello disclosed this when he featured on Channels TV at Politics Today. The outspoken Bello while answering question if he’s going to force the Kogites to take the […]
Read more
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court sitting in Apo, has fixed March 12 to commence hearing in a suit filed by Precious Chikwendu, estranged wife of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, seeking custody of her four children. In the suit marked CV/372/2021, Chikwendu is praying the court for an order giving her […]
Read more
Abdulrasheed Bawa has pledged to steer the EFCC towards proactive and intelligence-led investigation. Mr. Bawa said this in Abuja on Friday when he officially assumed duties at the commission’s headquarters. EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said in a statement that the new EFCC boss promised a paradigm shift in the agency’s approach to anti-graft war, from […]
Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday disclosed that he tested positive for COVID-19. He revealed this for the first time while speaking in Abeokuta during a colloquium to celebrate his 84th birthday. Obasanjo said though he was concerned he had no symptoms. Barraging his experience, Obasanjo said “It will surprise you that I was tested […]
Read more
Dr. Cyprian Ngong of the National Hospital, Abuja, was the first Nigerian to receive a jab of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID19 vaccine in Nigeria. He took the jab at the launch of the COVID19 vaccination ceremony which held at the Trauma center, National Hospital Abuja today March 5. The vaccine was administered to Dr Ngong by the Executive Director […]
Read more
Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi the Executive Chairman Agege Local Government Area has renamed the popular Old Ipaja Road in Agege, after Sen. Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State. Egunjobi announced the new name during the official inauguration of Agege Pen Cinema Bridge on Friday by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Newsmen report that the Agege Pen Cinema […]
Read more
Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said this during a virtual meeting to review a report on IFFs in relation to tax, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson for ICPC, said in a statement released in Abuja on Friday. The ICPC Chairman said, “the African Union Illicit Financial Flow Report estimated that Africa is losing nearly 50 billion […]
Read more
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has charged Nigerians not to give in to conspiracy theories concerning COVID-19 vaccines but to accept the vaccine. He said only a collective effort devoid of politics and conspiracy theories could guarantee a successful war against COVID-19. The Speaker appealed to the media to pass […]
Read more
Several journalists in the convoy of the Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, were, on Thursday, involved in a fatal crash while on their way to Gombe from Bauchi. The driver of the crashed vehicle reportedly died. The Gombe State Governor was in Bauchi on Wednesday for the 4th North-East Governors’ Forum Meeting which held in […]
Read more
Ogun state assembly have impeached deputy speaker Oludare Kadiri over allegations of gross misconduct, a move Kadiri has called “grossly unconstitutional and illegal”. Kadiri had clashed with some leaders of the party over allegations of violent conduct during the membership registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. It was […]
Read more
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, is currently under fire over the comment he made on Wednesday, March 3, that hoodlums who invaded his palace during the #EndSARS protest stole his $2 million and N17 million. Akiolu, who spoke at the Glover Hall Memorial Commissioning, Lagos on Wednesday, lamented the devastation inflicted on Lagos by the protesters, including […]
Read more
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has cautioned people calling for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari. said those calling for Buhari’s resignation due to the issue of insecurity in Nigeria were only exercising their freedom of speech, but such expression has its limitations. Adesina said those calling for Buhari’s […]
Read more
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has sacked three commisioners in a minor cabinet reshuffle. The sacked commissioners are Alhassan Ibrahim Kwami – Information & Culture, Dr Ahmed Mohammed Gana- Health and Mela Audu Nunghe (SAN)- Special Duties. Secretary to the State Government, Ibrahim Njodi who made the announcement on Monday March 1, added that six commisioners were redeployed to other […]
Read more
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Friday, called for the arrest of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for saying journalists are criminals for calling bandits criminals. The union expressed reservation on Gumi’s remarks during an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday where he labelled journalists as criminals for calling bandits criminals. In his interview, Gumi said: […]
Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that it was part of a joint team that attempted to arrest popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho on Friday. As previously reported by Naija News, Igboho was on his way to see Afenifere chieftain, Pa Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos on Friday when the joint team, numbering about 40 ambushed him and […]
Read more
The Federal Government says it is committed to buying made in Nigeria products including locally made vehicles to boost the nation’s manufacturing sector and provide more job opportunities to Nigerians. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the maiden edition of the ‘State House […]
Read more
Justice Fred Njemanze of the Imo State High Court, Owerri, has ordered an interim forfeiture of all the property allegedly illegally acquired by a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha. The order was sequel to an application brought by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Louis Alozie (SAN). The suit with case Number HOW/191/2021 had […]
Read more
Gunmen have kidnapped some students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State. Its gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Friday. Details later…
Read more
Gunmen Attack Police Patrol Team In Cross River, Kill Officers, Steal Rifles… There is tension in the area as many residents had fled going by the apprehension generated by the attack on the police station… Details later..
Read more
A motorist on Thursday knocked down a police officer off a bridge into a canal while trying to escape arrest in Lagos State. The incident happened around the army resettlement centre in the Oshodi area of the state. The driver of the Toyota Highlander was being apprehended by police officers and officials of Lagos Traffic […]
Read more
The Bauchi State Government has released the sum of N32m for the vaccination of over 800,000 herds of cattle in the state. The state governor, Bala Mohammed, disclosed this at the inauguration of 2020/2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign at the Galambi Cattle Ranch, Bauchi on Wednesday, February 24. “We have released over N32m for this […]
Read more
Singer Peter Okoye buries his father-in-law.. RIP Sir..
Read more
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors, despite criticisms in some quarters. They are former Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai; and the former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas. Others are former […]
Read more
Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari regime to recruit more Nigerians into the country’s security forces as bandits ravage the northern state. Mr. Sani-Bello lamented that the Buhari regime only provided his state with 4,000 police officers instead of the 14,000 required, the Voice of Nigeria reported. The governor […]
Read more
The Senate Committee on Public petition, Ethics and Privileges has issued a warrant of arrest on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ayo Akinyelure issued the order following the management’s failure to honour the invitation of the Senate panel to account for how the sum of N2.6 […]
Read more
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, said on Monday he was withdrawing his case over election fraud from the country’s highest court, the media reported. The singer-turned-politician ran against longtime incumbent President Yoweri Museveni in the January election. The country’s electoral commission declared Museveni won a sixth term with over 58 […]
Read more
Students preparing to write the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams, as well as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now prepare from the comfort of their homes, instead of having to spend all day in study centres, as is presently the case. This is made possible by Nigeria’s first and only online […]
Read more
Shatta Michy, ex-girlfriend of Dancehall musician Shatta Wale has shared her regret of wasting her youthful age with him. Michy who spoke in an interview on United Showbiz show on UTV, said she could have achieved an enviable feat if she had focused on her schooling and abandoned Wale’s budding dream at a youthful age. The singer’s ex-girlfriend also revealed […]
Read more
The 14th edition of the Headies Awards took place at the Eko Hotel and Suites on Sunday, February 21, but had limited attendees due to COVID-19 restrictions. The red carpet began at 5pm while the main event commenced at 8 pm Fireboy DML was the biggest winner of the night after he clinched five awards to equal […]
Read more
Mr. Uche Nwosu, has returned to the Supreme Court barely 24 hours after his in-law Rochas Okorocha was humiliated by aides of Governor Hope Uzodinma for reopening a property sealed by the Imo state government. Nwosu asked the apex court to declare that Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma was not the candidate of the All Progressives […]
Read more
Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, have advised Nigerians to expect a higher petrol pump price in the coming days, saying price may rise to N195 per litre. They lamented what they described as “inconsistencies” on the part of the Federal Government, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its subsidiary, […]
Read more
Niger State Ministry Of Education has released photo of the student killed during the attack on Government Science College Kagara in Niger State. Benjamin .B. Habila, an SS3C student, was shot dead by the bandits while trying to escape. The bandits invaded the school around 3 am on Wednesday, February 17, abducting the students and some […]
Read more
The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday said seven passengers onboard a Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft died when the jet crashed in Abuja on Sunday. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement. He said, “This is to confirm that a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Beechcraft KingAir B350i […]
Read more
Ogechukwu Osih, popularly known for presenting ‘Metro File’ an entertainment show on Channels TV is now married. The Edo bride, Ogechukwu Osih found love in the arms of a Yoruba groom and their wedding was indeed a beautiful occasion. The bride’s colleague, Maupe Ogun Yusuf shared photos from the occasion on Instagram with the caption […]
Read more
Reality TV star, Ifuennada, who is currently on holiday in Maldives Island, shared more racy photos of herself at the beach. See the photos below.
Read more
The Special Assistant to Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on Youth development, Comrade Okiemute Sowho has been killed by suspected assassins in Sapele. 40-year-old Sowho was shot dead around 6 p.m. on Saturday evening February 20, near a popular hotel along Akintola road close to the Adeniyi end of the town. According to reports, the […]
Read more
Japan’s Naomi Osaka dismissed Jennifer Brady in straight sets to win the Australian Open and underline her growing hold on women’s tennis on Saturday.
