A Kenyan man has been fined and sentenced to three months in prison for insulting his mother and threatening to beat her. David Oduor was found guilty of causing a disturbance in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace. He was handed the penalties by senior resident magistrate Charles Mwaniki of Kibera law courts…
A police officer was killed after some robbers tried robbing a commercial bank in Otun Ekiti in Moba local government area of Ekiti state. The state police spokesperson Sunday Abutu said the incident occurred on Thursday July 1, at about five in the evening. The group of armed men stormed the Otun bank and initially succeeded…
Yoruba Nation Agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho’s media aide, Olayomi Koiki, says despite the Lagos state police command’s directive, he will be leading the Yoruba Nation rally earlier scheduled to hold in the state tomorrow Saturday, July 3. In a live broadcast this morning, Koiki explained that the rally will go as planned at…
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said that the decision to ban Twitter’s operation in the country was taken to protect national interest. Malami who hosted High Commissioner of the Great Britain, Ms. Catriona Laing, in his office in Abuja on Thursday July 1, said the nation’s interest is…
A video of a woman stealing money from a church’s offering basket has gone viral. In the viral video, the lady could be seen picking the denominations she wanted from the offerings dropped in the basket. It is however unknown where the incident happened.
uan Mata has signed a new one-year contract with Manchester United. The Spanish midfielder, who was signed from Chelsea in 2014, has made 273 appearances for United, scoring 51 goals and registering 47 assists. He became a free agent when his contract ran out on Wednesday. But United have confirmed that Mata has…
Men of the Ondo state police command have arrested five persons who are alleged members of a syndicate specializing in exhuming bodies from a church cemetery in Ondo town, Ondo West local government. The suspects arrested were identified as Opeyemi Odetola, 27, Lanre Akintola, 30, Clement Adesanoye, 29, Alowonle Kehinde, 35, and Jubril Jimoh,…
PDP leaders today June 30 stormed the National Assembly to demand a reversal of President Buhari’s nomination of his aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. Led by its National chairman, Uche Secondus, the PDP described Onochie’s nomination as a travesty on Nigeria’s democracy. The party argued that…
Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of the former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area (LGA) Asekun Sakiru Kehinde in prison custody following his arraignment for allegedly exporting 1.000 kilogrammes of cocaine. Asekun was arraigned before the court by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
Kingsley Kanu, a sibling of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says his brother was arrested in Kenya. Kingsley disclosed this in a statement released today June 30. He said Kenyan authorities detained his brother until he was extradited to Nigeria. “My brother Nnamdi Kanu demands the right to self-determination…
