WWE legend Dwayne Johnson better known to his fans as The Rock has officially called time on his illustrious wrestling career. The Rock made a name for himself during the WWE Attitude Era days in the 1990s and went to dominate the game into the 2000s. The iconic wrestler took stock of his hey days … Read more
Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) has condemned the clampdown on demonstrators across the country, saying that the action was portraying the government in bad light. The group also accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of turning Mr Omoyele Sowore and other members of the RevolutionNow group as heroes through their illegal detention and intimidation by security agencies. … Read more
Another setback for PDP as Kano state Governorship Election Petition tribunal, on Tuesday, dismissed the application by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Kano state chapter requesting for a Leave of the court to amend the list of the petitioners witnesses. The counsel to the petitioners, barrister Adegboyega Awomolo(SAN) filed a motion requesting for a Leave … Read more
The Imo state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has said that his state, “is completely devastated.” Ihedioha spoke at the government House in Owerri, while interacting with a delegation from the Department of International Development, DFID, led by O.C Ronnie, as captured yesterday, by Ihedioha’s Chief Press Secretary, Chibuike Oyeukwu. The governor’s reasons of saying that Imo is devastated was … Read more
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has ordered the continuation of the petitions filed by the defeated governorship candidates of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State, Chief Owolabi Salis, and his Labour Party counterpart Ifagbemi Awamaridi challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the March 9 guber election. In a unanimous decision, … Read more
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Tuesday, said that it has received the order granting Ibrahim El-Zakzaky leave to travel to India for medical treatment. Vanguard reports that students came out in their numbers to protest the death of their fellow students who died as a result of the collapsed bridge. As at the … Read more
The police on Tuesday arraigned five people and a lawyer for the #RevolutionNow protests, in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The police charged Ehis Omoshomio, 35; Gabriel Ojumah, 51, Juwon Sanyaolu, 22; Stanley Anobi, 28; Elias Ozikpu, 30; Kenechukwu Ukachukwu, 25, with two counts of unlawful assembly and conduct likely to cause … Read more
Angry students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Gubi Campus, on Tuesday, August 6, started a protest against the school authority over the death of their colleagues following a bridge collapse. It was reported that the two students died as a result of the incident which occurred following a heavy downpour at midnight. Two … Read more
Two students have been confirmed killed with many others injured after a pedestrian bridge collapsed at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Gubi Campus. The bridge which links one of the hostels and another building containing lecture rooms collapsed at midnight, following a heavy downpour. The Student Union President, Naziru Mohammed, told Channels TV that … Read more
At least 2 students have been reported dead with many missing after an access bridge collapsed during a rainstorm at the Gubi campus of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa university, Bauchi. Vanguard reports that students came out in their numbers to protest the death of their fellow students who died as a result of the collapsed bridge. … Read more
President Donald Trump on Monday August 5, ordered a freeze on all Venezuelan government’s assets in the United States and barred transactions with its authorities due to the “continued usurpation of power” by President Nicolas Maduro. The freeze is the most direct action by Trump’s administration to remove Maduro since it recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó … Read more
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a notorious gun manufacturer, Cyprian Eze, 69, who allegedly specialises in fabricating firearms and supplying to criminals in the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (CPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu that the suspect was tracked down and arrested on Monday. … Read more
Femi Falana, lawyer to leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky said the man has not been released yet. Falana was reacting to reports that the religious leader, who has been held by the DSS since December 2015, has been allowed to go, based on the Kaduna court ruling, allowing him and … Read more
A Nigerian, Adewale Adeyemo, has been appointed president of the Obama Foundation. The Nigerian-American economic expert becomes the first-ever president of the foundation. Adeyemo, 39, will lead “the implementation of the organisation’s strategic plan and managing its organisational structures and functions.’’ Astatement by the chairman of the foundation’s board, Martin Nesbitt, said: “Wally is the … Read more
Gunmen on Monday stormed the Chief Accountant in the Office of the Niger State Head of Service, Idris Abdullahi, and snatched over N9.5 million from him. The victim was said to be returning from bank at about 10:30am where he went to withdraw the money. It was gathered that the money was meant … Read more
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Minna, Niger State has sentenced a 33-year-old Islamic teacher, Abubakar Abdullahi, to seven years imprisonment for having anal sex with 35 of his pupils. Abdullahi, a resident of Sabon Gari, Kontagora, was charged with unnatural offence, contrary to Section 284 of the Penal Code Law. Prosecuting Assistant … Read more
A monarch, Igwe Sunday Orji, has been kidnapped near Ogbaku-Umuogbe end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Enugu State. Police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident, saying operatives have swung into action to rescue the traditional ruler. Family sources disclosed on Monday that the abductors have established contact with them, demanding N50million … Read more
Gunmen on Monday hijacked a 18 passengers commercial bus and the driver captive along East-West road area of Emohua Lical Government Area (LGA), of Rivers state abandoning the bus. Eye witness disclosed that the assailants suspected to be kidnappers marched the victims into a thick forest unchallenged, leaving the bus parked by the side … Read more
The Rivers State Police Command on Monday disclosed that three kidnappers have been shot dead and five others arrested in a gun battle with its officers. The kidnappers were said to have attempted to hijack a Lagos bound 15-seater commercial bus on Monday morning along Rumuji, Emohua Local Government area of East-West road of Rivers … Read more
Suspended council boss of Estako West local government area, of Edo state Mr. Yakubu Musa, has insisted that he exposed salary fraud before he was suspended. Musa, whose suspension has sparked protest in Auchi, was suspended last week for allegedly paying ghost workers over N46m and increasing monthly wage bill up to N6m at a … Read more