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These are not the best of times for the family of Aliyus of FCT, Abuja, Nigeria, as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission says it will on Tuesday (today) arraign Mrs. Maimuna Aliyu, the mother of Maryam Sanda, who allegedly killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello. The police had last week arraigned the…
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for his ‘child’ President Muhammadu Buhari, it was reported. According to him, all the current government needed from Nigerians now is prayer and constructive criticisms. He spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday during the opening of the…
Tunlewa, son of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, recently wedded Nneka Nwachukwu in Atlanta, USA. Below are some of the pictures that were taken at the event: Need a blog? Need help setting it up? Let’s do the heavy lifting for you, let’s set it up for you, for FREE! Click here.
Yewande Oyediran, a former staff of the Department of Public Prosecution in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice, who was convicted of manslaughter for killing her husband Lowo, was on Monday handed a seven years jail term by Justice Muntar Abimbola of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan. Yewande, a lawyer, was accused…
Oronna Ilaro Festival is a celebration of the triumph of the Ilaro people of Ogun State. Africans are best known for festivals because of the need to celebrate after series of combative issues that have affected the society through wars, slavery, and colonialism. These festivals have distinct and undisputed historical backings, rich cultural heritage and…
Nigeria Police worst globally says report. Botswana ranked highest in Africa and 47th globally. The World Internal Security and Police Index International (WISPI) has rated the Nigeria Police Force as the worst police organisation in the world. In its 2016 report, WISPI described the NPF as the worst globally in terms of its ability to handle…
A newly established group, Oliver Circle of Nigeria has stressed for improved collaboration between government and the private sector to fast track socio-economic development of the country. The pioneer President of the group, Chief Fassy Yusuf made the call in a statement ahead of the investiture of new executive members led by Prince Rasaq Kunle…
AN 18-year-old housewife, Divine Preye Idan, has confessed to the Police in Bayelsa State how she assisted her 35-year-old husband, Idan, to rob a boutique in Biogbolo-Epie, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Divine and her husband were arrested by the police after robbing a boutique managed by Uchenna and Juliet on September 21,…
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has thanked Nigerians for their show of concern over the death of his eldest son, Jide. Thirty-seven-year-old Jide died of cardiac arrest in Lagos on Wednesday, following which condolence messages poured into the APC chieftain’s home from President Muhammadu Buhari, state governors, ministers and the generality…
The time-tested saying that hell hath no fury than a woman scorned came on full display at a customary court in Ibadan, Oyo State when an enraged housewife, Mary Gbadamosi, described her husband of twenty years as a criminal and a serial pickpocket. “My husband is a criminal, a serial pickpocket. I did not know…
