After their chummy appearance together at Wimbledon over the weekend much was made of Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s apparent bond. The two duchesses were watching the Ladies’ final from centre court in the royal box (where else?) and seemed ...
Read More »Two commuters sitting on train fall and die in Lagos, others injured
No fewer than two people have died and two others have been injured when a train veered off while trying to avoid colliding with an abandoned commercial bus. The accident reportedly occurred this morning on old Abeokuta road, Agege, Lagos. It was ...
Read More »The Untold Story Of How Boko Haram Killed Soldiers In Borno & Yobe- Premium Times
REMIUM TIMES has obtained exclusive details of how insurgents ambushed a detachment of Nigerian troops and hours after overraclusive details of how insurgents ambushed a detachment of Nigerian troops and hours after overran a fortified military base, inflicting maximum damage. ...
Read More »Photos- Dead cows allegedly smuggled into Rivers state
As shared by a facebook user, Cecilie Dikibo, See her post below ”BOYCOTT BEEF IN RIVERS STATE OVER 27 DEAD COWS SMUGGLED INTO PORT-HARCOURT.. ????????????????? Over 20 Northern youths smuggled over 50 cows with 27 cows recorded dead with ...
Read More »Man commits suicide with son and wife; two-year-old daughter survives
Scrape trader, Nilesh Upadhyay and two of his family members ended their lives by consuming poison, while his two-year-old daughter, who survived, was sitting beside her mom’s body and was trying to wake her up. According to reports by the police, ...
Read More »Doctor who slapped, flogged and asked a nurse to kneel at a hospital in Lagos arraigned
A doctor, who allegedly slapped, flogged, and asked a nurse to kneel down in a hospital was yesterday arraigned at an Epe Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Dr Emmanuel Okolo, 35, was said to have assaulted nurse Dorcas Adeyara, 23, ...
Read More »Police, civil defence demand N317m to feed dogs, horses ahead of 2019 elections
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says it will need N310m to feed and administer drugs to dogs that will be deployed in states for the 2019 elections. The Nigeria Police Force will also require N7m to feed ...
Read More »Zimbabwean Man Beats Wife, Shaves Her Hair With Knife For Following Him To Bet Shop
A Zimbabwean MAN from Bulawayo has been arrested for beating up his wife and shaving her hair with an okapi knife after she followed him to a sports bet shop to stop him from “wasting money.” Nkosilathi Ndlovu (37) of ...
Read More »‘Apostle Suleman, A Gambler Who Spends Church Money On Concubines!’ – Buhari’s Aide
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has ridiculed Apostle Johnson Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministries on social media again. Apart from accusing him of spending church money on concubines, Onochie went to the extent of ...
Read More »“Fulani Herdsmen Not Responsible For Killings” – Farmer’s Association President
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has insisted that the fulani pastoralists were not responsible for the incessant and wanton attacks on farmers and communities by suspected fulani herdsmen. AFAN also said that they were willing to work with ...
Read More »Staying In Arsenal For 22 Years My ‘Biggest Mistake’- Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger has admitted that staying at Arsenal for more than two decades may be his ‘biggest mistake’, as he begins to deal with life away from north London. In a lengthy interview with RTL, translated by football.london, the Frenchman ...
Read More »I was paid N30,000 for kidnapping Chibok girls -Top Boko Haram commander confesses
Mayinta Modu, a suspected Boko Haram commander, has confessed that he received N30, 000 as payment for coordinating and participating in the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls. Modu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ...
Read More »Herdsmen/ farmers conflict: Imo CAN rejects ranching
The Imo state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday, July 19, rejected plans for the establishment of ranches in the state. The association reacting to reports of the state’s House of Assembly passing a bill t ...
Read More »I’m one of 7 PDP governors APC is plotting to stop in 2019 – Ishaku
Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the 2019 elections so as to oust him and six other governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The ...
Read More »Attahiru Jega condemns vote buying in Nigeria
A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has condemned the act of vote-buying in the country. Jega made the condemnation on Thursday, July 19, in Abuja, when he spoke in a lecture titled, Democracy ...
Read More »“Obaseki Used & Dumped Us” – Tony Kabaka And Other APC Youths Cry Out (Pics, Video)
The former Chairman of Akugbe Ventures and member of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Comrade Tony Adun also known as Tony Kabaka has reiterated his earlier position that Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has neglected those who ...
Read More »FAAC Overpaid Governors N10bn In Bailout Funds – The Cable
The federation accounts allocation committee (FAAC) paid states an excess of N10 billion while sharing bailout funds in 2016, TheCable can report. This is contained in the recently released annual report of the auditor general of the federation obtained by ...
Read More »”I steal honda cars because they are easy to unlock and sell” Suspect
A 24-year-old notorious car thief, Yemi Adeoye, says he specialized in stealing Honda cars because they were easy to unlocked and disposed off. Adeoye who was paraded alongside other criminals at the Ondo state police headquarters yeterday July 19th, is said ...
Read More »Ex-Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Coomassie, dies at 76
Former Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Coomassie, has died at the age of 76. The former police chief died yesterday July 19th evening after a protracted illness at Amadi Rimi Specialist Hospital, Katsina. He will be buried in Katsina today, Friday July ...
Read More »Eleven dead, several injured as duck-boat carrying 31 capsizes on Missouri lake
A tourist boat carrying 31 people, including children, capsized on a lake in Missouri following a severe thunderstorm on Thursday. Eleven people died in the accident, seven were injured, and five people are still missing. Divers spent the night searching ...
Read More »Kenyan Prison beauty queen Ruth Kamande sentenced to death for killing boyfriend
Former Lang’ata Women Prison beauty queen, Ruth Kamande has been sentenced to death today, for killing her boyfriend, Farid Mohammed. The 24-year-old was found guilty of stabbing her boyfriend 22 times in Buruburu, Nairobi in September 2015 after she discovered ...
Read More »Nigerian man sentenced to 11 years in U.S prison for fraud after one of his victims killed herself
A 34-year-old Nigerian national, Kingsley Otuya was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for his part fraud, money laundering and romance schemes in Austin, Texas that netted more than $1 million. One of Otuya’s victims killed herself after losing ...
Read More »I was paid N5,000 for facilitating each suicide bomb attack- Dwarf Boko-Haram suspect
A dwarf Boko Haram suspect has admitted to having received not less than N5,000 for facilitating each suicide bomb attack carried out by the terrorists in Maiduguri. The suspect Abubakar Kori, 25, is among the 22 people arrested by the ...
Read More »3-month-old baby rescued after being put under trailer by his mother to be crushed
A 3-month-old baby boy, whose mother allegedly wanted dead, was rescued from beneath a trailer where she put him so he could be crushed. Aisha Yau, who stays under the popular Kawo bridge in Kaduna, was said to have purposely kept ...
Read More »EFCC arraigns two for Illegal oil deal in Lagos
EFCC on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 arraigned the duo of Omosehin Ipinle and Nsikak Friday before Justice Muslim. S. Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a three-count charge bordering on dealing in Automotive Gas Oil ...
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