Bashorun Adekunle Oladeji, also known as Omo Bao, has congratulated Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle on his appointment as a board member of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Omo Bao described Alhaji Ibikunle’s appointment as a well-deserved recognition of his dedication and endurance. In a statement, Omo Bao praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for making appointments…
Labour Party Presidential Candidate for 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has said he is committed to building a new Nigeria where political parties would be bigger than governments. Obi stated this in his remarks at the public presentation of two books entitled, The Bubbles of Nigeria’s Democracy: The Musings of a Nigerian Journalist and…
Italian referee, Fabio Maresca has been suspended from officiating UEFA Champions League (UCL) games after allegedly threatening to kill a player. Maresca also faces a potential one-month suspension from Italian Serie A refereeing duties. According to Corriere della Sera, the incident happened in the face-off between Kuwait SC and Al-Arabi when Maresca was confronted by…
Aisha Wahab, who was abducted by gunmen in Auchi, Edo State on October 18, has regained freedom after her family and supporters raised the N20 million ransom. Activist Harrison Gwamnishu launched a social media fundraiser to secure her release, leading to her return on October 24. The development has drawn relief and celebration online as…
The committee set up by the Edo government to recover government assets, says over 200 vehicles belonging to the state are missing. The chairman of the committee Kelly Okungbowa shared the information with journalists in Benin City the Edo State capital on Friday. He said three of these vehicles have been recovered less than a…
A 38-year-old man, Samaila Salisu, has denied the paternity of his estranged wife, Maryam Ibrahim’s three-month-old pregnancy. Salisu told the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State that, he had s3xual intercourse with his wife only six times since they got married. Salisu said: “I had intercourse with her only six times since we…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky. Daily Trust had reported how the crossdresser was nabbed in Lagos on Monday morning. In a statement, Public Relations Officer of Immigration, DCI Kenneth Udo, said Okuneye is a “person of interest”. He added that Bobrisky was…
Mercy Chinwo, the gospel singer, has filed a lawsuit against social media critic VeryDarkMan (VDM) for alleged defamation. Last month, in a series of Instagram posts, VDM accused Chinwo of diverting funds from shows without remitting them to her former label, owned by Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu. The social media critic also claimed that Chinwo violated contractual…
🌙 Happy Mawlid an-Nabi Date: 4th September 2025 Greetings to All Muslims on the Occasion of Mawlid an-Nabawi 2025 All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the world, who honored humanity with the birth of the Best of Creation, our Master Muhammad ﷺ, making him a mercy for all the world, a light…
Nigeria’s economy grew by 4.23 percent year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter of 2025, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The figure represents an improvement over the 3.48 percent growth recorded in the same quarter of 2024. The NBS, in its Nigerian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Report Q2 2025 released on…