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Following two contradictory high court rulings over leadership of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria, the Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the party have been at loggerheads over who is the recognised National Chairman of the Party. The power tussle snowballed into holding factional primaries to produce candidates who will participate in the […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, Obinna Nwafor popularly known as Saint Obi has passed away. He died at the age of 57 after a prolonged illness. The iconic actor reportedly passed away on Monday May 7, following months of visits to the hospital for treatment of an undisclosed ailment. Saint Obi was said to be staying in […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Rivers State Police Command have rescued a 12-year-old girl, Franklyn Chioma Blessing, who was declared missing in Port Harcourt. Chioma was rescued from a forest in Igbo-Kingdom, Etche Local Government Area of the state. Reports have it that the girl left her house on Thursday, May 11, 2023, for school but never […]
Continue ReadingDirector Media and Publicity of the presidential campaign council of Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayo Onanuga, has reacted to the news that the so called acting chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, has asked lawyers to brief him on all pending petitions of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi […]
Continue ReadingNigerian rapper, songwriter, actor and activist, Folarin Falana, known by his stage name Falz, recently underwent knee surgery in the United Kingdom (UK). Falz disclosed this in a video he posted on his Instagram page on Wednesday evening May 10. According to him, he sustained an injury on his knee while playing football in November […]
Continue ReadingAbout 17 days to the scheduled swearing in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, five residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria, have approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for an order to halt the ceremony. The five plaintiffs behind the suit, who identified themselves as “registered voters of the […]
Continue ReadingOwner of Twitter, Elon Musk on Friday unveiled Linda Yaccarino as the new head of the organisation, the social media app he purchased from the founders in April 2022. Sequel to a series of live trials and errors on the app, Elon Musk on Thursday hinted that he had hired a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) […]
Continue ReadingPassers-by and residents around Isheri, Olowora Road, Ojodu Berger area in Lagos woke up on Thursday to behold a strange scene in that neighbourhood. The corpse of a yet-to-be-identified man was said to have been found in a car in the neighbourhood. One eyewitness, who spoke with Punch on the condition of anonymity for fear […]
Continue ReadingEze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos, Nigeria, Frederick Nwajagu, has been arraigned in the high court by the Lagos state government for alleged acts of terrorism. Nwajagu was arrested on April 1 following a viral video in which he threatened to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra to Lagos to secure properties […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator who represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, comrade Shehu Sani has taken to his Twitter handle to advise the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi to stop apologising for whatever his followers, the OBIdients say or do in reaction to any of the Nigerian public figures’ actions. […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, have filed an application asking that proceedings at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal be televised live. This is coming a few days after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar had applied for the same. Addressing reporters after the court proceedings […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actor, Yomi Fabiyi, has called for the immediate arrest comedian, Damilola Adekoya aka Princess. Yomi made the call in a letter addressed to Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Recall that Princess made news in 2021 when she alleged that her colleague, Olanrewaju James aka Baba Ijesha, defiled her 14-year-old foster daughter. Baba Ijesha was […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting at Abuja, Nigeria, has barred the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines on Nigerian broadcast stations. Presiding Judge, James Omotosho, in a ruling on Wednesday, said the NBC lacked the judicial powers to impose penalties. The Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda (MRA) had, in an originating motions marked: […]
Continue ReadingThe Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has on Wednesday dismissed the petition of the Action People’s Party (APP) challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election and subsequent declaration as the ‘president-elect’. The dismissal of the petition followed an application by the party to withdraw its petition challenging the […]
Continue ReadingTwo weeks after he returned to the country from a trip to France and London, Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, left Nigeria for Europe again, purportedly on a working visit. This was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman. The statement read: “Already, meetings with multi-sectoral actors in Europe’s business […]
Continue ReadingThe Southwest zonal Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Vice Chairman, Mr. Olasoji Adagunodo is dead. He died on Tuesday evening at the age of 62. Close sources to Adagunodo, revealed that the politician travelled to the United States (US) shortly after the general elections for a routine medical checkup but he did not come back. […]
Continue ReadingA 23-year-old female assistant pastor, on Tuesday told the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court that Bishop Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, allegedly raped her twice. Bishop Daniel is standing trial on an amended three-count charge bordering on rape and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. The assistant pastor (name withheld) testified for the prosecution […]
Continue ReadingBillionaire Nigerian businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola has accused the chairman of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp), Mr. Tony Elumelu, of backstabbing him repeatedly at his most vulnerable moments in business. This came to light on Tuesday in a statement he issued to TheCable, weeks after the businessman acquired stakes in Transcorp and sold the shares. Otedola […]
Continue ReadingIn its verdict on Tuesday, Supreme Court of Nigeria has declared Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun State. Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared that Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 403,371 votes, to defeat then-incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who got 375,027 votes. But […]
Continue Reading35-year-old pregnant South African woman who was shot dead by her ex-husband has been identified as Ntombizodwa Khumalo. Women For Change, an NPO advocating for the protection of the constitutional rights of women in South Africa, posted her photo on Monday, May 8, 2023. She was killed by Jonnas Tebogo Mpete, 39, a police officer […]
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