Read more
The new acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been promoted to the rank of Chief Detective Superintendent ahead of his Senate screening. The move comes amid a lawsuit challenging Bawa’s qualification for the job. Section 2 of the EFCC Act states that a person who will be appointed as […]
Read more
Kwara on Friday directed an immediate, but temporary closure of some grant-aided schools in Ilorin pending the resolution of a Hijab controversy in the schools. Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, said in a statement that affected schools are the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) College, Sabo Oke and St. […]
Read more
The petitioners are the first set in Lagos to be awarded compensation since the panel started hearing cases last year. The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry has awarded monetary compensations to two petitioners who were victims of police brutality. The panel was set up last year after hundreds of Nigerians protested nationwide against years […]
Read more
Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed has doubled down on his justification for arms-bearing herdsmen, stating that the use of ‘AK-47 is a figure of speech for protection’ “It is a figure of speech to show you the despondence, the desperation and frustration and the agony that this particular person is exposed to by his own people, […]
Read more
Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday, said it would be contemptuous for Governor Hope Uzodimma and Imo State House of Assembly to rename the Eastern Palm University. The former Imo governor said the university was set up based on a public-private partnership between the state and the Rochas Foundation. Governor Uzodimma had announced the renaming of the […]
Read more
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, met with abductors of the staff and students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. According to TVC News, the meeting took place at Tagina forest in Niger State on Thursday, February 18. The bandits wielding their guns, were led by their leader, Dogo Gide. Sheik Gumi appealed to […]
Read more
The Ekiti State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Human Rights Violations has recommended N500,000 as compensation to Ogunleye Ajayi, wife of a murdered officer in the disbanded police Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS). The panel presided over by its chairman, Cornelius Akintayo, recommended the amount at its resumed sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday. The deceased, […]
Read more
As the ban on street begging takes effect in Kano, the government has threatened to arrest beggars and hand them over to wealthy people in their local councils. This warning came from the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, during an empowerment package’s presentation to the beneficiaries, in Kano, on Thursday. The […]
Read more
Ekiti State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Human Rights Violations has so far received 85 petitions and recommended a total of N7,440,350 as compensation to victims of Human Rights Violations who appeared before it. The panel disclosed this while sitting on Thursday in Ado Ekiti. The panel at its resumed sitting Presided by the Chairman, […]
Read more
Alhaji Sirajo Maikatako, Permanent Commissioner, Zamfara Hajj Commission, has resigned. Maikatako announced his resignation when he addressed a pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) group in Gusau, the state capital, on Thursday. He expressed optimism that APC would reclaim the state in the 2023, urging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government he served under to focus on […]
Read moreThe state released the names of the students about 24 hours after they were kidnapped on Wednesday. The list of the teachers abducted alongside the students was also released. The student who was killed during the attack has been identified as Benjamin Habila. Below are their names: Jamilu Isah Shem Joshua Abbas Abdullahi Isah Abdullahi […]
Read more
Hollywood actor and producer, Dwayne Johnson also known as The Rock, says he is available to run for political office. The Rock disclosed this when he appeared on USA Today this week. He said: I would consider a presidential run in the future if that’s what the people wanted. Truly I mean that, and I’m […]
Read more
An Ogba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered a DNA test to be conducted on Oluwafifehanmi, the daughter of Nollywood actress, Ronke Odusanya. The trial Magistrate, M. O. Tanimola, gave the order while ruling on an application brought before her court by Olanrewaju Saheed, the estranged lover of Odusanya. The daughter of the estranged […]
Read more
The former jewel in the crown of Donald Trump’s bankrupted Atlantic City casino empire was demolished Wednesday with 3,000 sticks of dynamite. The detonator button was pressed shortly after 9:00 am (1400 GMT), reducing the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino to a pile of rubble in just a few seconds. Closed since 2014, the casino […]
Read more
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena has described the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed as the biggest problem of the Buhari-led administration. Mr Mohammed had in a statement on Monday called Mr Nabena an impostor and said he would not dignify him with a statement over his […]
Read more
Nollywood actress, Rosy Meurer has finally disclosed how she got married to Olakunle Churchill, Tonto Dikeh’s ex-husband. In a question and answer session with her followers, the Nollywood actress gave a thorough account of how she ended up getting married to Churchill. A fan had asked Rosy, “Why did you break another woman home, your […]
Read more
A former model was ordered to resign from a job at a hospital for being ”too pretty.” Claudia Ardelean, 27, who has a double degree in law and European ethics, was appointed to work unpaid on the board of the Pneumophthisiology Clinical Hospital in Romania. She was delighted and posted about her appointment on social […]
Read more
The Niger state government has shut down boarding schools in four local government areas (LGAs). This follows the abduction of school children at the Government Science College (GSC), Kagara. Gunmen had attacked the school early hours of Wednesday and abducted yet-to-be-known number of the students. Sani Bello, governor of the state, gave the order at […]
Read more
An international fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke better known as Invictus, who was once listed on the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 will on Tuesday (today) be sentenced by a Virginia Court in the United States. Okeke, who was on August 6, 2019 arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, later pleaded guilty to two charges of […]
Read more
Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking an order restraining Mohammed Adamu from parading himself as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the ruling Tuesday following a motion exparte with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/106/21 filed by Maxwell Opara, a legal practitioner, and argued by his lawyer, Ugochukwu Ezekiel. Arguing the […]
Read more
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has suspended its lecturer, Dr. Chigozie Odum, accused of impregnating a student and threatening her. LIB recalled that Dr. Odum, a senior lecturer in the Department of Archeology and Tourism, Faculty of Arts allegedly impregnated a student identified as Onah Chinyere. Dr. Odum Jude was said to have demanded to be sleeping with the […]
Read more
BREAKING: Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been officially confirmed as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization (@wto). She makes history as the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO. Her term starts on March 1, 2021. Details later….
Read more
Nigerian government has exempted cement, flour, rice, sugars and 180 other products from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) deal. These items were exempted from the list, based on national priorities, trade volume, priority, food security and competitive advantage, The Guardian reported. A complete list is expected before the end of the month after […]
Read more
An Owerri High Court on Monday gave a judgement nullifying the impeachment of Jude Agbaso as Deputy Governor of Imo State. The state House of Assembly had on March 28, 2013, impeached Agbaso as the deputy governor of the state on the allegations that he collected N458m and red label drink as bribes from a […]
Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his junior media aide Bashir Ahmad to supervise a powerful and lucrative division at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) — a role that supersedes his work experience and area of expertise, officials familiar with the development told Peoples Gazette over the weekend. Mr. Ahmad, 29, has served as personal […]
Read more
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has named his 39-year-old son, Serdar, as deputy head of government. Mr. Berdymukhamedov created the new office for his son in a decree published in the Neutralny Turkmenistan newspaper on Friday. The younger Berdymukhammedov is seen as the likely successor to his father who is 63. His job will be to […]
Read more
About fifteen hours to the scheduled #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest, Rinu Oduala, youth representative on the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll gate, has stepped down from the panel. Her argument was that the government was using the panel for ‘performative actions’. Disclosing this on […]
Read more
The Nigerian Bar Association has sued the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the extension of the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu. The NBA commenced the legal action at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/214/2021. The defendants in the suit include the President, the […]
Read more
The Ogun state police command has denied a viral video claiming some Fulani herdsmen attacked the house of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, in Abeokuta on Tuesday, February 9. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeymi, states that on Tuesday, one Kazeem Sorinola who is an indigene of ijeun Abeokuta who is into […]
Read more
Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter ban will remain forever, even if he runs for president again in 2024, a top company official said on Wednesday February 10. During an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Twitter’s chief financial officer, Ned Segal, was asked if the platform would restore Trump’s account if he ran again and […]
Read more
Youth representatives at the Lagos Judicial Panel, Rinuola Oduola has reacted to the court order directing the CBN to unfreeze the accounts of End SARS promoters. The request was granted by Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the federal high court in Abuja who directed major commercial banks to freeze all transactions on the 20 accounts on […]
Read more
Governor Yahaya Bello on Wednesday confirmed that Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Recall that Fani- Kayode had said he had a fruitful discussion on how to move Nigeria forward during his meeting with Bello over the weekend Although he did not debunk reports that he had defected, Bello […]
Read more
Manchester United’s new signing, Amad Diallo has been fined £42,000 amid an Italian immigration probe into his arrival in Europe. Born in Ivory Coast, the young winger travelled to Italy with his brother Hamed in 2015. The pair first settled in the northern city of Parma, where prosecutors launched an investigation into their move last […]
Read more
“If I perish, I perish” – Man vows never to return to Nigeria after relocating to Dublin in UK.
Read more
Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has warned the federal government to unfreeze his bank accounts or face massive protests in the South West. Igboho, speaking with Vanguard, confirmed that all his accounts were frozen, because some people were collecting donations. However, he insisted he had no hand in the said […]
Read more
The Federal Government has secured the sum of $500 million support from the World Bank to deal with the challenges of adolescent girls in the country who are out of school or have never been to school. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who made this known in Abuja said the World Bank facility was […]
Read more
Alleged Domestic Violence: Singer Lil Frosh Remanded In Ikoyi Prison Till March, 2021. Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of the Lagos Magistrates’ Court in Yaba on Tuesday, ordered the remand of singer Lilfrosh at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for assaulting his girlfriend.
