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Sunday Igboho: SSS declares Sunday Igboho wanted

  Department of State Services (DSS) has declared Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, have been declared wanted. This came after some of his men were arrested during a raid on his residence at Soka in ...

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Arrest Fulani herdsmen especially Miyetti Allah leaders same way you arrested Nnamdi Kanu – Governor Ortom tells Buhari (video)

  Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest armed Fulani herdsmen especially Miyetti Allah leaders same way IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu was arrested. Governor Ortom revealed that armed herdsmen have inflicted so much pain to ...

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Sunday Igboho cancels Lagos Yoruba Nation rally after attack, wife’s kidnap

Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has suspended the Yoruba Nation rally which was scheduled to hold in Lagos on Saturday. Different rallies had been held in parts of South-West with that of Lagos scheduled for Saturday. However, ...

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Nnamdi Kanu: British lawyers to drag Kenya to ICC, give FG 48 hours ultimatum

A Coalition of British lawyers of Igbo extraction has vowed to drag the Kenyan Government to the International Criminal Court, ICC, for detaining Nnamdi Kanu, a British citizen, and subsequently handing him over the Nigerian Government. The Coalition also gave ...

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Man arrested for blackmailing, extorting woman of N7m over nude photos

A 25-year-old Adetoro Kazeem of Paara Street, Alakia area of Ibadan has been arrested by the Ogun State Police operatives for alleged blackmail and extortion. Kazeem was arrested following a report by one Gloria Ogunnupebi, who reported at the Obalende ...

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Nigerian man bags life imprisonment for raping, impregnating 12-year old girl

A Jigawa High Court sitting in Hadejia has sentenced one Jibril Idi to life imprisonment for r3ping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl. Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin Kudu convicted Idi after finding him guilty of the offence. He ...

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Obama DMW’s death: Spesh gives update on Davido

Singer Davido’s Hype-man, Edward Chukwuma Ijah, popularly known as Spesh, has given an update on the singer’s whereabouts following the death of his close aide, Obama DMW. There have been worries and speculations about Davido’s mental health and how he ...

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Nnamdi Kanu: Handcuffs won’t stop agitation – Mbaka says as he slams S/East Governors

  Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has said handcuffing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, self-acclaimed leader of the secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will not stop the agitation for the disintegration ...

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Judgment Day for El-Zakzaky, wife announced

A Kaduna High Court in Kaduna has fixed July 28 to rule on the case of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakazaky and his wife Zeenat. The date was fixed on Thursday by Justice Gideon Kurada after ...

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Nigerian Army denies invading Sunday Igboho’s residence

The Nigerian Army has denied that its officials attacked the Ibadan residence of Yoruba secessionist agitator Sunday Igboho in Ibadan, killed persons, and took their bodies away. The men, dressed in military uniform attacked the house located in the Soka ...

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Gunmen kidnap 6 workers at mining site in Kogi

Gunmen have kidnapped six workers of a ceramic company located at Itobe, Kogi. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the State, DSP William Aya, told newsmen on Wednesday that the workers were kidnapped on June 29. Aya ...

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Alleged threesome: Reverend Lucy Natasha’s mom sends warm note to her

Pastor Esther Wanjiru, the mother of Reverend Lucy Natasha, has sent out a warm message to her daughter at a time when she is facing accusations of allegedly organizing a threesome session for a Nigerian guest preacher together with her ...

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Super TV CEO murder: Police explains why they have not arraigned Chidinma

The Lagos State Police Command has explained why it has not taken Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the killing of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to court. The University of Lagos undergraduate and Ataga reportedly ...

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Dana Air MD, Ranesh faces fraud charges in Nigeria

The Chief Executive Officer of Dana Group of Companies, Hathiramani Jacky Ranesh, is facing fraud charges in Nigeria. Ranesh, Dana Group of Companies and Dana Nigeria Limited are charged with conspiracy, diversion and felony. The Federal Government will arraign him ...

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Methodist Church votes to allow same-sex marriages

The Methodist church has become the largest religious denomination in the UK to allow same-sex marriages, putting it at odds with the Church of England. A move to change the definition of marriage won overwhelming support at the Methodist conference ...

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JUST IN: Gunmen attack Sunday Igboho’s residence

Less than 72 hours before the planned mega rally in Lagos State, a-yet-to-be identified gunmen have attacked the Soka Ibadan residence of Yoruba Nation Agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho. Daily Post gathered that the attack occurred on Thursday ...

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Traditionalist/Muslim clash: Police detain Osun masquerades’ custodian

Police in Osun state on Tuesday evening arrested the custodian of the Masquerades, Chief Kayode Esuleke, that allegedly clash with Muslim worshippers inside a mosque in Osogbo capital of Osun,The Nation learnt. It was reported that one cleric was killed ...

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EFCC arrests couple for alleged N935m ponzi scheme, son wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a couple for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting victims in a N935million ponzi scheme. The suspects, Emmanuel and Victoria Jaiyeoba, were arrested at their residence in Ibadan, Oyo State. They are parents to ...

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Kano Hisbah bans use of mannequins for display of clothes

The Kano Hisbah board, established to maintain the norms of Sharia, on Wednesday, announced the ban on mannequins used by tailors, supermarkets and boutiques to display clothes. The government agency is set to raid the state to remove the articulated ...

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Security man bags jail term for stealing employer’s N2.5m property

The Police at the Anthony Division, Lagos have arrested a security man, Wilfred Sugh, 25, and arraigned him before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into his employer’s apartment to steal his properties valued N2.5 million and escaped to ...

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FG condemns killing of Nigeria Footballer in UK

  The Federal government has condemned the alleged killing of a Nigerian Footballer, Kelvin Igweani, by the UK police. Recall that Igweani, a Nigerian Footballer, was shot dead by officers, who attended a call out to a house, where a ...

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