Erekaa Naomi Dooshima, a 300-level student of Benue State University (BSU), has been found dead a few days after she was declared missing. On Tuesday, Ukan Kurugh, the Benue activist, raised the alarm over the whereabouts of the student. In a post on his verified Facebook page, Kurugh said her identity card, phone, and blood-stained…
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has activated the goals bonus in his contract after scoring his 20th goal of the season, which obligates Napoli to pay him a bonus of €130,130 (N64m). The Nigeria international scored in Napoli’s 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League round of 16 to take his tally for the…
A California man was sentenced on Wednesday to at least 60 years in prison for the 2019 killing of Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle after a chance encounter in the south Los Angeles neighborhood where the men grew up. A jury had found Eric Holder Jr, 32, guilty of first-degree murder in July 2022 for fatally…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has bemoaned the poor implementation of the naira redesign which has no doubt brought hardship to millions of Nigerians. Lawan noted that although the policy was laudable its poor implementation had beclouded the merits therein. The Senate president made this known in a statement he personally signed on Thursday where…
Gunmen on Thursday invaded and burnt the Ugwunagbo Divisional Headquarters of the Police Force of the Abia State Command. It was gathered the two police officers who were on duty at the time of the attack were overpowered by the gunmen who later set the premises ablaze. It was learnt the Divisional Police Officer (DPO),…
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced R. Kelly to 20 years in prison for child s3x crimes, after a jury found that he had produced three videos of himself s3xually abusing his 14-year-old goddaughter. In a victory for the defense, the judge ruled that all but one year of the prison sentence would be served…
Two men said to be citizens of the Republic of Benin have been arrested at Idiroko border, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. The two, Kazeem Moye (25 years) and Kokuyi Moye (20 years), were arrested by operatives of the So-Safe Corps on Monday, at about 02:45am while trying to elope with an underage…
Nigerian singer who was recently in the news after a messy fall out with his ex-actress girlfriend, Dorcas Fapson (well he could still be in the news for it, cus Dorcas brings up the matter anytime she so pleases, which in-turn immediately brings back Skibbi into negative vibes world wide), is now in the news again. Today,…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has presented cheques totalling N267 million to different artisan groups in fulfilment of the administration’s pledge to give palliatives to various vulnerable groups that have been hard hit by the naira redesign crisis and fuel scarcity. According to a statement by the chief press secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Daura, Katsina State, in preparation for the Presidential Elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023. His spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement, said the President was on Thursday received by the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari and Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ahmed Rufai…
