The family of the deceased are seeking answers regarding what happened to the young Nigerian. A 19-year-old Nigerian student has being shot dead by Police operatives in Canada, who received a distress call that a young man was acting erratically. The student who was identified as Afolabi Stephen Opaso, was shot dead on the 31st…
The Senate has called upon the nation’s security chiefs to appear before them in response to the recent spate of killings in Plateau State. Those invited include the Chief of Army staff; Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff; Hassan Abubakar; the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; and the Inspector-General of Police,…
The commission stated that the accident was a lone accident.The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has confirmed that six people lost their lives in a ghastly road accident that occured on Friday morning at Jekadefari in Gombe State. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the state sector commander of FRSC,…
The Southern Nigeria Christian Association has conveyed its indignation and outrage regarding the mass killing of numerous Plateau State residents on Christmas Eve. Armed men had stormed Plateau communities as they were preparing for Christmas and killed over 100 people, with hundreds of houses destroyed. In a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday, the…
The monarch added that the late governor was a courageous leader whose legacy would never be forgotten. Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has described the demise of Ondo State Governor, Gov Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as a huge loss to the Yoruba race and Nigeria as a whole. The popular monarch said this in a statement…
President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of over sixty lives on Christmas Eve, December 24. A statement released by Ajuri Ngelali, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, states that the President has…
Godwin Emefiele, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre upon satisfying the conditions of his bail. According to The PUNCH, it was learned that Emefiele was released on Friday, December 22 2023. The spokesperson for the Kuje Correctional Centre, FCT, Adamu Duza, confirmed the development…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken down an Instagram post that quoted former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, discussing money laundering charges filed against her. The social media post earlier seen by our correspondent claimed that the former minister spoke in an interview with journalists in the United Kingdom. However, further…
Somtochukwu Okwuoha, a 26-year-old Nigerian Master’s student at Dundee University in Scotland, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for issuing terrorism threats against the school’s staff and students, as reported by the BBC on Friday. Okwuoha, an international energy studies student, will also be deported after a Peth Sheriff Court found him guilty…
The association described the discount offered by the government as a dawn of ‘Renewed Hope’ of the Luxury bus industry and their passengers. The Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (ALBON) has commended the Tinubu-led administration for the 50% discount on bus fares for passengers travelling by road. This was contained in a statement…
Mel Stride is a British politician who has held the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions position since October 2022. He is a member of the Conservative Party and has represented Central Devon as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2010. Details Name: Melvyn John Stride Age: 62 years Wife: Michelle Stride Date of…
The investigator also stated that the accounts where the billions were lodged have been traced. Reports have emerged that the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, illegally lodged billions of naira in no fewer than 593 bank accounts in the United States, United Kingdom, and China, without the approval of the apex bank’s…
A Nigerian man becomes homeless in the UK after his wife calls the police on him for quarrelling with her after he caught her in bed with her female friend, whom she claims to be in love with. The account was shared by a Twitter user known as Dr. Penking, who noted that the man…
An embattled Nigerian woman breaks the silence after being called out by her husband for failing her Masters’ exam in the UK, risking their deportation to Nigeria. This comes after the said man called out his wife through a relationship adviser, accusing her of being a dullard and wasting his investments on her. Addressing the allegations levelled…
A woman who assumed a male identity and deceived her partner into engaging in penetrative s*x has been handed a prison sentence of over 20 years. Blade Silvano, aged 40, was convicted of two charges of s*xual assault by penetration at Cambridge Crown Court on May 23 and has recently been sentenced to 10 years…
The Police Recruitment Board has given its approval for the screening of successful applicants for recruitment into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force to commence on January 8, 2024. Ikechukwu Ani, Head of press and Public Relations, said in a statement on Thursday that the board met at the corporate headquarters of the…
A 60-year-old American man from Florida has been accused of something truly horrifying with his wife’s dead body. The man allegedly kept the deceased body of his wife on the floor of the living room for days, even as their two dogs chewed her foot off. The man, Gary Johnson, 60, said he left her…
An average chicken was sold for between N15,000 and N17,000 in major markets in Ibadan. As Christmas celebrations draw near, it seems most families would be celebrating the day without Christmas chicken, as Nigerians lament about the hike in chicken’s price. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), some consumers, poultry sellers and producers…
The suspect was caught while he was trying to escape from the scene. A 26-year-old man identified as Monday Agbowade, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defining an 11-year-old girl in Araromi Village via Idi-Oke in the state. According to an eye witness, who claimed to have seen…
An angry husband has allegedly beheaded his wife for taking too long to make him a cup of tea The suspect, identified as Dharamveer, 52, killed his wife Sundari with a sword at their home in the village of Faljagadh, near the capital Delhi in Uttar Pradesh state, cops say. He stabbed his 50-year-old wife 15 times with the…
