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  • Crimes Were Committed By Both Sides Of The Divide -Gumi Accuses FG Of Messing Up Insurgency War

    .Crimes Were Committed By Both Sides Of The Divide -Gumi Accuses FG Of Messing Up Insurgency War

     Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has accused the Buhari-led government of messing up the war against insurgency leading to the worsening insecurity in the nation.In a statement on Sunday July 31, Gumi said the recent BBC Africa Eye and Daily Trust documentaries about the insurgency in Zamfara State have exposed the ethnic and tribal und
  • BREAKING! Presidential Gaurds Troops Claim They've Finally Discovered The Camps Of Bandits (Photos)

    .. BREAKING! Presidential Gaurds Troops Claim They've Finally Discovered The Camps Of Bandits (Photos)

     Presidential guards troops say they have finally discovered the camps of the bandits terrorising Abuja.Nigerian Army Troops Of Presidential Gaurds Brigade Destroys Bandits Camps, Recover Arms As Part Of Offensive Action In Abuja Axis Per Deji Adesogan.This is what we hear on a daily basis yet Boko Haram and bandits still kill soldiers.
  • Police Raid Criminal Hideout, Arrest Gang Using Popular Gay Dating App To Lure & Rob People (Photo)

    .. Police Raid Criminal Hideout, Arrest Gang Using Popular Gay Dating App To Lure & Rob People (Photo)

     Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested six members of a criminal gang using a popular gay dating app to arrange dates with unsuspecting victims who are then lured to their hideout, assaulted and robbed. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel who disclosed this in a statement, said the suspects were arrested on Sunday
  • University Of Cambridge To Return 116 Stolen Benin Artefacts To Nigeria

    .. University Of Cambridge To Return 116 Stolen Benin Artefacts To Nigeria

     The University of Cambridge has said it is supporting a claim for the return of 116 stolen Benin artefacts to Nigeria.The artefacts were looted by the British armed forces during the Benin punitive expedition of 1897. They are currently held in the university’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA).According to a statement on the universi
  • Man, George Okoye Kills His Younger Brother’s Wife Over Property Ownership Tussle In Anambra

    .. Man, George Okoye Kills His Younger Brother’s Wife Over Property Ownership Tussle In Anambra

     An Anambra indigene, Mr George Okoye, from Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area has killed his younger brother’s wife, over a protracted tussle on ownership of property.Okoye allegedly led his wife and children into his brother, Mr Emenike Okoye’s compound to beat him and his wife, Mrs Nkiru Okoye, who died out of the beating.Emenike, who, ho
  • Nigerian Man & Senegalese Girlfriend Arrested In India For Duping Over 150 Women

    . Nigerian Man & Senegalese Girlfriend Arrested In India For Duping Over 150 Women

     A Nigerian man and his Senegalese girlfriend have been arrested in Greater Noida, India for allegedly duping crore of rupees from over 150 women on the pretext of marriage.The accused identified as Chidubem Christian, 27, and his partner, 26, were arrested by a team of the Sector 36 Cyber Cell of the Uttar Pradesh Police from their hideout on Thur
  • BREAKING: How Federal Agents Arrest Informants Over Kuje Jailbreak, Abuja Attacks

    . BREAKING: How Federal Agents Arrest Informants Over Kuje Jailbreak, Abuja Attacks

     Some individuals have been apprehended for leaking information to terrorists about troops’ locations and movements in and around Abuja.The four informants are in the custody of a security agency, according to PRNigeria.Their arrest followed investigations into the breach of the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje, on the night of July 5.Als
  • Falling Naira: Hold Emefiele Accountable, NYCN Tells Nigerians

    .Falling Naira: Hold Emefiele Accountable, NYCN Tells Nigerians

     The National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN has reacted to the falling Naira.The NYCN blamed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele’s poor economic management policies for the recent free-fall of the Naira.The Naira within the week depreciated to an all-time low of N730 to a U.S dollar at the parallel market.The PUNCH had
  • Nigerian Man From Kano Lands In Hot Soup For Repackaging Paracetamol As Chloroquine

    .Nigerian Man From Kano Lands In Hot Soup For Repackaging Paracetamol As Chloroquine

     Innocent Oparah, a 41-year-old man, has been jailed in Kano State.The man was sentenced to three years jail term by a Federal High Court in Kano for endangering the lives of innocent consumers through the circulation of fake drugs.Oparah was charged to court for labelling paracetamol as Quinine Sulphate & Nivaquine (Chloroquine) tablets at D22
  • New Pictures Of The World's Largest Single Train Oil Refinery , Dangote Refinery In Lekki

    .. New Pictures Of The World's Largest Single Train Oil Refinery , Dangote Refinery In Lekki

     A new African industrial giant  is emerging from the Lekki coastline of Lagos, the Dangote Refinery project, an integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, which is a multi-billion dollar project that is expected to create a market for $11 billion per annum of Nigerian crude.The World's Largest Single Train Oil Refinery Is Expected To
  • Niger Court Sentences Three Herdsmen To Death By Hanging For Armed Robbery, Rape, Others

