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  • FG Declares Monday, Tuesday Public Holidays

    . FG Declares Monday, Tuesday Public Holidays

     The Federal Government has declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August as public holidays, to mark the 2019 Eid-il-Kabir celebrations.Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Barr. Georgina Ekeoma Ehuriah, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government.Ehuriah congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion and called on all Nigeria
  • Federal Govt. Spends N5bn on Pension Monthly Uncovers 24,000 Ghost Pensioners

    . Federal Govt. Spends N5bn on Pension Monthly Uncovers 24,000 Ghost Pensioners

     The Pension Transitional Directorate (PTAD) on Tuesday said federal government spent over N5 billion on payment of monthly pension to about 300,000 retirees of 270 parastatals and government privatised agencies.The directorate also dropped 24,000 ghost pensioners from the pension pay roll at the end of its verification exercise conducted in 2017.P
  • Armed Robbers Attack Bank In Ondo Left One Dead And Several Others Injured

    . Armed Robbers Attack Bank In Ondo Left One Dead And Several Others Injured

     A staff of Wema Bank reportedly lost his life, while five other persons sustained serious injury, today, in a bank robbery in Iju-Itaogbolu, Ondo State.The armed robbers, numbering seven, stormed the bank in the afternoon and entered the banking hall after breaking the door with dynamite.The robbery which lasted for about an hour, rendered five cu
  • Lagos State Police Reportedly Arrest 2 Chinese Over Illegal E-Waste Factory

    . Lagos State Police Reportedly Arrest 2 Chinese Over Illegal E-Waste Factory

     Lagos police spokesman, Bala Elkana, said the men were arrested late Monday for allegedly operating an illegal e-waste factory said to be emitting toxic waste in the community.They were arrested at the factory located at 19 Sule Abuka Street, Opebi, Ikeja.Police said the suspects’ visas had since expired, adding that they assemble the e-waste ma
  • Tekno Reportedly Invited By The Police Over Dancing Nood Women In Transparent Truck

    . Tekno Reportedly Invited By The Police Over Dancing Nood Women In Transparent Truck

     Tekno is currently at the Lagos state police command where he is being questioned by the state police CID for dancing with half-naked ladies in a tranparent truck in the Lekki area of the state.Recall that videos of the singer dancing in a truck with the naked girls sparked an outrage after it surfaced online. In an exclusive chat with LIB today A
  • "Our Student Didn’t Kill Herself Over Poor Academic Performance" — OAU Reveals

    . "Our Student Didn’t Kill Herself Over Poor Academic Performance" — OAU Reveals

     The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has denied media reports that a final year student of the Department of English, Grace Opeyemi Dara, committed suicide because of her poor grades.Grace reportedly drank Sniper and died on August 2nd.The spokesman of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, in a statement released on
  • Bauchi University Students Reportedly Killed As Bridge Collapses

    . Bauchi University Students Reportedly Killed As Bridge Collapses

     Some Nigerian university students have been killed after a bridge they were on collapsed in Bauci state. According to a reporters, there is palpable tension in Bauchi State as students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi have been reportedly killed following the collapse of a bridge linking the University, Monday night.The incident wa
  • Aare Onakakanfo Of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams Appeals To FG To Release Sowore

    . Aare Onakakanfo Of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams Appeals To FG To Release Sowore

     The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has appealed to the Federal Government to release the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (ACC), Omoyele Sowore.Adams said that such arrest portended grave danger for Nigeria’s democracy.The publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener Global Coalition for Security and Democracy i
  • Unbowed And Unbroken: Take It Back Members Pays Defiant Omoyele Sowore A Visit In DSS Detention

    . Unbowed And Unbroken: Take It Back Members Pays Defiant Omoyele Sowore A Visit In DSS Detention

     At 6pm today, 5th August, 2019, members of the Take it Back Movement were allowed to visit with our convener, Omoyele Sowore, for the first time since his armed abduction in the early hours last Saturday, the 3rd of August.The visitors met him in high spirits, unmoved by the events of the last few days. The officers allowed the guests to present h
  • Nigerian Man, Shogbamimu Sentenced to 17 Years In UK Prison For Killing a Midwifery Student

    . Nigerian Man, Shogbamimu Sentenced to 17 Years In UK Prison For Killing a Midwifery Student

     Ajibola Shogbamimu, a Nigerian with adopted name, Shohfah-El Israel has been sentenced by a UK court to a minimum 17 years for the murder of missing midwifery student Joy Morgan.Shohfah-El Israel was convicted by a jury at Reading Crown Court on Monday of killing Ms Morgan after spending time alone with her – against strict church rules – in D
  • EFCC Freezes Bauchi State Bank Account

