Controversial Nigerian singer, Portable, is reportedly on the run as the Ogun State Government arraigned nine of his associates for assaulting officials. The singer’s proteges were arraigned on Thursday before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court. The Ogun State Police Command accused the suspects of assaulting government officials from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development….
Veteran Nollywood actor, Columbus Irisoanga, popularly known as ‘Igbudu’ is dead. Columbus Irisoanga’s death was announced by another veteran actress and politician, Hilda Dokubo, in a post on Instagram. Hilda said that Irisoanga had gone to be with the Lord. She also stated that the actor’s death is a heavy one on University of Port…
With Sean “Diddy” Combs facing trial on multiple sex trafficking and abuse charges, Kanye West is calling on President Donald Trump to intervene.The 24-time Grammy winner took to social media Thursday, urging Trump to pardon Combs before his May 5 trial. FREE PUFF,” West wrote on X, later adding, “@realDonaldTrump PLEASE FREE MY BROTHER PUFF.”…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arrested a Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kogi State, Adam Yusuf, over alleged corruption. In a statement issued on Friday, ICPC spokesperson Demola Bakare said Yusuf, who had been evading authorities, was apprehended at his residence in Gwagwalada, Abuja,…
The House of Representatives has given its backing to President Bola Tinubu’s proposal to increase the 2025 budget from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion. This move is driven by additional revenue generated by key government agencies, including N1.4 trillion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, N1.2 trillion from the Nigeria Customs Service, and N1.8 trillion…
Governor Abdullahi Sule has declared that teachers recruited through the recently exposed illegal employment exercise in the state will not be retained, citing their lack of qualifications and the flawed recruitment process.Speaking during the presentation of the investigative report on alleged illegal recruitment by the Teachers’ Service Commission, TSC, Governor Sule condemned the exercise as…
Nigeria’s immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, has reiterated that the country’s economy and security were in good shape under his administration. Buhari made the remarks on Wednesday while receiving members of the Katsina State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists at his country home in Daura, Katsina State. The former president specifically emphasized…
The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of staff at the US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID to fewer than 300 people from more than 10,000, the New York Times reported Thursday. The staff who remain include employees who specialize in health and humanitarian assistance, the Times said, citing three people with knowledge of…
Kenneth Okonkwo, former spokesperson of the Labour Party, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has itself to blame for the crisis destabilising it, saying the party leaders have become servants to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okonkwo said President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Nyesom Wike reduced the PDP’s political standing as an opposition party….
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this call on Friday while speaking during Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. She argued that only strict penalties would deter drug peddlers, especially when their actions result in the…