Read more
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says corruption persists in the country because those guilty are not jailed or appropriately punished. Amaechi, a former Governor of Rivers state, disclosed this while delivering the Founders’ day lecture at the University of Port Harcourt. The minister urged Nigerians to stop celebrating people who enrich themselves by stealing […]
Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the Senate to confirm the new Service Chiefs as ambassadors. Buhari’s appeal was contained in a letter sent to the Senate and was read by the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan. A statement by Lawan’s spokesman, Ezrel Tabiowo said the letter was dated January 27, 2021. According to […]
Read more
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday stopped the re-arraignnment of a former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu, in an alleged N7.1bn money laundering charges. According to him, the trial should be put on hold pending the resolution of the legality of the charges of retrial against him. Delivering his […]
Read more
Afolabi Samuel, a Pastor of the Living Faith Church popularly known as Winners Chapel has bagged a 3-year jail sentence by the Lagos State Special Offences Court after being found guilty of stealing $90,000 and N4.5 million that belonged to the church. Samuel who was the church accountant and treasure was arraigned before Justice Mojisola […]
Read more
The Federal Government has placed a travel restriction on 100 passengers for flouting COVID-19 directives. This was announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 via its Twitter handle on Tuesday. The PTF also released the passport details of the defaulters, stating that they have been restricted from travelling for six months. “Presidential Task Force […]
Read more
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said that the Federal government will soon begin oil exploration in the northeast. Sylva disclosed this during an interview with Channels TV on Monday February 8. “I have said it a few times that we have found oil in the northeast and we have started drilling […]
Read more
Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says there are plans to replace the bank verification numbers (BVN) with the national identity numbers (NIN). The BVN was launched in 2014 (BVN) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to protect customer’s transactions. Speaking on Monday in Abuja, the minister said the NIN is the […]
Read more
Magistrate’s Court sitting in Agbowa, Lagos State sentenced a 24-year-old man, Daniel Johnson, to four months’ imprisonment for stealing goods worth N70,000. Mr. Johnson had been in prison since his first arraignment on June 19, 2018, on two-count charges of breach of peace and theft. Although the defendant had earlier pleaded not guilty to the […]
Read more
President Joe Biden has issued a presidential memorandum aimed at expanding protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people worldwide, including potentially through the use of financial sanctions. Nigeria’s anti-gay laws have been increasingly criticised by global rights groups, which have categorised the country as overtly homophobic. President […]
Read more
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode may be on his way back to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) six years after he left for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sources close to him informed The Nation he met with chairman, Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Gov. Mai Mala Buni and Kogi Governor […]
Read more
The Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations by defunct Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) on Monday ordered the police to produce Morris Ashwe, a victim of alleged “enforced disappearance” unfailingly by February 24 The panel chairman, Suleiman Galadima, a retired justice, gave the order after his younger brother Raphael, told the panel that the […]
Read more
Social media activist, Segun Awosanya, popularly known as Segalink, has explained why he threw his weight behind the reopening of Lekki tollgate plaza. Four out of the nine members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate have faulted the report of the […]
Read more
Diddy is taking his former clothing company, Sean John to court for using his image, likeness, and persona without his permission. The Hip Hop mogul has filed a $25 million lawsuit against his former clothing brand, Sean John, and the company’s new owner Global Brand Groups USA, according to All Hip Hop. According to a complaint filed last […]
Read more
As the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, commences the revalidation exercise for its members, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that Millions of Nigerians are registering, returning to register with their darling Party. Ganduje said, Nigerians have been keenly observing the performances of the party in the last five years and are convinced that APC […]
Read more
A farmer, Dele Olowoniyi, has been slaughtered while asleep in a farm settlement at Oha village, Imeko, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. Olowoniyi was said to have been found dead by his wife with machete cuts in his neck and other parts of the body on Sunday. A source told our correspondent […]
Read more
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has decried the level of corruption in the state’s healthcare system, describing it as a deliberate act to run down the system. Mr. Obaseki, who stated this in Benin on Sunday at a town hall meeting with health practitioners, explained, “I have seen corruption like never before in the healthcare […]
Read more
Several hours after being abducted, the Nigeria Labour Congress Chairman, Taraba State, Peter Jediel, has now regained his freedom. The Acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state confirmed this to Channels Television via a telephone interview on Sunday evening. According to him, the NLC Chairman has since been taken to an undisclosed hospital for […]
Read more
Mike Davids, former pastor at Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), has threatened to reveal information about the infidelity saga involving Stephanie Otobo and Apostle Johnson Suleman in 2017. Suleiman, founder of OFM, has been in a running battle with Davids over the latter’s allegation that he slept with his wife. In the latest instalment in their war of words, David […]
Read more
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, @jidesanwoolu has approved the appointment of Arc. Gbolahan Oki as GM of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LABSCA) and Adenike Dasola Oyetunde as the Senior Special Assistant to Mr. Governor on Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWD). “Oyetunde’s appointment is in fulfillment of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s promise, on 30th December 2020, to […]
Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Gboko South ward, Tersoo Ahu, has been murdered. He was killed by a gang of young men in Gboko on Sunday. Ahu and other ward officials were training party members for the APC registration and revalidation exercise. The assailants stormed the venue with clubs, cutlasses, and attacked Ahu. […]
Read more
No fewer than 19 persons have been confirmed dead after bandits invaded Kutemeshi Community in the Birnin-Gwari area of Kaduna State. The bandits, who attacked the community on Saturday, operated for two hours as they shot indiscriminately at residents of the community. A resident of the community, who confirmed the attack to SaharaReporters, said several […]
Read more
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, chairman of the Taraba State chapter, Peter Jediel. He was abducted at his residence in Sunkani, the headquarters of Ardo-Kola Local Government Council. Confirming the incident to journalists, the younger brother of the NLC chairman, Boniface Stephen revealed that the hoodlums shot sporadically […]
Read more
The Osun State Government has declared a 24-hour curfew in Irepodun and Orolu Local Government Areas of the State, following the community crisis that broke out between Ilobu and Erin-Osun communities on Saturday. That two persons have been killed while several others have been injured in the wake of the crisis. Houses and some other […]
Read more
A fundraiser set up on Gofundme to help support Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has raked in £31,470(N16.4m) as of the time of filing this report. The fundraiser with a target of N52.3m was organised by Maureen Badejo days after Igboho issued an ultimatum for Fulani herdsmen to vacate […]
Read more
Cryptocurrency operators in Nigeria are preparing for life after a draconian crackdown on the novel cyber cash trading by the Nigerian government. The Central Bank Friday ordered deposit money banks and other financial institutions to close accounts used in trading cryptocurrencies by Nigerians. The controversial and largely unpopular directive came amidst Nigeria’s ranking as the […]
Read more
Information Technology expert, Adamu Garba, says the recent policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria that Deposit Money Banks, Non-Financial Institutions, and other financial institutions should not do business in crypto and other digital assets will help Nigeria’s fight against terrorism. Garba, who is also a former presidential aspirant, spoke on Saturday while featuring on […]
Read more
The Governor of Anambra State, Governor, Willie Obiano has directed that the Agbaedo Nnewi New Motor Spare Parts Market be shut for a week. The Governor said this in a press release, which was signed by Mr. Uchenna Okafor, the state’s commissioner for trade and commerce. According to the released statement, Obiano made the order […]
Read more
The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Abuja-Kaduna rail line cannot run faster that 90 kilometres per hour because “we don’t want to kill cow.”According to him, there are cows everywhere between Abuja to Kaduna and the ministry does not want to kill cows any longer with the locomotives.The minister said the […]
Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria was adjudged ready to receive the Pfizer vaccine but failed to get supplies because of limited doses. The global health body said the country was among the nine in Africa recommended as “ready to deploy the Pfizer vaccine”.
