In a move that has raised eyebrows across social media, Natasha Osawaru, the Edo lawmaker, has updated her Instagram bio to include the surname of Nigerian music legend, 2Baba. This change follows series of public events surrounding 2Baba’s personal life, which has been under controversy since his split from wife Annie, in January. The drama…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a man, Bamidele Folorunsho, to 10 years imprisonment for indecently touching a 12-year-old girl’s breast. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Mr Folorunsho after he pleaded guilty to an amended two-count charge of indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault. Mr Folorunsho was, sometime in…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has found the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, guilty of the count one of the terrorism charges against him. Justice James Omotosho gave the ruling while reading his judgement on live broadcast. The judge stated that the IPOB leader…
The fuel scarcity crisis in Nigeria has taken a tragic turn, as the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) for Akure South Local Government, Oluwatuyi Olasoji, has passed away. Olasoji collapsed while waiting to purchase fuel at a filling station in Akure, Ondo State. Local reports indicate that the incident occurred…
With a lecture spanning 31 hours, 42 minutes, and 54 seconds, a 400-level University of Ilorin Mathematics Student, Kazeem Sanusi, has set a new Guinness World Book Record for the ‘Longest Mathematics Lesson’. According to a statement by Kunle Akogun, the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, the groundbreaking event on Tuesday, which representatives of Guinness…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has clarified that all funds it receives from world football governing body FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are tied to specific projects and not given as free grants or gifts. In a statement released on Friday, the NFF said the clarification was necessary following widespread misinformation on…
The lawmaker representing Igueben Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Inegbeboh Eugene, has refuted claims that operatives of the State Police Command and other civilian security agencies were responsible for the rescue of the Onogie of Udo-Eguare kingdom in the Igueben Local Government Area, Friday Ehizojie, from kidnappers. Recall that the traditional ruler…
President Bola Tinubu has formally handed over Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, for proper initiation into the party. Governor Kefas, who revealed this on Thursday, in a meeting with APC youths and some stakeholders of the party at the T.Y. Danjuma House…
A three-year-old boy, Chibuike Uba, has died after falling into an uncovered soakaway in the Babarinsa area of Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State. The heartbreaking event happened on Wednesday when Chibuike’s mother, Utoro, visited her aunt in the community from her residence in the Epe area of the state. It was gathered that the young mother was…
Few days after nearly 100 persons lost their lives in tanker accident in Niger State, some youths trooped out to the scene of a tanker accident in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, on Wednesday. According to witnesses, the youths were scooping fuel from the faulty truck when security operatives arrived at the scene. Men of the…