NUJ, HURIWA, others indict govt over missing Vanguard reporter

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council and a coalition of non-governmental organisations led by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have accused the security agencies of culpability in the disappearance of Mr. Tordue Salem, a reporter with Vanguard newspapers. Chairman of the council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, and National Coordinator […]

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How Baba Ijesha ‘sexually abused me’, survivor narrates in video interview

A Lagos Special Sexual Offences Court, yesterday, played the video of the 14-year-old girl allegedly defiled by Nollywood Actor, James Olanrewaju a.k.a. Baba Ijesha. The video of the forensic interview played before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, showed the victim seated on a sofa and relating to the child expert, Mrs. Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode, how Baba Ijesha allegedly […]

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Nigerian-born prime property agent Yemi Edun makes UK Powerlist 2022

Yemi Edun is a United Kingdom-based Nigerian-born prime property agent and Managing Director and Founder of Daniel Ford International. The United Kingdom-based Nigerian-born prime property agent and Managing Director and Founder of Daniel Ford International, Yemi Edun, is again in the news for all the good reasons. The top property maestro, who recently clocked 50 […]

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Kanu’s lawyer makes demands as IPOB leader appears in court today

Following the expected arraignment in court, today, of the embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, his lead counsel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has made some demands on the Federal Government and law enforcement agencies. Ejiofor, who spoke while addressing a press conference, yesterday, in his office in Garki, Abuja, said he […]

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Arrests, police brutality headline #EndSARS memorial in Lagos, Abuja

A detachment of heavily armed policemen watch a protester at Lekki tollgate in Lagos…yesterday. Credit: Femi Adebesin-Kuti • Over 20 police stations burnt by hoodlums yet to be refurbished • FG claims Lekki killings false, ‘Phantom Massacre’ • U.S. advises protesters to engage leaders politically • No justice for victims of police brutality one year […]

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Turkey coup plotters active in Nigeria, Erdogan warns Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari (right); his Turkish counterpart, Recep Erdogan and members of his delegation during their arrival in Abuja…yesterday. Credit: Philip Ojisua • Declare bandits as terrorists, el-Rufai urges FG • Security experts urge Buhari to take FETO alert seriously • Nigeria, Turkey trade volume to expand by $5b • Sign MoU on energy, defence, […]

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Arapaja joins Oyinlola, Oladipo in PDP deputy national chairmanship race

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, has joined the race to contest for the Deputy National Chairmanship position of the party. His media aide, Ibrahim Bamitele, said in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Wednesday that his principal would contest the election at the PDP […]

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Despite knowing I was impotent my wife accepted my proposal, the Lord later healed me – MFM Pastor Olumide Oni

The Senior Regional Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, International Headquarters Annex, Wuye, Abuja, Pastor Olumide Oni, speaks about his life and journey into ministry, in this interview with Tunde Ajaja When were you called into the ministry? I lived with my grandmother, Prophetess Moyode Abake, as a child. One day, she called me […]

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#EndSARS protesters shelve planned night procession as policemen take over area

An EndSARS memorial picture Credit: Olatunji Obasa The candlelight procession billed for 6 pm in Abuja did not hold. The procession was meant to honour those who lost their lives during the #EndSARS protest that erupted in many parts of the country last year. The protesters had dispersed to reconvene in the evening for the […]

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Daughter of former envoy ‘raped, beheaded’

Policemen escort Zahir Jaffer (second left), a Pakistani-American man who went on trial accused of raping and beheading his girlfriend, the daughter of a former ambassador, after his court hearing in Islamabad on October 20, 2021. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP) A Pakistani-American man accused of raping and beheading his girlfriend, the daughter of […]

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