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On Wednesday, November 6th, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned one Anieka Udoh for allegedly stealing the sum of $8, 907 belonging to Major-General Umaru Mohammad.   He was arraigned before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court ...

A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of assisting with illegal entry after 15 people were found alive in the back of a truck in Wiltshire, England.   The fifteen immigrants were found in the back the lorry ...

Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has stated that Nigerian roads are not as bad as they are said to be.   The Minister who disclosed this after the federal executive council meeting on Wednesday, also told newsmen that the ...

Ann Grace Aguti who married three men at once, has denied them conjugal rights as she disclosed that she is ready to chart a new course after becoming a Christian.   The Ugandan woman turned a new leaf after accepting ...

Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has asked residents of the state to stop using the title, ‘Your Excellency’ to address him. The governor made this known in a statement he personally signed and released today November 6th.   According to the ...

  An 18-year-old comedian identified simply as Bobo, was left injured after being assaulted by some men after performing at DJ Bongs’ event which was held in Durban, South Africa.   Bobo who became a known face in his community after ...

  The Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the case of treasonable felony and other offences levelled against Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare to December 5 and 6 for trial. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu while ruling after she had listened to ...

  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu this morning visited Balogun Market where fire razed buildings housing several shops, destoying goods worth millions of naira yesterday Tuesday November 5th. The governor during his visit, promised to provide support and relief materials to the ...

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project(SERAP) has vowed to challenge the social media regulation bill that is being reintroduced by the senate. The senate yesterday November 5th reintroduced the bill which according to the sponsor of the bill, Senator ...

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says its attention has been drawn to a news story published on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, in a national newspaper where a yet-to-be-identified female LASTMA official was alleged to have assaulted a Lagos-based musician ...

Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, has continued his attack on the person and office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.   In a new article posted on his Facebook page today, Fani-Kayode shared Osinbajo’s photo and described the Vice ...

Judicaelle Irakoze, a Nigerian lady, has taken to her Twitter handle to react after someone reportedly leaked a video of her dancing naked on social media.   Judi in her reaction said the person released the video online while attacking her over ...

  An All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker representing Ekiti South Senatorial District in the red chamber, Prince Dayo Adeyeye has been sacked by a Court of Appeal which sat in Kaduna on Wednesday November 6.   PDP’s senatorial candidate, Senator Biodun ...

The Nigerian Senate has reintroduced a bill seeking to regulate social media in the country. This comes days after the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, annnounced plans by the Federal government to sanitize social media.   The bill entitled, ‘’Protection from ...

The United States of America has warned its citizens not to travel to some states in Nigeria categorised as “high-risk aeas”.   In a release published by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, 14 Nigerians states were listed with a “do ...

A Nigerian lady identified as Jennifer Otu took to Facebook in the early hours of today November 6, to share what many have interpreted as a “suicide note”.   Jennifer Otu wrote;   Goodbye Everyone Death is what am left with ...

Femi Falana says publisher and convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his associate, Olawale Bakare, who are currently facing trial for treasonable felony, have met their bail conditions and are expected to be released later today Wednesday November 6th. ...

A 15-year-old student of Osadenis Mix Secondary School in Asaba, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping his 14-year-old schoolmate.   The rape victim was reportedly accosted by the suspect and two other students, after she went to back of ...

A Nigerian man has accused the Nigerian police of unlawful arrest.   Ogbudimkpa Ikenna said he was arrested on Sunday, November 3, in front of his house. He explained that he was formally dressed, yet, this didn’t protect him from ...

A Nigerian pastor identified as Stanley Omoregie and 23 other suspected members of a sex trafficking ring accused of forcing Nigerian women into prostitution will go on trial today in Lyon, France in the latest case to highlight the growing ...

Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo has slammed renowned lawyer Ben Nwabueze for insinuating that Atiku Abubakar’s appeal which was dismissed by the Supreme Court was predetermined.   Ben Nwabueze had stated that the decision to dismiss the appeal which the ...

A 13-year-old girl has died after being beaten by her half-sister for bed-wetting.   Precious Omenka,13, was staying with her older half-sister Nneka and Nneka’s mother Seki Eko in Lekki, Lagos when she was brutally beaten, eventually leading to her death, ...

Katie Hopkins, the British media personality who is fond of mocking Meghan Markle has transferred the mockery to Nigerians and it was brutal.   Yesterday’s fire incident in Balogun market saw a security guard using a bucket to scoop water and ...

Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has categorically rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer to help Mexico ‘wage war’ on the drug cartels using the US Army.   On Tuesday, Trump tweeted that he will be willing to send the ...

Two brothers identified as Otojareri Governor Lucky a.k.a Sam Lewis and Otojareri President Mayor a.k.a John Jacob Carison have been handed a 5 year jail sentence over a $788 scam.     Lucky and Mayor who were arraigned by the EFCC ...