Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
2023 presidency: Why Obasanjo will support Atiku
According to Aniagwu, former President Obasanjo, who Atiku worked with as vice president between 1999 and 2007, saw his capabilities…
PDP raises alarm over Yahaya Bello’s ‘terror’ video
Kogi State government in a statement by its Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo on Wednesday claimed the Governor's…
How Trump prevented Obamas from unveiling White House portraits
Obama and wife, Michelle returned to the White House for the formal unveiling of their official portraits, revealing the paintings…
Wike to PDP: A day of reckoning is coming
Wike also maintained that nobody can silence him from speaking against such injustice and the demand for the right thing…
Osun doctor Abass Adeyemi kills cab driver with injection, steals car
Adeyemi who hails from Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, was alleged to have killed the victim on 3…
PDP crisis: Dokpesi’s DAAR Communications loses 868 plots of land in Rivers
In what look like a fallout of the crises over the presidential ticket of opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the…
JUST IN: DSS confirms arrest of Tukur Mamu, gives reason
Reports early Wednesday indicated that Mamu was arrested by the Interpol in Egypt on his way to lesser Hajj in…
25 facts about Kemi Badenoch, the British-Nigerian in Liz Truss’ cabinet
Badenoch describes herself as a cultural Christian and notes that her maternal grandfather was a Methodist minister in Nigeria.
Updated: DSS arrests Sheik Gumi’s aide Tukur Mamu at Kano airport
Tukur Mamu, a Nigerian publisher who became popular over his involvement in negotiation that led to the release of some…
Over 900,000 PVCs still uncollected in Lagos — INEC
According to him, the total number of uncollected old PVCs in the state is 928,362 as at 5th Sept. 5…
Analysis: Potter, Pochettino, others likely to replace Tuchel at Chelsea
The last time Chelsea were looking for a successor for a sacked manager, they turned to a former Paris Saint-Germain…
Kaduna housewife seeks divorce over husband’s `unusual’ sex demands
Zainab Yunusa told the court that Garba demanded for sex even while she was menstruating and during the Ramadan fast.
Gunmen abduct Henry Gotip Chairman of Kanke LG of Plateau
By Polycarp Auta Mr Henry Gotip, the Executive Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau was abducted by yet…
Oil theft: Civil Defence nabs 426 suspects, 90 trucks, 38 boats in 6 months
By Kelechi Ogunleye The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Wednesday said it arrested 426 suspects involved pipeline…
ADC suspends 17 state chairmen, ex-national vice chairman
ADC also appointed Dr Mani Ahmed, a presidential aspirant in 2015, as Chairman of its party’s Board of Trustees (BoT).
Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo, 5 others shortlisted for 2022 Booker Prize
The Booker Prize is open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the U.K.…
Building collapse: Housewife dies, husband survives in Jigawa
The couple were sleeping when the building collapsed, spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the…
9 women on the way to Libya intercepted in Kano
Abdullahi Babale, Zonal Coordinator of NAPTIP said the victims were all female, aged between 19 years and 55 years.
We’re in safe hands – Nigerians in Northern Cyprus counters Abike-Dabiri
Dabiri-Erewa had about a week ago cautioned Nigerians against going to Northern Cyprus to study, citing high incidents of murder…
Ex- Edo Assembly Speaker Elizabeth Ativie dumps APC
Ativie's effort to advance her political career was frustrated when she failed to secure APC's ticket for Uhumwode Federal Constituency…
Nigerian Okeke wins 2022 James Currey Prize for African Literature
The James Currey Prize for African Literature is an annual award for the best-unpublished work of fiction written in English…
Police bust fake orphanage, rescue 15 children, arrest Rev. Sister, others in Rivers
Rev. Sister Wechinwu claimed that five of the children were recovered from mentally challenged women, while the others were brought…
NANS releases list of new leaders (full list)
Usman Umar Barambu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse is the new president of NANS
International election: Buhari pledges support for Nigeria’s Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu
Shinkafi-Bagudu is the wife of Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Bagudu.
2023: APC’s Alia promises better future for Benue people
Alia gave the assurance during the Igede Agba New Yam Festival in Oju Local Government Area of the state.
Rivers man Amadi, lover docked for attempted murder of wife
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Rita Oguguo in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded one…
Yusuf Muhammad demands N1.6m from wife in exchange for divorce
Muhammad made the request following Nasiru’s prayer for divorce by way of redemption(Khul’I).
Lagos teacher docked for sodomising 11-year-old pupil
The victim, an 11-year-old boy, who is in an Arabic boarding school, came home for Sallah break, he told his…
2 Russian embassy employees die in Kabul suicide bombing
Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said the suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd outside Kabul’s Russian embassy in…
Lagos man Rasak docked for attempting to abduct 2 children
The prosecutor told the court that the defendant had allegedly sneaked into the complainant’s residence without reasonable justification with the…