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Arrest Attackers Of Kuje Prison – Tinubu Tells FG

  Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has called on relevant authorities to go after Tuesday’s attackers of Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Tinubu who is also one of the leaders ...

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Disheartening! Ex-President Jonathan’s Relative, Mike Ogasa Pleads From Kidnapper’s Den (Video)

A video has been released of Mike Ogiasa, the former Bayelsa State Commissioner and relative of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, pleading for his life from the den of his abductors. Ogiasa had been kidnapped early June from his hometown, Otuabadi ...

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Catholic church demolished in Anambra (Video)

  A Catholic church,Our Lady Queen of Peace has been demolished by Anambra state government task force , ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports. The Catholic church which is located by Lagos park, along Onitsha- Asaba expressway was among the churches given notice ...

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Kenya Police Officer Who Went Viral For Getting Drunk, Commits Suicide

A drunk and armed Buruburu police officer in Kenya, who was on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, captured in a video in full uniform staggering along the road has died by suicide – police have confirmed. The body of Constable Harrison ...

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Dad Kills Self After Daughter Dies From Botched Butt Lift In Turkey

  A dad took his own life after his daughter died following a botched Brazilian butt lift operation in Turkey. Craig Cambridge, 51, found his life “spiralling downwards” after his 29-year-old daughter Leah Cambridge died following a 2018 operation in ...

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Kidnapped Ex-Kaduna LG Secretary Killed After Ransom Payment

The kidnapped Secretary of Birnin-Gwari Local Government council, Abubakar Muhammad Aliyu, has been killed by his abductors after collecting ransom. Abubakar Muhammad Aliyu (Mai Yalo), who was the immediate past secretary of Birnin-Gwari Local Government council, was kidnapped by armed ...

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Governor Ortom Calls For Religious Tolerance Says Nigeria Under Siege

  Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has again decried the activities of terrorists operating in Nigeria, saying “the country was under siege” and needs to be helped to come out from the pangs of terrorist groups holding the country to ...

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Second Nigerian Pilgrim Dies In Saudi Arabia

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has confirmed the death of Hasiya Aminu, a pilgrim from Kaduna State. She died in her sleep shortly after returning from Mount Arafat, according to her neighbours in the tent. The Chief of Operations ...

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Fleeing Boko Haram Member From Kuje Prison Nabbed In Nasarawa

A member of the Boko Haram terrorist who recently escaped from the Kuje correctional centre, Hassan Hassan has been recaptured by the Nasarawa State Police command. Recall that terrorists on Tuesday attacked the Kuje medium custodial centre and freed over ...

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Nine Travellers Die In Kaduna-Zaria Road Accident

  The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna State command, Hafiz Rigim, on Thursday, said nine people lost their lives and 12 others were seriously injured in a fatal accident involving four vehicles, on Kaduna- Zaria road. According to ...

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Panama’s President Wants Crypto Bills To Comply With AML Laws

  Countries of Central America are seen to embrace the market of crypto. In the last years, nations such as El Salvador went from not endorsing only crypto but too making Bitcoin a legal tender. In the region, Panama is ...

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South African Court Sentences ‘Boko Haram’ Gang To 384 Years In Jail

Three members of a gang who operated under the “Boko Haram” appellation have been jailed in South Africa. The convicts are Ndou Lukase Rembuluwani and Ndou Ben (both 29) and Khoza Ngobeni Small (28). The Limpopo Division of the High ...

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Buhari Reacts To Assassination Of Ex-Japan Pm Shinzo Abe

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the assasination of Ex-Japan PM. He extended condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The President also commiserated with the government and people of Japan on Abe’s assassination. The politician ...

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Dati Baba-Ahmed Explains Why He Accepted To Be Peter Obi’s Running Mate

Peter Obi’s running mate, Dati Baba-Ahmed has explained why he accepted to be Peter Obi’s running mate. Speaking when he was formally unveiled, Baba-Ahmed said he accepted to be Obi’s running mate because he “believes in Mr Obi’s capacity to ...

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Anambra Official Involved In Manhandling Odumeje’ll Be Sanctioned -Soludo

The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, on Friday, said the official of the state task force who manhandled Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere alias ‘Odumeje’ in the Onitsha area of the state will face the full wrath of the law. Some parts ...

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Court Sentences Welder To Death For Killing Wife

An Ondo State High Court has sentenced one Daniyan Ojo to death for killing his wife Dorcas Daniyan by setting the deceased ablaze. The 50-year-old convict, who is a welder, was found guilty of committing the offence as he set ...

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Angry Students Protest Killing Of Poly Student By Amotekun Corps

Aggrieved youths and students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, in their hundreds on Friday, protested in front of the state secretariat, Alagbaka, in Akure, over the killing of Folarera Ademola, an ND1 student of the Department of Science ...

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Names Of 69 Boko Haram Members Who Escaped From Kuje Prison Released

  The Nigerian Correctional Service has released the names and pictures of 69 inmates who were arrested on charges of terrorism. The inmates escaped from the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in Abuja on Tuesday night. This followed an attack orchestrated ...

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Shina Peters Mourns Showviz Promoter, Lobito Disco

Sir Shina Peters has mourned showbiz promoter, Dotun Olaribigbe, aka Lobito Disco. The 63-year-old shared a photo of the deceased on Instagram in expressing his grief over the loss. He wrote: “Could it be true that my own LOBITO has ...

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Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami Marries President Buhari’s Daughter, Hadiza

President Buhari’s daughter, Nana Hadiza and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami are married. The couple got married today, Friday, July 8, 2022, at the Aso Rock Villa. It was an intimate Nikkai ceremony ...

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Tinubu Returns From France

  The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is on his way back to Nigeria from France. Tinubu, via his official Twitter handle, Friday evening, shared a tweet, “Heading home,” with link to his Instagram page ...

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I Won’t Rest Until I Bring Relief To Nigerians – Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to put the interest of the country above selfish interests and “use religion as a motivation for the love of our common humanity.” In his Eid-el Kabir message to Nigerian Muslims and ...

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We Suspect Foul Play – Senate Leadership Say As They Visit Kuje Prison

  As reactions continue to trail the attack on Kuje Custodial Centre by the fighters of Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), the Nigerian Senate Thursday voiced its condemnation. Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, who led the leadership of ...

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