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Ogun State senator-elect Buruji Kashamu, has been placed under house arrest by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) pending his appearance in court on Monday for extradition proceedings. NDLEA officials reportedly stormed his Lekki home around about 5 a.m

Libya’s court of appeal has set the final sentence date for former leader Muammar Gadaffi’s regime officials’ trial. Al-Seddig Al-Sur, the Chief of Investigations office of the Attorney General, on Thursday in Tripoli, said after hearing the defence case, the

An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death sentence for former President Mohammad Mursi and 105 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011. Mursi, sitting in a caged dock, raised his fists

…. threatens Baba Tee With Immigration in UK Some weeks back, news hit town that  Babatunde Bernard, who is also known as Baba Tee’s marriage to older lover, Yetunde ‘Bustline’ Oduwole had hit the rocks due to irreconcilable differences. It’s

For allegedly helping their father plunder Nigeria of an estimated $5 billion in the 1990s, Mohammed and Abba Abacha, and other relatives of the late dictator, Sani Abacha, have been rewarded by the Nigerian government. A secret deal between the

A radio station named Radio Biafra operating from an unknown location in Rivers State has hit the airwaves. According to Daily Post, the station can be heard on 88.0 FM dial. The station is said to have just one radio

Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi Details later…

At least five people were killed and dozens more were injured when an Amtrak train carrying 243 people derailed here on Tuesday, shutting down service in the Northeast region, the authorities said. The train was headed to New York from

The rapper has received an Honourary Doctorate degree from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Kanye West attended the commencement ceremony of 900 other students and he was decorated with his Honourary Doctorate degree. Wife Kim Kardashian was absent

As the United Kingdom elections went down, four Nigerians wrote their name in gold as they helped their parties to secure key victory. And they all did so by winning in unbelievable fashion. Chi Onwurah coasted home to victory for