    . EFCC Freezes Bauchi State Bank Account

     Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, granted the EFCC’s prayer to freeze the FCMB Operational Account number: 0998552074 of the Bauchi State governmentThe judge, which adjourned the matter till Sept.3, urged the commission to put the party concerned on notice of the order within 21 days.
  • Rain Of Bullets As Herdsmen Shoot Ex Commissioner Of Information In Abia, Eze Chikamnayo

    . Rain Of Bullets As Herdsmen Shoot Ex Commissioner Of Information In Abia, Eze Chikamnayo

     Eze Chikamnayo, a former Commissioner of Abia state, has recounted his near-death experience with men he suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.In a post he shared on his Facebook wall, Chikamnayo said he was driving through the Isuochi-Enugu road when he was attacked.Posting photos of his bullet-ridden car, Eze wroteYesterday, around 5:30 Pm as I drove
  • Many Injured As Nigerians And Pakistanis Fight In Hong Kong

    . Many Injured As Nigerians And Pakistanis Fight In Hong Kong

     An ongoing bloody clash between two Nationals in Hong Kong, southeastern China on Sunday, left several people injured.The fight which broke out between Nigerians and Pakistanis was caused as a result of misunderstandings (money issues), FoxMeek can report.The fight caused serious panic as many, including businessmen, scampered for safety.A Nigeria
  • Throwback! Troll Dig Up President Buhari Photo Protesting Against Jonathan Govt In 2014

    . Throwback! Troll Dig Up President Buhari Photo Protesting Against Jonathan Govt In 2014

     Meanwhile this is President #Buhari and his Fellow #APC Leaders Protesting Against #Goodluck In 2014, fastforwad to 2019, Buhari Has taken Nigeria Back to his 1983 Military Regime where Anyone who speaks or protets against His Government is tagged a terrorist and DSS, Police and Soldiers are sent to go and Kill, Beat up, Arrest and detain them
  • Security Guard And Teenagers In Court For Stealing N2.7Million From A Church’s Offering Box

    . Security Guard And Teenagers In Court For Stealing N2.7Million From A Church’s Offering Box

     The police on Monday arraigned two men and a minor in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly stealing N2.7million from a church’s offering box.The suspects, Osita Egbo; 32, Joel Okafor; 18, and a minor, were charged with two counts of conspiracy and stealing, to which they pleaded not guilty.The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Modupe
  • Ufuoma McDermott Exposes Friend's Nanny Who Stole Her Money

    . Ufuoma McDermott Exposes Friend's Nanny Who Stole Her Money

     Nigerian actress, Ufuoma McDermott took to Instagram to narrate how a CCTV footage busted a friend’s nanny who stole foreign currencies in her children’s room.Calling on Nigerians to install CCTV in their homes, the actress revealed that the incident occurred after her friends convereged at her house with their kids. Ufuoma McDermott further r
  • BREAKING: Court Grants El-Zakzaky Leave To Seek Medical Treatment In India

    . BREAKING: Court Grants El-Zakzaky Leave To Seek Medical Treatment In India

     The Kaduna State High Court has granted the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat, leave to seek medical attention abroad.In his ruling on Monday, Justice Darius Khobo ordered that the IMN leader be accompanied abroad by officials of the Kaduna State government.The presiding judge ruled
  • Federal Government Considers New 5% Tax On All Online Purchases From Next Year

    . Federal Government Considers New 5% Tax On All Online Purchases From Next Year

     Federal Government is planning to deduct 5% VAT for every online transaction via bank cards carried out by Nigerians from next year.The burgeoning digital economy includes e-commerce where Jumia and Konga are playing. We also have the tech space with Flutterwave, Cowrywise, Piggybank, and others.Tunde Fowler, Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Ser
  • 33-Yr-Old Man, Abdullahi Abubakar Arrested For Sodomising 32 Students Of Almajiri School In Niger State

    . 33-Yr-Old Man, Abdullahi Abubakar Arrested For Sodomising 32 Students Of Almajiri School In Niger State

     The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old man, Abdullahi Abubakar, for allegedly sodomising 32 students of an almajiri school in the Kontagora Local Government of the state.The incident was reported to the police on July 22, 2019, by a Kontagora Hisba (Sharia police) Commander, Murtala Abdullahi.We gathered in Minna on Sunday that
  • 35-year-old Man Commits Suicide By Drinking Sniper In Lagos

    . 35-year-old Man Commits Suicide By Drinking Sniper In Lagos

     A 35-year-old man has committed suicide in the Ijanikin area of Lagos state.According to police reports, men of the Ijanikin Police Station received a distress call on August 3rd about an unidentified man who was lying dead inside a bush beside the bridge at Adio bus stop area of Ijanikin Lagos.A team of homicide detectives led by the Divisional P
  • Nobody Should Attempt The ‘Revolution Now’ Protest In Rivers State – Governor, Nyesom Wike

    . Nobody Should Attempt The ‘Revolution Now’ Protest In Rivers State – Governor, Nyesom Wike

     Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that nobody should attempt the ‘RevolutionNow’ protest in the state.Governor Wike said that Rivers State is not part of the RevolutionNow protest and whatever illegal agenda it seeks to pursue.The Governor said: “Rivers State does not subscribe to what the RevolutionNow protest represent
  • Presidency Finally Breaks Silence On Sowore's Call For 'Revolution', Says Elections More Appropriate

    . Presidency Finally Breaks Silence On Sowore's Call For 'Revolution', Says Elections More Appropriate

     The Presidency has released a statement this evening saying elections are more appropriate for a change of Government than revolution. This is coming a day after Omoyele Sowore was arrested at his home early hours of Saturday. Sowore and others had pledged to carry out a Nationwide protest starting from tomorrow, August 5th.Nigerians are now eager
  • Police Arrest Computer Village ‘big Boy’, Da-Silva Who Buys Stolen Phones From Armed Robbers (Photo)

    . Police Arrest Computer Village ‘big Boy’, Da-Silva Who Buys Stolen Phones From Armed Robbers (Photo)

     A notorious phone dealer, Da-Silva, who specialized in buying mobile phones from armed robbers, cultists and pickpockets operating in Ogun and Lagos State has disclosed that he buys over 30 phones a week and made between N25,000 and N30,000 daily from buying and selling robbed phones.After almost three months of relentless hunt, the suspect was la
  • BREAKING! DSS Moves Omoyele Sowore To High Security Detention Facility In Abuja

    . BREAKING! DSS Moves Omoyele Sowore To High Security Detention Facility In Abuja

     The Department of State Services has taken human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, to Abuja.According to SaharaReporters, the DSS said Sowore, who has been held incommunicado since Saturday when he was arrested and detained, is in a high-security detention facility of the service in Abuja.KanyiDaily had reported that So
  • JUST IN! Miyetti Allah Leader Shot Dead In Adamawa

    . JUST IN! Miyetti Allah Leader Shot Dead In Adamawa

     A leader of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has been shot dead.Saidu Kolaku was the zonal vice chairman of MACBAN, Adamawa South, until he was shot dead on Saturday.His death has been described by an official of MACBAN and other informed persons in the state as being a possible reprisal attack.Mr Kolaku had been a
  • Police Arrest Suspected Killers Of Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev Fr Paul Offu

    . Police Arrest Suspected Killers Of Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev Fr Paul Offu

     Some suspected killers of Enugu State Catholic priest, Rev Fr Paul Offu, were reportedly arrested by the police on Saturday.However, the number of the  suspects arrested could not be ascertained as of  the time of filing the report.The  state Commissioner of Police, Sulieman Balarabe, who confirmed that  they had made  som
  • HALF-NAK3D LADIES IN TRANSPARENT TRUCK! Tekno Risks Jail For Publicly Dancing With Van Strippers

    . HALF-NAK3D LADIES IN TRANSPARENT TRUCK! Tekno Risks Jail For Publicly Dancing With Van Strippers

     Popular musician, Augustine Kelechi, otherwise known as Tekno, as well as four others risk being jailed for two years for publicly shooting a music video depicting semi-Nood women dancing seductively in a display truck in traffic around the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge in Lagos.Tekno was seen dancing with the semi-clad women on Friday and spraying them
  • Bodies Of Three Abducted Schoolgirls Retrieved From Septic Tank

    .. Bodies Of Three Abducted Schoolgirls Retrieved From Septic Tank

     The Ghanaian police have confirmed they retrieved human remains from a septic tank on a property previously occupied by Samuel Udoetuk-Wills, the Nigerian key suspect in the kidnapping of the three Takoradi girls.The skulls were retrieved Friday night from a septic tank at Kasaworodo a suburb of Takoradi. The suspect allegedly led the police to th
  • The 'RevolutionNow' Protest Is An Act Of Terrorism, Stay Away From It - Police IG Warns

    . The 'RevolutionNow' Protest Is An Act Of Terrorism, Stay Away From It - Police IG Warns

     The Inspector-General of the Nigeria Police Force has declared the planned #RevolutionNow protest an act of terrorism. The police have warned Nigerians to stay away from the ‘RevolutionNow’ protest planned for August 5 by Omoyele Sowore and other Nigerian rights activists, saying the demonstration would amount to a felony and terrorism.Police
  • HALF-NAK3D LADIES IN TRANSPARENT TRUCK! Lagos Suspends Firm's Licence Over Indecent Advert

    .. HALF-NAK3D LADIES IN TRANSPARENT TRUCK! Lagos Suspends Firm's Licence Over Indecent Advert

     The practicing Licence of an advertising firm, Provision Media System Limited, has been suspended over indecent advertisement around the Lekki/Ikoyi toll gate . .A statement signed by the Managing Director of the Lagos State Signage & Advertisement Agency(LASAA), Mr. Mobolaji Sanusi, on Saturday, said the unregistered mobile advertising

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