Pelumi Olajengbesi, an Abuja-based lawyer, has condemned calls for President Bola Tinubu to impose emergency rule in Osun state. Ajibola Basiru, national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had urged the president to extend emergency rule to Osun, citing Ademola Adeleke, the governor’s refusal to reinstate APC-backed council chairpersons despite a court order. Basiru…
The co-CEO of Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han Jong-Hee has died of heart attack on Tuesday. He was aged 63. A spokesperson for the South Korean tech giant confirmed this. Han who oversaw Samsung’s consumer electronics and mobile devices businesses became the Chief Executive Officer of South Korea’s biggest company in 2022. He had joined the…
Businessman Obi Cubana has responded to his adopted son, Chidi’s claim of being his next of kin by sharing a photo with his biological son Alex on Instagram. Chidi had posted on TikTok with the caption, “Nothing do my shoulder, I just realise say I be next of kin”. Reacting subtly to his post, Cubana,…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that none of the 30 proposals for new states met the requirements of Section 8 of the Constitution. Kalu, in a statement issued Friday by his media office, clarified that the parliament has not taken a position on the issue. He explained that to…
Paul Okoye, popular singer and half of PSquare, aka Rudeboy, has called out his twin brother and former bandmate, Peter Okoye, aka Mr P, over an alleged song theft. Following the group’s third breakup earlier this year, Mr P recently released a song titled ‘Winning’. However, in an Instagram post, Rudeboy alleged that he wrote…
Daniel Bwala, presidential spokesperson, has said that Nigerians claiming President Bola Tinubu has no tangible achievements since assuming office are “either blind, deaf and dumb.” Mr Bwala, in an interview with TVC on Monday night, said the Tinubu-led government has increased Nigeria’s foreign reserves despite paying off a huge debt inherited from his predecessor. “Those…
A Kano Senator has revealed that he earns a cumulative sum of N21 million monthly in salary and allowances, following a recent pay increase. Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, representing Kano South senatorial district, made this disclosure in a chat with the BBC Hausa Service Wednesday morning. The Senator explained that his official salary is less…
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed that a 21-year-old man, identified as Gafar, allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old friend, Usman Tunde, to death during an argument over a woman in Ilorin. The command’s spokesperson, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said the police received a distress call around 2:30 a.m., on Wednesday and immediately dispatched officers to the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned both popular singer Hamisu Breaker, and TikTok star Abubakar Ibrahim, before the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu on charges of abuse of Naira in Kano. After the charges were read, both Hamisu Breaker and G fresh pleaded guilty. The court then…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has stated that the Commission is fighting corruption and internet crimes to protect the future of students across the country, charging them to be more committed to the fight. The EFCC boss stated this recently in Abuja when students of Britmax International…