Madam Turai Musa Yar’Adua, wife of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has lamented that Nigeria is in a precarious state today because her husband’s regime was cut short by his sickness and eventual death. She noted that Nigeria would have been much better if the late President had finished his tenure but for the…
Fani Kayode has asked why the picture and the name of the italian man that came with coronavirus into Nigeria is hidden. READ BELOW: “There is something increasingly curious about this Italian man that came into Nigeria with coronavirus. Up till now we do not know his name and we have not seen a picture…
The police in Ogun State have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly killing his 50-year-old neighbor. The suspect, Ejike Okata, the police said, allegedly butchered the woman identified as Adeyiba Oladipupo on Friday at Ayegbami in Ijebu Ode following a disagreement. Trouble was said to babe started after the woman allegedly accused Okata of phone…
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has said it is unpatriotic for rice producers to sell a bag of rice at above N15,000. Nanono said that with paddy rice sold at N8,500 and cost of processing N2,000, it was exploitative for the product to be sold for between N17,000 and N18,000…
A teacher at Ekiugbo Grammar School in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has been accused of flogging a Junior Secondary School (JSS) student identified as Kelvin Ogheneogaga to death. An eyewitness who spoke to The Nation revealed that the teacher continued beating the late student even after he complained of being sick…
A 123- year-old, Ashiru Aremu Ajibola, has been installed as the Baale of Ajibola community, Iseyin in Iseyin local government area of Oyo state. Chief Ajibola is described as the oldest Baale in the whole state. The Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba Abdulganiy Salau, Oloogunebi Ajinese 1, installed Chief Ashiru Aremu Ajibola on Friday, February 14,…
Cultists belonging to the Aye confraternity have displayed the severed heads of one of their victims on social media. Several persons have been killed in different parts of Benin City and environs since last month when members of Aye and Eiye confraternities resumed hostilities. It was gathered the ongoing cult war began when the rival…
A 19-year-old secondary school leaver, Chigemezu Arikibe, has been tracked down by the police after using fake social media accounts to swindle a Cambodian woman to the tune of $75,000 (N27m at N360 to 1$). To woo his victim identified simply as Sophanmia, Arikibe reportedly paraded himself on Facebook and Instagram as an American pilot…
The Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), taskforce on illegal roadblocks this week arrested eight suspected impostors for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting taxpayers. The suspects, Mnder Terlumun, Terese Tumase, and Gandepuun Agabi were arrested at Gbanyam in Buruku LGA. Two others, Liambee Asange, and Yisa Zegeiya were arrested at Sati Ikyov in Ushongo LGA and Terhemba Ordue…
Lagos State cab driver has been killed by hoodlums. The cab driver suffered a sad end following an attack launched against him by hoodlums on Eko Bridge, at the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. The deceased, identified as Comrade Ehis, was changing a flat tire on the bridge before he was attacked by the…