An Abuja-Kaduna train reportedly suffered a bandit attack on Monday, September 14. Some social media users who shared the story, said the attack went on for 20 minutes before the security operatives on the train repelled the attack. Facebook user Hassan Mohammed wrote; BRAZEN Vs. BRAVE My colleagues were met with shock of their lives…
Barcelona star Lionel Messi has become football’s second billionaire as he tops Forbes’ rich list in 2020. According to Forbes, the 33-year-old has pocketed over $1,000,000,000 in pre-tax earnings during his career – following in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo. And they have stated the Argentine international is the highest-paid footballer of 2020. Messi is…
The Kano State Fire Service has rescued ten persons trapped in a collapsed building at Gwammaja ‘Yan Kosai in the Dala Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Malam Saidu Muhammed, Spokesman for the Service, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Kano. “We received a distress call at about 1:30 a.m on Tuesday…
The management of Arik Air has announced the resumption of normal flight operations after Monday’s disruption by some workers’ unions. Mr. Adebanji Ola, the Communications Manager of Arik Air announced the resumption in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. According to Ola, all Arik Air’s early…
An undergraduate at the University of Abuja, Mary Judith Eze, who was kidnapped on September 9 in the Tunga Maje area of Abuja, has been released. Recall that last Thursday, September 10, unidentified gunmen attacked Tungar Maje village of Gwagwalada Local Government Area in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and kidnapped scores of persons. According…
A wicked father could face the death penalty if he is convicted of punching his pregnant wife so hard the couple’s newborn son died at 38 days old. Christopher Hundley, 32 was warned on Monday that he could be put to death over the killing of his baby son Adriel Hundley, who died in a…
Former Edo State governor and ex-National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, is among top Nigerians slammed with a visa ban by the United States Government on Monday. Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, are also among those affected by the latest US sanction, it was gathered. Governor Nasir…
Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a new charge of money laundering as part of the investigations into the largest corruption scandal in Latin America. The former president, known as Lula, is accused of accepting 4 million reais (759,000 dollars) worth of bribes disguised as donations, according to a Monday statement from…
A 67-year-old man identified as James Olajoyetan, has been apprehended by the police for allegedly raping and defiling a 12-year-old girl. It was reported that James who happens to be a commercial tricyclist, took advantage of the little girl who came to spend Sallah holiday with her visually impaired grandfather in the Ejigbo, area of…
Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia who yesterday honored his third invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS), has stated that he has no proof to back his claim of a northern Governor being a Boko Haram commander. Mailafia who spoke after being interrogated by the DSS in…