Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere, Asari Dokubo kicks against FG’s plan to establish Ruga settlements for herdsmen in states across the country.

  Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere and organisations socio-cultural groups in Benue State have faulted the plan by the Federal Government to establish Ruga settlements for herdsmen in states across the country. The Federal Government on Tuesday said in the next five ...

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“Love Is Love, Nigerian Women Are Amazing” – Burna Boy Replies Twitter User Who Said He Left Nigerian Women Alone and Became Happy

inger, Burna Boy recently revealed that he doesn’t have any bad blood with Nigerian women as he replied a twitter user identified as Mr Okeke, who said that the singer abandoned the women in his country so he could be ...

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‘Only N1.2bn was spent on funerals not N2.3bn – Bauchi ex-gov, Mohammed Abubakar tells successor Bala Mohammed

Mohammed Abubakar the former governor of Bauchi State, has slammed claims that he spent N2.3 billion to organise funerals for some of the indigenes of the state. According to Abubakar, he only spent N1.2 billion on funeral materials and not ...

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The ‘power’ of a priest to pronounce a couple ‘man and wife’ comes from man, not from GOD – Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri has just explained that God didn’t empower any priest or pastor to join a couple in holy matrimony.   According to him, ‘the power of a priest or pastor to pronounce a couple ‘man and wife’ comes from man, not ...

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Robbers carts away with N30m worth of jewellery after breaking into Justice Mariam Emeya’s house in Lagos

  For allegedly breaking into the home of a serving judge in Lagos State, Justice Mariam Emeya, and stealing jewellery worth N30m, six men have been arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere. The defendants, Mujaudu Alawiye, 59; Achrigbo Sunday, ...

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15 killed, 80 wounded in Stadium stampede in Madagascar

  A stampede at a concert in Madagascar’s capital by a popular singer killed at least 15 people Wednesday night. Just before the start of an appearance of the artist Rossy, the crowds surged causing the deaths from trampling, said ...

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Three-storey building collapses in Lagos

  The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has said that a three storey-building at Iju area of the state collapsed. Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the newly appointed General Manager of LASEMA confirmed the news to journalists. He said, “This is just ...

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Court rules that Graduates who skip NYSC can contest for governorship

  A Federal High Court in Abuja says a candidate cannot be disqualified from an election for failure to participate in the National Youth Service Corps scheme. The court made this pronouncement on Wednesday when it struck out a suit brought ...

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Give us a new Dubai in Nigeria – Citizens urge Gov Sanwo-Olu

A civil society group, Concerned And Patriotic Citizens’ (C&PAC) has tasked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to produce Africa’s “own Dubai” in the state. The group gave this charge in a peaceful public rally held in Lagos on Tuesday. ...

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Man disfigures his son’s face with a hot knife in Cross River State

  A twitter user identified as Badt Geh Ryry took to her handle to lament the moment a man disfigured his son’s face with a hot knife. The horrible incidence is said to have happened in Cross River State. According to ...

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EFCC prosecution closes case against Okupe over alleged N702m fraud

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday closed its case in the alleged N702 million fraud case against Doyin Okupe, the former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on media. The anti-graft agency had slammed a ...

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James Bond actor ‘Bryan Marshall’ dies aged 81

  Actor Bryan Marshall has died aged 81. The British star was best known for his role as Commander Talbot in James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. ECA agent Esta Charkham confirmed news of his death in a post shared ...

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Meet the Nigerian retired Army General who is now reportedly worth $1.2bn

  Meet the retired Nigerian Army General who is now reportedly worth $1.2bn . A retired Nigerian Army general and former minister of defense, Lt-Gen Theophilus Danjuma, is currently worth an estimated $1.2 billion, Bloomberg, a US-based media organization has ...

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