President Buhari jets out to London for Medical Appointment
President Buhari will on Friday, June 25 leave Nigeria to the United Kingdom for a medical appointment. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Special Adviser to the...
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Anambra election: Soludo emerges APGA governorship candidate
Former CBN Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared winner of the governorship primary election organized by the Chief Victor Oye-led faction of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) held...
“NIN uncovers 500,000 fake UTME candidates” – JAMB
According to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the introduction of the National Identification Number (NIN) in the exam registration helped it to uncover over 500,000 fake candidates. This...
JAMB candidates arrested for vandalizing CBT Centre
Four candidates writing the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for vandalising a Computer Based Test Centre (CBT) at...
Nigerian man dies after allegedly being held captive and starved for 8 months by his landlord over non-payment of rent in India (Videos)
A 30-year-old India based Nigerian man has died after was reportedly held captive and starved for eight months by his landlord. It was gathered that the victim identified as Michael...
Actor, Baba Ijesha pleads not guilty in alleged defilement case
Actor, Omiyinka Olanrewaju James otherwise known as Baba Ijesha, has pleaded not guilty to the sexual assault and abuse of minor charges filed against him. The embattled thespian Baba is currently being arraigned...
21-year-old UNILAG student, Chidinma, arrested for allegedly killing Super TV CEO, Michael Usifo.
A 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos identified as Chidinma has been arrested and paraded for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in Lagos. Recall...
JCourt Grants Baba Ijesha ₦2 Million Bail
Popular Nigerian Nollywood actor and comedian, Olarenwaju Omiyinka professionally known as Baba Ijesha has been granted bail. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court granted bail in the...
Alleged sexual assault: Baba Ijesha hires two SANs
Popular actor and comedian Baba Ijesha on Thursday, as at the time of this report, is at the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos. According to Daily Trust reports, the comedian hired...
“I lure girls on Instagram to sleep with me and blackmail them with their nudes” – Suspect (video)
A 23-year-old suspect has narrated how he lures girls on Instagram, gets them to have sex with him and later blackmails them with their nudes. The suspected while speaking to...
You lack jurisdiction to criminalise Twitter Suspension – FG tells ECOWAS Court
The federal government has told the ECOWAS court that it lacked the jurisdiction to criminalise the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria as the suspension of the operations of Twitter in...
Three men arrested for allegedly killing six cows in Oyo state
Three men have been arrested in Oyo state by the police for shooting six cows dead and injuring 13 other cows at Eruwa in Ibarapa East Local Government Area of...
PVC: INEC online voters registration portal unveiled
The INEC online voters registration portal has been unveiled by the electoral body ahead of the June 28th, 2021 resumption of the continuous voter’s registration exercise. The Independent National Electoral...
Makinde blames Oyo security challenges on population increase
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said the security challenges the state is facing at the moment is a result of population increase in the state The governor...
Twitter ban: SERAP wins suit against FG
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have won a suit at the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja, restraining the federal government from prosecuting Twitter users....
National Assembly flooded as roof leaks during heavy rainfall
The lobby of the National Assembly began to leak profusely on Tuesday morning following a heavy downpour in Abuja. According to reports, the plenary was delayed for a few hours...
FG threatens to suspend Facebook, WhatsApp in Nigeria
The Federal Government of Nigeria has threatened to suspend all social media platforms that allow their apps to be used to propagate division of the country through inflammatory statements or...
UAE reinstates Ban on Nigerian Flights
The United Arab Emirates has reinstated its ban on Nigerian flights barely 48 hours after announcing the resumption of flights to Nigeria. Though UAE authorities had initially fixed Wednesday, June 23,...
FG has spent $5bn fighting poverty in the last five years- Humanitarian Minister, Sadiya Farouq
Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government spent over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the country. Sadiya Farouq...
Tinubu’s probe is currently ongoing – EFCC Chairman
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has confirmed that former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed...