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Tragedy struck as a heavy-duty truck laden with sand collided with the moving vehicle of a popular radio presenter, Deborah Ohamara along the busy Airport Road in Lugbe, Abuja, claiming her life from the crash. Straightnews learnt that the Ohamara, a staffer of Naija Info FM, 95.1 Abuja, was driving from the airport axis when a vehicle hit her car from behind and she rammed into the moving truck. Another person sustained mild injuries while the truck driver survived. The incident which occurred by 3 p.m. on Monday, January 15, 2024, at around popular Aso Estate junction Lugbe, also caused…

The brutal killing of three persons by kidnappers in Abuja over delay in payment of ransom to them has caused uproar among Nigerians. Three residents of the Sagwari Estate Layout in the Dutsen-Alhaji area, Bwari of the Federal Capital Territory, including Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, a 400-level student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a 13-year-old secondary school student, Folorunsho Ariyo had been slaughtered. Kidnappers had invaded the Sagwari community on Sunday, January 7, at about 7:30 p.m, and kidnapped 11 residents, including a mother and her four children, and a receptionist and barman from a nearby hotel. A staff member of…

Nigerian Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has reminded Nigerians that they owe the fallen heroes, both serving and retired military personnel, honour and respect. Akpabio stated this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon Eseme Eyiboh that commemorated this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Abuja. He noted that the sacrifices made by members of the Armed Forces to keep Nigeria one and in peace should be acknowledged and accorded due honour and respect by every Nigerian. “Nigerians owe their fallen heroes, serving and retired military personnel absolute honour, respect and in fact, a…

A Nigerian man has lamented that ‘bad government’ made him to leave his country to another where he “eats grass like a goat” in his breakfast. A Poland-based Nigerian, Ewa Ekuma, wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, January 15 that “Bad government has made me leave my country where I enjoy fufu in the morning to run to a faraway country where I now eat grass like a goat as breakfast.” In a post seen by Straightnews, the morose man with a Rastafarian hairdo was seen with a plate containing Polish recipes: sliced hard cheese, scrambled eggs, and tomatoes garnished with…

Vinicius Junior struck a first-half hat-trick to fire Real Madrid to Spanish Super Cup glory in a thumping 4-1 win over rivals Barcelona on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Robert Lewandowski struck for Barcelona, who had defender Ronald Araujo sent off in the second half on a dismal night for the Spanish champions. Rodrygo rounded off Real Madrid’s rout as they won the competition for the 13th time, avenging last year’s final defeat by record 14-time winners Barcelona. “(Vinicius) needed two or three games to get back to his best level, and he’s back to it,” said Real Madrid coach Carlo…

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has come with debilitating shocks as underdogs are wrestling the favourites to the ground in the ongoing continental soccer fiesta. Garry Rodrigues’ stoppage time goal gave the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde all three points against the Black Stars of Ghana on Sunday in their AFCON Group B opener. The Blue Sharks had gone ahead in the first half thanks to a Jamiro Monteiro’s goal and took their lead into halftime. Alexander Djiku, however, pulled an equaliser in the 56th minute to revive hopes for the Black Stars of Ghana. Read also Win AFCON…

After  entering 100 days, Israel-Hamas war described as the longest, bloodiest, and most destructive conflict between the bitter enemies keeps raging with no sign of abating. The fighting erupted on October 7 when Hamas carried out a deadly attack in southern Israel. The attackers killed 1,200 Israelis and took about 240 individuals hostage, according to Israel — shaking the country’s sense of security to its core. Israel’s military response, with an air, ground and sea assault on Gaza, has killed more than 23,900 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza say, and has left much of the territory in ruins. In retaliation, Israel…

Disciples of Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua, of the Synagogue Church of All Nations have continued to reel out startling revelations as captured by the recent expose of BBC documentary, thus sparking a wave of controversies from the public. In a video shared by Sahara TV, Bisola, a former follower of TB Joshua, asserted that within the church, sick individuals waited until the camera crew arrived to capture and their healing process. Bisola stated her role in orchestrating miracles behind the scenes, working closely with the emergency department organizers. “I was always behind cameras, arranging miracles. When…

A policewoman, Inspector Iniobong Umoren, Thursday was ordered to pay N5 million fine to a commercial tricycle operator for unlawful arrest and seizure of his tricycle (Keke). Jeremiah Sunday Udo, the victim, claimed to have acquired the tricycle through a hire purchase deal amounting to N1.9 million. The Uyo Division of the High Court in Akwa Ibom State heard that Inspector Umoren detained the petitioner for five days without access to food and water. Justice Ntong Ntong, presiding over the case, gave the order in response to an application for the enforcement of fundamental rights brought by the applicant, Udo,…

The Supreme Court Friday pinned the disputes over the outcomes of the March 2023 governorship elections in seven states of the federation. The states are Abia, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Cross River, Lagos, Plateau, and Zamfara. The cases which started at the various election petitions tribunal in the various states gave rise to decisions which aggrieved parties had appealed against at the Court of Appeal and subsequently at the Supreme Court. How Supreme Court’s rulings state by state Abia State Justice Uwani Abba-Aji who read the lead judgement reviewed the case from the Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. Related posts Supreme…