Month: May 2021

Eleven of the Islamiyya students kidnapped by unidentified men at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Sunday, May 30, have been released.   A statement released by Mary Noel-Berje, the Chief Press Secretary […]

Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have suspended Mali from their regional bloc in response to last week’s coup, the second coup in nine months by the poor Sahel country’s military.   […]

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu has said that as far as Boko Haram is concerned, Nigeria is a safer place today than it was in 2015 when they took power.   Shehu said this when asked if […]

Tennis star, Naomi Osaka fired back Sunday after she was fined $15,000 for skipping a mandatory press conference following her first-round victory at the French Open. Tournament organizers said Osaka was fined for failing to […]

The remains of Ahmed Gulak, the former presidential aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has been buried.   He was laid to rest at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on Sunday night, May 30, at about […]

Dr. Mrs Arikeade Oni-Salawu, wife of the Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leader, Mogaji Isiaka Ajibola Areokuta, has regained freedom a week after she was abducted by suspected kidnappers.   The medical doctor was kidnapped at […]

A 50-year-old police constable identified as Shakemore Muzanechita was on Saturday May 29, arraigned before Karoi magistrate Godwills Mavenge for allegedly raping a 30-year-old breastfeeding woman.   The junior Zimbabwean police officer stationed at ZRP Karoi Urban, was charged with […]

The Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has left the country on a security mission. This is according to a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Mary Noel Berje.   […]

France President, Emmanuel Macron has warned that France would withdraw troops from West African nation, Mali, following the country’s second military coup in just nine months. France has 5,100 troops in the Sahel region and […]

Some travelers have been seen in a viral video scrambling for safety, after a bandit attack on Tegina-Zugero highway in Niger state.   Horns were blaring as travelers fled from the scene. Watch the video below……..

A couple smashed through their balcony railings and fell 25ft to the pavement below while having an argument.   Footage shows Olga Volkova and Yevgeny Karlagin, both 35, struggling on the balcony of their second-floor […]

A 51-year-old popular businessman, Maduabuchi Owuamanam, has been murdered by unknown gunmen in Ibadan, Oyo State.   It was gathered that Owuamanam, the CEO of Blessed Maduabuchi Nigeria Limited, was shot and stabbed to death by the […]

China has scrapped its controversial ‘two child’ policy and will now allow couples to have three kids. According to Chinese state media, the move was approved by President Xi Jinping in order to aid the […]