A 45 year-old truck driver, Oliver Osieme, committed suicide inside his room at Etegwe community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa yesterday June 24th. Oliver recently fell into depression after losing his job. His truck had developed a major fault which required…
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UPDATE: SUPER EAGLES CALL OFF THEIR STRIKE IN EGYPT OVER UNPAID ALLOWANCES
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have suspended their training strike over unpaid bonuses at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt following last-minute intervention by top football officials. The team finally agreed to train in Alexandria, 30 minutes after schedule, after the Nigerian…
Read MoreMY MONTHLY SALARY IS N750,000 – NEW SENATE PRESIDENT, AHMED LAWAN REVEALS
Senate president Ahmed Lawan has said his monthly salary is N750,000 and that there was nothing like jumbo salary for National Assembly members as being speculated in the media. Lawan made the disclosure, when members of the Senators’ Forum paid him…
Read MoreHEARTBREAKING PHOTO OF DEAD MIGRANT FATHER AND DAUGHTER TRYING TO GET TO THE US
A devastating photo shows the body of a father and his 23-month-old daughter lying face down in shallow water after they drowned whle trying to get into the US. The bodies of Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 23-month-old daughter…
Read MorePRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS THOMAS JOHN ACTING ALTERNATE CHAIRMAN OF NNPC GOVERNING BOARD
President Buhari has appointed Dr. Thomas M.A. John as Acting Alternate Chairman of the NNPC Governing Board. A statement signed by the Corporation’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, says Dr. John, a former Group Managing Director of the NNPC, was…
Read MoreCORRECTED: STILL IN SEARCH OF NIGERIAN WHO ORDERED SOYINKA OUT OF HIS SEAT
Wole Soyinka and the young man in face cap The young Nigerian who ordered Prof. Wole Soyinka out of his seat on a flight has not yet been identified. As it turned out the man who claimed to be the…
Read MorePHOTOS: TB JOSHUA PERFORMS MIRACLES IN NAZARETH, DRAWS HUGE CROWD
TB Joshua commands a woman who could not walk to walk Prophet T.B. Joshua, like a rock star, has drawn a record crowd of evangelical Christians from all over the world to a mass faith-healing in a stadium just outside…
Read MoreNIGERIAN MAFIA HOLDS SWAY IN ITALY
In a country that has fought for decades to weaken its homegrown mafia, a foreign crime group is gathering strength. The group’s members are Nigerian. They hold territory from the north in Turin to the south in Palermo. They smuggle…
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