•Mr Ibu The family of ailing veteran Nigerian actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, has revealed that no fewer than five surgeries have been successfully carried out on him. The family made this known via a statement providing an update on the actor’s health status, which was posted on his verified Instagram account […]
The federal government yesterday in Abuja, asked for more time to fix the nation’s electricity challenges as 17 generation and distribution licenses are due for revocation or renewal tomorrow. Just like previous administration had done without meaningful solution since the power sector was privatised 10 years ago, President Bola Tinubu, Minist...
•Lawyers The Coalition of Nigerian Legal Practitioners has said it would mobilise 1000 lawyers to protest against the hike in fuel price on November 2, at the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) in Abuja. This is even as the coalition had already petitioned President Bola Tinubu, Speaker of the House of ...
•Tinubu and Etekamba A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Akwa Ibom has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to withdraw Mr Etekamba Umoren as the State Resident Electoral Commissioner appointee for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Umoren, according to the group, is a card-carrying member of the All Progressives ...
•Prince Afolabi Olaoye There is confusion over two seemingly conflicting judgments by Justice K. A. Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court in Ogbomosho. It is on the selection and approval of Prince Afolabi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso land, reports The Nation. Justice Adedokun, in a judgment delivered on October 3 in a […]
•Britain’s King Charles III (C) inspects the Guard of Honour King Charles III and Queen Camilla began a state visit to Kenya today, facing widespread calls for an apology over Britain’s bloody colonial past. Although the four-day trip has been billed as an opportunity to look to the future and build on the cordial modern-day […]
•Naira Marley, Mohbad and Sam Larry Singer Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley; and one of his allies, Samson Eletu, better known as Sam Larry have filed a fundamental rights suit to challenge their “continued detention” over the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad. Naira Marley and Sam Larry are each demanding N20m [&hel...
Benue State University, BSU, Makurdi, yesterday, placed one month’s suspension of 200 to 600 level Medical Students of its College of Health Sciences. Recall that the affected category of students had, on October 25, 2023, protested against what they claimed was lack of water and adequate hostel accommodation in the institution that the manage...
•Lagos PPRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin Motorists have accused some policemen of conspiring with hoodlums to extort them at the Berger and Oshodi areas in Lagos State. During a visit to Oshodi and Berger yesterday, our correspondent observed that hoodlums asked commercial drivers for N300 to be provided to the police, reports The PUNCH. Speaking in ...
•Protesters Protests broke out in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja yesterday as youths decried the allocation of Sport Utility Vehicles for members of the National Assembly. The youths who gathered in their numbers in the Ikeja area of Lagos held placards and chanted ‘Fund education not SUVs, ‘Pay living wage not SUVs, ‘Return [&...

