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A lawyer and senior member in the Democratic Party (DP), is in police custody for alleged murder. Francesca Amony, a former National Secretary for the DP Women’s League handed herself in, to the Police, after she reportedly stabbed her husband, Dr. Joseph Etuk, to death. Amony, 34, who also served as the Councillor reportedly developedContinue reading “Ugandan Lawyer Stabs Husband To Death, Hands Herself Over To The Police”

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday in Abuja lamented that the commission is currently facing 600 court cases that arose over the nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections. Yakubu revealed the situation became worrisome when a political party served 70 court summons on the electoralContinue reading “2023: We Are Battling Over 600 Court Cases Over Candidates’ Nomination – INEC”

Mobile telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria has announced some customers may experience service downtime for seven hours as it plans to effect a system upgrade. The network confirmed that its over 81 million telephony subscribers and 64.06 million internet subscribers would be shut out of voice and data networks on Tuesday due to the scheduled serviceContinue reading “MTN Announces 7-hour Service Downtime For System Upgrade”

A 34-year-old man identified as Offor Uchenna has been stabbed to death by a soldier attached to a Chinese construction company in Umuahia, Abia state, ABN TV reports. ABN TV gathered that an altercation ensued between the duo at about 10am on Saturday around Umuahia railway station. The private soldier, Saeed Sabo of the 82Continue reading “Soldier Stabs 34-year-old Man To Death In Abia (Graphic Photo)”

Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue. Any name change atContinue reading “Twitter To Ban Handles That Impersonate Without Specifying “Parody””

A gang of hackers, OPERA1ER, stole at least $11m from companies in Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, 11 other African countries, and Argentina. This is according to a new report from Group-IB, a cybersecurity firm, entitled, “OPERA1ER: Playing God without permission,” in collaboration with the researchers from Orange CERT Coordination Center. The firm disclosed that digital forensicContinue reading “Hackers steal $11m from Nigeria, others”

Kenya Airways pilots extended their strike into a second day Sunday, forcing further flight cancellations as the company warned of disciplinary action against anyone participating. Thousands of passengers were stranded as a result of the strike by the Kenya Airline Pilots Association, which earlier said that no Kenya Airways flight flown by its members hadContinue reading “Passengers stranded as Kenya Airways pilots extend strike”

2 Pakistani businessmen, blind Nigerien, son arrested for cocaine, skunk trafficking 2 wanted drug kingpins nabbed as NDLEA recovers 788,400 opioid pills, 2,685.5kg others Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos with 8 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a publicContinue reading “NDLEA Arrests 2 Pakistani, Drug Kingpins Intercepts Cocaine, Skunk, Opoid Pills”

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will on Monday, November 7, set in motion the legal fireworks for the 2023 election with the inauguration of over 300 members of the election petition tribunal. The spokesperson for the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, said this in the invitation sent to journalists in Abuja onContinue reading “CJN Okays 300 Judges For Election Cases”

A domestic passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather shortly before landing in the northwestern city of Bukoba, police said, adding that rescue efforts were under way. “There was an accident involving a Precision Air plane which… crashed into water about 100 metres from the airport,” regionalContinue reading “Passenger Plane Plunges Into Lake Victoria, Tanzania, Rescue Operations Underway – Travel”

Gunmen have killed one Muhammed Oke, a leader of the vigilante group in Isaga/Ilewo-Orile in Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of Ogun State, The slain vigilante leader was killed around 8:30 a.m on Thursday, after he received a distress call. Oke was also the ward 15 chairman of African Democratic Congress, Isaga/Ilewo-Orile in the council. ConfirmingContinue reading “Gunmen kill vigilante head in Ogun”

Gunmen suspected to be affiliated with the Biafra Nation League have allegedly abducted three oil workers in the Bakassi Peninsula. It was gathered that the workers were on their way to work when the incident happened on Saturday morning. The gunmen also took away the boat conveying the workers along with their equipment. The oilContinue reading “Gunmen abduct three oil workers in Bakassi Peninsula”

THE Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, on Saturday, expressed worry over the spike in terrorism, kidnapping and insecurity, noting that President Muhammadu Buhari administration has not lived up to the expectations. Afenifere, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi, urged the Federal Government to change “its style and confront the challenges headlong.”Continue reading “Insecurity: Buhari not living up to expectations – Afenifere”

Today’s Doodle celebrates jollof rice, a quintessential West African dish simmered in reduced tomatoes, onions, peppers and regional spices. Nigeria-based guest artist Haneefah Adam created the artwork and Senegalese jazz musician, Hervé Samb, created the soundtrack. On this day each year, rice farmers plant and reap a bountiful harvest, and cooks across West Africa prepareContinue reading “Google Doodle Celebrates Jollof Rice”

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it is working closely with security agencies to trace and arrest any politician who engages in vote buying in the coming 2023 general election. The Head of Information and Communication Technology on Voters registration in Jigawa State, Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi Alawa stated this while responding to questionsContinue reading “2023: INEC Deploys Strategy To Curb Votes Buying At Voting Centers”

The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said the autopsy conducted on the corpse of Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of Davido and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, revealed that he died as a result of drowning. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a chat with our correspondent. Hundeyin said, “Autopsy hasContinue reading “Autopsy Confirms Davido’s Son, Ifeanyi, Drowned”

By Lawrence Njoku (Enugu) and Odita Sunday (Abuja) Fear of ethnic and religious prejudices, inadequate equipment to prosecute assignments and hoarding of vacancies have been blamed for the inability of the South-East geo-political zone to meet its quota in the ongoing recruitment exercise in the Nigerian Army. The Enugu State government had yesterday morning expressedContinue reading “Army Recruitment: Concerns As South East Fails To Fill Quota”

Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday protested in Aba, Abia State over the non-release of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government. The protesters vowed not to allow the 2023 election hold in the South East if their leader was not released and Biafra granted them. They urged Nigeria to forgetContinue reading “IPOB Protests Non-release Of Kanu, Threatens Election Boycott”

Pastor Enoch Adeboye has reacted to plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes in spite of devaluing value of the currency and rising inflation in the country. Adeboye who is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), one of the largest Christian groupContinue reading “Pastor Adeboye Criticises FG Over Plan To Redesign Naira”