Read more
Fast-growing rapper and Davido’s ex-artist, Sani Goriola Yusuf, aka Lil Frosh, has been re-arrested for beating his ex-girlfriend, Gift Camille. Allegations of domestic violence had surfaced online in October 2020, where Lil Frosh was alleged to have been physically abusing Gift. Gift had taken to her Instagram page that her estranged boyfriend, Lil Frosh, had […]
Read more
Nigeria’s opposition leader Atiku Abubakar on Saturday condemned Friday’s decision to ban cryptocurrencies by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN issued a directive to all Nigerian banks against conducting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions, saying it was an unregulated market and cannot be allowed as a legitimate source of exchange in Nigeria. The decision […]
Read more
The World Health Organisation-led COVAX global initiative has failed to shortlist Nigeria for the Pfizer vaccines following its inability to meet the standard requirement of storing the vaccines at the required -70 degrees Celsius.The Nigerian government had stated that it was expected to receive 100,000 doses through the COVAX initiative, which was set up to […]
Read more
Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that can be used to buy goods and services, but uses an online ledger with strong cryptography to secure online transactions. It has become a widely accepted means of payment, with greater capacity and faster settlement than other traditional financial structures. Its use has, however, been prohibited in some countries. […]
Read more
Apostle Johnson Suleiman has responded with a lawsuit against his former Pastor, David Mike, who accused him of interfering in his marriage. The highly placed cleric filed a law suit against Pastor David for “conspiracy to blackmail and defamation of character.” Apostle Johnson filed the lawsuit through his legal team led by Osa Director, Esq, […]
Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks and other financial institutions to close customer accounts used in trading cryptocurrencies and other related transactions. In a circular seen by Peoples Gazette after circulating on social media on Friday afternoon, the Nigerian bank regulator ordered deposit money banks, non-bank financial institutions and other financial institutions to “identify persons and/or entities […]
Read more
A Nigerian couple, Foyeke Omage and Ewanle Omage has been blessed with quintuplets, six years after marriage. According to the wife, Foyeke Omage she and her husband waited for the fruit of the womb for six years and was subjected to mockery as people tagged her barren. Recounting how she welcomed their “miracle” babies at […]
Read more
A petition calling for changes to the ritual has gathered more than 56,000 signatures in Romania.Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty ImagesA Romanian baby died after a baptism ceremony in which infants are immersed in holy water three times. The 6-week-old infant was rushed to a hospital in cardiac arrest on Monday and died a few hours […]
Read more
The Enugu State Commissioner for Transport, Chief Mathias Ekweremadu, is dead. The deceased, who is the cousin of the immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, died in Enugu on Thursday. A close family member, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the commissioner slumped during an interaction with the Enugu […]
Read more
Ambassadorial Nomination: PDP Rejects Moves To Shield Ex-Service Chiefs From Investigation The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) firmly rejects plots by the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use the decoy of ambassadorial appointments to shield the immediate past service chiefs from investigation over alleged killing of innocent Nigerians and crimes against humanity […]
Read more
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have written their branches to commence strike from tomorrow (Friday). A copy of the notice signed by SSANU National President, Mohammed Ibrahim, and NASU General Secretary, Peters Adeyemi, was obtained by our correspondent on Thursday. The non-teaching staff in […]
Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the newly retired service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate. In a letter to the senate, Buhari said: “In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the […]
Read more
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu for three months. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.He said that the decision of the President to extend the IGP’s tenure for another three […]
Read more
The Federal Executive Council has approved a memo from the Ministry of Education for the establishment of 20 new private universities across the country. The 20 new private universities are to be given provisional licenses to run for three years while the ministry monitors and evaluates their growth. This brings the total number of private […]
Read more
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reacted after Facebook, a social media platform blocked the account of its leader Nnamdi Kanu. Reports suggest the account was blocked after a live broadcast on Tuesday and checks by ARISE News revealed that the account was unavailable. The account has more than 350,000 likes, “This Page […]
Read more
The Abia State government has accused herders of kidnapping citizens of the state. John Okiyi Kalu, the state commissioner for information, made the allegation in a statement on Monday.He said the state government also condemned the destruction of farmlands by cows grazing openly. This came as the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, warned herdsmen […]
Read more
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, has said the South-East does not have the numbers yet, to produce a Nigeria President of Igbo extraction. Bakare stated this on Tuesday night, during an Instagram Live session with media mogul, Dele Momodu. According to the outspoken cleric, the Igbo […]
Read moreThe outgoing Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has reportedly handed over to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Operations, DIG Sanusi Lemu, as the most senior police officer. Adamu who attained the statutory retirement age on Monday was said to have asked Lemu to oversee the administration of the Nigeria Police Force pending the appointment of […]
Read more
Ebonyi Governor David Umahi has sought N1 billion as “atonement” for Peoples Gazette’s exposé of his underhand dealings in public service. In a letter dated February 1, 2021, counsel to Mr. Umahi, Chukwuma-machukwu Ume, a senior lawyer, also demanded a retraction of the Gazette’s investigative report, while threatening to commence legal action if the proposed […]
Read more
The leadership of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has applauded the governors of the southeast states for banning open grazing in the region. IPOB in a statement on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, by its publicity secretary, Emma Powerful thanked the governors for respecting the wishes of the people of the zone. According to […]
Read more
The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday morning. It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021. Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, who disclosed this in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent, said the extension […]
Read more
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020 seeking to punish parents for their children’s crimes. The parliament passed the bill during a plenary session on Monday through a voice vote conducted by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa said the state assembly had included punishment for parents […]
Read more
Nigerian judge has cried out after he allegedly discovered that three children he had with his ex-wife were not his biological offspring. Anthony Okorodas was sworn in as a judge of Delta State High Court by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in 2018. In a statement last week, he accused his former wife, Juliet Ototo, of cheating […]
Read more
Operatives of the Nigerian army have attacked students of the University of Abuja staging a peaceful protest against hike in tuition fee and other issues at the entrance of the school. The soldiers fired tear gas at some of the peaceful protesting students and used batons to pummel others. “Nigeria is now a country full […]
Read more
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality and Lekki shooting says fresh summons would be served on the Nigerian Army to ensure that some of its officers present their testimony on the Lekki toll gate incident. The army pulled out representation from the panel on Saturday, January 30, as more evidence showed […]
Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Tuesday, arraign a former governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The ex-governor will be arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo on money laundering related charges. Senator Kalu, who governed Abia […]
Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has named internet celebrity, Ismail Mustapha, alias Mompha, in its amended N157.1million fraud charge filed against an auto dealer, Sarumi Babafemi, alias 606. Mompha has since November 25, 2019 been facing a separate 14-count N32.9 billion money laundering charge before Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court (FHC) […]
Read more
Lawyers for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a challenge in the Supreme Court on Monday against President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in last month’s election, claiming the poll was rigged. “We want nullification of the election. We do not want (Museveni) participating in any future election,” said Medard Sseggona, one of Wine’s lawyers, at the […]
Read more
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has called on South-East governors to prevent fleeing killer herdsmen from entering their region. The group also threw its weight behind the South-West Security Network (Amotekun) despite recent controversies regarding the outfit. In a statement by its spokesman, Yinka Oguntimehin, the group said with the recent efforts of Amotekun in […]
Read more
Aisha Yesufu, a Nigerian activist, has fumed over the reported chasing out of Fulani herdsmen and killing of dozens of cows by the Nnamdi Kanu’s Eastern Security Network, ESN. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, shared the news of the security outfit’s invasion of the camp of the herdsmen in Isiukwuato, […]
Read more
The Ojora of Lagos Oba Fatai Aremu Ojora marries a new bride…🎉
Read more
Veteran singer, Sir Shina Peters has been ordained as bishop of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. The Afro Juju star was ordained at a ceremony held at a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Iju area of Lagos on Saturday January 30. Sharing a video from his ordination on Instagram, Peters wrote; ‘‘Bishop with the […]
Read more
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A Adeboye, says he will not die young, predicting he will live to celebrate his 90th birthday before preparing to breathe his last. The 78-year-old clergyman who would be 90 years old in 2033, says unless Jesus Christ returns, then it would be a […]
Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party has pleaded with Nigerians not to take a cue from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to violate COVID-19 protocols. This was contained in a press statement titled, “PDP Expresses Dismay By Buhari’s Violation of COVID-19 Law…Charges Nigerians Not to Follow Such Examples,” signed by the National Publicity Secretary of […]
Read more
The federal government has reopened the Third Mainland Bridge which was closed down for maintenance days ago. Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola said the bridge was reopened after they completed the maintenance work by midnight of January 31. Popoola also disclosed that the Lagos State Government and other relevant agencies have been notified of the […]
Read more
My generation did a lot wrong. Make it uncomfortable for old leaders to remain in government – Obasanjo tells Nigerian youths.
Read more
The Presidency Sunday admonished Nigerians to comply with the recently-ratified executive order on mandatory use of face masks and maintenance of physical distance to flatten the curve of the dreadful coronavirus infection. In a statement Sunday evening, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, beckoned COVID-19 task forces nationwide to ensure compliance with the new regulation, […]
Read more
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed that no gathering of more than 50 persons shall hold in an enclosed space, except for religious purposes.The governor said this while giving an update on coronavirus in Lagos State on Sunday.He said that this is in line with the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021 signed last […]
Read more
Babajide Lawson, a physician with Reddington Hospital has confirmed to the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality that victims of the Lekki shooting of October 20, 2020, with gunshot wounds were treated at the hospital’s facilities. Mr. Lawson’s testimony countered the military who claimed that no live rounds were fired by the Nigerian […]
Read more
Doris Okuwobi, chairperson of the Lagos state judicial panel, says there is nothing the panel can do if the Nigerian army refuses to honour summons. The army is a respondent in several petitions before the panel set up by the Lagos state government to probe police brutality, especially the involvement of the army in the […]
Read more
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has urged doctors to treat victims of gunshot wounds first before asking for any Police report. Mr. Adamu stated this on Monday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Newsnight programme. Shedding light on the police policy on people with gunshot wounds, the police chief said, “No, […]
Read more
President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed the Academy Adjutant of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), Lt-Col Y.M. Dodo, as his new Aide-De-Camp (ADC). Unconfirmed eports indicate that Dodo will take over from Col. M.L. Abubakar who is said to be proceeding on a promotion course. On completion, Col Abubakar is expected to be promoted to a […]
Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday, January 29, arrested 10 suspects over computer-related fraud known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ A statement released by the antigraft agency states that the suspects were arrested at their Academy in Bwari axis of Abuja where they were said to be learning the trade of cyber trickery. The suspects aged […]
Read more
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of the Founder of Children of Light Anointing Ministries in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, Mr. Onyebuchi Okocha, popularly known as ‘Onyeze Jesus’. The prophet was rumoured to have been arrested in his house in Nkpor, near Onitsha, last Wednesday […]
Read more
The minister says the project will help to provide the methanol needs of the country that is currently 100 per cent imported. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the upcoming integrated methanol and gas project would create 30, 000 direct and indirect jobs in the country. Sylva disclosed this at […]
Read more
A Dutch Court of Appeal sitting in the Hague has ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell to pay compensation in a case brought by four Nigerian farmers who alleged widespread pollution in Niger Delta. The legal tussle, which has lingered since 2008, was brought by four Nigerian farmers alleging widespread pollution on their land by […]
Read more
Beyonce’s “rapper cousin” was shot dead at his Texas apartment. Martell Derouen, 34, better known as Kordone, was reportedly found dead in his apartment in San Antonio on Tuesday, Jan 26. According to local reports, Derouen who had a blossoming rap career, was the cousin of the iconic singer Beyoncé. Cops are now searching for […]
Read more
Zlatan and Cuppy have continued to make the headlines over the pair’s seemingly strained relationship. Cuppy had in 2019 enlisted Zlatan for ‘Gelato‘, a hit song, while the street singer also performed at the DJ’s charity event held in Abuja in November that same year. But months after the collaboration, the 28-year-old had revealed that […]
Read more
There is a compelling reason to alert the nation of another orchestrated smear campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari, using some online newspapers and blogs. The campaign, scheduled to be launched anytime soon through editorials and purported special investigative stories, is designed to further exacerbate tension in the land, by portraying the President as pandering to […]
Read more
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says he left the Nigerian Army better than he met it. Mr. Buratai stated this in his valedictory speech during the Pulling Out Parade by the Nigerian Army on Friday in Abuja. He said that the army under his watch had achieved a tremendous […]
Read more
Governor David Umahi has clutched onto his vast business interests just as firmly as his grip on political power, Peoples Gazette can report, in sheer disdain for extant code of conduct regulations precluding senior public officials from conducting private businesses, except subsistence agriculture, while in office. Bank records of Ebonyi State’s, recently obtained by the […]
Read more
Drama no dey finish for this Country especially from the Religious Folks.. Two preachers fighting over preaching space in Ikeja, Lagos State…🤦♀️
Read more
Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu, has signed into law a bill making kidnapping a capital offence and rape attracts life imprisonment. A statement on Thursday by Rahmatu Gulma, the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, said, “Therefore, with the assent into law of the model penal code 202, punishment of Kidnapping in the state, under section […]
Read more
Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire has announced that Nigeria has secured additional 41 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Ehanire who appeared on a Channels Television programme on Thursday January 28, said the 41 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines was secured through the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) (a vaccine strategy organised by the African Union) […]
Read more
The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has warned media houses in the country to cautiously report the issue of insecurity particularly around the Herdsmen crisis in Ondo and Oyo state. The regulatory body, in a statement dated January 26, said this directive to “remind broadcasters of the rules governing the coverage of crisis.” The statement invoked certain provisions […]
Read more
The group says the appointment would go a long way to reassure Nigerians that the President is determined to control the nation’s security problems. The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing new service chiefs. The President-General of the group, Prof. George Obiozor, gave the commendation in […]
Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo is currently under investigation ‘for flouting Italy’s Covid rules’ to celebrate girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez’s birthday.
