Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nigerian Biafra political activist, Nnamdi Kanu, and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says reports claiming his client will be freed today is “premature” and based on “assumption”. Ejimakor said this in an interview with BBC News Pidgin published on the website ...
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Nigerians React As Man Confronts Soldier After Breaking His Windscreen
Some Nigerians have taken to social media to react after seeing a man confront a soldier for smashing his windscreen. Naija News reports that a cab driver had taken to his Instagram account to narrate how he confronted a soldier after he (the soldier) smashed his windscreen in Lagos. ...
Read More »Shocking: How Lagos hoodlums hack NURTW boss at home, shoot him dead in hospital
A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade, has been murdered by suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the state. According to Punch Metro, the assailants stabbed the 28-year-old at his house and trailed him to a hospital where he ...
Read More »FG to regulate Netflix, other streaming services: Lai Mohammed
The federal government says it is planning regulations for streaming and content providers such as Netflix, worried that they can be used to “cause chaos” and undermine Nigeria’s democratic processes. At a two-day conference, the government and industry stakeholders discussed “the implication of Nigeria censorship laws and regulatory framework ...
Read More »ABDUL SAMAD RABIU’S ASR AFRICA DONATES 2.5BILLION NAIRA TO EDO GOVT TO EQUIP STELLA OBASANJO SPECIALIST HOSPITAL
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) – brainchild of Industrialist, philanthropist and founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has provided a grant of 2.5billion Naira to the Edo State Government towards the equipping of the New Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin City currently being reconfigured, upgraded, ...
Read More »Ganduje mourns as death toll in Kano boat mishap hits 36
Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday expressed deep pains and grief over the death of 36 persons in a boat mishap in the State. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Badau village of Bagwai local government area. Seven of the victims are in an intensive care centre of Bagwai ...
Read More »Zlatan Ibile under Fire over his comment to little hawkers who begged him for money (Video)
Nigerians have dragged controversial singer, Zlatan Ibile to filth over his comment to street hawkers who approached him to beg for money. Apparently, the singer was going to a location with his car when the hawkers moved over to him to request for money. Zlatan began sharing some ...
Read More »Cardi B becomes first female rapper with two diamond-certified songs
Multiple award-winning American rapper and songwriter, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar professionally known as Cardi B, has reached yet another major milestone as her records get diamond certified. The mother of two becomes the first female rapper in history to have two Recording Industry Association of America diamond-certified songs. The RIAA ...
Read More »Lagos Attorney-General Refutes Lai Mohammed, Keyamo’s Claim On #EndSARS Panel
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, has refuted some claims made by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, and his Labour and Employment counterpart, Festus Keyamo, regarding the judicial panel constituted by the state to investigate the October 2020 #EndSARS protests. Mohammed had dismissed the ...
Read More »JUST IN: Anambra: Court dismisses suit seeking Soludo, Ibezim’s disqualification
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit that sought to disqualify the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the last governorship election in Anambra State – Charles Soludo and Onyeka Ibezim. The plaintiffs – Adindu Valentine and Egwudike Chukwuebuka ...
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