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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, hs arraigned the current Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, Oleyelogun, appeared at the High Court sitting at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure, the state capital, today, Tuesday, 30th ...

Nigerian rapper, Falz has replied Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over his ”walk of peace” invitation telling him outrightly that the walk is very disrespectful and a JOKE. Falz says it’s been one year since innocent youths who left their homes for ...

Below are photos of prime suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu arriving court this morning. Chidinma is facing trial over the murder of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga. She arrived at the Lagos state High Court this morning for the continuation of her ...

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinabajo alongside Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo Olu attended the night of tributes for late Pastor Nomthi Odukoya on Monday night. The event was held at the headquarters of Fountain of Life Church in ...

Smart Adeyemi, the senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly has declared support for the ambition of Governor Yahaya Bello to rule Nigeria in 2023. The APC Senator drumed support for Bello during the launch of Global Alliance of ...

Over 60 gunmen have attacked Chinedu Awo, Lawmaker, representing Ohaukwu North constituency in Ebonyi State House of Assembly and abducted two policeman. Confirming the incident, the Spokesperson of the Police Command in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, told journalists in ...

The Osun State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two persons, a father and a grandfather, for allegedly raping their 13-year-old daughter/granddaughter. The command’s Spokesperson, Mr Adigun Daniel, who disclosed this in a statement issued ...

  Ajay Ajimobi, one of the daughters of late former Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has accused some bouncers of a Lagos nightclub of allegedly trying to assault her. The 24-year-old wrote on Instagram stories on Saturday that bouncers at ...

  20-year-old man, Yashua’u Shehu of Atakwanyo village, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for raping a three-year-old girl. A federal high court sitting in Sokoto, Sokoto State, presided over by Justice James Kolawole Omotosho, gave the sentence. The ...

  Jack Dorsey has stepped down as head of the social media platform he co-founded a decade and a half ago. Board member and former Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal, 45, who joined Twitter in 2011 and has been serving ...

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that one of its personnel and nine inmates were killed when gunmen attacked its Correctional Centre in Jos, Plateau State on Sunday. Mr Francis Enobore, the Public Relations Officer of the Service, disclosed ...

A Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor, Babajde Sanwo-Olu, on Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Enforcement, Ayo Williams is dead. “Willy” as fondly called by colleagues and admirers, died late Sunday evening, after a brief illness. A senior ...

Two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in London bringing the total number of people with the strain identified in the UK to 11. The new London cases – one in Camden and the other in Wandsworth ...

Henry Soembis Longs, a member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, is dead. The late Longs was the representative of Pankshin South constituency. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he died in Jos, the capital, after ...

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has described the Lagos State EndSARS panel as “illegal”. Keyamo also claimed it was not within their jurisdiction to investigate Federal Government institutions and officers of the Nigeria Police ...

Chief Ben Adaji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to permit responsible Nigerians to bear arms for self-defense.   Speaking at a media brief in Jalingo, the capital ...

A businesswoman heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for ingesting 80 pellets of cocaine. A statement ...

A Nigerian lady, Hannatu Yahaya has died on her wedding day. Hannatu got married to Isyaka Yusuf, in Kawon Maigari, Kano, on Saturday, November 27, but sadly died on the same day. According to her family members, they were preparing ...

Czech President Milos Zeman has appointed the leader of a centre-right alliance Petr Fiala as prime minister on Sunday in a ceremony he performed from a plexiglass cubicle after testing positive for COVID-19. Fiala leads a bloc of five centre ...

A co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, Chiemeka Arinze, has died in prison custody. Evans is standing trial alongside, Joseph Emeka, Chiemeka Arinze and Udeme Upong, over the attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, ...

Ontario’s Ministry of Health has confirmed two cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, in two individuals with recent travel from Nigeria.   The two travellers have been isolated, according to a statement by Ontario ministry of health.   “Today, the ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 116 concerned Nigerians filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to direct and compel President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate steps to ensure the arrest of soldiers and police officers ...

Yet-to-be identified gunmen, suspected to be bandits, on Sunday attacked the Jos Correctional centre. The bandits were said to have pretended to be on a visit before they opened fire on reaching the gate of the correctional facility. A senior ...

Unknown men have killed an Imo State-born businessman, Anthony Mkpado at his home in Ika South Local Council of Delta State. It was learnt that the 58-year-old Agbor-based electronics dealer was killed on Wednesday at about 2:00 a.m. along old ...

It’s been pains and tears for residence of Festac Phase 2 as the Government, yesterday, Sunday November 28, began to demolish some structures. This comes a day after an article announced that the Federal Housing Authority will soon begin mass ...