July 2021

Naira Marley, who was arraigned sometime in 2019 on an 11-count charge of credit card fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.He pleaded not guilty… Read More »EFCC: Popular Nigerian musician Naira Marley faces court trial over ATM/internet fraud

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, arrested Naankang Dawan, his companies – Taen Nigeria Ltd and Lataen Engineering Ltd – alongside Moruf Tunji Olukanmi before Justice D. V Agishi of… Read More »EFCC: First Bank staff, petrol station Manager arrested over N900million fraud

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Fasasi family on the death of renowned singer and songwriter, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, aged 44. The President… Read More »President Muhammadu Buhari mourns renowned singer Sound Sultan

Former England striker Paul Mariner, who won the FA Cup and Uefa Cup with Ipswich Town, has died aged 68. Mariner began his league career at Plymouth Argyle and also… Read More »Former England Star Striker Is Dead

Nigerian singer, Olanrewaju Fasasi popularly known as Sound Sultan is dead. The family announced his death on Sunday saying he died after a “hard fought battle with “angioimmunoblastic t-cell lymphoma”,… Read More »Popular Nigerian musician Sound Sultan dies of rare cancer

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday ordered the military to crush bandits operating in Zamfara and Kaduna in the language they understand. The president condemned repeated bandit killings in Zamfara and… Read More »Military must crush bandits in language they understand – Buhari

The European Commission has fined Volkswagen Group and BMW $1 billion for colluding with Daimler to hold back the development of technology that could have reduced harmful emissions from their… Read More »European Commision fines Volkwagen and BMW $1Billion

Tyson Fury’s camp is jeopardising the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion’s trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder on July 24 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a report on Thursday.… Read More »COVID-19: Tyson vs Wilder Bout postponed

Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo has died of complications to after contracting COVID-19, the provincial government has announced, as South Africa’s economic hub continues to be hit by a severe third… Read More »Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo dies of Covid-19

All nine people onboard were found dead in the crash of an airplane outside Orebro, Sweden, on Thursday. “It’s a very severe accident,” Swedish police said on their website. “Everyone… Read More »Nine die as airplane crashes after takeoff in Sweden

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the demand in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, during separate meetings with the German Minister of State for Culture, Prof. Monika… Read More »Nigeria demands return of looted artefacts from Germany

Mario Balotteli has completed a switch to Turkish Super Lig side Adana Demirspor. The former Italy international had been with Serie B side Monza although departed the club at the… Read More »Mario Balotelli joins new club

Russia has recorded 24,818 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total of infections to 5,707,452 the federal response centre said on Thursday. “Over the past day,… Read More »Russia records 24,818 new covid-19 cases in one day

suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were killed by police on Wednesday night, and two others were arrested, Haiti’s police chief, Léon Charles said. Three police officers were held… Read More »4 assassins of Haiti President Moise killed, 2 arrested

founder Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in history, worth a staggering $211billion after the e-commerce company’s share price rocketed by four percent. The businessman’s net worth soared by… Read More »Jeff Bezos becomes richest man in history

Arsenal have made more changes behind the scenes, with assistant first-team coach Andreas Georgson leaving the club while Nicolas Jover arrives from Manchester City. Georgson, who joined the Gunners in… Read More »Arsenal appoints new coach

Former US president Donald Trump today announced he is filing a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google, escalating his years-long free speech battle with tech giants who he argues… Read More »Trump announces lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been assassinated in an attack on his home, according to a statement from the country’s interim prime minister, who called the killing a “hateful, inhumane… Read More »Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in his home

The Senate on Wednesday approved a total of $6.18bn (N2.3 trillion) External Loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari to fund the 2021 budget deficit. The approved foreign loan for the… Read More »Nigeria: Senate approves N2.3trillion foreign loan request

Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira has been arrested for alleged fraud, local media reported on Wednesday. According to reports, Vieira’s home, office, as well as the Novo Banco bank, were… Read More »Benfica president Vieira arrested for alleged fraud

The Minister of Justice and Solicitor-General of the Government of Alberta, Canada, Kelechi Madu, has slammed the Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami, over the re-arrest of the… Read More »Canadian Minister of Justice calls Nigerian Minister of Justice a disgrace