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A chilling video of a Nigerian mum, Mrs. Victoria Agori, sharing gory details of how her 21-year-old son, Daniel, was allegedly shot dead in front of her on the 11th of May, 2019, by officers of the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Alu, Rivers state, after they accused him of being …

Yinka Odumakin has died from Covid-19 related complications.   Yinka, who was the National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital isolation centre on Saturday morning, April 3.   His wife, Joe Okei-Odumakin confirmed the news of his passing. Mourning her husband, …

The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed claims by Boko Haram sect that its members brought down the missing Alpha jet on Wednesday, March 31.   The sect members today, April 2, released a video claiming responsibility for bringing down the jet. Read here.   However, in an interview with newsmen, the Director Public …

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Twitter this evening, mocked Reno Omokri over the #HarassBuhariOutOfLondon protest he staged in front of Abuja house in London today April 2.   Governor El-Rufai saw one of the viral videos of Reno at the ‘protest ground’. The caption on the video read ”Aide to …

A former Nigerian beauty queen and doctorate student has been shot dead while sitting in her car in front of her family’s home in Philadelphia.   Najeebat Sule, 24, who was known to her loved ones as Najee, was killed as she was texting a friend in her Toyota shortly …

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is not doing enough to tackle the nation’s insecurity.   Speaking on a Channels Television Programme on Wednesday March 31, Abaribe stated that no one takes President Buhari serious in handling of insecurity including the service chiefs.   Recounting …

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has alleged that some government officials give President Muhammadu Buhari wrong advice, leading to decline in assent to some bills passed by the National Assembly.   Lawan made the claim during a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Health over an Act to amend the Orthopedic …

A woman who sat for her final exams while pregnant and gave birth 3 days after her exams, has become the first person to ever graduate with a first class from the Linguistics and Communications Studies in University of Calabar (Unical)   Colette Offiong Bassey took to Instagram to share …

Former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has told his successor Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to prioritize education instead of flyovers in the state.   Commenting on Ganduje’s plan to construct a flyover with a N20bn loan at Hotoro roundabout in Kano Metropolis in an interview with BBC Hasua Service on Friday March …

A staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun State, Fisayo Oyeniyi, has committed suicide.   The Nation reports that Oyeniyi who was one of the armed guards in the institution hung himself in his residence after sending suicide text to his mother, wife and children. In the text message, Oyeniyi …