On June 12, Nigerian presidential hopefuls Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi are among the luminaries expected to attend a memorial service for the late MKO Abiola. On Friday, Anthony Kila, chairman of the event’s organizing committee, made the announcement. Abiola was proclaimed the winner of the presidential election on June 12, 1993. The…
A Nigerian couple, Onyinmiebi (Miebi Baraza) and Beatrice Bribena, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a statement, the EFCC declared the couple wanted for allegedly defrauding Nigerians to the tune of N2 billion. The statement was signed by Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren. It read,…
Several ISWAP/BokoHaram terrorists have been killed by troops from 115 Battalion during an aggressive clearance operation around Lassa & Kelle villages in Borno State. The Nigerian army said in a statement on Friday, June 10, that the operation took place on Thursday, 9 June 2022. The troops also recovered one gun truck, two civilian Hilux vehicles,…
A Nigerian man has shared photos showing how much he has changed since he left Nigeria five months ago. He posted his before and now photos on his Twitter handle and wrote; ”25 years in Nigeria vs 5 Months outside Nigeria”.
A 20-year-old lady allegedly r#ped by her employer just six days after she resumed work has died. Cynthia Nanjala from Kenya succumbed to her injuries on June 2, 2022, two weeks after she was found lying n#ked and brutalised in a secluded spot in the Lunga Lunga slums in Nairobi. Cynthia told her sister that…
According to the Adara Development Association (ADA), 32 residents were killed in an attack on the communities on Wednesday. The president of the association, Awemi Maisamari, also claimed that “a white-painted helicopter” was involved in the attack on the residents. But in a statement on Thursday, Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna commissioner for internal security and home…
Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has visited Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, at the latter’s residence in Abuja. Osinbajo, who had contested against Tinubu, came third in the election with 235 votes. However, the former Lagos governor, who won the ticket, got 1,271 votes, while his closest challenger, Rotimi Amaechi, former transportation…
Federal Government has linked the fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the attack on a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at…
A petrol tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, burst into flames, killing its driver and destroying property in Plateau State today June 9. According to reports, the driver of the tanker lost control, veered off at Polo roundabout, and crashed into a filling station before the explosion. The driver was…
According to the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, bandits in a helicopter massacred roughly 32 innocent people in Southern Kaduna. HURIWA made the assertion while criticizing Nigeria’s military for failing the country’s population. Seven months after a Federal High Court labeled bandits as terrorists, the gang blasted Defence Headquarters for failing to…