BREAKING: Security operatives remove hand-cuff from Igboho, grant him access...
Security operatives in Benin Republic have removed leg chain and hand-cuff from Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Ighoho. The Communications Manager of Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell...
View ArticleFans matchmake faves Whitemoney, Maria on BBNaija S6
As the action begins on Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye season, the fans have begun their matchmaking process, starting with Whitemoney and Maria. With Whitemoney and Maria holding hands and staying...
View ArticleSunday Igboho transferred to new detention facility in Benin Republic
Cour D’Appel De Cotonou has ordered that Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, should be be transferred to another detention facility. This is after the activist’s lawyers complained that his...
View ArticleBandit recaptures fleeing student, collects N130,00, phone, SIM card
The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria on Monday explained how it secured the release of a Bethel Baptist High School student. The Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria...
View ArticleOsun: 259,450 fresh voters outrageous, suspicious, says Forum
A group of opposition parties in Osun state, under the aegis of Forum of Progressive Political Parties, on Monday, expressed concern over the figures ascribed to the state by the Independent National...
View ArticlePromoters defraud tourists of N4m in Canadian visa scam
Two promoters of the Victoria Travels Resorts Limited, Mary Aweh and Olaleye Oluwadamilare, have been arraigned before the Kaduna State High Court over a Canadian visa scam. The two defendants were...
View ArticleAbuja man beats lover to death over phone charger
A man, identified as Hasan Taiwo, allegedly beat his live-in lover, Chibuzor Aloh, a mother of four, to death for allegedly using his phone charger without permission. The incident happened in the...
View Article[BREAKING] Olympics: All Nigeria’s table tennis reps knocked out as Aruna...
Aruna Quadri has been knocked out from table tennis men’s singles events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Team Nigeria’s captain to Tokyo2020 lost 4-2 (15-13, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11) to a...
View ArticleGroup flays Aregbesola’s call to govs to sign death warrants
A nongovernmental organisation, Carmelite Prisoners’ Interest Organisation, has raised concern about the call to governors to sign execution warrants of 3,008 inmates who are on death row in the...
View ArticleBuhari unleashes maddening heat on agitators, turns blind eyes as...
ADELANI ADEPEGBA writes on the seemingly unending war against insecurity in the North-West and the pretence by leaders to surmount the problem Three incidents, which starkly highlight the mortal danger...
View ArticleFour more Bethel Baptist students regain freedom
Another four abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have regained their freedom. Chairman of the Christian Association of...
View ArticleAfter over eight-hour sitting, Beninese court grants Igboho access to medical...
The Cour De’appal De Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Monday, granted embattled Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho access to medical care, The PUNCH has learnt. This was after court...
View ArticleHouse help, three others arrested over alleged killing of banker in Yobe
The Police Command in Yobe said it had arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of Hassan Abubakar, an employee of Damaturu branch of the United Bank for Africa. The command’s spokesman,...
View ArticleBBNaija S6: Sammy, Angel cuddle in bed
Sammy and Angel were seen cuddling in bed last night in the Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye house and fans have expressed mixed reactions concerning their action. Some fans have seen this as a potential...
View ArticlePhilippines win first Olympic gold after almost 100-year attempt
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, on Monday, won The Philippines’ first ever Olympic gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Olympic gold medal has eluded the Southeast Asian country since it made its...
View ArticleDon’t sign Electoral Bill unless sections 52, 65, 88 reworked, Buhari told
A coalition of over 125 civil society organisations on Monday appealed to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) not to assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill unless sections 52(2), 65...
View ArticleNigeria to reopen mission in San Francisco
Nigeria will soon reopen its Consulate-General in San Francisco to provide consular services for the huge population of Nigerians residing on the West Coast of the US. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry...
View ArticlePension fund now N12.66trn –PenCom
The National Pension Commision (PenCom) said pension fund assets had risen to N12.66trn as of June 30, with contributors under the Contributory Pension Scheme hitting the 9.38m mark. The Director...
View ArticleReasons APC doesn’t want e-transmission of results -PDP lawmaker
Member representing Isialangwa North in the Abia State House of Assembly, Ginger Onwusibe, has warned the All Progressives Congress against any attempt to rig the 2023 election in his constituency....
View ArticleWhy governments love (and loathe) twitter
drtayooke@gmail.com Information is key to the success or failure of government in the modern world. All types of governments and regimes hold this to be self-evidently true. All (without exception),...
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