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Milan Kundera, the Czech writer and one of the most influential novelists of the 20th century dies died in Paris on Tuesday. He was 94.

Art, Headlines

Milan Kundera, famous writer haunted by his own people, dies in exile at 94

Kundera famously left his homeland in 1975 after earlier being expelled from the Communist party for "anti-communist activities" and spent…
Wife of Ehinoma Solomon, the Edo man killed by cultists last Sunday, narrates how her husband was killed in her presence and their 3 children

News

Edo woman narrates how husband was shot dead by cult gang after church service

The daredevil hoodlums said to be about 10 in number, apparently laid ambush for Ehinoma Solomon while the church service…
Adebutu

Politics

Ogun: PDP’s Adebutu reacts to arraignment for vote buying

Adebutu was arraigned in absentia alongside nine others over alleged vote buying during the March 18 governorship election following his…
Professor Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo has distinguished himself as a symbol of virtue and creative innovation in Nigeria’s public office.

News

GEAPP appoints Osinbajo Global Advisor

Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), an international agency funded by the Rockefeller, IKEA Foundation and the Bezos…
Residents of communities in Karu LGA of Nasarawa State erect residential homes in erosion gullies even as flooding is becoming commonplace

News, Top Stories

Living in gullies

From the bridge linking Nyanya to Gbagbalape community in the Federal Capital Territory through Boundary road, which separates the FCT…
Ogun state government unveils star- studded Local Organising Committee, LOC, for hosting of 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF)

Sports

National Sports Festival: Ogun unveils 16-member LOC

The LOC has been mandated to set up subcommittees, made up of various stakeholders to ensure a hitch-free exercise as…
Forum of Nasarawa House of Legislative Aides appeal to the Speaker of the House of Assembly House, Dr Danladi Jatau to increase their salary

Headlines, News

Court threatens to jail Nasarawa Assembly factional Speaker

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has been embroiled in crisis of leadership since two factions emerged after the June…
Ondo governor, Rotimi Akeredolu sacks media aides of deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa, in confirmation of the downturn in relationship between them

News

‘He’s recuperating well’ – Aiyedatiwa gives update on Akeredolu

Aiyedatiwa who said he is constant touch with Akeredolu assured that the Governor is expected back in office to continue…
Rivers governor Siminalayi Fubara, flags off free transport scheme to cushion the challenges of removal of fuel subsidy for in the state

Metro

Fuel subsidy removal: Fubara flags off free transport scheme

Rivers State Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Jacobson Nbina said 17 Luxury Buses deployed for the scheme are designated to ply…
SDP's Murtala Ajaka, heads to Supreme Court after Appeal Court affirms victory of Usman Ododo in Kogi November 2023 governorship election

Politics

Kogi election: Yahaya Bello plotting to arrest Ajaka, SDP cries out

By Richard Elesho The Kogi chapter of Social Democratic Party, SDP, has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of plotting with some…
Kidnappers free Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, a priest of Catholic Church in Onicha LG of Ebonyi State and three persons abducted with him

News

Kidnappers free Catholic Priest, 3 others in Ebonyi

Ebonyi State Police Command and Abakaliki Diocese of Catholic Church confirmed the release of the priest and the three other…
INEC staff testifies in petition of Chijioke Edeoga of LP against victory of PDP's Peter Mbah at Enugu Governorship Election Tribunal

Politics

Tribunal: INEC tenders Gov Mbah’s certificates, Edeoga’s name missing in LP register

Edeoga is praying the tribunal to disqualify Mbah over allegation of forgery of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC discharge certificate.
The Lagos chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Wednesday evening that it will soon issued appropriate directive to its lawyers on the judgment of Court of Appeal which affirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the March 18 Governorship Election in the state.

Politics, Top Stories

Lagos Tribunal: Ex- Borno deputy gov. Dibal testifies for Sanwo-Olu

Adamu Dibal witness told the tribunal that it was APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) that set up state committees which…
Police Kill 4 bandits in shootout in Benue

News

Gunman enforcing sit-at-home shot dead in Ebonyi

“The hoodlums engaged them in a gun duel, which resulted in one of them being neutralised, while the others escaped…
Gunmen abduct Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, three others near his parish.

News

Gunmen abduct catholic priest, 3 others in Ebonyi

By Christian Ogbonna Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike was kidnapped near his parish…
A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker Maruf Abdullahi, aka ” Trinity” be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year old girl.

