The police on Friday arraigned a trader, Olalekan Oloku, at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a bag of stockfish valued at N120,000. Oloku, 32, appeared on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. He pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP Freddy Asu, told the court that the defendant committed Read More…
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2023: 14 parties to challenge APC for Lagos governorship seat
Fourteen parties will challenge the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the governorship seat of Lagos State in 2023. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos, there are 18 political parties in Nigeria. INEC published this as part of the details of candidates and political parties contesting the number one seat in the Read More…
Nigeria bags 16 gold at 11th African Armwrestling Championship
Team Nigeria has won 37 medals comprising 16 gold, 11 silver and 10 bronze medals on day one of the ongoing 11th African Armwrestling Championship ongoing in Lagos. The tournament which began on July 21 and will end on July 24, 2022, is on Day Two at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Read More…
Kidney surgery: Eedris Abdulkareem opens GoFundMe account
‘Nigeria jaga jaga’ crooner Eedris Abdulkareem, has shared his GoFundMe account with fans and well-meaning Nigerians, for his medical bill regarding kidney transplant surgery. The veteran rapper, who took to his Instagram page to give details of his GoFundMe account created to aid his medical bill, said he was only waiting for the doctors to Read More…
Ex-Nigerian footballer found dead in car
A 39-year-old former Nigerian striker, Akeem Omolade, has been found dead in his vehicle in the Italian city of Palermo.Omolade, who spent his entire career in the Southern European country, was found dead on Monday in a Peugeot car.He was found dead in his car days after complaining of pain in his legs.The Kaduna-born football Read More…
Oshoala wins record 5th CAF Player of the Year award
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has become the first player to win for the fifth time the African Player of the Year award at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards. Oshoala warded off competition from Cameroonian Ajara Nchout Njoya and Zambia’s Grace Chanda to win her fifth women’s title at the CAF Awards ceremony in Rabat, Read More…
FG’s mining ban’ll worsen insecurity, say miners
The Miners Association Nigeria has condemned the Federal Government’s plan to ban mining activities in the country, saying it would render thousands of youths jobless and further worsen the insecurity.The National Security Council on Thursday announced that it was considering the nationwide ban on motorcycles and mining activities to check crime. The meeting presided over Read More…
Peter Obi, Putin, Bianca top Google searches
The top three trending people in Nigeria in the first half of the year are Peter Obi, Vladimir Putin and Bianca Ojukwu, according to Google Nigeria. The online search engine giant disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. It translates to more than a billion Read More…
Security officials accidentally shoot pupil dead while chasing ‘Yahoo’ boy
Security operatives chasing a Yahoo boy have reportedly shot dead a pupil and injured four others in Ogun State. The deceased was identified as an SS2 student while a passerby was said to be among those injured by stray bullets fired by the security operatives. The deceased, a 17-year-old student of Unity High School, Ago Read More…
Perjury: Court permits suit seeking Tinubu’s trial
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, in a ruling that Read More…