Author: Kunle Adeleye
Family of slain taxi driver demands N100m compensation from police in Rivers
The family of a 31-year-old taxi driver who was allegedly killed by a policeman in Rivers State over two years ago on Monday demanded an ... Read More
Ortom begs Buhari to sustain ban on rice importation
The Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sustain the ban on rice importation in the country. The governor ... Read More
Ex-South Korean President, Chun Doo Hwan convicted of defamation
Former South Korean President, Chun Doo Hwan, on Monday, received a suspended sentence of several months for defamation. The 89-year-old former dictator was charged in ... Read More
Ali Ndume: The crocodile tears of a confused nation
So, our master just got bail. He was remanded for standing surety for a man who had been accused of stealing our future. Here was ... Read More
Biden fractures leg while playing with dog
The President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden has fractured a foot while playing with his dog, and will likely have to wear a medical ... Read More
I changed naira to dollars today and I almost cried – Davido
Nigerian superstar singer, Davido, is currently upset with the high dollar rate in Nigeria. The Fem singer took to his Twitter account to lament saying that he almost cried when he changed dollars ... Read More
Malawi farmers protest cannabis license fees
Malawi’s new Cannabis Regulatory Authority this week said the country is ready to become the latest in Africa to produce the plant for medicinal and ... Read More
Nigerian Adewale Adeyemo set to be Deputy Treasury Secretary in US
Nigerian-born attorney Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo is set to be announce as deputy Treasury secretary by US President-Elect, Joe Biden. Adeyemo was born in Nigeria raised in California where he ... Read More
Insecurity: Tucano fighter jets to arrive Nigeria soon – NAF
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has flayed reports in some sections of the media that the subsisting contractual agreement between the Nigerian Government and the United States of America ... Read More
UI Senate elects Ekanola acting VC
The Senate of the University of Ibadan has elected Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university. Ekanola, who is the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics was ... Read More
66 Nigerians jailed in Bangladesh for fraud
Sixty-six Nigerians are spending various terms in prisons in Bangladsh for fraud and other crimes, a report by the country’s top newspaper, Dhaka Tribune said. The Nigerians ... Read More
No federal lawmaker earns up to 10m – Rep
A member of the House of Representatives, Olaifa Jimoh, has dispelled insinuation that federal lawmakers earn jumbo pay, insisting that no lawmaker earns up to N10 million. Jimoh, ... Read More
Borno Massacre: Defence Headquarters dismisses UN’s Report – Insists only 43 slaughtered
Defence Headquarters, on Monday, denied the report released by the United Nations that no fewer than 110 civilians were slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists during ... Read More
FG’s delegation visit Borno over killing of farmers
A federal government delegation led by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State by mid-day on Monday on a condolence visit over the killing of farmers at the weekend by terrorists. ... Read More
Arrest for Ransom: How police are extorting fulani villagers in Kano
The police have been accused of illegal arrest and extortion of innocent citizens, mostly nomadic Fulani in Kano state. Some of the victims who spoke ... Read More
N554m Grass-Cutting Scandal: EFCC re-arraigns ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, re-arraigned a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, before an Abuja High Court at Maitama, over ... Read More
Slaughtered Borno farmers did not get clearance to farm – Garba Shehu
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said the 43 farmers slaughtered by Boko Haram in Zabarmari, ... Read More
Buhari taking Nigeria to the promised land – Tunde Odesola
In case you’re not Daniel, and you wish to come out of the lions’ den unhurt, employ satire. Satire is the whispering roar of the ... Read More
Convict accused of hatching attack on Kenyan University commits suicide in Jail
Prison authorities in Kenya have confirmed that a Tanzanian man convicted of involvement in the 2015 attack on a Kenyan university that left 148 people ... Read More
Biden names all-female senior White House communications team
The President-elect of the United States of America, Joe Biden has selected an all-female senior White House communications team in what his office called a ... Read More