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In gladness and preparation for the yuletide season, it has become a devastating time for worshippers in the Gamboru Market area after a bomb explosion struck a mosque, killing and injuring others on Wednesday, December 24th. The densely populated area in Maiduguri, Borno State, was thrown into confusion as people scrambled for safety while […]
Controversies have been trailing the movie ‘A Very Dirty December,’ produced by actress Ini Edo, as the Christian Association of Nigeria condemned it as an insult to Christianity, whereas the National Film and Video Censors Board has defended her. In a post on X, the board revealed that the approval of the Nollywood film […]
The remaining students and teachers abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have regained their freedom after 100 of the students were rescued on December 8. The freed students and teachers were taken to the Government House in Minna, Niger State, where they […]
Following the allegations against the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, by billionaire entrepreneur Aliko Dangote for using millions of dollars to fund his children’s schooling abroad, Ahmed has denied a statement circulating online. A viral statement claiming that the NMDPRA boss responded to the allegations […]
Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, has been arrested by the police after he recklessly crashed his car during a live stream on Sunday. Peller was detained on Tuesday, December 16th, according to a statement by the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, following widespread condemnation of suicidal content stunts. The Force […]
The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has released details of what Ahmed Farouk, the CEO of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), spent on his children’s fees overseas after accusing him of corruption during a media briefing in Lagos. This followed the crisis that has rocked the downstream sector regarding […]
A former member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Mashood Bakare, has reacted to the viral 36-second video where suspected bandits alleged that the AK-47 and patrolling van were supplied to them by the Kwara government. Bakare, on Sunday, urged Nigerians and the federal government to investigate the allegations amidst the rising insecurity […]
Students intending to transfer to new private or government schools while in Senior Secondary 3 can no longer do so following the ban placed by the Federal Government to curb examination malpractices. The announcement was made on Sunday in a directive signed by the Federal Ministry of Education Director of Press and Public Relations, […]
A young woman has been held by members of the Gboko community in Gboko Local Government Area, Benue State, for allegedly killing her newborn. According to sources, the woman gave birth to a baby boy in the early hours of Sunday behind the Government Secondary School but killed the baby immediately after delivery. The […]
Justice Maryam Hassan of the High Court in Gwarinpa, FCT, has remanded ex-Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, in Kuje Prison on Friday. The court sent the former Anambra Governor to Kuje on Friday despite him pleading not guilty to the eight counts leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
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