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Former Nigerian Senator, Francis Arthur Nzeribe Dies At 83

-Sen. Arthur Nzeribe Former Nigerian Senator, Francis Arthur Nzeribe is dead. A source told Metropolix Online Nzeribe died at a foreign hospital following an undisclosed ailment Sunday morning and was aged 83. “He died this morning in a hospital abroad. The family will soon release a statement,” the source said. In 2017, the photograph of ageing and possibly sick Nzeribe, sitting languidly, with medics around… []

BREAKING: AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina Picks N100m APC Nomination Forms

– Akinwunmi Adesina Months after some Nigerians called for the President of the African Development Bank and former minister of Agriculture, Dr Akiwumi Adesina to vie for Nigeria’s most exalted seat. The amiable banker we gathered might have eventually given in on Saturday and obtained copies of his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to vie for the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket. This is… []

Pandemonium As Another Two-Storey Building Collapses In Lagos

Just five days after a three-storey building caved in at Ebute Metta area of Lagos, killing 10 people, another two-storey building has collapsed at Ago Palace Way area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, emergency officials report. The two-storey building located at Chris Igadi Street, off Ago Palace Way, opposite Kilimanjaro/ AP filling station, collapsed around 3.00am on Saturday. Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency… []

Dashed Hope: Tinubu Stops Sanwo-Olu Second Term Bid, Anoints Mustapha Olorunfemi

-Mustapha Olorunfemi Weeks after the news of his second term endorsement broke, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu may not be lucky to smell the seat again as Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and members of his inner political circle have told the governor to forget his second term bid as Governor of Lagos State. A Nigerian media platform, News of The People, report that the new anointed… []

Presidency 2023: Oshiomhole to declare today

-Comrade Adams Oshiomole Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole will declare for the 2023 presidency today. His media aide, Victor Oshioke, said this in a Tuesday statement. He stated that Oshiomhole would make an official declaration at 3 pm at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture in Abuja. “The formal declaration of Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole to… []

Ebute-Meta building collapse: Death toll now 8

-The Collapsed Building The death toll at the collapsed Ebute-Meta three-storey building had risen to eight. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that the eight dead persons include five males and three females. An old three-Storey building collapsed at N0 24 Ibadan Street, off Herbert Macaulay Way,… []

Nollywood Actress, Chinedu Bernard slumps in church, dies

-Late Chinedu Bernard Nollywood actress Chinedu Bernard has slumped in a church and confirmed dead in a hospital. She was reportedly confirmed dead by doctors at the East Side hospital in Enugu State. She was said to have slumped while cleaning the Chapel of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church inside Federal Housing area in Enugu State. It was learnt one of the Reverend Fathers… []

Ochnaya: Court Acquits Lecturer Of Rape, Death Of 13-Year-Old, Convicts Wife Of Negligence

-Ogbuja, late Ochanya, Victor State High Court sitting in Makurdi on Wednesday, acquitted Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, accused of raping a 13-year-old Ochanya Ogbanje. Also, the court on Thursday convicted the wife of the lecturer, Felicia Ogbuja The 13-year-old schoolgirl later died at the Federal Medical Centre in Makurdi on October 17, 2018, as a result of complications arising… []

BREAKING: Alaafin Of Oyo Dies At 83

-Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo, is dead. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo, has died at the age of 83. Details of his death are still sketchy, but Daily Trust gathered that the prominent Yoruba monarch died late Friday. His remains have reportedly been moved to Oyo town where his burial rites are currently underway. This is… []

BREAKING: Court sacks ex-Speaker Dogara from House of Reps

-Hon. Yakubu Dogara Mr Dogara, who represents Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019 has just been sacked from the House of Representatives. A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared his seat vacant not long ago. The judge, D.U. Okorowo, on Friday, ruled that Mr Dogara’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)… []

