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  • Church Elder, Four Other Real Estate Scammers Operating On JIJI Arrested (Photo)

    . Church Elder, Four Other Real Estate Scammers Operating On JIJI Arrested (Photo)

     A five-member gang of real estate scammers, who were about to fraudulently lease out someone else's duplex in Lekki Phase 2 for the sum of N4.5 million, were on Wednesday, arrested at the point of exchange of money and keys. .The gang consists of; Abolade Oladimeji, 43, Ademola Ayo (45), Emmanuel Fabiyi (65), Ademola Hakeem (49) and Sunday Ay
  • Why We Allowed Underage Candidates In 2019 Elections —INEC

    . Why We Allowed Underage Candidates In 2019 Elections —INEC

     The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) admitted on Friday that it allowed underage candidates to contest the 2019 general elections.INEC made the admission as it justified its current stance to declare some candidates ineligible to contest the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states for reasons of either the can
  • ‘I Was Impeached Because I Opposed Obasanjo’s 3rd Term Bid’ – Former Oyo State Governor, Ladoja

    . ‘I Was Impeached Because I Opposed Obasanjo’s 3rd Term Bid’ – Former Oyo State Governor, Ladoja

     Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo state, says he was impeached in 2006 because he told former President Olusegun Obasanjo that he was not qualified for a third term in office.Elected in 2003 under the platform of the People Democratic Party (PDP), the former governor was impeached in January 2006, reinstated in December 2006 and his term ende
  • Father Of Two Drowned After Heavy Downpour In Akure

    . Father Of Two Drowned After Heavy Downpour In Akure

     A father of two children has reportedly drowned after a really heavy downpour in Ondo state. In what will come across as a really shocking development, a father of two has lost his life in Akure, the Ondo State capital after drowning in a flood following a heavy downpour on Friday night.The incident happened at Oke-Iya Area in Ijoka Quarters, Akur
  • Man, Salisu Idris Burns Three Family Members To Death Over N200, 000 In Kano

    .. Man, Salisu Idris Burns Three Family Members To Death Over N200, 000 In Kano

     The Kano State Police command has nabbed a 25-year-old man, Salisu Idris, for allegedly setting fire on a house to kill its three occupants because he was promised the sum of N200 thousand, Daily Nigerian has reported. The house belonged to Aminu Bala, a 50-year old who was in the fire alongside his wife, Rukayya, and two-year-old daughter, Aisha.
  • Notorious Kidnapper And Serial Killer, Iorwuese Ikpila Arrested By Police In Benue

    . Notorious Kidnapper And Serial Killer, Iorwuese Ikpila Arrested By Police In Benue

     The Benue State Police Command have arrested kidnap kingpin and serial killer, Iorwuese Ikpila alias Dr Kwagh-a-korum menenge .He confessed that the urge to be more influential and powerful than his late father who was a native doctor led him into killing people to obtain power. He noted that a spirit known as 'the queen' told them to ge
  • President Buhari Sacks Chairman Of Investment And Securities Tribunal, Siaka Isiah Idoko-Akoh

    . President Buhari Sacks Chairman Of Investment And Securities Tribunal, Siaka Isiah Idoko-Akoh

     President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Chairman, Investment and Securities Tribunal, Mr. Siaka Isiah Idoko-Akoh, Igberetv reports.This was made known to him through a memo from the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse.President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the Chairman, Investment and Securities Tr
  • HT!Sheffield United 0 v 0 Liverpool : English Premier League Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats

    . HT!Sheffield United 0 v 0 Liverpool : English Premier League Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats

     Date :Saturday 28th, September Time : 12:30pm Stadium Bramall Lane Referee Anthony Taylor (England) Goal Scorer: Team News Sheffield United Since returning to the top flight for the first time since 2007, the Blades have notably come from two goals down to draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and just last weekend ended the fine home re
  • Chelsea v Brighton : English Premier League Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats

    . Chelsea v Brighton : English Premier League Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats

     Date :Saturday 28th, September Time : 3:00pm Stadium Stamford Bridge Referee Christopher Kavanagh (England) Goal Scorer: Team News Chelsea Chelsea will look to get back on the winning horse in the Premier League after the setback against Liverpool as they host Brighton at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.Chelsea saw their youngsters shining
  • Everton v Manchester City : English Premier League Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats

    . Everton v Manchester City : English Premier League Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats

     Date :Saturday 28th, September Time : 5:30pm Stadium Goodison Park Referee Michael Oliver (England) Goal Scorer: Team News Everton There is perhaps a glimmer of hope for Everton, then, particularly considering they have won 10 home Premier League matches against the defending champions in the past - only Liverpool have won more in the c
  • Tottenham v Southampton : English Premier League Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats

