A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Nazir Muhammad Yahaya, has died in an auto crash on his way to Kaduna State. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report but it was gathered that the accident occurred on Wednesday, July 13. According to friends, the corps…
The Order of the Eagle, Zambia’s highest honor, was presented to former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, July 14 by President Mr. Hakainde Hichilema. The ceremony was held in the nation’s capital, Lusaka. At the festive occasion, two former presidents—Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone—also received comparable honors….
A photo of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka aka Baba Ijesha inside courtroom after he was sentenced to 16 years in prison has surfaced online. Recall that he was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexua! Offences Court on Thursday. Baba Ijesha was convicted for sexua!!y assaulting…
One of the victims of the terrorist attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, has died in the hospital. This was disclosed by the Ondo State Government. No fewer than 40 worshippers of St.Francis Catholic Church, Owo were killed by some yet-to-be-arrested terrorists on June 5, 2022. But the latest development has brought the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the official unveiling of former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shetima, as the running mate to its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Shetima was scheduled to have been presented to party members at the APC national Secretariat on Thursday. However, the Chairman of the APC Press Corp has informed reporters…
Police escorts attached to a VIP allegedly killed two tricycle passengers and wounded the rider at Ugbolokposo in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at Ugbolokposu Junction. According to a witness who spoke to Nigerian Tribune, the tricycle…
A 20-year-old woman was found guilty of adultery and condemned to death by stoning by a Sudanese high court. Prior to her June 26 sentencing at the Kosti Criminal Court, police in the White Nile state of Sudan detained Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab last month, according to Mail Online. According to the report, Ms. Tiyrab had…
A video has surfaced online showing hundreds of PVCs buried under ground in Imo state. A man who shared the video said it is a ploy by politicians to disenfranchise many residents of the Southeast. The PVCs were reportedly dug out from the ground. Reactions have since trailed the report on social media.
The 12-year-old girl who was tricked by her family and married off to a man as a third wife has been rescued by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), on Wednesday, July 13. A resident of the community, Lucky Udu, used his social media page to draw the attention of…
Four people, including a commercial driver, lost their lives on Wednesday in an accident that happened along Olokuta/Shasha Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The accident was caused by a head-on collision between an Ore-bound “hummer” bus and a Sienna space bus traveling from Ondo town, according to an eyewitness. He disclosed that four…