    . Niger Court Sentences Three Herdsmen To Death By Hanging For Armed Robbery, Rape, Others

     A Minna High Court No 3, has sentenced three Fulani herders to death by hanging over alleged armed robbery, culpable homicide, rape, among other heinous offences in the state.The suspects included Mohammed Ibrahim Soja, Sani Idris Boka, and Babangida Gido.They were arraigned and found guilty on ten-count charge of armed robbery, culpable homicide,
  • Weightlifter, Adijat Adenike Olarinoye Wins Nigeria’s First Gold At Commonwealth Games

    .. Weightlifter, Adijat Adenike Olarinoye Wins Nigeria’s First Gold At Commonwealth Games

     On Saturday, July 30, Nigeria won its first medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham, UK.Adijat Adenike Olarinoye recorded a total of 203kg in the women’s 55kg weightlifting event to win Nigeria’s first gold medal in the games.Before winning the medal, Olarinoye had set two records in 10 minutes, lifting 90kg and 92kg in t
  • "I Will Die If I Reveal My Sponsors" — 25-Yr-Old Suspected Killer, Destiny Agbaijoh Arrested With AK-47

    .. "I Will Die If I Reveal My Sponsors" — 25-Yr-Old Suspected Killer, Destiny Agbaijoh Arrested With AK-47

     A 25-year-old suspected killer, Destiny Agbaijoh, arrested by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State, has said that he would die if he opened up on his sponsors.Destiny was arrested with one AK-47, one pump action, 91 bullets of 5.56 mm, 16 cartridges and cash of N347,000.Speaking with newsmen after he was paraded in Akure,
  • Man Beats Physically-Challenged Nigerian Vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu To Death In Italy

    . Man Beats Physically-Challenged Nigerian Vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu To Death In Italy

     Italian police have arrested a man who brutally beat a Nigerian vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu to death on a busy beach town on Friday.The incident happened publicly while onlookers filmed how the aggressive man beat and strangled the physically-challenged Ogorchukwu to death without any apparent attempt to intervene.According to Washington Post, the vi
  • CBN Blames NNPC For The Fall Of Naira To N720 Per US Dollar

    . CBN Blames NNPC For The Fall Of Naira To N720 Per US Dollar

     Non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is responsible for naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.As at the close of work yesterday, the naira traded for N700/$1 at the parallel market and N415.96/$1 at the official market.The C
  • Two Women, Chinyere Nwozu & Ngozi Akaeme Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Baby In Ogun (Photo)

    . Two Women, Chinyere Nwozu & Ngozi Akaeme Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Baby In Ogun (Photo)

     Two women have been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a baby boy in Ogun State.DAILY POST learnt the two women were nabbed by men of the Ogun state Police Command on July 25.It was gathered that one of the suspects, 53-year-old Chinyere Nwozu, was seen with the crying one week old baby at about 9 am of the said date.As she could not br
  • Pry School Teacher, Roseline Egbuha & Her Accomplices Forfeit N120m, Cars To Federal Govt

    . Pry School Teacher, Roseline Egbuha & Her Accomplices Forfeit N120m, Cars To Federal Govt

     A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of N120 million traced to a primary school teacher, Roseline Egbuha, and her accomplices, to the federal government.The court also ordered the forfeiture of cars traced to Mrs Egbuha, a teacher with Ozala Primary School, Abagana, Anambra State.Independent Corrupt Practices and
  • Three Nigerians Jailed In Ireland For Defrauding A 66-yr-old Woman Of €282,000 (Photo)

    . Three Nigerians Jailed In Ireland For Defrauding A 66-yr-old Woman Of €282,000 (Photo)

     Three Nigerians have bagged various jail terms for conning a 66-year-old woman out of her €282,000 life savings in Ireland.Omowale Owolabi, 31, Raak Sami Sadu, 32 and 33-year-old Samson Ajayi were convicted and sentenced by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday, July 28.IrishTimes reports that the trio sent around €250,000 of the victim
  • Lagos State Governor, Jide Sanwo-olu’s Aide, Omotayo Sanyaolu Dies In A Fatal Car Accident

    .. Lagos State Governor, Jide Sanwo-olu’s Aide, Omotayo Sanyaolu Dies In A Fatal Car Accident

     The Senior Special Assistant on Tertiary Education, Youths and Students Affairs to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, Omotayo Sanyaolu, has died in a ghastly car accident on Friday, July 29.Sanyaolu was driving his vehicle around Army Cantonment, Maryland, Ikeja in the early hours of Friday, when he accidentally rammed the vehicle into an
  • Ilorin Court Remands 41-Year-Old Farmer, Ibrahim Hamza For Allegedly Trading In Human Parts

    . Ilorin Court Remands 41-Year-Old Farmer, Ibrahim Hamza For Allegedly Trading In Human Parts

