Russia Sends Air Defence System, Soldiers To Niger Russia has sent an air defence system and 100 military trainers to Niger Republic in West Africa. Military personnel from the Russian Ministry of Defence are to install the system and train Niger’s soldiers in its use, the Nigerien state broadcaster RTN reported late on Thursday. This was preceded by a telephone conversation between the head of the military junta, Abdourahamane Tchiani, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of March. Until the military coup last July, Niger was the last democratic ally of the U.S., France and other European countries…
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Junior Pope: How Extra Power I Used Before I Entered The Bost Saved Me — Survivor One of the survivors of the tragicboat mishap, Actor T.C Okafor has recounted how he escaped death by the whiskers, saying “pouring Fanta and money into the Anam River saved his life.” In a viral video yesterday, the actor revealed that the accident was due to the inexperience of the person steering the boat. According to him, while they were all on board, only a few passengers wore life jackets. During the journey, Okafor said he poured Fanta into the river and tossed naira…
FULL LIST: 2024 Ranking Of Nigerian Universities The Times Higher Education has released the 2024 ranking of some universities in the country. Convenant University and University of Ibadan were rated best in the list. Below is the list : 1. Covenant University 2. University of Ibadan 3. Federal University of Technology, Akure 4. University of Lagos 5. Bayero University 6. University of Ilorin 7. University of Nigeria 8. Afe Babalola University 9. University of Benin 10. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta 11. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology 12. Lagos State University 13. Nnamdi Azikiwe University 14. Obafemi Awolowo University 15.…
Nigerian Doctor Caught Having S3x With Patient In Hospital Toilet A Nigerian doctor in the United Kingdom, UK, Ewere Onykpe, accused of having s3x with a patient in a hospital’s toilet cubicle, has been suspended for an additional six months. According to a report by Premium Times, Onyikpe is said to have begun a s3xual relationship with the woman while employed as a locum registrar at the Whittington Hospital, London. The online newspaper earlier reported in 2023 how the Medical Practitioners Tribunal of the General Medical Council (MPT of the GMC) – a medical regulatory body in the UK, imposed…
FG To Charge N3,000 On Average Per Toll Gate The Federal Government said N3,000 will be charged on average per toll gate when the Lagos-Calabar coastal road is completed. Nigeria’s Minister of Works Dave Umahi stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Thursday. He said, “Let me leave out the infrastructure along the corridor. Let me just concentrate on the tolls and I put 50,000 vehicles as an average passage on these toll points per day,” “I put N3,000 as an average cost. N3,000 because the cars could be like N1,500, and the big trucks could be like…
Army Invades Another Delta Community, Arrests Many, Burns House Troops of the Nigerian Army conducting a cordon-and-search operation over the March 14 killing of 17 military personnel at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday invaded another community, Olota, and allegedly whisked away no fewer than 10 persons. This came on a day Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, and retired judges ripped apart the Board of Inquiry constituted by Defence Headquarters to investigate the March 14 killing of military personnel at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government of Delta State, saying it had no powers to do…
CJTF Brutalises Nigerian Youth With Gun Barrel, Machete, Sticks For Wearing Afro Hairstyle, Forcibly Cuts His Hair And Detains Victim For Refusing To Pay For ‘Service’ A youth identified as Titus Durkwa David has narrated how he was assaulted, brutalised, humiliated, and detained by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Maiduguri, Borno State for wearing an Afro. Afro is a hairstyle popular with black people in the 1970s in which the hair is cut into a large round shape. David said he was tagged a criminal for wearing the hairstyle and brutalised by 10 members of the…
Prominent Monarch Speaks On Fathering Late Mohbad’s Son As the controversy surrounding the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, and the paternity of his son continues to escalate, the Elegushi of the IkateElegushi Kingdom, Lagos State, Oba Saheed Elegushi, has refuted rumours accusing him of being the father of the late singer’s son, Liam Aloba. The monarch, in a statement through his media consultant, Deyemi Saka, on Thursday, described the insinuations by some social media users that he could have fathered the son of the late singer as a desperate attempt to tarnish his reputation…
Enough Is Enough: Rivers Governor, Fubara Sends Strong Warning To Nyesom Wike The Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sounded a note of warning to those he claimed are disrespecting him as governor of the state. Fubara made the declaration on Thursday while speaking at the commissioning of Comprehensive Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Ndoni, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of the state, which was built and donated to the state government by former Governor, Peter Odili. He added that those disrespecting his government had dug their pit and would soon fall into it. According to Leadership, though the governor didn’t…
VIDEO: True Story Of How Boat Mishap Happened – Nollywood Actor, TC Okafor Breaks Silence Popular Nollywood Actor TC Okafor who was also in the boat accident that claimed Junior Pope has finally spoken up on what happened. He said; “When we got to the location, I bought Fanta, I had 10k with me, I sprayed it on the water and gave some to the children in the area.” Actor TC Okafor, one of the survivor of the boat accident, narrates his ordeal. In an Instagram live, the actor says “On the first day, when Junior pope came to the…