Bees kill pupil in Kano

A pupil of Yanoko Nomadic Primary school in Tofa local government area of Kano State, has reportedly been stung to death by bees. Sanusi Dawakintofa, uncle of the people identified as Ismail Hussaini, told Premium Times that his nephew could not outrun the attacking bees because he had a broken limb caused by sickle cell anaemia. Village head…

Peter Obi joins Labour party after dumping PDP

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has formally joined the Labour Party days after resigning his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party. He disclosed his latest move in a statement released on social media this evening. Read below… “I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in the mission of taking back…

INEC extends primaries’ deadline by six days

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday May 27, extended the June 3 deadline for the conduct of primary elections by political parties by 6 days. This was conveyed in a statement released by INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, after a meeting with the leadership of the 18 registered political parties…

US seizes $3million mansion belonging to ex-Gambian dictator, Yahya Jammeh; proceeds to go to victims of dictatorial rule

In a statement, the US Department of Justice announced that it had seized the $3.5 million property, which had been acquired with alleged proceeds from corruption. The six-bedroom house, located in the state of Maryland, was purchased through a trust set up by Jammeh’s wife, Zineb Jammeh, the statement said. The statement reads: “Yahya Jammeh corruptly obtained…

Man arraigned for calling businesswoman ‘prostitute, dog’

A middle-aged man was on Friday, May 27, arraigned in court and charged with insulting a businesswoman in Kenya. George Ndung’u Kagunyi is accused of calling the trader identified as Reginah Mwangi, a prostitute and a dog, at the Ngara-Equity roundabout. Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Micheni, Kagunyi pleaded not guilty to using…

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