Read more
Juventus have brought in Marseille youngster Marley Aké in a swap deal which has seen Franco Tongya move in the opposite direction. The 20-year-old winger had made 13 appearances in all competitions for André Vilas-Boas’ side this season but had yet to break his goalscoring duck for the first team. However, Aké has bagged 14 […]
Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed CoronaVirus Disease, COVID-19, Health Protection Regulations, 2021. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and Chairman, Presidential Task Force to COVID-19 in Nigeria, Boss Mustapha announced this in Abuja, Nigeria. President Buhari said signing the Regulations was in consideration of the urgent need to protect the health and […]
Read more
Popular Nollywood actor Ernest Asuzu is dead. It was gathered that he slumped and died on Tuesday evening. The president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, confirmed his death. “Yes, Ernest Asuzu is dead. I am trying to reach his wife to get the full details. I will get back to you.” Rollas […]
Read more
The newly-appointed Coordinator of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, SMBF, and immediate past President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nnia Nwodo, has expressed shock and disappointment at President Muhammadu Buhari’s exclusion of Igbo in the appointment of the new Service Chiefs. Nwodo insinuated that Buhari’s action was an obvious expression of disdain for the Igbo people […]
Read more
The Hausa community in Orlu, Imo State, has accused operatives of the Eastern Security Network established by the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, of killing four of its members on Monday. Many people had been reportedly killed and property destroyed when the IPOB security men clashed with policemen and soldiers in Orlu.A member of the […]
Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has said more than 7 million Nigerians are beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The programme is under the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). Farouq accused “unpatriotic persons” of trying to give it a […]
Read more
President Muhmmadu Buhari has fired the service chiefs and appointed new persons to replace them. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, broke the news on Tuesday afternoon. The new service chiefs are Leo Irabor, a major-general of the Nigerian army; I Attahiru, chief of army staff; A Z Gambo, chief of naval staff; I O Alao, chief […]
Read more
Operatives of the Oyo State chapter of the Western Nigeria Security Network, more commonly known as Amotekun, have intercepted a truck loaded with gunmen suspected to be herdsmen heading to Igangan community in the recently troubled Ibarapa area of the state. The truck, with registration number TUR30ZY, is registered with Kebbi State and the Amotekun […]
Read more
Sunday Igboho has told Peoples Gazette that he was not in a hurry to blame any individual or group for the arson that razed down his property in Ibadan on Tuesday morning. Sunday Igboho, whose real name is Sunday Adeyemo, said he would allow authorities to conduct investigation into the incident, praising God that there […]
Read more
A property said to belong to Sunday Igboho was set ablaze on Tuesday morning in Ibadan. Multiple social media reports, including this from the scene of a razed residential property, said the building belonged to Sunday Igboho, whose real name is Sunday Adeyemo. He was said to have since moved away from the property, but multiple people, including […]
Read more
Chelsea legend, Frank Lampard has released his first statement since he was unceremoniously sacked by the club on Monday, January 25. Lampard was axed by Chelsea on Monday, 18 months after being appointed following the club’s decision to sack Italian, Maurizio Sarri. Despite his status as the club’s greatest goalscorer, Lampard was axed with the Blues […]
Read more
A policeman attached to Estate Police Station, Osogbo, Rauf Fawale, has reportedly died after he failed to recover from injuries he sustained following attack by three men from Department of State Service in Osogbo. Father of the deceased, Rabiu, told our correspondent that his son was attacked by three yet to be identified DSS men […]
Read more
Several residents of Orlu Senatorial district in Imo State have been feared dead in a deadly clash between the military and some suspected members of secessionist group, IPOB, several sources have told Peoples Gazette. A source said that some IPOB members attacked and killed a soldier, and carted away his corpse and riffle, “which led […]
Read more
Rogelia Blanco returned to her nursing home in Xove, Spain, after her fmaily though she died of COVID-19. The region of A Mariña, where Xove is located, is seen here.Carlos Castro/Europa Press via Getty ImagesSign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic. An elderly Spanish woman stunned […]
Read more
The suspects are accused of destroying public property and attacking citizens and police officers. The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says its officers have arrested five members of a proscribed religious movement for a protest in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf, announced this in a statement […]
Read more
The Nigerian government has extended the phase three ease of COVID-19 lockdown. Boss Mustapha, Secretary of the Government of the Federation, SGF, has disclosed that the easing of COVID-19 lockdown has been extended by one month. Mustapha, who is the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 disclosed on Monday in Abuja.Speaking during the daily briefing […]
Read more
The Federal Government has approved the employment of 30,000 graduates to be trained on soil samples and to render extension services to farmers. The recruitment is part of efforts to enhance food security. Executive Secretary of the National Land Development Agency, Paul Ikonne, made the announcement on Monday. Ikonne disclosed that the young Nigerians would […]
Read more
A court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Monday discharged four out of six protesters arrested in November for demonstrating outside the National Assembly. Last year, the nation was swept by weeks of widespread #EndSARS protests sparked by anger over brutality from the police’s loathed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The government disbanded the […]
Read more
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) said Monday that it would discourage underage and late night grazing amongst herders, as part of solutions proffered by the group to quell raging conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in the Southwest. The umbrella body of cattle breeders in the country said in a statement issued […]
Read more
The Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has denied his interest in running for the position of president in 2023, shortly after campaign posters pointing to his run were seen across the Federal Capital Territory. Earlier on Monday, campaign posters with photos of Mr. Wike were sighted on buildings along Herbert Macaulay Way, a central axis […]
Read more
A Kaduna State High Court, on Monday, ordered the Nigerian Correctional Service to evacuate the wife of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Zeenat, to an isolation centre, for COVID-19 treatment. Delivering a ruling, Justice Gideon Kurada, specifically ordered that she should be moved to a government-approved isolation and treatment centre. Confirming […]
Read more
Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, (Retd) has given commanders of the agency in all the states of the federation and special commands marching orders to mop up illicit drugs across the country. He gave the directive during a meeting with commanders of the 36 states, FCT and […]
Read more
Atiku Abubakar’s hankering for a large and boisterous household had been taken in good faith by his wives of many years. But his seemingly audacious entanglement with a new wife of Morrocan origin appears to have dropped a match in the powder barrel for his hitherto favourite spouse. Jennifer Douglas-Abubakar, third wife of the former […]
Read more
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), says the order by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, that herdsmen should leave forest reserves within seven days is legal. In a statement on Sunday, Falana said the order was in tandem with Section 42 (1) (e) and (g) of the Forestry Law of Ondo State which provided that […]
Read more
Mexico’s President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has tested positive for Coronavirus. The South American country’s President who has been criticized for his handling of his country’s pandemic and for not setting an example of prevention in public, said his symptoms are mild and he his currently undergoing treatment. Obrador tweeted; “I regret to inform you that I […]
Read more
Spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Edo State, Bridget Esene, has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen. Mrs. Esene was whisked away by the assailants on Sunday morning at the premises of an undisclosed Christian worship centre in the Agbor road area of Benin city, an official said. She was reportedly trailed and […]
Read more
Two Fulani leaders, the Seriki Fulani of Igbo Ora, Alhaji Idris Abubakar, and the Seriki Fulani of Eruwa, Alhaji Sule Mohammed, have solicited for forgiveness, assuring the people of Oyo State that they would facilitate peaceful coexistence in Ibarapaland.Recall that there was violence at Igangan on Friday when a popular Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, […]
Read more
Veteran Nollywood actor, Dan Nkoloagu is dead. The news of his death was announced by his son, Dan Nkoloagu Jnr on Facebook. According to his son who broke the news, Nkoloagu died on Friday, January 22, 2021. Until his death, Dan Nkoloagu had starred in several Nigerian movies alongside Nkem Owoh and the likes. He […]
Read more
Akwa Ibom State Government has advised all Street traders and operators of illegal markets especially around the plaza area, and other highbrow areas to relocate to designated trading places on or before February 1, 2021, or be prepared to face the wrath of the law. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Charles Udoh, who announced this […]
Read more
A 19-year-old has been arrested in Anambra for child trafficking, along with his 10-year-old accomplice. The principal suspect, Chinecherem Odurukwe, from Ogboro Isiala village of Ihiala is said to use his 10-year-old accomplice, Chinedu Adom, from Umuozu village of Nwangele council area of Imo to lure children, according to police investigation. The pair operated in […]
Read more
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Sunday, has vowed that attempts by the northerners to turn South-West into a war zone will be resisted. He said this in a press statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Aderemi, on Sunday, titled, “Insecurity: ACF, Miyetti Allah are Jokers- Aare Gani Adams’. Activist, […]
Read more
The newly appointed Commissioner of Police in Edo state, Philip Ogbadu, has said the 54 firearms were carted away from various police formations in the state during the #EndSARS protest last year where jailbreaks were recorded in two correctional centres in the state but only eight have been recovered so far. Ogbadu made this revelation […]
