Ex-Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has reacted to the unfortunate death of two police officers attached to him, in a road crash at the vicinity of the Abuja airport, while on his way out of the airport. The former President who described the incident as painful and heart-rending stated that the sudden death of the…
Three persons have been killed and many others abducted after terrorists attacked a mosque while worshippers were breaking their fast at Baba Juli village in Bali Local Government Area on Tuesday, April 5. According to eyewitnesses, the terrorists who were about 50 in number, abducted many worshippers from the mosque and took them to an unknown location….
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested an officer attached to the Meiran division in Lagos state, ASP Eyitere Joseph, for extorting N50, 000 from a serving corps member in the state. A video of the officer was asking the corps member for money was shared online. The acting spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP…
Nigerian troops have recovered a large number of weapons from the enclave of Boko Haram insurgents during its recent operations in the Sambisa forest. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Farouk Yahaya commended troops of Operation Hadin Kai over the recent achievement while being shown the weapons at the headquarters of the theatre command by the…
A 23-year-old British-born Nigerian law student, Damilola Grace Olakanmi, has died after consuming suspected cannabis sweet in east London. According to Evening Standard, the University of Hertfordshire business law undergraduate bought the “gummies” via a messaging app on her phone and they were delivered to her home. Ms. Olakanmi and a 21-year-old friend immediately fell ill…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has announced that 163 passengers and seven crew members are still unaccounted for. The passengers had boarded the AK9 Abuja-Kaduna train before being attacked by terrorists on March 28, 2022. Fidet Okhiria, the NRC’s Managing Director, in the sixth update from the corporation, with respect to the attack on the train,…
According to a report by SaharaReporters, the National Administrative Council (NAC) of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has sacked Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya as the Lagos State Chairman of the union. Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo was earlier suspended by the national body of the union on grounds of insubordination and incitement…
The naira has continued to record loss against the dollar at the exchange rate market. According to Nairametrics, naira depreciated against the US dollar on Tuesday to close at N416.83/$1 at the official window. Exchange rate depreciated by 0.05% compared to N416.63/$1 recorded in the previous trading session. On the hand, the exchange rate at…
Blaise Compaore, a former President of Burkina Faso, has been sentenced to life imprisonment, Reuters reports. He was sentenced to prison for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, a military tribunal ruled on Wednesday. The charismatic Marxist revolutionary was infamously gunned down in the West African nation’s capital Ouagadougou at the…
A 63-year-old man, Chief Likita Gyado, and his son, Joe Gyado have died in an auto crash in Nasarawa State. It was gathered that the accident occurred at Gwanje in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state on Monday, April 4. Late Gyado was the former treasurer of Chun Mada Palace. Facebook user, Barr. Wanche…