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His Royal Majesty, Omo N’oba N’edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin and one of his wives, Queen Owamagbe, have welcomed a new baby. A statement released from the office of the 67-year-old monarch, says the Queen welcomed their baby girl on October 20. Congrats to the royal duo and the Benin Traditional […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, filmmaker, producer and director, Fathia Williams has put the beef between her and another Nigerian actress, Iyabo Ojo aside to condole with the latter on her mother’s death. Actress Iyabo Ojo announced the death of her mother on Saturday, October 21, and Fathia put up a post mourning Iyabo’s mother on Sunday. Both […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Task Force on the Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has announced the sale of 44 vehicles seized from traffic offenders. Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made this known in a public notice posted on Twitter. The notice titled, ‘List Of Court-Forfeited (One-Way) Vehicles To Be Auctioned’ listed 44 […]
Continue ReadingMore than seventy prominent Yoruba elders and opinion leaders acting under the aegis of Voice of Reason (VOR), a socio-cultural group, have vowed to pull the Yoruba nation out of Nigeria if the country is not restructured before the 2023 general elections. The over seventy elders and opinion leaders made this known in an advertorial […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday ordered the remand of Senator Ali Ndume over his inability to produce former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who has jumped bail in respect of his ongoing N2bn money laundering trial. The presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang ordered that the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has sacked the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adekola Olawoye. To this end, the governor has immediately appointed a human rights lawyer, Mr. Charles Titiloye, as the new Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for the State. This was contained in a statement issued by […]
Continue ReadingTwo Nigerians, Nosayamen Iyalekhue and Esogie Osawaru have pleaded guilty for defrauding victims using various online scams during the Covid-19 pandemic. While Osawaru pleaded guilty on the 12th of November, Iyalekhue, 33, pleaded guilty to one count charge of wire fraud on Thursday. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel in Boston, Massachusetts has […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa state, Philip Tatari Shekwo, who was reported to have been kidnapped last night has been murdered. His body was found dumped few meters away from his private residence at Anguwar Bukan -Sidi in Lafia metropolis on Sunday morning. It was gathered that the gunmen armed with […]
Continue ReadingLawyer to #EndSARS, Mr Adesina Ogunlana has insisted that Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will have to appear before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the shooting which occurred at Lekki tollgate on October 20. Recalling how the Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo alleged that soldiers […]
Continue ReadingA 300 Level female Medicine and Surgery student of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria, Ms. Oghogho Christiana has been abducted by gunmen. It was gathered that the student was kidnapped along the Benin-Auchi Expressway in Edo State on Thursday, November 19, while on her way to Ekpoma from Benin City. A family member, who confirmed […]
Continue ReadingA-list Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has lost her mother. The actress took to Instagram to announce the death of her mother, Mrs. Victoria Olubunmi Fetuga, who passed away in her sleep in the early hours of today, November 21. She was 67. Just last August, the star actress shared a photo where she posed with […]
Continue ReadingThe largest entity of concentration of blacks in the world and Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria has slid into its worst economic recession in over three decades. Gross domestic product (GDP) numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday, November 21, indicates the nation recorded a contraction of 3.62 percent in the third quarter of […]
Continue ReadingChadwick Boseman’s widow, Simone Ledward, has been named as the administrator of his estate following his death in August at 43 from colon cancer. The Black Panther actor, who did not leave a will, had assets valued at $938,500 People reported, citing court docs, and Ledward has limited authority over the discretion. She is now […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) chairman and former Nigerian Senate leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba’s wife, Amaka, is dead. The former Senator’s wife died in a ghastly motor accident along the Benin – Akure Expressway. According to AIT, Ndoma-Egba’s wife was going for a function in Akure before the accident occurred. This year appears very different […]
Continue ReadingA retired Kaduna State Polytechnic lecturer, Mr. Austin Umera, yesterday shot his wife, Dr. Maurin Umera, a part-time lecturer at the Department of Languages in Kaduna State University (KASU) before committing suicide over a domestic quarrel at his residence in Kigo road, Kaduna. Austin, who lectured at the Department of Languages of the polytechnic before […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chairman of Esan Central Local Government Council of Edo State, in Edo Central Senatorial District, Prof. Waziri Edokpa. The LG boss was kidnapped on Friday, November 20, along the Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi Road and taken to an unknown destination. It was gathered that local Government council chairmen from Edo […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, has confirmed that an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) attached to him shot and killed Ifeanyi Okereke, a newspapers vendor in Abuja. Gbajabiamila, in his second statement on Friday, identified the DSS operative as Abdullahi Hassan. As he vowed to get justice for […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Panel of Inquiry which was set up to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, submitted its report to the President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, according to reports. Retired Justice Ayo Salami who chaired the Panel submitted the report to Buhari at the Presidential Villa, […]
Continue ReadingCable News Network (CNN) has reacted to the threat of sanctions from the Federal Government over its investigative report on the October 20 shooting incident at the Lekki tollgate. The international media house carried out an investigation into the incident and shared its findings on Wednesday, November 18. At a press conference in Abuja on […]
Continue ReadingVeteran singer, Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy AreaFada1 has reacted to Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed’s comment about DJ Switch’s role in the #EndSARS protest and Lekki toll gate shooting. Lai Mohammed who said DJ Switch will soon be exposed, had accused the entertainer of being one of the purveyors of fake news […]
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