Read more
Aliko Dangote has filed a lawsuit to claim damages for his battered reputation after one of his American mistresses posted videos on social media that included the billionaires exposed buttocks earlier this month. Mr. Dangote filed the charges in an American court in Miami, Florida. He sought compensation for $30,000 in the civil lawsuit, which […]
Read more
The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, has declared that nobody has the power to remove Fulani herdsmen from Ondo State’s forests.Bodejo stated this in an interview with The Sun, noting that all lands in the country belong to the Fulani.He also said only Fulani herdsmen could tackle the bandits kidnapping […]
Read more
Abdullahi Bodejo, a leader of cattle breeders group Miyetti Allah, has said Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has no powers to drive Fulani herdsmen from Ondo State forest reserves, pointing to a 250-year history of nomadic exploits in the region. Mr. Bodejo, in an interview with Lagos-based tabloid The Sun, said Mr. Akeredolu should reconsider his seven-day […]
Read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk to publish details of the proposed payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The non-governmental organisation also wants the minister to provide details about the mechanisms and logistics for the payments, […]
Read more
In an interview with Daily Trust, Jega said the current administration has performed below the expectations of “so many Nigerians”. Jega served as Nigeria’s electoral umpire from 2010 to 2015, following his appointment by former President Goodluck Jonathan. He remains the only INEC chairman that has presided over two general elections in Nigeria — in […]
Read more
Gunmen suspected to be herders have reportedly killed Salihu Dovo, chairman of Ardo Kola Local Government Area in Taraba. Peoples Gazette learnt from security sources that the assailants took the deceased to an undisclosed location and contacted his family members a few hours later to come for his dead body where they abandoned it in […]
Read more
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore herdsmen group has called on the Federal Government to heed the call for the restructuring of the country to allow the Fulani go their way. The National Secretary of the group, Saleh Alhassan, said in an interview with our correspondent on Saturday that herdsmen were being marginalised in the country […]
Read more
No fewer than eight persons were feared killed while many sustained injuries on Saturday evening, when an articulated truck lost control and ran into some shops at Akungba Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accident occurred directly opposite the Adekunle Ajasin University barely […]
Read more
BBC Hausa quoted Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, as confirming the arrest order during its programme on Friday. Shehu reportedly said the IGP informed him of his directive to Ngozi Onadeko, the Oyo commissioner of police, to arrest Igboho and transfer him to Abuja. Frank Mba, police spokesman, did not immediately respond to TheCable’s inquiry on […]
Read more
TikTok is encouraging users to report anyone participating in the dangerous “Blackout Challenge.”Kiichiro Sato/AP A 10-year-old girl in Italy was declared brain dead after she attempted the so-called “Blackout Challenge” on TikTok, according to local reports. The dangerous game — also known as the “passout challenge” and “the fainting game” — dares participants to choke […]
Read more
Bello, who has repeatedly disregarded COVID-19 protocol and denied the existence of the virus, had told a crowd in a viral video to reject the vaccines. “Vaccines are being produced in less than one year of COVID-19. There is no vaccine yet for HIV, malaria, cancer, headache and for several other diseases that are killing […]
Read more
THE appeal division of the Kano State High Court has ordered a retrial of Aminu Yahaya Sharif, a 32-year-old musician sentenced to death for blasphemy. It also freed 13-year-old Umar Farouq jailed for 10 years for allegedly committing the same offence. Nuraddeen Sagir, state chief judge, who presided over the two-man panel that delivered the […]
Read more
The European Union and United States have called for a probe into abuses and violence that occurred during the just concluded election in Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner for a record sixth term in an election that left more than 40 people dead with opposition candidate, Bobi Wine, put under house arrest. […]
Read more
The Delta state police command has denied reports claiming its officers killed a woman and a child at PTI junction in Warri, Delta state on Wednesday January 20. Eyewitnesses claimed a woman and her child were killed after police officers rammed into a tricycle they were conveying in. According to the residents, the officers were chasing […]
Read more
BREAKING: Joe Biden sworn in as 46th US president..
Read more
BREAKING: Kamala Harris sworn in as first female, Black and South Asian vice president of the United States.
Read more
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike on Wednesday donated N500 million to support the Sokoto State Government in rebuilding the Sokoto Central Market ravaged by fire on Tuesday morning. Mr. Wike who visited the scene of the market inferno barely 24 hours after the disaster, expressed shock and dismay over the incident. Muhammad Bello, spokesman to governor […]
Read more
Onyebuchi Johnbosco Ezedinugwu has been in Thailand for seven years with a 60-day visa. He has now been arrested by the immigration police in the Asian country. The 40-year-old man will be sent back to his fatherland amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more
Sibusiso Moyo, Zimbabwean foreign minister, and former army general has died from COVID-19, the government announced on Wednesday. He was 61. He “succumbed to COVID-19 at a local hospital” on Wednesday, Mnangagwa’s spokesman, George Charamba, said in a statement. Moyo, who suffered from a kidney condition, reportedly died in a medical facility in the capital […]
Read more
14-year-old schoolgirl who was raped and buried’ alive survives after her parents heard her desperate cries for help in India…
Read more
The IGP says police officers need to be taken care of to help them function better. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says a better remuneration package for police officers will effectively prevent them from being compromised with bribes. A National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) survey between June 2015 and May 2016 showed that police […]
Read more
Former President of America, Donald Trump and his Wife depart the White House finally…👋
Read more
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers Bill, 2021, which seeks to give legal backing to new measures by the current administration to enhance the teaching profession in the country. The retirement age bill which has been forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration and approval seeks to move […]
Read more
BREAKING: Donald Trump has departed the White House for the final time as President of the United States.
Read more
Nigeria’s population is expected to surpass 420 million by 2050. It is expected to be the third most populous country in the world after China and India… –Reports–
Read more
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has reportedly divorced his third wife, Hafiza. Vanguard reported that this was confirmed few days ago in a remark he made while receiving an award of honour from the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS). The Governor appreciated his wives, Hajiya Amina Yahaya Bello and the First Lady, Hajiya Rashida Bello at […]
Read more
The UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, 10 more than a week ago. With the global death toll now well past two million, and new variants of the virus causing deep concern, countries across the world are grappling with how to slow infections until […]
Read more
Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday confirmed it extended a ban on new video being added to US President Donald Trump’s channel due to the potential for inciting violence.The weeklong suspension of uploading or streaming live video to Trump’s channel had been set to lift on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden taking the oath of office. […]
Read more
The Zamfara State Government on Tuesday threatened to sue SaharaReporters over a publication exposing gifts given to repentant bandits by Governor Bello Matawalle. The government made the threat in a statement signed by Nura Ibrahim Zarumi, the state Commissioner for Justice.Zarumi claimed that the publication had caused disgrace to the government but however refused to […]
Read more
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for Nigerians to register and link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their SIM cards before February 9, 2021. This information was posted on the official Twitter handle of the NIMC. The NIMC had initially given a January 19 deadline for those with NIN and February 9 for […]
Read more
Iran blacklisted U.S. President Donald Trump and several current and former senior U.S. officials on Tuesday over what it called “terrorist and anti-human rights” acts, a move widely regarded as symbolic. Tehran’s move, announced on the last full day of the Trump administration, allows the seizure of any assets in Iran of sanctioned individuals. There […]
Read more
Former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday, compared President Muhammadu Buhari to US President Donald Trump. Fayose, who has been criticising the present administration, said Buhari would be described as a low budget trump because of the damages he has done to Nigeria in all ramifications. The former Governor in a Twitter thread […]
Read more
Dr Emenike will replace Sylvanus Nsofor who died in December 2020 at the age of 85. President Muhammadu Buhari has named Dr Uzoma Emenike as Nigeria’s new Ambassador-designate to the United States of America. The government confirmed Emenike’s appointment on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, a day after media reports indicated her latest posting. Before her […]
Read more
The federal government is giving the low-income earners the money under the Rapid Response Register (RRR) and beneficiaries will receive the stipend for six months. The target beneficiaries are “self-employed”, “wage employed” and “urban poor.” The ministry of humanitarian affairs, using “cutting-edge” technology, had undertaken a pilot scheme where over 100,000 beneficiaries in Lagos and […]
Read more
Some young men were eating the live chicken, literally tearing it apart and devouring the chicken guts as a native doctor performed what appears to be rituals on them. In the viral video, the men were dancing enthusiastically to loud music and eating the chicken while a light-skinned ‘native doctor’ was chanting incantations.
Read more
A loving father has bought a PS 5 game for his son, on his 6th birthday, for fighting Cancer twice. The young man shared this update on his twitter handle.
