The pioneer Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO), Benue State, Professor Innocent Ujah, has been suspended over alleged gross misconduct and willful disregard to authority. Professor Ediga Bede Agbo was immediately appointed as the acting Vice Chancellor of the university. A statement by James Onogwu, the Coordinator, Information, Publication and Public…
The United Kingdom Government, through its Home Office International Operations, says its collaboration with Nigeria in the fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking is yielding positive results. Head of UK Home Office International Operations, Victoria Pullen, stated this when she led her colleague, Kristoffer Hawksfield on a visit to the National Drug Law…
A political pressure group, Osun Democrats for Democracy (ODD) has warned Thors Explorations Limited and its subsidiary, Segilola Gold Project, to stop threatening the government and people of Osun State over legitimate demands for payment of lawful taxes to the treasury of the state government. Reacting to a media publication in which Thors Explorations vowed…
Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, otherwise known as Bobrisky, is currently in detention at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon, Lagos State, where he spent the night in a cell at the police facility. A source, who confirmed the development to our correspondent, said further directives were being awaited regarding Okuneye’s case, adding that he…
Nigerian music superstar, Wizkid, has set a new record on Spotify for the biggest first-day streams by any song for his hit single “Piece of My Heart,” pulling 1.01 million streams. The Grammy-winning singer had on weekend released the much anticipated “Piece of My Heart,” featuring American singer-songwriter Brent Faiyaz. According to Turntable Charts on…
•How Bobrisky enjoyed special privileges in jail —Panel •We won’t sweep reports under the carpet —Minister The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has broken its silence on the arrest of convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky. Social media influencer and activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, had earlier in the day, disclosed this via a…
Nigeria’s democracy has entered into a troubling phase, facing an uncertain future. And the source of the problem is in the disturbing posture of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, which suggested that poll may no longer be the path to power any longer in Nigeria as democracy, everywhere, is…
The Osun state government has made clarifications concerning the reported renovation of female hostel wing of the NYSC permanent orientation camp in Ede, Osun state. In a communique signed by Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi on Monday, explained that the project is a sponsored by an individual and not Osun state government….
Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to ban heavy duty trucks from plying the Olaiya bridge at the state capital, citing safety reasons arising from the technical reports on the state of the bridge. The Governor who presided over a security council meeting at Osogbo said the decision became necessary…
The investigative panel set up by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to probe the allegation that cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, spent his six-months jail term in a private apartment and not in a custodial center, has dismissed the claim. Uju Agomoh who is the Executive Director and founder of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation…
