Aside the Biafra agitation that we are more conversant with, the agitation for the Oduduwa nation seems to be garnering momentum. Some individuals and groups in the South Western part of the country are now drumming support for Oduduwa Republic. On 14th of April 2021, hundreds of Yoruba women...
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The Bayelsa Government says its investment partnership in agriculture with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the area of rice production would start yielding returns before the end of the year. The Deputy Governor, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said this on Saturday at a meeting with traditional rulers from...
A suspected member of a kidnap gang, Bello Mohammed, has been held for the abduction and killing of a businessman, one Osondu Nwachukwu, who operated a sachet water factory in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Mohammed and four other members at large identified simply as Maikano, Dogo, Hassan and Jubril reportedly...
Gunmen in the early hours of Saturday attacked the country home of the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma. The gunmen, who invaded the governor’s house in Omuma in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state, also killed two security men on duty before torching the house....
Multi-award-winning musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has hit 20 million followers on Instagram. The musician is now the most followed artiste not just in Nigeria but on the Facebook-owned platform. Davido boasts of more followers than two of Nigeria’s biggest music artistes, Wizkid and Burna Boy. While...
Turkey issued an international arrest warrant on Friday for the founder of a cryptocurrency exchange who fled with a reported $2 billion in investors’ assets, state media reported. Police also detained 62 people in raids over their alleged links to Thodex, the company headed by the fugitive businessman Faruk...
South African rapper, Keirnan Forbes popularly known as AKA, has released a statement days after the tragic death of his fiancee, Nelli Tembe. The 22 year old died on Sunday April 11th after she fell from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub hotel in Cape Town. AKA says the...
Chairman/ Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has warned owners/operators of supermarkets and confectionaries to rid their stores of drug cookies, biscuits and other products laced with illicit substances. He gave the warning while receiving further briefing on follow...
The Kano State Fire Service says two persons from same family died on Friday night fire at Zoo Road, Opposite Kano Zoological Garden, in Sheka Municipal. The State Fire Service’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Kano. It...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced that it has registered 45 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 164,633 confirmed cases. As at Friday, 23 April, 2021, the public health agency recorded no...
Abubakar Sadiq, Yusuf Sanga and Precious Nwakacha have been identified as the remaining two of the three students of Greenfield University, killed by their abductors. Precious was from Nnewi Anambra state. Sadiq Yusuf was the son of Malam Yusuf Mu’azu, a Director of Kaduna Ministry of Works. He was...
A Japanese fraudster, Takashi Miyagawa, has been apprehended for allegedly fleecing over 35 different ladies of birthday presents worth £665. On each fauxmantic outing, Miyagawa who has been described as a serial dater pretended to be in a serious relationship with the ladies in what many has described as...
The United States government has advised its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria as a result of the security threats in some parts of the country. In its latest travel advisory, the government decried the spate of crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and maritime crime, stressing that some areas...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee has shared a total of N681.33bn as March 2021 federation revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments and relevant agencies across the country. In the month of March 2021, N154bn was transferred to the non-oil revenue savings and the balance in the Excess...
Hope Uzodimma, Imo governor, says about 50 suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent attacks in the state. Recently, there have been attacks on security agencies and other government facilities in the state. Earlier in the month, some gunmen attacked the federal prison and police command headquarters...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the global community of Nigeria’s readiness to support global multilateral processes for the attainment of the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Speaking at a Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, the President said the fight to redress the impact is the responsibility of all countries...
A shocking video has emerged online of three young men suspected to be “Yahoo boys” bathing at a cemetery while tying red clothing around their waists. The footage was captured by a stunned individual who appeared to be filming the whole episode from an uncompleted building. In the viral...
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is scheduled to be sentenced on June 16 after his conviction for the murder of George Floyd, a Minnesota court said on Friday, April 23. The sentencing will take place at 1:30 p.m. CT, according to the court schedule. The calendar update came...
Prophet Joshua Arogun, the General Overseer of the Light of the World International Church, who predicted President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the 2019 election, has predicted that Buhari’s successor will be a former governor from the South who was recently released from jail, with all signs pointing to Senator...
The Senior Pastor of Abuja-based Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has put up a disclaimer that the picture of the jet making rounds and reports by media outlets that his church recently acquired a private jet. Dr. Enenche said the report is “absolutely false and totally untrue.”...