Read more
A fuel laden tanker on Tuesday morning went up in flames after hitting a commercial motorcycle following a brake failure along Presidential Boulevard in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The incident occurred at about 8.15 am, when the 33,000 litre tanker had brake failure, while descending Kuto over head bridge.It was gathered that the tanker […]
Read more
Ardo Mustapha, the District Head of Mayo-Farang and Sarkin Noman Adamawa has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The monarch was reportedly kidnapped on Monday around 12 midnight at his home in Mayo-Farang, Mayo Belwa Local Government Area, just after he returned from Abuja. The police spokesman in the state, Suleiman Nguroje confirmed the incident and […]
Read more
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has falsely claimed that the Covid-19 vaccines are meant to kill people and he discouraged its use. The increase in coronavirus cases in Nigeria has led to demand for vaccines to curb the spread of the virus. The federal government had announced that Nigerians will receive the coronavirus vaccine by January […]
Read more
Ali Namadi, the winner of last Saturday’s local government election in Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State is dead. His campaign’s public relations officer, Ibrahim Tiga said he died around 1:00a.m on Tuesday January 19. The cause of his death is not yet known. Tiga however said the funeral prayers will take place in his hometown, […]
Read more
33 elderly people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine with the country’s health officials saying there is no evidence of a ‘direct link’ between the jab and their deaths. “All of these patients have had serious underlying illnesses. We can’t say that people die from the […]
Read moreSpeaking at the media briefing of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19, held on Monday in Abuja, the minister said the country is making arrangements to ensure improved access to the vaccine when available. He explained that the first consignment of vaccine doses will arrive within weeks, and will cover 20 percent of the […]
Read more
An Abuja resident has been hospitalised in critical condition after being hit by bullets discharged by an AK-47 service rifle of a police officer attached to Inspector-General Mohammed Adamu. Abba Bashir received at least two gunshot wounds from the officer, identified as Inspector Magaji, during an early morning drinking bout in an Abuja beer parlour […]
Read more
Rapper, producer and entrepreneur Dr. Dre is back home after being hospitalized for more than a week in Los Angeles, according to his attorney Peter Paterno.”He’s home and on the mend,” Paterno said in a brief email to CNN on Sunday. Paterno did not provide additional details on the 55-year-old’s condition.The news comes over a week after […]
Read more
China’s economy grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades last year despite a rebound after the country’s coronavirus outbreak, official data showed Monday. The 2.3 percent expansion is the lowest figure since the Chinese economy embarked on major reforms in the 1970s. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said last year was […]
Read more
The Council of Legal Education has maintained its ban on Law graduates from Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, the Benin Republic from being admitted into the Nigerian Law School. A statement by the council secretary, Elizabeth Max-Uba, made available to newsmen on Friday said, the council said after its meeting to consider the appeals of […]
Read more
Unknown gunmen have killed another Catholic priest, Father John Gbakaan in Niger State. Prior to his death, the priest was the Dean of the newly created Lapai Deanery and was also in charge of St. Anthony’s Parish Gulu in Lapai local government area of the state. A close colleague of the deceased and priest in […]
Read more
The Federal Government on Sunday said it is mandatory for foreign diplomats to obtain the National Identity Numbers (NIN). It said an enrolment centre has been established for them at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, said the Special Centre will be managed by his […]
Read more
Some unauthorised tailors said to have been sewing fake uniforms of the Oyo State Security Network Agency otherwise called Amotekun to unscrupulous elements in the state have been arrested. Making this disclosure on ‘RESH 105.9 FM Political Circuit’ on Saturday was the Chairman of the Amotekun Corps, Gen. Kunle Togun (retd.).The Amotekun chief said the […]
Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former military administrator of Lagos and Borno states, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd) as Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. General Marwan, who is a close ally of President Buhari, worked as Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse, PACEDA, between 2018 and December, […]
Read more
Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State militant group have captured a military base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno State after overnight clashes with troops, sources told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Saturday. Machine-gun wielding fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the base in the town of Marte in the Lake Chad area overnight […]
Read more
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote, in an election disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine who trailed with 34.8 percent, the electoral commission announced on Saturday. “The electoral commission declares Yoweri Museveni… elected President of the Republic of Uganda,” said election commission chairman […]
Read moreQudus Odugbemi tells OLUFEMI OLANIYI in this interview how his cousin, Rasaq Odugbemi, who sat in front of his family house, was allegedly shot dead by Amotekun corps attempting to disperse Tapa youths during a carnivalWhat is your name and who is Rasaq Odugbemi to you? My name is Qudus Odugbemi. (The late) Rasaq is […]
Read more
Twenty-three people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with 13 of those deaths — all nursing home patients — apparently related to the side effects of the shots, health officials said. Common reactions to the vaccine, including fever and nausea, “may have contributed to a fatal […]
Read more
The Kaduna State University, KASU, has terminated the appointment of Dr. Idowu Abbas of the Geography Department, over allegations of sexual harassment. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the school, Prof. Abdullahi Ashafa, announced this in a statement in Kaduna on Friday January 15. Ashafa also announced the promotion of 12 other lecturers of the school. According […]
Read more
Heirs Holdings, in partnership with Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, on Friday announced the “unconditional acquisition” of a 45 percent participating interest in OML 17 through TNOG Oil and Gas Limited.The acquisition also includes all assets of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Total E&P Nigeria Limited and ENI in the oil block. TNOG […]
Read more
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Friday claimed victory in presidential elections, rejecting as a “complete sham” early results that gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead. The 38-year-old former ragga singer said his party’s polling agents were beaten and chased away in parts of northern and western Uganda, that ballot boxes were opened and […]
Read more
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has released postings for prospective 2020 Batch B Stream II Corp Members. The disclosure which was done on Friday by Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim during a sensitisation webinar further urged those concerned to check the NYSC site to know the states they are deployed to. “I […]
Read more
Three students of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Ikeja, have tested positive for COVID-19, compelling closure of all hostels in the college. Mr Ademola Adekoya, Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, Lagos State University (LASU), made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Adekoya said that roommates and […]
Read more
Nigeria’s first minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to let the Igbo go if they are no longer wanted in the country. Amaechi, however, said he believes in one Nigeria and would like it to remain but not under current condition. He decried the poor state of the […]
Read more
The Cross River State Acting Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Effiom Eyo-Ita, has withdrawn the 29 protesting magistrates, who on Monday and Tuesday last week took to the streets of Calabar to protest the non-payment of their two years’ salary by Governor Ben Ayade, from sitting. It would be recalled that Senior Magistrate Safiya Iyeh Ashipu […]
Read more
No fewer than 76,804 vulnerable households in Kebbi have received N1,056 billion from its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme from 2016 till date, says Nigeria’s humanitarian affairs minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouq Ms. Umar-Farouq made this disclosure on Thursday in Birnin-Kebbi at the inauguration of Special Cash Grant for Rural Women programme. “Kebbi has received a total […]
Read more
Apart from its plan to engage in domestic and foreign borrowings to fund the 2021 budget, the federal government has confirmed that it will also sell some government-owned properties for the same purpose. The government also said it will sell some non-oil assets to serve as additional source of finance for the year’s budget. This […]
Read more
Amotekun says the dismissed officer acted outside its guidelines. Following the killing of Tosin Thomas, a 23-year-old commercial motorcyclist in Ibadan, the management of the Western Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corp has dismissed the officer that killed the youngman. Amotekun gave the name of the officer, who fired the shot that killed Thomas as Kazeem […]
Read more
Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of a former member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abdulmumuni Ningi who represented Ningi Constituency in the last Assembly. The confirmation of the kidnap was made by the Command PPRO, DSP Ahmed Wakili while speaking to Nigerian Tribune via telephone on Friday morning. Ahmed Wakili […]
Read more
18 persons, including nine teenagers have been arrested for allegedly organising a sex party in Dass town of Dass Local Government Area in Bauchi State. The police spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil said the suspects were arrested following the Command’s efforts to crack down on criminal activities across the state. The arrested suspects were identified as Ishaya Adamu (19), Mohammed […]
Read more
The Force says officers are working round the clock to provide a safe and secure environment for Nigerians. Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Frank Mba, says security forces in Nigeria are miracle workers due to the severity of challenges they face. Insecurity has been a constant problem in the country over many years, with […]
Read more
China recorded its First COVID-19 death in eight months on Thursday, as experts huddled to discuss worrying new strains of the coronavirus that are spreading rapidly around the globe. The gathering in Geneva of the World Health Organization’s emergency committee comes as their colleagues landed in Wuhan for a long-delayed mission to find the origins […]
Read more
A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory has stopped the prosecution of Pastor Sam Adeyemi of Daystar Christian Centre, Burna Boy, Davido, Falz, activist Deji Adeyanju and others over the #EndSARS protest. The High Court ordered a Magistrate court to immediately stop proceedings and stay action against 50 persons who supported the #EndSARS protests, following a criminal […]
Read more
Wike said the refunds would be deployed in providing more critical projects across the state. Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, has confirmed the Federal Government’s refund of the N78 billion spent by State on Federal projects. Wike stated this on Wednesday during the inauguration of the Isiopko Internal Roads Phase 2 in Ikwerre Local Government […]
Read more
US President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Snapchat, according to a statement by the platform. The move by Snap to permanently ban Trump from the social app comes after Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Twitch, and other internet platforms issued similar bans. On Tuesday, YouTube suspended Trump’s channel for seven days for a video violating […]
Read more
The CEO of the Twitter social media App, Mr Jack Dorsey has said that he wasn’t proud or celebrate his banning The President of America, Donald Trump from using Twitter App. He said, “I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a […]
Read more
More: https://t.co/gyOAFPav9y https://t.co/5bzrLh9fVl BREAKING: Donald Trump impeached for a second time for inciting Capitol attacks. Details later…
Read more
Lagos State Safety Commission and the Lagos State Task Force has SEALED the Eko Club event centre in Surulere for complete disregard of Covid19 protocols.