    . Tottenham v Southampton : English Premier League Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats

     Date :Saturday 28th, September Time : 3:00pm Stadium Tottenham Sadium Referee Graham Scott Goal Scorer: Team News Tottenham Mauricio Pochettino welcomes his former club Southampton to town amid his toughest period as Tottenham manager.After letting leads slip in back-to-back games, against Olympiakos and Leicester City, Spurs were then
  • Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari Has Been Out Of The Country For Over Two Months - Reports

    . Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari Has Been Out Of The Country For Over Two Months - Reports

     President Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari, has reportedly been out of the country for over two months now and according to Daily Trust, her absence is in protest of the recent developments in the presidency.A report by the Daily Trust claims that multiple sources at the presidential villa said the first lady, who left the country in early August to
  • FG To Drag Judge Before National Judicial Council (NJC) For Granting Sowore Bail

    . FG To Drag Judge Before National Judicial Council (NJC) For Granting Sowore Bail

     The federal government is contemplating reporting Justice Taiwo Taiwo, to the National Judicial Council (NJC) on account of his decision to grant bail to the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, TheNation reports.Justice Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja admitted Sowore to bail on Tuesday and dismissed the objection raise
  • World's Oldest Barber, Anthony Mancinell Dies After 96yrs In Active Service (Photo)

    . World's Oldest Barber, Anthony Mancinell Dies After 96yrs In Active Service (Photo)

     The world’s oldest barber, Anthony Mancinelli, has died at the of 108 in New York.The Italian immigrant died on Thursday after working as a barber from age 12 in in 1923 until July, 2019. Guinness World Records credited him with being the oldest working barber. He opened Anthony's Barbershop of Newburgh in 1930 and owned it for 40 years. He
  • 30 Corpses Uncovered In Benue Kidnappers’ Mass Graves; Seven Suspects Arrested (Photos)

    .. 30 Corpses Uncovered In Benue Kidnappers’ Mass Graves; Seven Suspects Arrested (Photos)

     About 30 dead bodies have so far been exhumed from shallow graves at Gbatse, Benue State.Some kidnap suspects had earlier been discovered to be in the habit of killing their victims and burying them in shallow graves after collecting ransom from their families.As at Thursday, seven suspects including the leader of the gang, Iorwuese Kpila, were sa
  • Commercial Motorcyclists Stab Car Owner, Tosin Abikoye To Death In Abuja

    . Commercial Motorcyclists Stab Car Owner, Tosin Abikoye To Death In Abuja

     Commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada, have stabbed a motorist, Tosin Abikoye, to death for allegedly knocking down one of their colleagues in the Lugbe area of Abuja on Thursday night.Abikoye, 33, was said to have been stabbed on Thursday night in the head and other parts of his body by the rampaging motorcyclists who chased him into
  • Couple, Blessing Steven & Husband, Israel Ariyo Sells Own Children For N350,000 In Lagos

    . Couple, Blessing Steven & Husband, Israel Ariyo Sells Own Children For N350,000 In Lagos

     Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have busted a syndicate which specialize in buying and selling little children, Oyo, Lagos and Akwa Ibom States. Also arrested were 25-year-old, Blessing Steven and her husband, Israel Ariyo, who sold two of their children to the syndicate for N350,000. Vanguard
  • Couple, Chika Obi & Chiamaka; Four Others Sell Siblings For N900,000

    . Couple, Chika Obi & Chiamaka; Four Others Sell Siblings For N900,000

     File Photo The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, has paraded a couple, Chika Obi, 28 and Chiamaka, for allegedly selling two siblings for N900,000Four others were also arrested together with the couple.The CP said that the command had recovered one of the stolen children, Promise Opunwa but his elder sister, Olunma, was still mi
  • Nigeria Set To Join US, Others To Explore The Moon

    . Nigeria Set To Join US, Others To Explore The Moon

     For the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), a Nigerian astronaut will not just be going there for show but for a micro-gravity research, basically on food security and some peculiar diseases of interest to Nigeria and the African race.NASRDA said Nigerian astronauts can find out how hybrid food peculiar to the country can be g
  • Trade Union Congress Sends Message To The FG Over The New Minimum Wage

    . Trade Union Congress Sends Message To The FG Over The New Minimum Wage

     The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Friday urged the Federal Government to urgently conclude discussion on the new minimum wage and commence implementation across board.The TUC Chairman, Lagos State Chapter, Mr Gbenga Ekundayo, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.Ekundayo said that the un
  • ABU Sacks 15 Staff Over Sexual Harassment, Corruption And Negligence Of Duty

