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In Kenya, one Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, is facing prosecution over the death of more than 400 of his followers. Mackenzie, who is the leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult and self-proclaimed pastor, is standing trial on charges of murder and terrorism. He appeared in court in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with […]

Super Falcons defender, Ashleigh Plumptre has described her inability to play for Nigeria at the 2024 Paris Olympics as a “shame”. Ashleigh Plumptre has been a crucial member of the Super Falcons in recent years, especially at the 2023 Women’s World Cup in which she helped Nigeria to finish in the round of 16. According

The bandits who murdered Dr. Tiri Gyan David, a senior lecturer, have asked his widow to pay a ransom of ₦300 million in exchange for the release of their two abducted children. The widow’s husband, who was the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, at the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA),

The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) has attributed the latest petrol shortfall which has engendered fuel queues in Lagos State to harsh and adverse weather. This is even as the association admonished Nigerians not to engage in panic buying stockpiling purposes. MEMAN executive secretary Clement Isong gave the admonition in an interview over

There are fears that all is not well with Alexer Peres, the estranged wife of Nigerian Singer, Harrison Okiri, better known as Harrysong. NATURENEX reports that this comes after Alexer posted a picture of Sniper insecticide on her Instagram story on Monday morning. It would be recalled that Alexer and Harrysong have been at loggerheads

The Warri-Itakpe train commenced full service again on Monday following a crash last week. Naija News had reported earlier that the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), on Friday, suspended the Warri-Itakpe rail service after a train derailed on Thursday. It was gathered that the train was travelling from Itakpe in Kogi to Ujevwu in Delta when

At least eleven persons have been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern state of Delta. They were kidnapped when the gunmen invaded Egbo community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the State. Among those abducted during the incident, which happened at about 4: pm, is a chief priestess simply identified as Mrs Kuku.

Special Adviser on Media (Broadcast) to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Abdul Rasheeth has alleged that the federal government recruited some social media influencers to defend the Samoa Agreement. Rasheeth said he received numerous phone calls from some influencers who confided in him that a Northern aide to President Bola Tinubu was “distributing money and

What is the Dollar to Naira Exchange rate at the black market also known as the parallel market (Aboki fx)? See the black market Dollar to Naira exchange rate for 7th July, below. You can swap your dollar for Naira at these rates. How much is a dollar to naira today in the black market?

A former presidential media aide, Doyin Okupe, has called for a political solution to the current upheavals in Rivers State. Okupe, in an interview with newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, lamented that the current happenings in Rivers State are taking dangerous dimensions, describing the situation as a misfortune. The former Labour Party (LP) chieftain said

A suspected ritualist, Isiaka Adeniyi, was arrested by Kwara state police for attempting to slaughter teenager Akeem Nurudeen while he was hawking pepper. Akeem was lured into a room in Ifedapo Community, Oke-Foma area, Ilorin, on Tuesday under the pretext of a pepper purchase. The suspect tried to attack Akeem with a knife but was