Nigeria’s most prestigious music award show, Headies has released the highly anticipated nominations list for its 17th edition. According to the list, which was made public on Wednesday, Odumodublvck, whose real name is Tochukwu Ojogwu, leads the pack with an impressive five nominations. Ayra Starr and Shallipopi trailed closely behind with three nominations each, while…
Nigerian military on Friday explained the circumstances that led to the death 10 civilians in Gidan Bisa and Gidan Ruutuwa communities of Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State from airstrikes targeted at Lakurawa terrorists. The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, through its Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba told journalists in Abuja that the Sokoto…
A Chinese investment group racing to recover up to $70 million in arbitration awards from Nigeria has concluded plans to list two residential structures it confiscated from the country for sale on global online marketplace eBay, Peoples Gazette was told by people familiar with the arrangement. Zhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd took possession of two…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State has criticized Governor Usman Ahmed Ododo for appointing 1,192 additional aides. The appointments were announced in a Monday statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Folashde Ayoade. “The aides include Yakubu Nasir Abdulhakeem, who is to serve as the Executive Secretary, Kogi State Office for…
A nine-year-old child reportedly set a three-bedroom bungalow on fire in one of the state government housing estates in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Thursday. The fire erupted at the bungalow located at No 52, Mandate 2 Housing Estate in the Ilorin West, Local Government Area of the state, was reported to have been caused…
The Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government to apologise to Yoruba nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo over the invasion of his Ibadan residence, describing the July 1, 2021, raid by a combined team of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army as unlawful and criminal. It is recalled…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Peju Ogunmola, lost Ayomikun Shina, her only son with actor Sunday Omobolanle, popularly known as Papi Lute. The death of the 24-year-old son of 56-year-old Ogunmola was said to have died after he slipped in the bathroom with no one at home to assist him. The incident was confirmed by another Nollywood…
Following an in-flight confrontation with comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, known as Mr. Jollof, social media personality Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan has issued a public apology on the incident. In an Instagram video posted on Tuesday, Otse said he takes “full responsibility” for the disruption and acknowledged that the incident which caused delays on a…
The governorship of the Labour Party (LP) in last Saturday’s governorship election, Olumide Akpata on Monday thumbed down the exercise which he said was characterized by vote-buying allegedly by the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and insisted that he had a good show and was…
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has vowed to withhold the salaries of striking workers and replace any worker who fails to report to their office within 72 hours. This comes amidst the strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The governor made the disclosure in a live broadcast from his office at the Government…
