Suspected kidnappers have reportedly killed a pregnant woman and abducted her husband at Rigachikun, a suburb of Kaduna state on Tuesday, November 3. GioTV reports that the woman and her husband were kidnapped and taken away from their residence, but the wife was killed by the suspected kidnappers when security operatives engaged them in a…
United Nations (UN) human rights experts have demanded a probe of the Lekki shooting by soldiers. Their statement on Tuesday said the federal government must set up a credible, independent inquiry into “the recent illegal killings of at least 12 peaceful protestors by soldiers”. A fortnight ago, Nigerian troops allegedly marched to the Lekki toll…
Joe Biden’s White House campaign slammed US President Donald Trump’s threat to try to stop the election vote count as “outrageous” early Wednesday, saying its legal team was ready to prevent such an “unprecedented” act. “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect,”…
A Kenyan man identified as Dishon Kinyanjui Kinuthia has written to a church he claims to have attended between 1999 to 2017, demanding that offering he contributed between that period be refunded. Kinuthia shared the letter, warning the church that failure to refund the amount he estimated at 58,000 KES will attract serious consequences. Formerly…
Two suspected armed robbers were beaten and set ablaze by angry residents in Benin City, Edo State. The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning, November 3, near Okah Market, by the Ighodefeyi Road along Sakponba Road, Benin City. It was gathered that the suspected robbers were beaten with clubs and other dangerous…
Three hundred and sixty-two ghost workers have been discovered in the Oyo state civil service. The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development in the state, Professor Adio Folayan, made this known on Tuesday, November 3, when he presented the report of the verification committee set up by the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, in Ado Ekiti,…
Olivia Idibia, the second daughter Tuface Idibia has with wife Annie Idibia, has undergone a successful surgery in Dubai. Annie made this revelation via her Instagram Stories. She said she hasn’t slept in 48 hours due to the surgery but her 6-year-old daughter has been “brave” and “strong” and the surgery was a success. In…
President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking a loan of $1.2bn from Brazil to finance agricultural programs in the 2021 budget. A request for approval has also been transmitted to the National Assembly, according to Punch. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known when she appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on…
The Federal government has been accused of freezing the bank accounts of Nigerians who promoted the #EndSARS protests. Nigerians took to the streets on October 8 to demand an end to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the Nigeria police and an end to police brutality. The protest took a different turn when it was…
Bengaluru City Police in India on Monday, November 2, busted a drug racket and arrested ten persons including a Nigerian national identified as Sunny Innocent. Confirming the arrest on Tuesday, November 3, officials said that the suspected peddlers purchase drugs through the internet platform darknet and pay using bitcoin. The Bengaluru enforcement agency said Sunny and…