Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed a member of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Daniel Adejuyigbe in Iju, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the deceased was part of the search team organised to secure the release of a farmer, Solomon Akinmeji, who was kidnapped at Okeji farm settlement last…
Kidnappers have killed an Atlanta, Georgia-based Nigerian man, Prince Eloniyo Dennis Abuda, after payment of N10m ransom to secure his release and that of other family members. The decomposing body of Abuda was found in a bush near the small town of Agbanikaka, Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday, February…
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has said that come 2023, he is certain that Nigerians will come out en-mass and vote for the ruling APC. Governor Uzodinma said this during an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday night, February 3. “Giving the activities and achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari as the President…
Tuface Idibia has questioned why Africans look down on those who speak English with an African accent and see as superior those who have an accent from the Western countries. He tweeted: “Why do we as Africans laugh or look down at us that can’t speak English proper or don’t have the accent? …
A German veterinary clinic has reportedly trained sniffer dogs to detect coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy. The dogs are conditioned to pick up the “corona odour” that comes from cells in infected people, said Esther Schalke, a vet at Germany’s armed forces school for service dogs. Filou, a three-year-old Belgian…
Clergyman, Mike Bamiloye is in a celebratory mood as his wife of 32 years, Gloria, turns 57 years old today February 4. In a post shared on his Instagram page, the leader of the Mount Zion Faith Ministries thanked God for giving him the grace to get it right in the aspect of marriage. He particularly thanked…
Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has apologized to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, for describing him and other Youruba leaders as ”Fulani slaves”. Igboho in a virtual meeting on Tuesday February 2, accused the Ooni of failing to tell President Buhari the truth about the plight of Yorubas during a meeting…
1,138 new cases of COVID19 have been recorded in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 377 fresh cases while the FCT recorded 172 new cases. Other states with fresh cases includes Plateau-86, Kano-84, Edo-60, Osun-47, Nasarawa-41, Imo-40, Rivers-36, Niger-32, Oyo-32, Borno-29, Kaduna-27, Delta-18, Kwara-17, Cross River-9, Ekiti-8, Bauchi-7,…
An associate of R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded guilty this week to trying to bribe a witness to keep her from testifying against the singer. Richard Arline Jr., of Dolton, Illinois, admitted in a Brooklyn Federal Court teleconference that he tried to pay off a woman known in court documents only as Jane Doe to…
A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced a middle-aged man, Aminu Ibrahim, to four years imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old girl. Ibrahim was convicted on January 28, 2021, by the court presided over by Honourable Justice Muhammad Muhammad. The convict was dragged before the Court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). …
