Lasbery Okafor-Anyanwu, an Imo State commissioner of transport during Rochas Okoracha’s tenure as Imo State governor, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for alleged fraud. Report has it that…
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INEC suspends Abia State REC, appoints a replacement
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Abia State, Ike Uzochukwu, has been evicted from office by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to report, INEC, after the suspension, directed…
NSCDC nabs abusive aunt and son for domestic abuse of minor
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State has arrested a woman and her son for allegedly abusing physically a 12-year-old girl over missing N2,000. The two…
I thought BBN was just a game – Phyna laments
The Big Brother 9ja season 7 winner, Phyna, has distressingly apologized to the public for any offence or hate feelings she may have caused. Phyna cried out on Instagram regarding…
IPOB claims Nnamdi Kanu is malnourished, has heart ailments
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has claimed that their leader, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu, is battling with nutrient deficiency and heart diseases. The secessionist group made the claim in a…
Ogun customs impound goods worth N231m in two months
The Nigeria Customs Service in Ogun State has impounded 115 smuggled goods including 11 trailers of rice, 19,806 litres of petrol, and 29 artefacts worth N231,218,506 between January and February.…
Nigerian man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of South African artist
The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court in South Africa has served a 37-year-old Nigerian man, Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, a life term for killing a Limpopo artist, Shaun-Doughlas Chabalala, 23. Spokesman for Sunnyside…
Job alert! Nigerian Army begins 2023 recruitment
The Nigerian Army has announced that application for recruitment into the organisation has commenced till 14 April 2023. The Army said the recruitment is for 85 Regular Recruits Intake for…
Rivers State initiates criminal trial of Amaechi, Cole, 2 others over alleged theft of $53.1M
The Rivers State government has initiated the prosecution of former governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi and APC candidate for the state, Tonye Cole, over their alleged $53.1 million theft. It…
Accord Party assembly candidate in Rivers state taken hostage by gunmen
Armed men have abducted Chukwudi Ogbonna, the Accord Party (AP) candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni L.G.A. Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly for the March 18 election. It…
Lady grabs landlord’s pen!s, kills him over electricity bill
A certain 33-year-old, Ifeoma Ossai, has been arrested for killing her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Surulere Oladele, over a minor disagreement on the electricity bill. The single lady, Ossai, reportedly turned…
Gbadebo remains the best candidate for governor in Lagos – Obi says, gives reasons (video)
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has given his complete support to Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the LP Governorship candidate for Lagos State, saying he is the best man…
Armed suspects help Zimbabwean prisoners escape from custody in South Africa
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has dispatched search teams after certain armed invaders who helped six Zimbabwean prisoners awaiting trial to escape from custody in Makhado. The invasion reportedly…
400-level UNIBEN student killed by suspected cultists targeting his brother
Tragedy has struck in Benin, Edo State, as Destiny Osasenaga, a 400-level Computer Engineering student of the University of Benin was maimed to death by suspected cultists armed with guns.…
Father remanded in prison for raping his 18-year-old daughter inside his shop
An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ogba, Lagos State, has remanded a 36-year-old man identified as Roland Okajere, for allegedly raping his 18-year-old daughter inside his shop in the Ikotun…
Commercial drivers protest as task force officials beat a driver to death in Rivers
Commercial taxi drivers in Rivers State have embarked on a massive protest, grounding business activities, over the killing of their colleague by members of the government-owned Task Force on Street…
Emefiele makes u-turn, says old naira notes legal tender
Exactly 10 days after the Supreme Court judgement mandated the use of old N1,000 and N500 notes as legal tender till December 31, 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor,…
I wasn’t part of search for kidney donor – Beatrice Ekweremadu
As the case involving the Ekweremadus and the controversial organ donor continue to linger, Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has denied involvement in the…
Imo PDP chieftains are saboteurs, used Atiku’s fund to work for APC – National Sec, Sam Daddy blows hot
Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called some chieftains of the party in Imo State saboteurs who used funds provided by the presidential…
Senator Sani slams politicians resisting the Naira redesign policy
Senator Shehu Sani has commented on the ongoing struggles to revoke the Naira redesign policy. The senatorial representative of Kaduna Central claimed that corruption is behind the legal actions and…
