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“I cut up and dissolved Lumumba’s body in acid. In the middle of the African night, we started by getting drunk to have courage. We got rid of the bodies. The hardest part was cutting them into pieces with a ...

By Ademola AdegbiteThe Oyo State Government, on Monday, said it was set to celebrate the annual Yemoja Festival, scheduled to run from October 10 to October 27, 2024, at Popoyemoja in Ibadan. The State Commissioner for Ministry of Culture and Tourism, ...

There is this trending propaganda by some groups trying to twist history by asserting that Northern Emirs killed Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto. They even created a #FakeNews headline on a Newswatch front cover purporting to say that. ...

To make sense of social-media giants Meta, TikTok and YouTube recently suspending African Stream and other alternative media outlets, Breakthrough News’ Eugene Puryear (@eugenepuryear) and Rania Khalek (@raniakhalek) spoke to Nigerian investigative journalist David Hundeyin (@davidhundeyin). However, at the time ...

By Olugbenga Ige The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded 98.58 percent of the results from the Edo governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal. Results from 4455 out of the 4,519 polling units where elections were held in the state ...

The Nigeria Police Force set to implement E- Policing, the police force says they will launched the digital Central Motor Registry Information System (e-CMR), with e-CMR “no more stopping to check papers – our officers are equipped with cutting-edge tech ...

Earlier, the US and UK issued warnings about the risks of staying in Nigeria amid anti-government protests, urging their citizens to refrain from traveling to the country for the time being. 💬 “We have seen from events as they unfolded ...

A 36-year-old farmer, Sunday Ayenis, from Uba Oka in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area, was killed just days after herders compensated him for damaging his crops. Villagers alleged that the herders were responsible for the killing, saying that Ayenis was found ...

The senior lawyer disagreed with former Delta governor, James Ibori’s assertion that the apex court judgement is a setback to the principle of true federalism. This judgement is a significant step towards ensuring the financial independence of LGAs and promoting ...

1. Local government is an equal sub- national federating unit in Nigeria. 2. Nigeria now has three tiers of government namely Federal, states and local government. 3. The local governments will start controlling their finances instead of the state. 4. ...