BREAKING: NAF aircraft crashes in Kaduna, many feared dead

A military aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Airforce, NAF, has crashed in Kaduna state with many officers on board reportedly killed. According to a source, it was a Super Mushak, which is trainer aircraft that crashed inside the Nigerian Airforce facility in Kaduna, while on a training mission. Just last year a military aircraft conveying the former Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10… []

Chrisland Schools Suspends 10-year-old Female Pupil After Being Raped in Dubai

-Chrisland School building Students from Chrisland High School had gone to Dubai in March to participate in the World School Games between March 10-13, 2022. There a 10-year-old female pupil whose name is not given as at the time of filling this report has been suspended for taking part in a truth-or-dare game in Dubai. The school announced the girl’s suspension in a letter to… []

N3.6bn Fraud: Court Halts Clearance Of Ex-NDDC Director, Omatsuli

-Tuoyo Omatsuli A 3-man panel of Appeallate court sitting in Lagos Division, has voided the clearance of a former Executive Director, Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli, of an alleged case of money laundering to the tune of N3.6 billion. Justice Saidu had on November 11, 2020, discharged the former NDDC Director of the alleged offence after upholding his no-case submission. “I have… []

Residents demand total cancellation of Lekki-Ikoyi toll

-Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge The recent announcement by the management of the Lekki Concession Company Limited to resume operations at the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. on April 1, 2022, before it is shifted the to Friday, April 15 has led protest by some residents of Lekki, Lagos State who called for the total cancellation of toll collection at the link bridge. Operations at the toll gate were… []

How My Stepfather Sexually Abused Me For 6 Years – Olamide’s Signee, Temmie Ovwasa Opens Up

-Temmie Ovwasa  Olamide YBNL’s signee, Temmie Ovwasa, has taken to Twitter to disclose how she was allegedly sexually abused by her stepfather from six years. According to the singer, she had always wanted to tell the story for a long time, but was waiting for her mother to die because she didn’t want her to bear the shame. She said her stepfather shared details of… []

“Leadership position is a call to serve the people”- Ekiti Central Senatorial Hopeful, Sesan Arowolo

– Chief Olusesan Arowolo The leading aspirant in Ekiti Central Senatorial District on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and Oluomo of Ijero kingdom, Chief Olusesan Arowolo in a live political program at voice 89.9 FM tagged, Setting the Agenda”, has described the challenges of Insecurity and poverty in this country as a leadership failure. According to him, insecurity in Nigeria is a… []

SERAP Orders Buhari To Withdraw Pardon For Dariye, Nyame Immediately

-President Mohammodu Buhari The state pardon granted former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame has generated controversies as the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “good offices to immediately review and withdraw the pardon granted to former governors who are serving jail terms for corruption.” Recall that the Council… []

Breaking: Veteran Highlife Musician, Orlando Julius Dies At 79

-Pa Orlando Julius Veteran Highlife musician, Orlando Julius Breaking: Veteran Highlife Musician, Orlando Julius Dies At 79Olusanya Ekemode better known as Orlando Julius, has been announced dead. This was confirmed through a Facebook post of the Managing Director of Evergreen Music, Bimbo Esho. The saxophonist, a native of Ijebu Ijesha in Osun state, it was reported had breath his last at 3am at the age… []

JUST IN: National Assembly approves N4tn for petrol subsidy

  The National Assembly has passed amendments to the 2022 Appropriation Act which raised the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by N442.72bn, from N3.557tn to N4tn. The Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, considered and adopted reports on the amendment bills at the plenary on Thursday based on the request by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The federal parliament approved a… []

Reactions As Obi Cubana Gives N2m Each 20 struggling classmates

– Obi Cubana and some of his classmates Billionaire Obi Cubana has surprised some of his classmates at Dennis Memorial Grammar School Onitsha, with a donation of N40m to be shared by 20 of the struggling mates. Obi Cubana, whose real name is Chief Obinna Iyiegbu, made the donation on Friday as he hosted his class 92 for a reunion in Abuja. He reportedly paid… []