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…
Sanwo-Olu meets Bishop Oyedepo
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, revealed on Tuesday that he had a meeting on Monday with Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide. “Yesterday was truly a…
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…
Why I am challenging presidential result – Peter Obi
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), stated yesterday that he was contesting the results of the election on February 25 because “process was wrongly created by the…
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…
Sen. Onyewuchi thanks people of Owerri Zone, dedicates victory to God
The winner of the Imo East (Owerri Zone) Senatorial election in Imo State, Sen Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi has expressed profound gratitude to the people of the zone for their massive…
Breaking: “I am fully in the race for MBAIKE rerun” Nwawuba declares
OFFICE OF THE MEMBER REPRESENTING MBAITOLI-IKEDURU FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY RT HON HENRY NWAWUBA Press Statement 28 February, 2023. Nwawuba Fully in the race for MBAIKE Rerun Election Our attention have been…
MBAIKE 2023: Nwawuba and the Uzoagba shocker
Henry Nwawuba, the APGA candidate for Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency took Uzoagba by storm to the astonishment of politicians and political observers. Prior to Saturday February 11, comments were rift that…
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…