Gospel singer Nathaniel Bassey has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, over allegations that he fathered his colleague, Mercy Chinwo’s son. The singer, in a petition filed by his lawyers, Peter Abraham, Uche Matthew, Gbenga Agunloye, and Anthony Abia, asked the IGP to investigate...
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The arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives; Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, on Thursday, could not proceed due to inability of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to effect service of the charge on the defendants’. When the matter was called for the defendants...
Again fire has gutted the Gamboru market around the Custom area in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on March 18, 2023 and Nov. 13,2023 fire gutted the market, which is the biggest perishable goods market in Maiduguri. Confirming the incident, the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, for allegedly spraying Naira notes. The EFCC had invited the 31-year-old following a video report of spraying and flaunting wads of new...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) has decried increase in incidences of suicides in Nigeria especially amongst young persons and students in the universities and other higher institutions. A Basic Mental Health and Psychological Support (MHPSS) consultant with UNICEF, Mr Wayne Bleier, disclosed...
A worship leader, Funanani Mbedzi, has died after she was allegedly killed inside her church by her husband during the Easter celebration. According to South African police, the murder suspect entered the church in Makonde Shadani village, outside Thohoyandou, around 6 pm while the congregation was engaged in...
A 112-year-old man, recognised as Japan’s oldest male, has passed away in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported on Thursday. Gisaburo Sonobe, who died in late March, was born on Nov. 6, 1911 and became the country’s oldest man after his predecessor died in November 2022 at...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that he will surprise those who consider his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness. Governor Fubara said he had been inundated with several comments in the media about the implementation of the peace initiative,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, on Wednesday escaped an assassination attempt on him at his Abuja residence. The LP Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, who disclosed this in a statement, said Abure’s residence was also gutted by a mysterious fire in...
The Police Command in Lagos have confirmed that six additional children have been rescued from a suspected human trafficking syndicate operating from Kwara State. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Hundeyin said: “A source, whose name I...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has distributed 380 cows to All Progressive Congress (APC) leaders, stakeholders and less-privileged families in the state for the upcoming Eid-el-fitr festival. The Chairman, Sen. Yari Political Organization, Alhaji Lawal Liman, disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday. Yari is a former Zamfara...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has launched a security initiative aimed at taming the upsurge in emerging criminal activities in Lokoja, the state capital and major towns in Kogi state. According to Ismaila Isah, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, the operation...
Former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Malam Ali Chiroma, who died on Tuesday, was buried in Maiduguri on Wednesday. Chiroma died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), after a brief illness. He was aged 91. The former labour union leader, who was a member...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) , says the newly approved tariff is expected to reduce subsidiaries for the 2024 fiscal year by about N1.14 trillion. The Vice Chairman, NERC, Mr Musliu Oseni, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. ”With the newly approved tariffs, subsidies...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that at least 4.5 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, are not fully covered by essential health services. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, said this on Wednesday during an online media conference on global health issues. Ghebreyesus said...
The following are the results of Match Day 28 fixtures played on Wednesday in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL): Akwa United FC 0-1 Doma United FC Sporting Lagos FC 1-1 Lobi Stars FC Enyimba International FC 5-0 Kano Pillars FC Bayelsa United FC 1-0 Heartland FC...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Impressed by the recent appreciation of the naira over the dollar, former Governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North, Aliyu Maatakarda Wamakko has appealed to marketers to fear God and reduce prices of goods to make life bearable for Nigerians. Senator...
Four Social Democratic Party (SDP) witnesses that testified on Wednesday in the ongoing hearing of the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja gave contradictory testimonies. The witnesses gave their accounts before the three-member panel of justices led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu. The SDP and its governorship candidate,...
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Students Loan Bill into law on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students loan is part of the implementation of the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023. The Students Loan Bill seeks to provide loans for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of the former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chiroma Ali, who held various positions within the trade union hierarchy. President Tinubu also sympathised with the Chiroma family, the organised labour community, and everyone impacted by...