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Enugu Air, the Enugu State-owned commercial airline, which launched operations in July, has sparked online attention after a passenger was forcibly removed from one of its flights. A video circulating on social media shows officials dragging a male passenger off the aircraft. In the footage, a voice is heard saying, “Yes, yes, go down,” suggesting […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has passed away. The immediate past Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) reportedly died at Cedarcrest Hospital in Abuja on Sunday. Arase, who was the 18th Inspector General of Police, previously served as the head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the Force’s top […]
Continue ReadingZone XI Police Headquarters in Nigeria has arrested a suspected fake lawyer identified as Emmanuel Odeh, parading himself as a qualified attorney for almost 10 years mostly in Lagos and Abuja. In a statement released on Saturday, August 30, the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ade Ogunyemi, disclosed that Odeh was arrested by operatives […]
Continue ReadingMorayo Afolabi-Brown, former ‘Your View’ host on TVC, has said her past remarks about former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, were made without knowing much about him or his record in office. In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, the veteran media personality explained that her comments on the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate at […]
Continue ReadingMorayo Afolabi-Brown, the long-standing host of the morning show on Television Continental, Your View, has bowed out of the programme after more than a decade. A video of her final appearance was shared by the broadcaster on Friday, leaving many viewers emotional as they went for tissue papers to wipe away tears. Both the live […]
Continue ReadingThe 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has lambasted the President bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government’s decision to increase the cost of Nigerian passports, expressing surprise that the government has continued to add to the burden of Nigerians. Obi observed that at N100,000 for a 32-page booklet, the international travel […]
Continue ReadingA Facebook user, Usman Muhammed is asking the public to help identify a woman who was allegedly killed by unknown assailants in Abuja, Nigeria. Muhammed, who disclose this in a Facebook post on Thursday, August 28, claimed that the woman was given a lift by some unidentified persons and subsequently killed. He urged anyone with […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced an upward review of the cost of obtaining the Nigerian Standard Passport, effective September 1, 2025. According to a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), ACI AS Akinlabi, on Thursday, the new fees will apply only to applications made within Nigeria. “The review which only affect […]
Continue ReadingNigerian bodybuilder who was jailed for harassing 15 men has been found dead at his home in Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK). Akinwale Arobieke, also known as ‘Purple Aki’, 64, was well known in his local community. He was found at his home on Devonshire Road in Toxteth in what police believe were non-suspicious circumstances. Merseyside Police said officers were […]
Continue ReadingOba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Nigeria, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. The monarch, 62, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship and resides in Medina, Ohio, was on August 26 handed 56 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigeria’s Super Eagles defender, Taribo West, on Friday, berated the Nigeria Football Federation and Lagos State Government for allegedly abandoning the family of late goalkeeper, Peter Rufai. Speaking at Rufai’s burial in a video posted by News Central on Friday, the ex-Inter Milan star expressed disappointment over what he described as the neglect of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday, August 21, deported 51 additional foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud by the Federal High Court in Lagos. The convicted foreigners were part of the 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in December 2024. The repatriated foreign […]
Continue ReadingNigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has revealed that his journey to building a multi-billion-dollar empire began without a university degree or even a completed high school education. The 62 year-old oil mogul, in his newly released memoir titled: “Making It Big,” shares how his academic struggles led him to abandon formal education and dive into the […]
Continue ReadingAnambra State Government has dismissed eight operatives of the Agunechemba Security outfit over the brutal assault and public stripping of a female corps member, Miss Jennifer Elobor. Ken Emeakayi, Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, disclosed this at the agency’s headquarters in Awka on Wednesday. He said the government acted swiftly after […]
Continue ReadingA man in Tanzania who came to the hospital complaining of pain and pus discharge from his right nipple was shocked to learn that he had been living with a large knife lodged in his chest for eight years, the country’s media reported. Doctors at the Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania recently published a most […]
Continue ReadingA video going round the net has shown the moment armed men believed to be operatives of Operation Udo Ga-Achi — also known as the Agunechemba Vigilante Group — stormed a corps members’ lodge in Anambra State and assaulted a female corps member identified as Jennifer Edema Elohor and some of her colleagues. Haven 360 […]
Continue ReadingThree political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC), the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday differed over the outcome of the by-elections held on Saturday across 16 constituencies in 12 states. While the APC captured 12 constituencies, the PDP recorded wins in Ibadan, Oyo State, and Adamawa State; […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, Olusegun Akinremi or Segun Remi, popularly known as Chief Kanran, has passed away. He died at the age of 70. Movie executive and producer Seun Oloketuyi confirmed the news in an Instagram post on Friday, stating that the actor passed away earlier in the day. He wrote: “Popular actor Segun Remi popularly […]
Continue ReadingA member of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Auyo, has claimed that lawmakers pay between N1 million and N3 million to present bills, motions, and petitions on the floor of the Green Chamber. Auyo, who represents Hadejia/Auyo/Kafin Hausa Federal Constituency of Jigawa State and a member of the All Progressives Congress, made the claim during […]
Continue ReadingLawyer and public interest advocate, Ayodele Ademiluyi, has instituted a N500 billion suit against the Federal Government, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, and several other parties at the Federal High Court in Lagos, accusing them of grossly violating the rule of law in the handling of two separate aviation incidents involving music icon, King Wasiu […]
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