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Veteran Nollywood actor and director, Theodore Anyanji, has died. According to reports, Theodore died at a prayer healing church in Festac, Lagos State, yesterday November 23, after a prolonged battle with heart and kidney disease. His friends and colleagues in the Industry have taken to social media to mourn his death. May his soul rest in […]
Continue ReadingChairman and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema is enmeshed in more trouble as the United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia has issued a warrant of arrest against him. The U.S. Marshals Service were authorized by the warrant signed by Magistrate of the court, Justin Anand, to take Mr Onyema […]
Continue ReadingThe hope that the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), will be released from detention rises as the Appeal Court in Abuja, on Friday, November 22, vacated stringent bail conditions earlier granted to him. The court unanimously consented to Dasuki’s request for a variation in the terms attached to the bail earlier […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has warned Nigerians with dual citizenship against applying for the e-passport. Addressing Nigerians at the Nigerian High Commission in Tokyo on Friday during the roll out of the e-passport, the minister told Nigerian-Japanese who have accepted Japanese citizenship that a new visa regime that would grant them multiple entries […]
Continue ReadingThe United States Department of Justice says it has indicted Air Peace CEO, Allen Onyema, in bank fraud and money laundering. While Mr. Onyema has denied the charges, the Justice Department also states that the burden of proof belongs to the American government. See the full details of his indictment: Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has asked Nigerians to fight the Social Media Regulation Bill with all their energy, saying the bill is “redundant, stale, superfluous and a fraud.” In a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, Bishop Kukah explained that a people who suffered poor governance would use different avenues […]
Continue ReadingCourt of Appeal sitting in Kaduna State, Nigeria has upheld the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as duly elected Governor of Kano State. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate had on October 11 filed a petition at the Appeal Court against the October 2 judgement of the election petition tribunal. The election petition tribunal had […]
Continue ReadingA group which calls itself, ‘Save Nigeria Movement’, has asked senior lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, to stop intimidating security agencies. The group held a rally in Abuja on Wednesday to say ”enough is enough” to the senior advocate of Nigeria. The group led by one Solomon Semaka held up banners conveying their […]
Continue ReadingCommissioner of Police of Ekiti State, CP Asuquo Amba, stated on Friday that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had ordered a thorough investigation into Thursday’s armed robbery attack on the Oye Ekiti branch of a bank and the Oye Police Division. Amba, who said there was a close similarity between the armed robbers’ […]
Continue ReadingActivist and publisher of online medium, Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore has dragged Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) to court over his arrest and continued detention since August 3, 2019. Mr Sowore is asking the court to order the DSS to pay him N500m as general and aggravated damages for his ”detention and illegal […]
Continue ReadingPastor John Aimola who joined former People’s Democratic Party Governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in decamping to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has been confirmed dead shortly after he collapsed. The former chairmanship candidate for Owan East Local Government Area reportedly slumped at Ize-Iyamu’s residence and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the list of areas for the November 30 Kogi West senatorial rerun. INEC made this known on Friday via its verified Twitter handle @inecnigeria. The electoral umpire said it arrived at the decision after a meeting on Thursday. It said: “INEC met today 21st November 2019 and fixed […]
Continue ReadingFine girl and blogging guru, Linda Ikeji was invited to speak at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information Media Workshop that held on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. The workshop was for DAPR Officers, Commanding Officers, Defence Correspondents, and Online Publishers. The Linda Ikeji Media CEO gave a talk on the topic, “Contemporary […]
Continue ReadingIt was a terrible moment in Oye-Ekiti on Thursday as armed robbers stormed a branch of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) in the town and left two persons dead. Sources said the victims were a young girl of about five years old and a man suspected to be the police officer attached to the […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh’s ex husband, Olakunle Churchill, joined former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in an early morning workout which was a long walk beginning from his residence in Abeokuta as part of the annual Presidential Youth Mentorship Retreat 2019. The Theme for this year’s event is: “Seizing The Moment As Youths.” Below are […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Kano state, Nigeria, on Thursday, November 21, nullified the appointment and creation of four additional Emirates by Kano state government. Justice Usman Na’abba, who is the presiding judge, ruled that due process was not followed in the creation of the Emirates. In May 2019, Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had assented […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N280.5million “warehoused” in the bank accounts of Invictus Oil and Gas Limited and Invictus Investment Limited alleged to have been owned by Obinwanne Okeke “a strong leader of a cybercrime syndicate specialized in business email compromise.” Justice Rilwan Aikawa […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star singer, 2Face (@official2baba) has expressed disappointment with the way the country Nigeria is being governed by its leaders. The singer who described the Nigerian system as a joke, added that the country has been hijacked by criminals. 2Face however expressed hope that the younger generation might steer the country towards a positive path. […]
Continue ReadingManagement of Babcock University has, by a statement, confirmed that the two students involved in the leaked sex tape which went viral on social media have been expelled from the institution. In the statement released by the institution’s Director of Communication and Marketing, Joshua Suleiman, it was learnt that the male student had been expelled […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, November 20, the Akerele shopping Mall in Surulere, Lagos State went up in flames. This is the latest in a series of markets that have been gutted by fire in the past months including the Balogun Market fire, Keffi Market fire, and others. Its however not clear how much damage has been done […]
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