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Nigerian Man Allegedly Strangles and Beats Wife to Death with Son’s Skateboard Months After Arriving in the UK
A UK court has heard how a Nigerian man killed his wife, who worked as a care home assistant, just months after they relocated to the UK from Nigeria. In 2023, LIB reported that a man named Olubunmi Abodunde had killed his wife Taiwo Abodunde, 41, leaving their three kids…
Read More »Eight-Year-Old Suffers Swollen Eyes and Hands After Alleged Assault by Aunt
An eight-year-old girl has been left with swollen eyes and hands after she was assaulted by her aunt. Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, shared a horrific video of the battered minor and stated that she is currently receiving treatment in a hospital in Lagos. He wrote ‘’8-year-old child has suffered severe assault…
Read More »Two Teachers Stabbed in UK School, Teenage Girl in Custody
Two teachers who were stabbed in a school playground in a UK school have been named and pictured for the first time today, April 24. Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin were identified as the two victims of the knife attack at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, South Wales, at the…
Read More »Drivers Express Frustration as Lengthy Lines Return in Abuja and Other States Amid Alleged Petrol Shortage
Motorists in Abuja and five other states are lamenting as long queues resurface due to an alleged shortage in the supply of PMS to the nation’s capital and other states. Several filling stations were closed in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger, Gombe, Sokoto and Anambra states on Wednesday, April 24, as the…
Read More »Rainstorm Destroys Niger Prison, Resulting in Escape of 118 Inmates
118 inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State, after a downpour on Wednesday night, April 24, caused extensive damage to the facility. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the spokesperson, Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Adamu Duza, on…
Read More »British TV Host, Nigel Farage, Expresses Frustration Over UK’s Loss of Trained Doctors to Other Countries While Importing from Poor African Nations
Nigel Farage has slammed UK doctors who abandoned Britain to practice in other countries after being trained in the UK. The GB News host made this known on Live TV. He also took to his X account to make his stance clear. He said NHS-trained doctors should be required to…
Read More »Nigerians Face Higher Costs as Glo, MTN, Airtel, and Others Plan Tariff Hike
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in Nigeria, like Globacom, 9mobile, MTN, and Airtel, have asked the federal government to facilitate constructive dialogue in the industry. According to the telcos, the current price control mechanism is not in tandem with the economic realities, thus seeking the government’s intervention to address pricing challenges.…
Read More »“My health failed me two days before the record attempt” – Tunde Onakoya shares his experience while attempting to break the world record.
The chess champion explained that he wanted to show the kids back home that great things could come from small places. New Guinness World Record holder for Longest Chess Marathon, Tunde Onakoya has shared his ordeals while attempting to break the world record he has just set. In a lengthy…
Read More »EFCC Puts Freeze on More Than 300 Accounts Connected to Illegal FX Trading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen over 300 accounts linked to illicit foreign exchange (FX) trading. Ola Olukoyede, EFCC’s chairman, made the revelation on Tuesday, April 23 saying the agency secured a court order to freeze the accounts. “We got an order to freeze those accounts imagine…
Read More »EFCC Files New Charges Against Emefiele, Accusing Him of Printing N684.5m Notes with N18.9bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh charge against Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In the four-count charge, the anti-graft agency accused Emefiele of approving the printing of N684,590,000 notes at the rate of N18.96 billion. In the fresh charge…
Read More »EFCC Chairman Vows to Step Down if Yahaya Bello Isn’t Prosecuted
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said that he will resign if former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello is not prosecuted. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, April 23, at the EFCC headquarters located in Jabi, Abuja, the anti-graft agency chairman vowed that all…
Read More »Naira Declines to N1,234/$ at Official Market
The value of the naira depreciated against the United States dollar to N1,234 at the official foreign exchange market on Monday, April 22, according to data obtained from the FMDQ securities exchange. The exchange rate means the naira fell by N65 or 5.26 percent, from N1,169.99/$1 recorded on Friday, April…
Read More »Lead British School Abuja Issues Statement After Video of Student Bullied by Classmates Surfaces
The Lead British School Abuja has reacted to the viral video of a student being bullied by her classmates in a press statement. The student was seen receiving several slaps from her classmates, while the boys around her were heard trolling and laughing in the background. Student being bullied at…
Read More »Disturbing Video Surfaces of Girl Being Bullied and Slapped by Fellow Students at Lead British School, Abuja (Videos)
Videos of female students bullying a lone female student at Lead British School, Abuja, have sparked outrage online. In videos shared online, female students, dressed in school uniform, are seen slapping one female student identified as Namtira. “What’s the boy’s name?” they asked as they confronted her and slapped her…
Read More »Bangladesh Welcomes Its First Female Transgender Mosque
The world’s first female transgender mosque has reportedly opened in Bangladesh. In the video shared by DW, some of the worshippers who transitioned from being males to females were seen observing the Muslim prayers.It was further gathered that the land where the mosque was built, was donated by the government.…
Read More »Federal Government Establishes 18 Years as Minimum Entry Age into Tertiary Institutions
The federal government has directed that candidates who are less than 18 years old should not be offered admission into tertiary institutions. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, gave the directive on Monday, April 22, during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bwari,…
Read More »Governor Adeleke ends the controversy, names one of his wives as official first lady.
The governor says the viral fliers were a plot to create confusion about the position of the first lady. Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has cleared the air concerning the controversy surrounding the Office of the First Lady of the state, following perceived battle over the position between his…
Read More »FCCPC Shuts Down Chinese Supermarket in Abuja
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed the Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce in Abuja. The supermarket came under heavy criticism after some Nigerians alleged that the owners barred Nigerians from making purchases in the supermarket. The FCCPC officials stormed the supermarket…
Read More »Tinubu celebrates Tunde Onakoya for breaking the Chess marathon record
Tinubu also praised Nigerian youths for their great exploits in different fields. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu has celebrated Nigerian Chess Champion Tunde Onakoya, who just set a new world record for the longest chess-playing session. Onakoya broke the record during the early hours of…
Read More »Two students fall and die while trying to take selfie at waterfall
The students lost their balance and fell into the water. Two students have sadly lost their lives while taking a selfie at the pictureesque Linn of Tummel waterfall in Scotland. While the police have already initiated an investigation into the matter, the cause of their death seems to be an…
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