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Eight persons who were present at singer Davido’s house when his three-year-old son Ifeanyi drowned in a swimming pool have been arrested. An Instagram post by popular Nigerian blog instablog9ja on Tuesday, November 1 says David Ifanyi’s nanny, cook, and other domestic staff were picked up to assist in police …

Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Monday alleged plans by the incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to appoint his cronies as Permanent Secretaries. The allegation was contained in a statement signed by Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to Adeleke, specifically alleging that the Oyetola administration planned to appoint 15 new permanent …

Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding have affected 5 million people this year in 19 countries across West and Central Africa, according to a recent U.N. World Food Program situation report. Nigeria has recorded at least 600 deaths while authorities in neighbouring Niger say at least 192 people have died there …

The Social Democratic Party candidate for Ohaji/Egbema state constituency seat in the 2023 election, Honourable Onyiriuka Stanley, has expressed delight over the just concluded Iri Ji festival and has urged the people of Ohaji Local Government Area of Imo State, to sustain the cultural festival in the community. Onyiriuka made …

An estimated three thousand people demonstrated Saturday on the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, against UN mediation efforts between civilian and military rulers. The gathering took place in front of the headquarters of the UN mission in Sudan. The crowd chanted pro-Bashir slogans and burned photos of UN envoy …

The police in Calabar have begun a manhunt for gunmen who killed Sergeant Peter Ikwen, on Saturday morning. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo who confirmed the incident to one of our correspondents, said, “the Commissioner of Police has ordered a manhunt for the assailants who escaped with …

The police and armed forces in South Africa announced on Friday that security would be reinforced this weekend following an alert launched by the US embassy in Pretoria last Wednesday.  The alert warned of a possible attack this Saturday in a suburb north of Johannesburg. South Africa hosts four major …

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, on Friday, came down hard on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), following the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, despite three different court orders. The …

Pakistan’s spy chief and military spokesman demanded an independent investigation into the mysterious killing of journalist Arshad Sharif in Nairobi. The government will send a team of civilian investigators to Kenya. Thousands of people Thursday (Oct 27) mourned the death of an outspoken Pakistani journalist in the capital.  Arshad Sharif, 50, was …

The management of the Jabi Lake Mall in the Utako area of Abuja has shut down its operations on Thursday amid the threats to security in the Federal Capital Territory. In a post on the mall’s Instagram page @jabilakemallnigeria, the management revealed that although it wasn’t its intention to disrupt …