Category: News
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Veteran Nollywood Actor is Dead
Veteran Yoruba Nollywood actor, Adedigba Mukail, popularly known as Alafin Oro, is dead. According to Afod, Alafin Oro died in the early hours of today. Sharing the deceased photos, Kunle Afod wrote: “Another library is burnt down today. A great philosopherAn icon with so much Yoruba knowledge. “A lover of God @alafinoro1. You departed this…
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Kwara Medical Doctor Accused of Raping Patient Speaks up
The Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr Ayodele Joseph, has said the female nurse he was accused of sedating and raping is his girlfriend. Ayodele was reportedly performing an operation on the nurse in his hospital when the incident occurred. The doctor allegedly sedated the patient, who is a professional nurse…
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NASS leadership: 2 govs, House principal officer fingered in zoning list mess
Saturday Sun Newspaper Ahead of next month’s inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, there are indications that two governors and a sitting principal officer deliberately arm-twisted the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone and micro-zone leadership positions in the Senate and the House of Representatives to their preferred candidates. On Monday, May…
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Telcos Get Nod To Disconnect Bank Customers From Using USSD Codes for Transactions
Vanguard There are very strong indications that from 7pm today bank customers will not be able to access online banking transactions that depend on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD, platform to function. These are transactions done on the mobile phones like fund transfers through short codes, checking of bank details and account balances, among…
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Residents Approach Court To Stop Inauguration of Tinubu as President-elect
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu. The residents represented by Anyaegbunam Ubaka Okoye, David Aondover Adzer, Jeffrey Oheobeh Ucheh, Osang Paul and Chibuke Nwachukwu are seeking an order of court restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria and…
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7 Things To Know About Lead Counsel Who Defended Adeleke’s victory in Court
Renowned legal icon, Onyechi Ikpeazu made headlines on Tuesday on various newspapers when his client, the incumbent governor of Osun, Senator Ademola Adeleke was declared as the legitimate winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election by the Supreme Court. A three-member panel of the appellate court led by Mohammed Shuaibu had as of last…
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How N2 Billion Tax Fraud, Transcripts, Other Racketeering Uncovered in Varsity
Guardian News Paper Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Special Intervention Team, set up by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to reposition the institution to meet global standards, has uncovered N2 billion tax fraud and other corrupt practices by the management and staff of the university. The team, headed by the Managing Director of Schlumberger Nigeria Ltd,…
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FG vs ASUU: Court Fixes Date To Deliver Judgement
The National Industrial Court on Thursday fixed May 30 to deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In the suit, the federal government dragged ASUU before the court to determine the substantive suit filed during the 2022 ASUU’s eight month strike. When the matter…
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May 29: Why Tinubu Must Be Sworn-in as President – Labour Party’s Faction
The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party has distanced itself from the calls for an interim government and the agitations that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, should not be sworn in on May 29, pending the determination of the petitions before the Presidential Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The faction of the party, noted that…
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Peter Obi Reacts To Verbal Attack on Pastor Adeboye by “Obedients”
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has described as “most unacceptable” attacks on the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The former governor of Anambra State said some people are masquerading as his followers to rain insults on the 81-year-old cleric. Obi condemned the…