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Papers filed against Tinubu, Alpha Beta burnt in court — Lawyer

  The lawsuit instituted against All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, and tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta Consulting, by a former Managing Director of Alpha Beta, Dapo Apara, has suffered a setback due to the burning of the Lagos State ...

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#EndSARS: Hoodlums storm farmers association warehouses, cart away 110 tractors, others

Alhaji Sadiq Umar-Daware, the Chairman, North East Commodity Association (NECAS) says hoodlums who took advantage of the #EndSARS protests, have carted away 110 new tractors and implements from the association’s warehouse in Yola.   Umar-Daware, who made this known in ...

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Pastor Adeboye Declares 30-Day Fast And Prayer For Nigeria

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has directed all members of the church to commence a 30-day fast and prayer for Nigeria.   The RCCG Assistant General Overseer, Admin and Personnel, Pastor Johnson Odesola, ...

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Mile 12 boils, hoodlums vandalise BRT buses, loot shops

The #EndSARS violence spread to Mile 12 area of Lagos on Tuesday as hoodlums unleash terror on people and vandalised several BRT buses.   It was gathered that the hoodlums also attacked private shops, shooting and looting properties in the ...

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Sanwo-Olu approves full reopening of markets in Lagos

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu has approved the full resumption of operations of both food markets and non food markets across the metropolis. To this effect the markets are now to open daily. Recall that the markets are ...

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Lady dies from stampede during palliatives looting in Abuja (Video)

An unidentified young lady has died in a stampede while struggling for COVID-19 palliatives in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Monday, October 26.   The video of the said lady on a stretcher at St. Mary Hospital, Gwagwalada has surfaced online where ...

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COVID-19: Expect consequences of protests in two weeks— NCDC

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chike Ihekweazu has said that Nigerians shouldn’t be surprised when the number of COVID-19 infected patients increase due to the EndSARS protest that occurred last week across the country. He ...

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Lady fined N3.5m after breaking self-isolation protocol by visiting restaurants and going shopping, then posting photos on Instagram

A woman has been fined £6,600 (N3,564,000) after being caught breaching self-isolation rules by posting a picture of herself eating out – on Instagram.   Carys Ann Ingram, 22, visited restaurants and went shopping when she was supposed to be ...

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3-year old boy shoots himself dead at his birthday party with a gun that fell out of someone’s pocket

A three-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a pistol at his birthday party, authorities said.   The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office revealed the tragic incident happened on Saturday during the unidentified child’s birthday celebration. Around 4.15pm, authorities ...

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Pastor and his alleged accomplices arrested over looted medical equipment worth N1.2bn (Photos)

A pastor in Kogi State, identified as Sunday Edino and his alleged accomplices have been arrested by the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly looting medical equipment worth N1.2billion.  This is as the sporadic shooting by masked hoodlums in Lokoja ...

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Looting! House-to-House search begins in Kaduna

No chill. The Governor even replied the twitter user who brought the news to the attention of social media users, affirming stealing and destruction of properties in Kaduna will not be tolerated.        

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Looters invade Abuja NYSC camp, cart away mattresses, plastic chairs, others

Some hoodlums this morning broke into the Orientation Camp of the National Youth Corps in Kubwa, Abuja. The thugs armed with knives and other sharp objects blocked the road and ordered motorists to turn back.They were seen coming out of ...

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”He was killed in an accident”, Nigerians counter lady’s claim that her son died at the Lekki toll gate shooting

Some Nigerians on social media has called out the London lady who claims her son, Anthony Umeh was killed during the Tuesday shooting at Lekki toll gate where peaceful EndSARS protesters had gathered. According to some people who claim to ...

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Soldier who flogged lady at ATM stand has been arrested

The 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army has arrested a Corporal, Omoh F, who was caught on video flogging a woman at an Oshodi branch of the United Bank of Africa in Lagos. The Spokesman for the 9 Brigade, Major ...

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64 year-old man stabs his elder brother to death over land

An elderly man, 64, has been arrested after allegedly stabbing to death his older brother, 78, following a quarrel over a parcel of land.   Eyewitnesses claimed that Geoffrey Khayega Mayungu stabbed his brother, James Tembete Khayega, after they squabbled ...

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Oyo Local Government Chairman kidnapped on his way to a meeting with the state Governor

  Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chairman of Iganna Local Council Development Area of Oyo State, Comrade Jacob Olayiwola Adeleke.   It was gathered that Adeleke was kidnapped alongside his driver on Sunday night, October 25, along Okeho-Ado ...

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#EndSARS: We have identified barracks where soldiers who shot protesters came from – Femi Falana (Video)

Human Rights Lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, has said the barracks where soldiers of the Nigeria Army who shot protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate came from have been identified.   Femi Falana who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, ...

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BBNaija winner Laycon pays for treatment of sickle cell patients

Aww BBN winner, Laycon is actually behaving like a president they have been calling him. So Laycon went to Sickle Cell Foundation Idiaraba and paid for treatments of sickle cell patients. This was revealed by Twitter user, Ekun Bolaji. Ebun ...

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NBC sanctions AIT, Channels, Arise over Lekki shooting

The National Broadcasting Station (NBC) has sanctioned three major broadcast stations over their alleged roles in ”escalation” of violence across the nation .   The regulators fined Arise TV, African Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television between N2million and N3million. ...

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Three women trampled to death as hoodlums loot Abuja palliative warehouse

  Three women were feared to have been trampled to death during the looting of a massive palliative warehouse in Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Abuja.   Some who were suffocating were helped out of the building and being ...

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