Fresh revelations have emerged on how Boko Haram insurgents attacked Garkida town in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State for six hours on Friday night. The town is located on the Gombi-Biu – Damaturu Road, which shares proximity with Southern Borno and Sambisa Forest. Reports say police barracks, churches and a house belonging to…
An Indonesian minister on Thursday called for a fatwa (religious edict), requiring the rich to marry the poor to reduce inequality, local media reported on Thursday. “What happens is the poor marry the poor and they create more poor families,” Minister of Human Development Muhadjir Effendy was quoted as saying by the news portal Tempo.co….
Tiyamu ‘Kaka’ Kazeem, the assistant captain of Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) has allegedly been killed by a policeman from the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) from the Ogun State Command. The defender was on his way to Sagamu with one of his teammates, Sanni Abubakar after their training in Abeokuta on Saturday afternoon when…
Tyson Fury has beaten Deontay Wilder to become the new WBC heavyweight champion of the world. Fury produced a stunning performance in Las Vegas, dropping the Wilder twice before the American’s team threw in the towel in the seventh round. He hands Wilder the first loss of his professional career and ends his five-year reign…
In the words of popular Nigerian singer, D’banj, ‘don’t get it twisted, love is a beautiful thing’. What better way to show off this beautiful thing to the world than to take the bold step towards forever and ever in front of God and man. That is the case of lovebirds who decide that they…
Some key leaders of the terror group, the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), have been killed in an air bombardment of their meeting venue by Nigerian Air Force fighter jets. The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, under the auspices of Operation RATTLESNAKE 3, routed the terrorists at Jubillaram and Alinwa…
Three Mali soldiers were killed Sunday in a suspected jihadist attack on an outpost in the far north of the country, military and local sources said. “Three of our men fell Sunday during a jihadist attack in Bambara Maoude,” a military official told AFP from Timbuktu, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. “At least three…
The Remo Stars Football club announced the sudden passing away of their assistant captain on their official Twitter handle. The Nigerian National League side stated that they are doing everything to investigate the cause of his death. “We regret to announce the departure of our assistant Captain and Defender, Tiyamiyu Kazeem (Kaka). “The Club is…
A former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that with so many ethnic diversities in Nigeria, community policing will not work. Claiming that many Nigerians are living in denial, Ekweremadu said that the security condition in the country is not only bad but unbearable, The Cable reports. He said that as a federal system,…
Internationally acclaimed comedian, businessman, and entertainer, Steve Harvey, has shared a touching but inspiring part of his life experience of how he metamorphosed from being a poor hustler into a billionaire if his worth is valued from the Nigerian perspective. Born on January 17, 1957, the American comedian and host of The Steve Harvey Morning…