Four notorious drug kingpins have been sentenced to a total of 95 years in prison by the Federal High Courts in Lagos and Yola, Adamawa State, following their conviction for trafficking cocaine and skunk worth over N4.6 billion. The convicts, including Ogbuji Christian Ifeanyi, Iloduba Augustine Chinonye, Shuaibu Nuhu Isa (a.k.a Don), and Zidon Zurga,…
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), says it has completed the latest disbursement of N8.6 billion in pension arrears as part of the N32,000 increment approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024. According to a statement released on Monday by PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications, Olugbenga Ajayi, the funds…
Popular socialite Sophia Egbueje is currently trending on social media after showing off her banging body in trending video. In the video which is now going viral online, Sophia was captured cruising at a beach with outfit displaying her curves. Recall that after failed promise from the Grammy winning singer, Burna Boy, Sophia announced the…
Controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, has stirred outrage online following her explosive reaction to the death of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari, who passed away in London at the age of 82, was eulogized by many, but Olunloyo took a drastically different tone. In a Facebook post that has gone viral, she declared that Buhari…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Monday ordered the remand of a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu gave the order after Yusuf was arraigned and took his plea. Yusuf is accused of abusing his office to confer undue…
Gunmen have reportedly killed a police officer and kidnapped a Chinese expatriate principal at Aqua Triton Company in the Ogunmakin Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this in a statement, on Saturday, in Ibadan. Ayanlade said the gunmen stormed the facility in a commando-style operation and killed…
The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over the growing threat of carbon monoxide pollution, revealing that approximately 30,000 people die annually in the state from related exposure, according to recent reports. Speaking at the 2025 Lagos Energy Summit held in Victoria Island, the state’s Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Biodun Ogunleye,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that figures released in its first-week report on continuous voter registration (CVR) are “statistically implausible”. On Monday, INEC said more than 1.3 million Nigerians completed their online voter pre-registration within just one week of opening the exercise. According to commission’s…
A survey has shown that in 2024, an estimate of N661 billion was spent by men in Lagos State to satisfy their sexual urge with the commercial sex workers, otherwise known as runs girls. According to the survey shared by an X user, Kayode MO (@kayomosebi), of the N661 billion, the sum of N329 billion…
Prosecutors in South Korea have apologized to a woman who was convicted for defending herself during a violent sexual assault more than six decades ago. Choi Mal-ja, now 78, was just 18 years old in 1964 when she bit off part of a man’s tongue as he allegedly tried to rape her. Despite being the…
