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BREAKING: Nigerian Literary Icon, Isidore Okpewho, Dies At 74

Isidore Okpewho, one of Nigeria’s foremost scholar of oral literature, author, and humanist, has died. Professor Okpewho died at the age of 74 at a hospital in Binghamton, New York where he lived and...

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Unbelievable: 8-Year-Old Girl Arrested And Detained On Suspicion Of Lesbianism

An 8-year-old Ugandan girl has been arrested by security operatives on suspicions of lesbianism. The girl was reported and subsequently arrested and detained by the police after she was allegedly seen...

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J’odie Releases New Single, Fresh Palmwine [DOWNLOAD]

Afro pop sensation, J’odie, returns with an afro beat classic, Fresh Palmwine. The young soulful singer from Nigeria whose personality exudes African freshness and originality brings the charm in her...

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Army Scandal: How Nigerian Soldiers Sold 21 Anti-Aircraft Guns To Boko Haram

A Brigade Commander is among 16 officers and troops being court martialed for  selling arms to Boko Haram terrorists. He is facing a secret trial in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State over what happened...

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Open Letter: Boko Haram And Fulani Herdsmen As Cover For Illegal Human Organ...

In an open letter, academician, Dr. Philip C. Njemanze has exposed a plot to traffic human organs obtained illegally. The project which targets Nigeria as the market, he points out, would lead to the...

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Tragic: Newly Married Woman, 24, Dies In Lagos Building Collapse

A 24-year old woman, Faisa Mohammed, who got married two weeks ago had died in a building collapsed at the Agindigbi area of Lagos on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. According to the Lagos state emergency...

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Alleged $4.6 Million Theft: Bayelsa Gov’t Writes 3 Online Publishers, Heads...

The Bayelsa State government on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 read the ‘riot act’ to three online news websites – Naij.com, Pulse.ng, and SaharaReporters – demanding a retraction of the report that the...

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Lagos Trader Escapes Death As Muslim Mob Attacks Him Over Alleged Blasphemy

The Police department in Ketu, Lagos have averted what could have been a religious clash. According to Punch, a chemist, Emmanuel Emeka infuriated muslim youths in the Ketu area of Lagos State when he...

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Police Shoot Commercial Motorcyclist Dead ‘Over N50 Bribe’ And Flee (VIDEO)

A video has emerged showing a police officer in Ondo State who apparently shot a commercial motorcyclist allegedly over N50. An eyewitness, Nicolas Uchenna, who is an engineer, uploaded the footage on...

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Buhari Attends APC Grand Rally Ahead Of Edo Governorship Poll (PHOTOS)

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari attends Edo State APC gubernatorial grand finale campaign rally in Benin, Edo State on September 6, 2016. Running for the position of governor, is Godwin Obaseki, a...

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‘Chibok Is A Scam’: BBOG Group Meets Opposing Pro-Buhari Group At Aso Rock

The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 embarked on a protest to the presidential villa after they were twice stopped by the police. Obiageli Ezekwesili, leader of the...

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Nigerian Business Titan, Michael Ibru, Dies At 85

Olorogun Michael Ibru Olorogun Michael Ibru, the patriarch of the Ibru family and Otota of Agbarha-Otor kingdom in State, has passed away. A statement issued in Ibru family in Lagos said Olorogun...

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DHQ Warns New Militants Particularly Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has issued a statement addressing the proliferation of militant groups in the troubled oil-rich region of southern Nigeria, the Niger Delta. The military headquarters of...

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‘Don’t Make The Same Mistake Nigerians Made In Edo Elections’– Fayose Endorse...

Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State, has endorsed the People’s Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the Saturday’s governorship election. In a statement on...

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Lagos: 57-Year-Old American, Charles Carlson, Found Dead In Apparent Suicide

Charles Carlson, a 57-year-old American, has been found hanged with a rope in a hotel room in Lekki, Lagos State, police say. The American had checked into Ellyx Vile Hotel on African Line, Lekki Phase...

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Oprah Winfrey Denies Rumours She’s Getting Married

Oprah Winfrey has responded to rumours that said that she is getting married to Stedman Graham. It had been rumoured that the veteran broadcaster was getting married to Graham in grand style which...

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Obasanjo, IBB, Gowon Absent From Buhari’s Council Of State Meeting

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president, and two other former heads of state, Ibrahim Babangida and Yakubu Gowon, were absent in the second meeting of the Council of State summoned by President...

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Goodluck Jonathan Centre Of Attraction As He Attends Council Of State Meeting...

There was a mild drama on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at the Council of State meeting as photographers and cameramen ‘snubbed’ the incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari for his predecessor, Dr....

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Niger Delta: Tompolo’s Father Dies Following Military Assault At Gbaramatu

High Chief Thomas Osen Ekpemupol, the father of Government Ekpemupolo, a former militant commander in the Niger Delta, also known as Tompolo, has died following medical complications following injuries...

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Eid-el-Kabir: Nigerian Government Declares September 12 And 13 Public Holidays

The federal government of Nigeria has declared Monday and Tuesday, September 12 and September 13 as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Kabir. The minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the...

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