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Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, says it has received information that Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has been killed by persons suspected to be herdsmen.   The spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, said the 58-year-old woman was ...

  An enraged Nigerian lady took to Facebook to call out a man for sliding into her DM to demand for sex right away with no engagement.   Calling out the man she identified as Otunba Bolaji Salam, Obadun Princess Aderonke painted ...

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said he will not be a “rubber stamp” to the executive.   Mohammed Isa, a media aide to Lawan, quoted the senate president as saying this when he received Women Parliamentarians, a group led by ...

The suspension of Omoyele Sowore as the National Chairman of the African Action Congress, AAC, and Malcom Fabiyi as the Deputy National Chairman, has been validated by a Federal High Court which sat in Abuja on Friday.   Also ruling on the suit ...

  A pair of brothers were jailed for attempting to beat up a murderer who killed their mother before he was due to be sentenced. Dale Williams was waiting on his sentence at Mahoning County courtroom having admitted to fatally ...

A tragic incident which was quite destructive occurred at Utako area of Abuja, as an aerial mast fell and destroyed cars amongst other properties.   Though no life was lost, however the incident which occurred at about 5am on June 24, 2019, destroyed ...

  An Eritrean man, known as the “General” and accused of being a human trafficking kingpin, was telling the truth when he claimed it was a case of mistaken identity, an Italian court has ruled. Carpenter Medhanie Tesfamariam Behre was arrested in Sudan in ...

  Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), has said many illegal immigrants living in Nigeria will soon be deported as the Service is set to commence issuance of residence permits to foreigners in the country. ...

  The Election Tribunal in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, July 13, 2019 dismissed a petition filed by Durodola Muftau Adelani of the Providence People’s Party (PPP) challenging the validity of the election that brought in Hon. Shina Abiola Peller ...

  Yagana Musa just became the first Kanuri woman to become a Major in the Nigerian army and she was recently decorated by Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai. Major Yagana Musa who achieved the great feat ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has replied Davido’s father, Dr Deji Adeleke, over claims that his brother, Ademola Adeleke was deprived of his victory in the 2018 Osun State election.   Adeleke had said that the ”day light ...

On Thursday, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman expressed his dissatisfaction over the new Nigerian passport with ‘herdsmen inscribed in it.’   Taking to his Twitter page to react, the clergyman shared a snap of his passport ...

President Donald Trump has said his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, is stepping down following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with the wealthy financier, Jeffrey Epstein, who is awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls.   Trump announced the news ...

Following the release of Nigeria’s debt profile by Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday, July 10, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Federal Government for allegedly throwing the nation into ‘irresponsible’ debts. DMO had said that Nigeria’s debt profile grew by ...

The Prelate of the Methodist church in Nigeria, Eminence Samuel Uche, has said that there might be no truth in the rape allegations levelled against senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, by Busola Dakolo.   The ...

  A South African court on Friday acquitted Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma, of manslaughter charges over a fatal late-night car crash in 2014. Duduzane, 35, had pleaded not guilty at a magistrates’ court in Johannesburg ...

  Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Thursday met with Service Chiefs and Heads of Paramilitary agencies to work out modalities of enforcing President Buhari’s order, stopping further importation of uniforms.   The stoppage was in ...

  Former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie has protested his innocence after being charged with sexually assaulting a woman in nightclub more than a decade ago. The 54-year-old, who lives in Edinburgh, was charged earlier this month in connection with ...

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) held a protest in Lagos State yesterday Thursday July 11th where they vowed to sacrifice 21 million of its members if Federal Government fails to release its leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.   El-Zakzaky has been in ...

The witnesses the Peoples Democratic Party and Atiku Abubakar were hoping to present at the Presidential tribunal today, were allegedly attacked by gunmen.   Following the attack, Justice Mohammed Garba adjourned hearing on the PDP and Atiku /Obi Petition to Monday, the 15th ...

Reno Omokri has stated that he disagrees with clergyman and senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Suleiman, who had opposed to the Federal government placing a photo of herdsmen on the new Nigerian passport.   Suleiman via his Twitter handle ...

Aliyu AbubakarJa’afar as , one of the commissioners nominated by Governor Nasir el-Rufai, was rejected by the Kaduna State Assembly over his criticism of Nasir El Rufai’s policies in 2017.   Speaker of the House Assembly, Aminu Shagali, during the ...

Mr John Ayoade Shamonda, the former Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, has been handed a prison sentence after being arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC.   ...

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan says it is time to implement the report of 2014 national conference which his administration convened. He said his government could not implement the recommendations of the confab because of time constraint as the 2015 ...

Femi Fani-Kayode has blasted the Buhari-led government for pasting a photo of herdmen on the new Nigerian passport.   In a statement he released this morning July 12th, Fani-Kayode described the photo of herdsmen on the new passport as an ...