A self-acclaimed entrepreneur, who once graced the cover of Forbes 30 Under 30, Obinwanne Okeke, aka Invictus Obi, faces 20 years in jail in the United States.
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Autopsy revealed Uwa was raped as a virgin, says Edo AG
The Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Yinka Omorogbe, on Friday said the slain 22-year-old student of the University of Benin, Uwa Omozuwa, was a virgin before she was raped and murdered.
Read More »Rape allegation against D’banj gets messy
With the accuser and the accused maintaining their claim over the rape allegation involving popular Afro-pop singer, Dapo Oyebanjo popularly known as D’banj and a young woman, Seyitan Babatayo
Read More »COVID-19: FCT records 105 sexual violence cases in two months, says Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday lamented that the lockdown declared to curtail the spread of COVID-19 caused what he described as a steep increase in sexual and gender-based violence.
Read More »Nigeria records 667 fresh cases of COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that the record for the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 19,147.
Read More »Let’s break Nigeria into six regions – Balarabe Musa
Former Kaduna State governor, Balarabe Musa has made case for restructuring of the country and return to regional government, as a panacea for the multifarious problems confronting Nigeria. In this interview
Read More »Insecurity: We’ll protect Ndigbo against herdsmen, bandits – South-East governors tell Igbo Union
South-East Governors, yesterday, said they were committed to the security and welfare of Ndigbo and would stop at nothing to ensure that the geopolitical zone was secured against banditry and invasion of killer herdsmen.
Read More »Oshiomhole: ‘Godfatherism’ and ‘Ghana Must Go politics’ must stop in Edo ― Oba of Benin
The traditional ruler of Edo and Edoid people, Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II has expressed his discontent with godfatherism and presentation of a consensus candidate by a faction of party chieftains to govern the people of Edo State.
Read More »IPOB: Invite us to negotiate peaceful exit of Biafra – Nnamdi Kanu tells FG
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has condemned the arrest of the convener of the Katsina protest over the unending killings of the people there, saying that more protest would be witnessed
Read More »Ajimobi getting better, health conditions improved ― Oyo APC Chairman
There was great apprehension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over the state of health of the immediate past governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
Read More »COVID-19 pandemic has reset world thinking about health – Gov. Ugwuanyi
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, in furtherance of his administration’s efforts to upgrade and rehabilitate health facilities across the state, on Friday, inspected the dilapidated facilities at the General Hospital Oji-River,
Read More »Target killings: FG unveils counter-terrorism plan, rejects UK religious freedom report
The Presidency on Friday revealed a five-point strategy through which it plans to tackle the challenges of terrorism, herdsmen’s attacks and religious conflicts, among others in the country.
Read More »From Sanwo-Olu to HoS, none is a Lagosian – Bode George, others allege
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, and two other members of the Omo Eko Pataki Forum, has alleged that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his deputy,
Read More »Crisis: Party chieftain asks court to nullify Oshiomhole’s actions as APC Chairman
A lawyer and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Charles Ude, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to declare as null and void all the decisions taken by Adams Oshiomhole as the national chairman
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