     A 41-year-old farmer, identified as Ibrahim Hamza, has been remanded for allegedly trading in human parts by a Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.Magistrate Afusat Alege of the Kwara State Magistrate Court ordered the remand of the suspect.Police First Information Report, FIR, alleged that Hamza engaged in selling, buying and traf
  • "I Regret Killing My Husband, I Should’ve Left Abusive Marriage" – 20-Yr-Old Wife, Caroline Barka

    . "I Regret Killing My Husband, I Should’ve Left Abusive Marriage" – 20-Yr-Old Wife, Caroline Barka

     Caroline Barka, a 20-year old housewife, who reportedly killed her own husband , has made her confession.The young woman, who was arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in Adamawa State tells that she is a victim of domestic violence and spousal deprivation which forced her into doing menial jobs for N1,000 How did you meet with
  • Man Throws His 1-yr-old Son Inside Bush During Heavy Rainfall, Says Boy Child Is Possessed

    .. Man Throws His 1-yr-old Son Inside Bush During Heavy Rainfall, Says Boy Child Is Possessed

     A one-year-old boy who suffered violent abuse in the hands of his father in Akwa Ibom State, has been rescued by an NGO in the state.Sam Itauma, Head of Child's Right And Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, July 29, said the toddler was rescued after his father threw him into the bush while claiming tha
  • Police Recover Nollywood Actress, Cynthia Okereke's Car; Actress Still Missing

    . Police Recover Nollywood Actress, Cynthia Okereke's Car; Actress Still Missing

     Officers of the NIgeria Police Force, the Enugu Police Command have revealed that they have found the car of Cynthia Okereke, the missing Nollywood actress.The Public Relations Officer in Enugu, DSP Daniel Ndukwe confirmed the development on Saturday.Ndukwe said, “the current report at our disposal dwells on a case of an abandoned and recovere
  • Liverpool v Manchester City: Community Shield Final Match,Team News,Goal Scorers and Stats

    . Liverpool v Manchester City: Community Shield Final Match,Team News,Goal Scorers and Stats

     Date: Saturday 30th July, 2022 Time : 5:00 pm Stadium   King Power Stadium Referee   Craig Pawson (England) Goal Scorer: Team News The annual English football curtain-raiser takes place at the King Power Stadium in Leicester on Saturday, as Liverpool and Manchester City lock horns for the chance to lift the Community Shield.Jurgen K
  • BREAKING: Legendry Actors Cynthia Okereke And Clemson Cornel kidnapped

    . BREAKING: Legendry Actors Cynthia Okereke And Clemson Cornel kidnapped

     Actors Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel kidnappedBoth actors are suspected to have been kidnapped after they failed to return from a movie set in Ozalla Town in Enugu state.The Actors Guild of Nigeria confirmed this development in a statement released this afternoon.View Post Below:
  • UPDATE: Rwanda Marks Independence Day, End Of Genocide Events In Abuja

    . UPDATE: Rwanda Marks Independence Day, End Of Genocide Events In Abuja

     The Rwanda High Commission in Nigeria has organised an event to mark the independent anniversary of the East African nation and the end to genocide.Although it is Rwanda’s Independence Day and a public holiday, no national celebrations are being held to mark the occasion.Instead, the Rwandan government rolls event together with Liberation Day
  • Just In: Court Sentence Hanifa's Killer To Death By Hanging

    . Just In: Court Sentence Hanifa's Killer To Death By Hanging

     The Proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Abdulmalik Tanko has been sentenced by the Kano State High Court on Thursday for the abduction and gruesome murder of a 5-year-old school girl, Hanifa Abubakar. The Presiding Judge, Justice Usman Na’abba, sentenced him to death by hanging while delivering his judgment on Thu
  • Rivers State Government Takes Over Prosecution Of Pastor Duruebube As Audio Leaks

    . Rivers State Government Takes Over Prosecution Of Pastor Duruebube As Audio Leaks

     The Rivers State Government has taken over the prosecution of Pastor Felix Okpara Duruebube. The office of the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice will henceforth handle the police charges against him. The information came within 24 hours after a conversation between Duruebube and a minor leaked; the audio is on social media. The teen tol
  • A Woman Miracle Enondan Remanded In Kirikiri Prison For N43.5M Fraud

    . A Woman Miracle Enondan Remanded In Kirikiri Prison For N43.5M Fraud

     A woman identified as Miracle Enondan has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre by a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, for theft. The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, arraigned Enondano, alongside SGMX Resources Limited, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo on an e
  • Any Plan Or Good News I Share With My Wife Ends Up Not Working Out - Man Criers For Help

    . Any Plan Or Good News I Share With My Wife Ends Up Not Working Out - Man Criers For Help

     A Nigerian man has taken to social media to seek advise because he suspects that his wife is covered in bad luck. He said that whenever he shares his plan with her that it does not turn out positively. The man also said that whenever he is expecting financial breakthrough, once he tells her about it, the money would no longer come.According to him

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