Joseph Aloba, father of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has once again opened up on the events surrounding his sonās troubled career and untimely death. Speaking to Sunday Scoop, Aloba maintained that Mohbad endured bullying while alive despite Naira Marley, his former record label bossā recent account of events. In a video…
A coalition of academics, students, alumni, and concerned citizens has issued a strong protest urging the National Universities Commission, NUC, to take immediate regulatory action against social media comedians and content creators who misappropriate the term āuniversity.ā In a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary and Board of the NUC, the coalition decried the rise…
Popular Nigerian cleric, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has said that oral sex by a couple, a man and his wife, is not a sin. Suleman said this when his church, Omega Fire Ministries International, headquartered in Edo State, hosted a question and answer session. The video clip in which the general overseer (GO) of the church…
A 16-year-old student, Miss Praise Malachi, has drowned in Zaria, Kaduna State, while hurrying to check her Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE) result. Praise, a final-year student of Government Day Secondary School, Samaru, was reportedly excited after hearing from her friends that she had passed with excellent grades. Her father, Emmanuel Malachi, narrated the heartbreaking…
Tension gripped residents of Warri, Delta State on Saturday afternoon as Itsekiri and Agbarha-Warri (Urhobo) youths engaged in a violent clash over renewed territorial claims. Eye witness accounts revealed that trouble started around noon in Warri South Local Government Area, following a disputed celebratory procession by some Itsekiri youths who were reportedly commemorating the fourth…
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has alleged that a trusted associate betrayed him during the July 2021 invasion of his Ibadan residence by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Igboho spoke during a visit to the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III, in Ondo State, at…
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Saturday granted forgiveness to Yoruba self-determination activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, during a widely attended reconciliation visit at the Ile Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife. The historic gathering, which drew prominent Yoruba monarchs, traditional chiefs, and a massive crowd of supporters, marked a turning…
Nenadi Usman, acting chairperson of a faction of the Labour Party (LP), says the party will approach the 2027 elections with a different strategy. Speaking in an interview with DW Africa while reflecting on the partyās performance in the 2023 general election, Usman said the Labour Party now has a structure in place that will…
The spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, has stated that police officers have the right to search peopleās pockets and bags without a warrant if there is reasonable suspicion. Edafe stated this in a post on X on Saturday, while sharing the arrest of a suspected thief caught with a firearm….
The Lagos State Police Command has dissolved one of its tactical squads following a public outcry over a video showing its officers assaulting a motorist. The video, which circulated on X, showed the officers’ misconduct during a stop-and-search operation. The footage, posted by a user named Somto under the handle #General_Somto, captured a heated confrontation….