News

Sexual exploitation: Skit maker ‘Trinity Guy,’ couple remanded

Police charged Abdullahi , alongside the parents of the victim with conspiracy and sexual abuse/exploitation.
The mother of the girl uncovered the act after she discovered a whitish slimy substance on her daughter’s underwear while doing laundry, Osun Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi said

Metro

Oyo teenager commits suicide after rape boss’s husband

The 16-year-old girl committed suicide after she was raped by Ajibode, according to charges filed by the police at Family…
Enugu

News

“We can’t cope anymore,” Enugu residents cry out over sit-at-home order

By Benson Ezugwu Residents of Enugu, the capital of Enugu State have lamented the negative impact of the frequent sit-at-home…
FG alleged that ex-minister Stella Oduah conspired with one Gloria Odita in January 2014 to obtain N2.4 billion under fraudulent claims.

Judiciary, News

‘How lawyer who filed forgery suit against Stella Oduah landed in trouble’

By Taiye Agbaje Bid to arraign former Senator Stella Oduah on allegations bordering on perjury and falsification of document ended…
Army arrests Anambra indegene, Desmond Okeh, for falsely parading himself as a Lance Corporal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Metro

Fake Army Corporal Desmond Okeh busted in Rivers

Desmond Okeh was arrested on July 6 at a new generation bank fully dressed in the number six military camouflage…
Court sentences vigilance operative, Onyeka Eze to death by hanging for the murder of a phone repairer, Anayo Ugbo at Okpoko, Anambra State

News

Lagos man Jeffrey Ehizogie to die by hanging for strangling employer, manager

Ogala found Ehizojie guilty of beating and strangling the Managing Director of Etsahol Hotel and Suites located at Ojodu-Berger, Lagos.
Kogi Government reacts to vandalisation of the campaign office of SDP candidate for November governorship poll in Lokoja, the state capital

Politics

Kogi Govt. reacts to vandalisation of SDP campaign office

The Commissioner assured that Gov Yahaya Bello’s administration would continue to support law enforcement agencies to ensure free, fair and…
President Bola Tinubu ramps up the engine of governance in Nigeria and hit the waves immediately he was sworn in on May 29, 2023,

Headlines, News

Tinubu unveils plans to fight terrorism as ECOWAS leader

Tinubu spoke n Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau after he was unanimously elected the chairman of the 16-nation Economic…
Tinubu's nationwide broadcast

News, Top Stories

Tinubu asks ECOWAS leaders to stop being ‘toothless bulldogs’ against coup plotters

Tinubu spoke after he was unanimously elected as chairman of the 16-nation Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) at…
Tinubu says he is not happy seeing people suffer

Business, Headlines

Tinubu to convene ECOWAS Summit on trade and investment

Tinubu spoke in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau after he was unanimously elected as chair of the 16-nation ECOWAS…
The Somali military said on Sunday it had killed around 40 fighters and commanders of the Islamist terrorist militia Al-Shabaab.

World News

Somali military kills 40 Al-Shabaab fighters

Somali, a country on the Horn of Africa with about 16 million inhabitants has been rocked for years by attacks…
Michael Afuwape on Sunday, leads Nigeria National Men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers, to their first-ever win at the FIBA AfroCan tournament.

Sports

Afuwape leads Nigeria’s D’Tigers in first-ever win at FIBA AfroCan

D’Tigers had lost all their matches after finishing 0-3 in the inaugural edition of the tournament in Mali in 2019.
Police confirm arrest of 122 suspects over alleged attack on official residence of factional Speaker of Rivers Assembly Martins Amaewhule.

Metro

Police raid camp of notorious Rivers cult kingpin ‘General Worldwide’

According credible source close to the Police, ‘General Worldwide' and other members of his gang on on sighting the heavily…
Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara to launch high capacity buses to cushion rising cost of transportation following removal of fuel subsidy

News

Rivers: Fubara set to roll out ‘palliative’ buses

Rivers commissioner for transport, Dr. Jacobson Nbina, announced this in a statement on Sunday.
President Bola Tinubu visits Nigerian troops stationed in Guinea-Bissau ahead of Sunday's 63rd Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Heads of State

News

Tinubu lands in Guinea Bissau, visits Nigerian troops

The President visited the troops soon after he arrived Guinea-Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads…
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