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  Top Yoruba traditional ruler, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has been confirmed dead. Naija News understands that the longest-reigning Alaafin died at age 83. Oba Adeyemi has served as Alaafin of Oyo for 52 years. The monarch who is said to be the third from the Alowodu ...

  The Minister of Women Affairs Dame Pauline Tallen has visited the force headquarters with the children of late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu to seek clarification on the rumored release of her husband, Peter Nwachukwu. In a statement released by Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Olujimi Oyetomi, ...

  Social Critic and Ex-Presidential media aide, Reno Omokri has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to investigate Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo if he pays for the APC Presidential nomination form. The party made headlines on Wednesday after it announced that Presidential Nomination forms will cost N100 ...

  A branch of Nigeria’s Apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is on fire.   The fire started in the early morning of Thursday, April 21, 2022, and the cause of the fire is unclear as of press time.   It gathered that the fire department has been notified. ...

A yet-to-be-identified driver has crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Jamiu Issa, to death in the Lekki-Ajah areaof the state. A statement by the spokesperson for the agency, Olumide Filade, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Wednesday. Filade said the driver was driving against traffic ...

  The Kuda Microfinance Bank has blamed one of its customers for the way he was manhandled by security officers on the bank’s premises in the Yaba area of Lagos, Nigeria. A video had surfaced online showing law enforcement officers rough handling the yet-to-be-identified customer of Kuda Bank. The video ...

A police sergeant got injured and several vehicles were burnt during an attack on Wednesday morning on Ayamelum Divisional Police Station, Anaku, in Anambra by some unknown gunmen. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the police said they repelled the attack. Anambra State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the ...

  An account with 276 videos of a female pupil at the centre of the Chrisland School sex scandal has vanished from the video-sharing app, Likee, after garnering over 10,000 followers within hours. The account which had about 4,000 followers as of Tuesday morning, grew to over 10,000 followers and ...

  A former Governor of Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun Central in the National Assembly, Ibikunle Amosun, is set to join the 2023 presidential race on May 5, 2022. Naija News learned that the former governor will formally declare his presidential bid on May 5 at an event in ...

  An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has reportedly crashed in Kaduna State on Tuesday. The trainer aircraft was said to have two pilots on board on a training session when the incident occurred. Although authorities of the NAF are yet to react to the incident, reports ...