Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja said they had smashed a gang of armed robbers who had been terrorising residents of the Sauka Federal Housing Area. It was learnt that the robbers, about 30 in number, were operating in the area last week Friday when the police received a distress […]
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna. A Diamond 40 trainer aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in the outskirt of Kaduna on Monday. The Diamond 40 trainer aircraft is a one-person seated aircraft used for the training of students at the 401 Flying Training School, Kaduna. A statement by the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air […]
France coach Didier Deschamps on Monday said that Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba “can’t be happy” with his current situation at Old Trafford. Pogba was an unused substitute in United’s FA Cup win over Brighton on Saturday, after being left out of the starting line-up when Jose Mourinho’s side were dumped out of the Champions […]
The housemates up for possible eviction on the Big Brother Naija ‘Double Wahala’ show have been nominated. They are Alex, BamBam, CeeC, Lolu, Rico Swavey and Teddy A. Tobi was earlier nominated but was saved by Miracle, the new head of house. However, in a twist to the reality show, Ebuka, on Sunday, announced that no […]
Ride-sharing giant Uber said Monday it is suspending its self-driving car program after one of the vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in the US state of Arizona. The Uber vehicle was in autonomous mode, with an operator behind the wheel, when it hit a woman walking in the street in the city of Tempe […]
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has stated that only a holistic and institutionalised approach to the anti-corruption crusade by the current administration can guarantee success for Nigeria. Ekweremadu noted that although the recent drop by Nigeria in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index was a huge blow to the […]
Tunde Odesola It is not the red piece of cloth waved by the matador in a bullfight that enrages the bull. Bulls are colourblind. The red piece of cloth is to mask the blood of the gored bull. Sheer animalistic instinct propels the bull to charge at one of the three matadors, who rides a […]
Viewers of the ongoing BBNaija ‘Double Wahala’ reality show, have taken to various social media platform to oppose the return of disqualified housemates. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, host of the show announced on eviction night on Sunday that organisers of the show were giving Nigerians the opportunity to vote back two preferred evicted housemates, including those disqualified. […]
Tony Okafor, Awka A mother of two unemployed graduates, whose name was given as Uzoaku, on Saturday hanged herself in Mgbakwu, in the Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the 66-year-old woman had complained to some people that she was angry that her two children, who graduated some years […]
Pope Francis has said that men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a “sick mentality” who think that women exist to be exploited. “This isn’t making love. This is torturing a woman. Let’s not confuse the terms,”Pope insisted on Monday. He further asked forgiveness for all Christians who buy sex from women. Francis spoke during a […]
Serie A club, Fiorentina, announced that their training ground will be renamed in tribute to former captain Davide Astori, who died at the aged of 31 earlier this month. The Italian international died suddenly in his hotel room before a match at Udinese on March 4. The team’s training ground will be renamed the ‘Centro […]
Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Mr. Dino Melaye, who is challenging moves to recall him by his constituency, is in fresh trouble: the Police said they have filed a case in a Lokoja court accusing him and three other persons of illegal possession of firearms. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, announced the move today […]
•MASSOB hails Sani for disclosing senators’ pay Eniola Akinkuotu and Tony Okafor The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the N13m allowances being received by senators is only a tip of the iceberg as Nigerians will be shocked when he releases details of the allowances of the principal […]
Dolapo, the wife of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that she baked and decorated her daughter’s elegant wedding cake! Their daughter, Damilola, was joined in holy matrimony with her beau, Seun, who is the son of billionairess Bola Shagaya, last Saturday. Despite the quantity of money available in both families for the couple to acquire […]
Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja Ten persons, including a traditional ruler, the Onu Agbenema, Musa Edibo; and his wife have been killed, while several houses were burnt down by suspected herdsmen in separate attacks on Agbenema, Aj’Ichekpa, Opada and Iyade villages, on Monday. Agbenema is in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. The attackers who were […]
Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja Ten persons, including a traditional ruler, the Onu Agbenema, Musa Edibo; and his wife have been killed, while several houses were burnt down by suspected herdsmen in separate attacks on Agbenema, Aj’Ichekpa, Opada and Iyade villages, on Monday. Agbenema is in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. The attackers who were […]
Oladimeji Ramon An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ovie Akpoyibo, on Monday lamented the agency’s inability to locate a former cashier at the Abia State Government House, Michael Udoh. Akpoyibo, who is attached to the Calabar, Cross River State office of the EFCC, lamented before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday that all efforts […]
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The management of the University of Calabar on Monday said it has deployed security around and within the institution over the killing of two students by gunmen in a suspected renewed wave of cult clashes on campus. Following the development, 11 suspected cultists have been arrested and handed over to the anti-cultism […]
A Primary Three pupil from Manyewu Primary School in Entumbane suburb of Bulawayo died due to a brain tumor she developed after she was accidentally stabbed with a pen in the eye by another pupil while playing at the school grounds. Zinhle Zulu, 9, was buried last Friday, three weeks after she was stabbed by […]
More than four months after its owner has died, a dog still refuses to leave the entrance of a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The dog’s owner, a homeless man, was stabbed in a local park and rushed to Santa Casa de Novo Horizonte medical centre where he died from his injuries, according to local […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Monday said the private sector will play an advisory role in the National Food Security Council recently announced by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. Shehu said everybody would be […]
Italian authorities impounded a migrant rescue boat operated by a Spanish non-governmental organisation on suspicion it was aiding illegal immigration, the NGO said Monday. The group, Proactiva Open Arms, said on Twitter its boat was being kept at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, where it docked on Saturday after rescuing more than 200 people off […]
A 28-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating his mother who he said refused to buy him a new mobile phone. He added that the poor woman also did not cook his favourite delicacy for him. The Kenyan man, Alphonce Onyango, facing charges of assault in Umoja Estate, was also said to have demanded […]
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Monday 500 million dollars frozen in the UK as part of an ongoing investigation into a potential fraud against Angola’s central bank can be returned to the southern African country. “The necessary authority has now been provided for the monies to be returned to the Angolan Authorities,” an […]
Miracle Ikechukwu has emerged the new head of House on the ongoing Big Brother Naija ‘Double Wahala’, winning the title for the second time. Miracle beat other housemates when he emerged the first to knock down all the bottles using the tennis ball in the stockings provided. He chose Nina, to share the luxury room […]