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Police operatives have shot dead a protester at the Circle Mall, Jakande in the Lekki area of Lagos State over the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. A police van was set ablaze by an angry mob that had stormed the mall. A video posted on Twitter and confirmed by some residents showed a body on the floor as gunshots rent ... Read More »

Nigeria on Tuesday strongly condemns the prejudice and xenophobia and reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of all violence,” the Chief Executive Officer of MTN in Nigeria, Ferdi Moolman said in a statement. “We are against all forms of bigotry and discrimination they should have no place in the society.” Many Nigerians have called for the shut down of the telecommunication company ... Read More »

A 40-year-old teacher, Emmanuel David, was on Tuesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, charged with sending nude pictures and videos to his 14-year-old student. David, whose residential address is unknown, however, pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge of sexual harassment. According to the Prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, the mathematics teacher committed the offence between Aug. 5 and Aug. ... Read More »

The Lagos State government on Tuesday presented a N10 million cheque to the relations of a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) official, Folashade Arogundade, who was killed by a truck on May 25. Presenting the cheque to the husband, Mr Tunde Babajide and her junior brother, Mr Ayokunle Arogundade, the Special Adviser to the Governor Mr Oluwatoyin Fayinka, said ... Read More »

The new 21 obas in Ibadan land appeared to have dropped their crowns in a move seen as surrendering to the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji. They appeared as part of the entourage of the monarch to the ongoing Southwest security summit at the Internatuinal Conference Centre, University of Ibadan on Monday. The joint public appearance came two ... Read More »

Instagram famed crossdresser Idris Okuneye alias Bobrisky on Saturday escaped to evade arrest following the deployment of policemen to scuttle his planned birthday celebrations. Bobrisky who turned 28 on Saturday had planned a birthday bash at the Pearls Gardens in Lekki Phase 1 on Saturday and another slated for Paradise Boat Club, Victoria Island on Sunday. But Police Commissioner Zubairu ... Read More »

Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama, Japan from August 28 – 30, 2019. As the leading champion of entrepreneurship in Africa, Mr. Elumelu will ensure that the voice of a new ... Read More »

  One of the lines of our national anthem which states “Thy neighbor of our heroes past shall never been in vain —”seems to be coming to reality as Revolution Plus under the leadership of their MD and CEO, Bamidele Onalaja has made sure the heroic of slain journalist with Channels TV, did not go in vain when his company ... Read More »

+Atiku won’t be president… *Dino Melaye will be Kogi gov. if… *Saraki remains PDP messiah… Senate president, Reps speaker, Oshiomhole to face impeachment plots… *New Owo king must pray for long life… Famous Nigerian prophet, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has urged Nigerian government to keep a close watch on the country’s borders with her neighbours ... Read More »

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Thursday refused to accede to an out-of-court settlement filed by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in the Olubadan chieftaincy case involving the controversial coronation of 21 kings by former Governor Abiola Ajimobi. Instead, the appellate court in its judgment yesterday ordered that the case to be remitted  back to the High Court ... Read More »