Read more
A woman has allegedly poured acid and electrocuted her husband after a brief argument. The story reads 👇 HE WAS NOT BORN BLIND, HIS WIFE DID THIS TO HIM This is Inspector Dan Matakaya Mwaka, a 31 year old police officer. Mr Mwaka was not born with this frightening appearance. What you see is the […]
Read more
The Federal Government has disbursed ₦123.348billion (USD324.6million) to states under its States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr. Hassan Dodo, the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Wednesday in Abuja. The finance […]
Read more
According to NAN, Badmus Habeeb, president, UITH chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), disclosed this on Wednesday. Habeeb advised Nigerians to keep safe and follow the guidelines laid by the presidential task force on COVID-19. “About 20 of our members have been infected with the virus in the past two to three weeks. […]
Read more
YouTube announced on Tuesday it is suspending President Trump’s channel for at least a week. The video-sharing platform confirmed in a statement that a video uploaded to President Trump’s channel violated the site’s policy against inciting violence and as a result, the platform suspended his ability to share content on YouTube for at least seven […]
Read more
Shola Ogudu, the mother of Wizkid’s first son, Boluwatife, has taken to her son’s page to share a video warning ‘shameless’ women who keep sliding into her son’s DM to share inappropriate photos. Shola alleged that grown women are sending her son nude photos and she warned them to desist from the act else she’d […]
Read more
The attack on Bishop Mattew Kukah has taken a new twist – This is as a Muslim forum asked the outspoken cleric to leave Sokoto state over alleged inciting statement – However, in a reaction, CAN said the respected cleric spoke within the limits of his fundamental human rights as a Nigerian.A society, Muslim Solidarity […]
Read more
Princess Odume, the corps member who was arrested after reportedly killing a man in Akwa Ibom on Sunday January 10 has given the reason why she committed the crime. After being interrogated, Princess Odume who was nabbed trying to secretly leave after killing the young man identified as Japhet Akwaowo, reportedly said she did it […]
Read more
A man identified as Emeka Igwe, reportedly threw his house maid down from a 2 storey building. Leaving her with broken ribs and wounds. Abia State Government has rescued her.According to reports, she’s from Akwa Ibom and the culprit is on the run…
Read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) independent investigative panel on the violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has postponed sitting indefinitely. The panel was billed to resume sitting on Monday after the Christmas and New Year break. Mrs Fatimah Agwai-Mohammed, Assistant Director (PA), Corporate Affairs and External Linkages of the […]
Read more
Petra and her husband-to-be, Isbias Forsack were returning from Douala after their pre-wedding shopping when they got involved in a car accident along Tiko-Douala road on Monday, January 11, 2021. Isbias and other passengers sustained injuries and were rushed to a medical facility, sadly Petra didn’t make it. Their church wedding was scheduled to take […]
Read more
David Mela, a fast-rising Nollywood actor, has died. David died on Monday evening, Jan 11, after suffering an undisclosed ailment, according to Idoma Voice. Prior to his death, he had not posted on social media for weeks. Fans have taken to his old posts to mourn him following news of his death.
Read more
The funeral of Ghana’s former President, Jerry Rawlings, has been rescheduled for 27 January, according to information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the international community and diplomatic missions. Media reports on Tuesday said Rawlings, who died on November 12, 2020, will lie in state from 24-26 January at the Foyer of the Accra […]
Read more
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on Tuesday, said schools in the country will resume on January 18 until the Ministry of Education announces further directive.PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, stated this while featuring on a television programme monitored by The PUNCH. The ICBLOG had earlier reported that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, […]
Read more
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has hinted on relocating the popular luxury bus terminal at Milverton Street in Aba, to decongest traffic in the city centre. Ikpeazu disclosed this on Monday in Aba while inspecting ongoing road construction work on Eziukwu Road, Milverton Road and Ojike Lane. The governor said that it was no longer […]
Read more
Osimhen will have to remained sidelined until he returns a negative result. Napoli striker Victor Osimhen is set for time on the sideline after returning positive again after a new coronavirus test on Monday, January 12, 2021. Osimhen had tested positive for the virus after returning from a trip to Nigeria a trip to Nigeria and […]
Read more
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after last week’s violence […]
Read more
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has assured residents of Aba that the era of “Dubai roads” is gone in the city, as his administration has set standards that must be followed by others. Ikpeazu while commissioning the 2.3-kilometre Osusu Road, Aba, and 3 other roads on Monday, appealed to the people of the State […]
Read more
Gorillas at the San Diego Zoo in California have tested positive for coronavirus. The test was conducted using faecal samples after great apes began coughing. The zoo management, on Monday, said they are quarantine together. “Aside from some congestion and coughing, the gorillas are doing well,” said Lisa Peterson, the executive director. The animals are […]
Read more
Facebook has shut a slew of accounts belonging to Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections Thursday, the internet giant told AFP on Monday. The East African nation is holding presidential and parliamentary elections after a tense and bloody campaign, with President Yoweri Museveni, 76, facing a stiff challenge […]
Read more
Residents of Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State on Monday protested on the Island lamenting over incessant attacks and killings by pirates on their waterway for many years. The protesters who are mostly youths resident on Bonny Island told Channels Television that the most recent of the attacks was on January 5, 2021, when […]
Read more
Don’t call yourself a man of God if you wear facemask due to COVID-19” – Christ Embassy Pastor…The clergyman said heaven is ashamed of pastors and Christians who wear facemasks as a COVID-19 preventive measure. Pastor Biodun, who is based in the church’s branch in Ghana, made an open mockery of people who wear facemask […]
Read more
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has granted bail to the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore in the sum of N20million. The second to fifth defendants were also admitted to bail in the sum of N1million and one surety in like sum. Sowore and four others are standing trial for alleged […]
Read more
Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. The chapters of the union, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, commented on the directive of the National Universities Commission that universities could resume on January 18, but must […]
Read more
Xingtai and Shijiazhuang are in lockdown as China imposes tougher restrictions to stem the coronavirus surge. Authorities finished carrying out a mass COVID-19 testing of all 13 million residents of the two cities. The daily number of new coronavirus cases has doubled in China, the country’s national health authority reported on Sunday. Mainland China registered […]
Read more
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has again gone into isolation due to contact with victims of COVID-19. This is the second time the governor would go into isolation since the deadly virus hit Nigeria in February 2020. The governor had in July 2020 gone into isolation when his wife, Mrs Eunice Ortom, son, and some […]
Read more
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, called for a multi-level policing system, saying it is the best way to take the country out of the security challenge it is facing in recent times. The governor also emphasised that the issue of state police had become more necessary than ever. Akeredolu stated this at the […]
Read more
Fire outbreak razed some offices in the premises of Nigerian Immigration Service Headquarters, Abuja on Sunday. Nigerian Immigration Service, in a series of tweets on Sunday, said the fire outbreak which affected some offices in the headquarters is yet unknown. Efforts by the Federal Fire Service and other agencies around the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport […]
Read more
The All Progressives Congress has urged US President Donald Trump to emulate his Nigerian counterparts, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), after losing an election. The APC made this known in a statement by its Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe, titled, “The integrity of a leader is as important as […]
Read more
A retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Tambari Yabo, is dead. NAN learnt that Yabo died on Saturday, at the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, at the age of 64, after a brief illness. A family member, Malam Faruku Yabo, confirmed that the deceased, who was survived by two wives, 14 children, and many grandchildren, […]
Read more
Moyo Thomas, a former employee of FCMB who was caught in a paternity fraud scandal with the organization’s MD, Adam Nuru has finally spoken about the matter. According to Moyo, contrary to viral report, she never told her late husband, Tunde Thomas that he was not the father of their two children. Recall that viral […]
Read more
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the alleged certificate forgery suit filed against the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki. Justice Ahmed Mohammed delivered the judgment on Saturday in a suit filed by the All Progressives Party (APC) and a chieftain of the party, Williams Edobor, against the governor. The APC and […]
Read more
A tragedy occurred in Imo State on Thursday as a lady died in the house of her married man’s friend. The incident happened at the MCC Road area of the state.A source, who preferred not to be named, told Punch that the man brought his mistress to his matrimonial home after taking his wife and […]
Read more
A 27-year-old Nigerian drug kingpin identified as Chukuda Onyabu and his 26-year-old Ghanaian counterpart Emmanuel Osei who were remanded in Abokobi Police Cells near Adenta in the Greater Accra Region, have reportedly escaped from prison. The suspects who are facing charges of possession of narcotic drugs and conspiracy to commit crimes and stealing respectively, were […]
Read more
Twitter cited two tweets by the president earlier on Friday that formed the basis of its decision. Twitter on Friday evening wielded the big stick against outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, suspending his account permanently. Announcing this in a blog post, the company said it took the decision “due to the risk of further incitement […]
Read more
Describing the year 2021 as a year of action, President Buhari says insurgency will soon be over. President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to end Boko Haram insurgency once and for all this year. The president made the promise while speaking during the Juma’at prayer for the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration at the National […]
Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has released the list of successful applicants in its ongoing recruitment exercise. NDLEA spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, announced this in a statement made available to reporters on Friday in Abuja. Mr. Achema urged successful candidates to visit the agency’s website www.ndlea.gov.ng for the list […]
Read more
