A Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism in Edo state, Mr Osaze Osemwingie-Ero, has been released after he was arrested and detained by INTERPOL in France for alleged money laundering. Osemwingie-Ero was reportedly arrested and detained by INTERPOL in France in November, 2020, for being in possession of $2m. In a few seconds video that…
As the insecurity in the country worsens, unknown gunmen have stormed Bethel Secondary School on Monday morning, Maramara Chickun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted scores of students. Bethel Secondary School is a boarding school located at the outskirts of Kaduna. According to Mr. Daniel Muhuta, a security guard in the school, “I…
Dennis Amachree, a former Assistant Director with the DSS, has said it is procedural for the secret police to issue a wire to sister agencies such as Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Customs Service for a wanted person to not be allowed out of the country. “If the DSS declares somebody wanted, the person…
The police in Kwara state have arrested a man for allegedly killing his father, Michael Olagunju, and selling his body parts to some ritualists in Kajola, Odo-Owa in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state. Late Olagunju was allegedly murdered on his farm at Kajola last Thursday by his son who connived with some…
Armed men suspected to be Nigerian military personnel have attacked the residence of Yoruba secessionist Sunday Igboho in Ibadan, his spokesman Yomi Koiki confirmed. Koiki said two people were killed when the men in military uniform breached Mr Igboho’s residence in Soka, just south of Ibadan city centre. Mr Koiko said that the bodies were…
The management of the University of Calabar has threatened to publish the names of its graduates that have refused to collect their certificates years after graduation. This was made known by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Gabriel Egbe in a memo. The university said it is shocked over the development, revealing that over 42,000…
The self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Tuesday, opened up on why he escaped from the country in spite of the criminal charges of terrorism and treasonable felony brought against him by the federal government. Looking heavily weighed down, Kanu, who was brought to court for the continuation…
eji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based activist, on Wednesday hinted on candidates the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders are considering to field as presidential candidate in 2023. Adeyanju, convener of Concerned Nigerians claimed that PDP stakeholders are considering either Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State or Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. In a series of tweets,…
Following a clash between some members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), and shop owners in the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday evening, June 16, a young graduate of Lead City University, has been reportedly killed. According to Nigerian Trinune, trouble started when the son of…
Botswana has unearthed a diamond believed to be the third-largest in the world. The precious stone weighing 1,098 carats was shown to Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after, Debswana, a diamond unearthing firm, found it. Botswana is Africa’s largest producer of diamonds. The gem is only slightly less heavy than the world’s second-largest diamond…