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Iconic and one of the best-loved female rock American singers, songwriter, dancer, actress, and author, Tina Turner, has passed away. She died at her home in Switzerland on Wednesday May 24, 2023, at the age of 83, after battling a protracted illness. In 2019, the naturalized Swiss singer, revealed in an upcoming autobiography that she […]
Continue ReadingA Yaba Magistrate Court presided over by Mrs. Adeola Olatunbosun has on Wednesday ruled that the police cannot be the complainant and also the prosecutor at the same time. Magistrate Olatunbosun stated this on Wednesday morning, as she sat in her filled-to-capacity court where the Police prosecuting team demanded to arraign and prosecute the embattled […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has emerged as the new Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). This is contained in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye Wednesday morning to journalists in Ilorin. AbdulRazaq, among others pledged to uphold the ideals and vision of the NGF as a most credible, […]
Continue ReadingCivil Society Organisations (CSO) in Nigeria in conjunction with Network Against Corruption And Trafficking (NACAT) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate Senator Godswill Akpabio over allegations of financial misconduct. The group held a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja where they called for an investigation into Senator Godswill Akpabio’s alleged […]
Continue ReadingAfrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has on Tuesday night, been released from police custody after meeting his bail conditions. Seun was detained by the police for allegedly assaulting a police officer some days ago on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Recall that Kuti’s lawyers in a statement had earlier said that he would be released on bail […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, Prince Adewale Adeyemo has passed away. He died on Monday morning after a brief illness. The news was announced by fellow actor, Kunle Afod, on his Instagram page. Sharing a picture of the deceased, Afod wrote: “Hmmmm God you know best RIP Prince Adewale Adeyemo. “He passed on early hours of today […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Tuesday gave the pre-hearing report and also presented the trial schedule on the ongoing petition challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Chairman of the five-man panel of the court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, read the pre-hearing report, which included the declaration of the court’s decision to consolidate […]
Continue ReadingManagement of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria, has dismissed 13 academic and non-academic staff members for offences ranging from falsified age, fraud and gross misconduct to extortion and sexual harassment. Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Asomwan Adagbonyin, said the decision was based on the recommendations of the University Staff Disciplinary Committee which […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has commissioned Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, which is expected to enable Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in refined products and even have surplus for export. Speaking at the occasion attended by Heads of State from Ghana, Togo, Niger, Senegal and a representative of the President of Chad on Monday, Buhari […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Monday dismissed the application seeking to allow the day-to-day telecast of the ongoing election petitions proceedings. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the request which was made by the aggrieved parties and candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party as lacking in […]
Continue ReadingAfrican Men Entertainment Kings (AFRIMEK), has suspended popular Nollywood Yoruba actor, Olamilekan Shoneye, better known as Show, for physically assaulting his junior colleague, Temidayo Morakinyo. This is coming hours after the actress took to social media to call out the actor for physically assaulting her on a movie set. In a series of posts on […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president Buhari has approved the appointment of Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein as the substantive Accountant General of the Federation (AGF). The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan who announced the appointment said that the new appointment took effect immediately. “The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop Emeritus of Abuja Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has on Sunday, joined in the call for live broadcast of the presidential election petition proceedings, saying it should not be “like a secret meeting”, because the voters needed to follow up on how their votes were being defended. Onaiyekan, in an interview with journalists after […]
Continue ReadingFounder of Omega Fire Ministries International (OFM), Apostle Johnson Suleman, has challenged Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, to subject her allegation against him to trial in court. The clergyman, who spoke through his lawyer, Dr. Abdul Mahmud, said the actress should subject the purported claims against him to judicial scrutiny by filing a defence to a […]
Continue ReadingFriends of a Nigerian man identified as Okpani Ugochukwu, have taken to social media to mourn him after he died today May 19, hours before his flight to the UK for his Master’s degree. According to his friends, late Okpani Ugochukwu secured a scholarship for a Masters program in a UK University and was to […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting in Abuja, has disclosed plans to merge the three separate petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election by virtue of paragraph 50 of the First Schedule of the Electoral Act to merge all the petitions and decide them together. This view was supported by […]
Continue ReadingFounder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Olori Omoba of Ijebuland, Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun, is dead. Balogun died in London on Friday morning at the age of 89. His death has been confirmed by media personality, Dele Momodu, who wrote on his Instagram page: “Diamonds are forever OVATION INTERNATIONAL magazine (since 1996)… Good […]
Continue ReadingJustice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of Julius Abure, Chairman of the Labour Party and others. Others are the National Organizing Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, from parading themselves as LP national officials. The plaintiffs in the […]
Continue ReadingJustice M.N Yunusa of a Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti alongside the candidatures of all those who contested the 2023 general elections under the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and Kano States Guardian reports that the Court gave the ruling in […]
Continue ReadingIn a series of tweets, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has faulted the call made by the US Secretary of the State, Antony J. Blinken, to President-elect, Bola Tinubu, adding that he ought to let the court decide the legitimate president of Nigeria. Obi said: […]
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