A 31-year-old football player identified as Ernest Peremobowei, has died while trying to rescue victims of a boat mishap in Bebelebiri community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The deceased popularly known as Tido, was a top scorer in the just concluded Prosperity Cup, a grassroot football tournament organized by the Government of…
A Local Hunter in Adamawa State identified as Usman Alhaji Audu, has shot himself dead after his mother cautioned him against beating his 4 year old son. According to reports, late Audu’s 4-year-old son went out to play with his friends in their neighborhood in Gada Maisaje community in Gombi Local Government Area. He however did…
Operatives of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arested two women and two men wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilograms (16 tons) of illicit drugs intercepted in Lagos, Abuja and Netherlands. Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, October 23, said anti-narcotics officers who have been on the…
A 31-year-old Nigerian disc jockey, Abayomi Babatunde Ogunremi, was arrested for allegedly overstaying in India. Babatunde alias DJ Echo Buzz has been residing at Yeolewadi in Pune city, Maharashtra and worked as DJ at popular pubs. Police said on Friday, October 21, that Babatunde, who had come to India on a student visa a few…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, is set to marry his sixth wife, Temitope Adesegun, on Monday October 24, 2022. The Ooni’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, made the announcement in a Facebook post on Sunday. According to Olafare, the Ooni’s sixth wife-to-be, Adesegun, is a princess from Ijebu land. “Olori Temitope Adesegun Ogunwusi, an…
The United States embassy in Nigeria has warned Americans in Nigeria to be cautious of their movement in response to elevated risk of terror attacks in Nigeria, specifically in Abuja. In a security alert issued today October 23, the US embassy advised its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel or movement, stay alert and…
Borno State has held an Independence day parade for the first time in 12 years since the Boko Haram insurgency began. The 62nd Independence Anniversary of Nigeria on Saturday October 1, was presided over by Governor Babagana Zulum who was represented by his Deputy, Alhaji Usman Kadafur. Zulum who disclosed that the event was made possible by the return…
Kenyan police officers on October 1, arrested a 42-year-old man, Nicholas Mwiti Nthiga accused of killing 34-year-old Geofrey Muriungi Makara, in Ntabuta Village, Matakiri Location of Nkondi Ward, Tharaka Nithi county. Muriungi had picked up a quarrel with the accused over fish on September 30, 2022. It was gathered that the deceased approached Mwiti who was selling fish and…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has expressed fear of some of the issues affecting Nigerians not being resolved soon. In his speech at an event in commemoration of the 62nd independence anniversary of Nigeria at the Sharks Football Stadium in Port Harcourt, Wike said the country had continued to witness deliberate constitutional distortions, institutional…
Nigerian singer, Davido, attended church today for the first time in three years, with his girlfriend and son’s mother, Chioma. Taking to Instagram to share a photo Chioma’s hand in church, Davido wrote; “First time in church in 3 years… God is good”
