The Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom is appealing for the public’s help in tracing 12 most wanted violent offenders, including a 25-year-old Nigerian man, Oluwamayowa Akinola. According to the police on its website, Akinola is wanted for grievous bodily harm after he failed to
Nigerians have called on the Nigerian government to close all National Identity Management Commission centres to curtail the second wave of the dreaded COVID-19. The calls were made on Monday when the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmad,
Olu of Warri, Ikenwoli Godfrey Emiko, has died of COVID-19. The monarch died on Monday morning, barely a week after his fifth coronation anniversary. He was said to have met with the late Major General John Irefin, who died earlier this month from COVID-19 complications.
A 300-level student of the Department of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Gbenga Favour Olaoye-Akanbi, has committed suicide after he was allegedly duped by a forex trader, Eseka Chuckwutem Gospel (ESG). Family sources told SaharaReporters that Olaoye-Akanbi was discovered dead on Sunday after drinking poison. The
The Presidency has called on Nigerians to be thankful that bombings no longer take place in the country daily. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ programme on Sunday monitored by Punch. Femi
The internet is a strange place and in 2020, it became a whole lot stranger — if that was even possible. A tweet emerged claiming — likely in jest — that December 21, 2020, would be the day that Black people gain superpowers. It’s now a running joke
Lawmakers struck a nearly $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus deal Sunday that includes another round of stimulus checks and badly needed jobless benefits for struggling Americans, ending a long standoff in Washington with one of the biggest rescue bills in U.S. history. After months of impasse, negotiations came down
Canada has become the latest country to halt flights from the UK following the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19, which is said by officials to spread faster than others. The new coronavirus variant, which prompted the UK government to impose a Tier 4 lockdown in
WASHINGTON — Confronted with a vast cyberattack believed to have been carried out by Russia, the Trump administration is suddenly reviving an old idea: Strip the general who leads the United States Cyber Command of his second title as the director of the National Security Agency, the
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, has urged the Nigerian government to remove the Arabic language on the Nigerian naira notes. According to the PUNCH, Agbakoba wondered why Arabic inscription is on the naira when Nigeria is not an Islamic
The Kaduna State Government has limited the service hour of churches and mosques to one hour in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the state. This was contained in a statement shared by the Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday. Kaduna State
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted many students of Islamiyya school in Mahuta town, Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Katsina Post, the Islamic students were abducted on their way home after they graced a maulud procession at Unguwar Al-Kasim, a
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong says he received with shock the death of Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Prof. Habu Galadima. Governor Lalong in a statement said the death of Prof. Galadima is a great loss to his
Singer Tems went on Twitter to call out Ugandan singer Bebe Cool over her and her Manager’s arrest in Uganda. Just in case you didn’t know about the gist, starting from the top, here’s what went down: Omah Lay, Tems and her manager Muyiwa Awomiyi got arrested by Katwe Police in Uganda
The National Identity Management Commission, the body issuing national identity number, has announced 15 locations abroad to enrol Nigerians in the diaspora. NIMC said that the firms would obtain and transmit biometric data from the countries which they operate to the commission. The commission had