    .. ABU Sacks 15 Staff Over Sexual Harassment, Corruption And Negligence Of Duty

     15 staff of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria have been sacked while the rank of a lecturer reduced over sexual harassment, corruption and negligence of duty.A list containing the names and personnel number of the affected staff showed that they were from different faculties and departments in the institution.A lecturer from the Department
  • Six Facebook Hackers Sentenced To One-Year Imprisonment In Calabar

    . Six Facebook Hackers Sentenced To One-Year Imprisonment In Calabar

     A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State has convicted and sentenced six facebook hackers to one-year imprisonment each, with an option of N500,000.00.The convicts are Lawrence Nnamdi-Mba Ebesike, Prince E. Udeh, Chijioke Victor, Promise Odimba, Ugbor Ifeanyi and Prince Anthony.It was gathered that they were arraigned Wednesday,
  • COZA: "We Were Hoping He Would Change"- Fatoyinbo's Ex-Spiritual Father Speaks On Scandal

    . COZA: "We Were Hoping He Would Change"- Fatoyinbo's Ex-Spiritual Father Speaks On Scandal

     Emmanuel Oset, presiding pastor of Champions’ Church, Ilorin, has likened Biodun Fatoyinbo to the biblical Judas who despite being loved betrayed Jesus.Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), was in June accused of r*pe by Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer.In an interview, Oset, who used to be a spiritual fath
  • Drama As Nigerian Man, Kingsley Living illegally In Cambodia Asked To Be Deported

    . Drama As Nigerian Man, Kingsley Living illegally In Cambodia Asked To Be Deported

     A Nigerian man, Kingsley, who has been living illegally in Cambodia for years on Wednesday went to the immigration centre in the country and asked for help to return to Nigeria.According to CambodiaExpatsOnline, Kingsley visited the Investigation and Procedure Office at the Immigration Department around 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday.It was reported tha
  • 27-Yr-Old Man, Ebuka Everest Stabs Ties Ex-employer’s Legs For Sacking Him In Ogun State

    .. 27-Yr-Old Man, Ebuka Everest Stabs Ties Ex-employer’s Legs For Sacking Him In Ogun State

     A  27-year-old man identified as Ebuka Everest reportedly attacked his former employer, Theresa Nnamdi, during which he tied her legs, stabbed and robbed her for sacking him in Ogun State.The suspect allegedly inflicted injuries on his ex-employer, Nnamdi who lives in the Mowe in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.It was ga
  • "Release Sowore Or Got To Jail For Disobedience"- Federal High Court Orders DSS Boss

    . "Release Sowore Or Got To Jail For Disobedience"- Federal High Court Orders DSS Boss

     The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, to immediately release the Convener of RevolusionNow, Omoyele Sowore.Sowore has remained in detention more than 24 hours after meeting his bail condition as set by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday
  • Mother Of 19-Yr Old Boy Ikechukwu, Who Callapsed After Fasting For 41 Days Explains His Problem

    . Mother Of 19-Yr Old Boy Ikechukwu, Who Callapsed After Fasting For 41 Days Explains His Problem

     Mother of the Ebonyi teenager, Ikechukwu Oke, who fasted for 41 days, Mrs Elizabeth Oke, and his friend, Nteoma Chimaobi, speak on factors that could have made him to deny himself food and water for so long, in separate interviews with us What really happened to Ikechukwu Oke and what is his religious background? My son, Ikechukwu, collapsed afte
  • Task Force Raids Brothel, Arrests 9 Prostitutes, 5 Hoodlums With Illegal Drugs In Lagos

    .. Task Force Raids Brothel, Arrests 9 Prostitutes, 5 Hoodlums With Illegal Drugs In Lagos

     The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Task Force) raided an illegal brothel around Mile 2 area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria in the early hours of Friday and arrested five notorious miscreants and nine prostitutes with illegal drugs.Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi said the raid became im
  • FRAUD ALERT: Buhari's Aide, Prof Charles Dokubo, Paid N1.6bn For 400 Wooden Canoes, Only 100 Were Presented

    . FRAUD ALERT: Buhari's Aide, Prof Charles Dokubo, Paid N1.6bn For 400 Wooden Canoes, Only 100 Were Presented

     The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo spent N1.6Billion in buying 400 wooden canoes at the cost of N4Million per canoe as empowerment for 400 hundred Niger Delta women. Curiously, however, at the empowerment ceremony, only 100 woo
  • Prosecution Closes Case Against Danish Citizen On Trial For Murder Of His Wife, Zainab

    . Prosecution Closes Case Against Danish Citizen On Trial For Murder Of His Wife, Zainab

     He testified further that the defendant’s DNA was not found anywhere on the body of his deceased daughter, nor in the kitchen where the bodies of both victims were discovered.The Lagos State Government has concluded its evidence in the ongoing trial of Danish citizen, Peter Nielsen, who is standing trial before Justice Okikiolu Ighile in Igboser

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