About four soldiers are feared dead and others injured following an incident in the Morocco area of Shomolu, Lagos. The incident took place during morning physical training on Friday when a suspected drunk driver rammed his vehicle into a group of soldiers attached to the Myoung Barracks in Yaba, Lagos State. A soldier recounted, “There’s…
HIV/AIDS is a big health problem in many African countries and the U.S. offers help by giving money through USAID and PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief). This money helps people get treatment, prevention, and care for HIV/AIDS. The Trump administration has decided to stop sending medicines for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis and medical…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised alarm over what he describes as a systematic crackdown on opposition figures by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Atiku’s warning comes in the wake of the arrest and prosecution of opposition voices, including activist Omoyele Sowore and Professor Usman Yusuf, a vocal critic of the government. In a post…
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that Nigerian politicians often resort to extreme measures to win elections. Amaechi stated this in Abuja at a national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria, organised by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development. The former governor of Rivers state, who harped on the need for…
An Osun High Court in Ile-Ife, on Thursday, reinstated Adegboyega Famodun as the Owa of Igbajo and nullified the state government’s revocation of his appointment. The court overturned the White Paper and Executive Order issued by Governor Ademola Adeleke regarding the Owa of Igbajo chieftaincy title. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, upheld the proscription declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra, naming it a terrorist organisation. Recall that on January 18, 2018, the late former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati, had proscribed IPOB. Aggrieved by this declaration, IPOB appealed the declaration….
Convicted billionaire kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has applied for a plea bargain and clemency before the Lagos High Court, Ikeja. His new lawyer, Chief Emefo Etudo, informed the court of the application shortly after Evans was re-arraigned on a five-count charge of kidnapping and murder, brought by the Lagos State Government. Appearing…
A porn star has plunged to her death from a Brazilian hotel balcony after she invited two men to take part in a filmed threesome. Anna Beatriz Pereira Alves, known online as Anna Polly, was found lifeless in a courtyard at an aparthotel in Nova Iguacu, roughly 25 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro. The…
The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested a young man and his fiancee for allegedly getting married at an event centre without their parents’ consent. According to the state Hisbah Deputy Commander General (DCG), Sheikh Mujahid Aminudeen Abubakar, the couple got married at a recreational centre by themselves. He furthered that someone not related to…
The National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Advisor, says at least 5,000 repented Boko Haram fighters have been reunited with their families. It says none of the ex-combatants returned to the battle ground after six months of the deradicalisation programme. Amb. Mairo Musa Abbas, Head of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE),…