Italian anti-mafia police caught Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro on Monday, ending a 30-year manhunt for Italy’s most wanted fugitive. A trigger man who once reportedly boasted he could “fill a cemetery” with his victims, the 60-year-old Messina Denaro was a leading figure in Cosa Nostra, the real-life Sicilian crime …

Nollywood actress, Judy Austin has hailed her husband, Yul Edochie.Describing him as God’s favorite son and the best man alive, Judy Austin told him to keep being awesome. Sharing a video of him at APGA’s rally, she wrote;”Eze Dike 1 of Nteje!!! @yuledochieGod’s favourite son!!!The sky is just your starting …

The parish priest of St. Peter’s and Paul Catholic Church, Kafin-Koro, in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi, who was killed by bandits last Sunday, had earlier survived a bomb blast, gunshot and kidnapping.   According to the grieving parishioners, who spoke to The Nation, the late cleric …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday said it would be too risky for Nigerians to hand over their future to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, or that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, in next month’s election. …

 The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi is facing a fresh disqualification suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged possession of dual citizenship of two countries. Obi was dragged before the Court by another political party, the National …

The Nigerian music industry continues to dominate Africa as Nigerian acts swept most of the awards at the 8th All Africa Music Award, AFRIMA, which took place on Sunday, 15th January 2023, in Dakar, Senegal. Nigerian star Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, won the awards for Best …

An Investigative Police Officer, IPO, Insp Israel Ojo, on Monday, January 2023, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a Nollywood actor, Temitayo Phillips Ogunbusola, allegedly stabbed his neighbour, Oladotun Osho, to death over a N1,000 electricity bill.  The 32-year-old actor is being tried for murder which he had pleaded …

The operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, have invaded the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, taking over the office of the embattled governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele. DAILY NIGERIAN reports that there has been a running battle between the SSS and Mr Emefiele over …

Nigeria’s inflation rate eased for the first time in 11 months to 21.34 percent. The country’s inflation rate had risen for 10 consecutive months, up to November 2022, when it reached 21.47 per cent. The National Bureau of Statistics in its latest report on Monday said the country’s inflation rate …

Six Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) and former attorney general and minister of justice and defence, Adetokunbo Kayode, Oba Maduabuchi, Emeka Ozoani, M.M. Nurudeen, Abdul Mohammed, and Dr. Emeka Obegolu, said they have observed moves to disobey the court’s decisions and unlawfully interfere with the governor of Central Bank of …