Nicolas Mbah, who has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison since October 2020 for participating in the #ENDSARS protests in Lagos, has finally regained his freedom. His lawyer, Orji Ama Onu, confirmed this to Newsmen on Wednesday, June 16. Onu said Mbah was only released on Tuesday afternoon, June 15, due to the “lack of passion…
The federal government has called on the House of Representatives, to enact a law to regulate online and social media in Nigeria. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, stated this at a public hearing organised by the house on Wednesday. Mohammed asked the lawmakers to amend the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) act to empower the…
An Access bank manager in Abuja, Ekod Koko Dan, has been accused of abandoning the family of a 10-year-old girl she knocked to death while driving against traffic in Life Camp area of the state. It was gathered that Koko was speedily driving against traffic when she hit and killed Biola Vanessa on Thursday, June…
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer of Gen Sani Abacha, the late Head of State, has described how his former boss died. According to Al-Mustapha, Abacha did not die after eating an apple given to him by his concubines, as has been generally claimed. The former CSO stated Abacha died after a brief…
Haruna Gagara, the Commander of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ondo State Command has lost his life. Gagara who was 59 was said to have died following a brief illness. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Superintendent of Narcotics, Ekechuku Wilson who confirmed the death, the NDLEA Commander was highly…
Gunmen have shot dead a man alleged to be one of the informants who led the Nigerian Army to the late commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s Eastern Security Network (ESN), Ikonso Don. The victim, whose name is still unknown, was gunned down along a footpath in a village between Imo and Anambra states,…
A 49-year-old man, Mr Akpoviri Vincent Jimmy who allegedly goes around falsely claiming to be a licensed medical doctor and seeking jobs in Bayelsa and Delta states has been arrested by the police. Bayelsa police spokesperson Asinim Buswat said the suspect claimed to be one Dr. Charles Umeh, a serving medical doctor in Taraba state before…
About 20 bodies believed to be those of illegal mine workers have been recovered from an unused mine outside Orkney in the North West, South Africa. This follows unconfirmed reports over the weekend that several illegal miners had died in an explosion underground. Police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday,…
The victims of an alleged scam perpetrated by a Lagos-based forex training and capital investment company, MBA Capital and Trading Limited, are worried over their unpaid dividend and capital, and the disappearance of the Chief Executive Officer, Maxwell Odum. The victims, numbering 52, said the total amount they were defrauded of was N122,510,000, adding that…
Gosiame Thamara Sithole, a woman who stunned the world when she reportedly gave birth to ten babies has gone missing, according to the supposed dad of the babies. Tebogo Tsotetsi says he no longer believes that his girlfriend, Gosiame Thamara Sithole, gave birth to their children. On June 7 Gosiame became a sensation after it…