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…

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…

Nasir Buba, the husband of a woman allegedly found with the suspended Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Awwal Danladi Sankara in an uncompleted building, has dragged the embattled commissioner before a Sharia Court in Kano. Operatives of Hisbah had on Friday announced the arrest of Sankara with a married woman after what it called…

A mob, at the weekend, beat a man to a pulp for allegedly stealing N400,000 and a phone from a POS operator in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The incident happened at Luck Way axis, Ikpoba hill area of Benin City when the unidentified robber stole the items from a POS operator. The suspect…

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has announced that no appointment as the acting Chief of Army Staff, COAS, exists within the Armed Forces of Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, on Monday in Abuja. Gusau said that no such appointment existed within the Armed Forces…

A 15-year-old school girl in Delta State, Emmanuella Monday, has cried out for help from her hideout, after escaping from a man who her mother allegedly gave her to, urging relevant authorities to rescue her from her ‘abusive’ mother who she accused of allegedly trying to force her into child prostitution in exchange for money….

A Surulere Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a 56-year-old spare parts dealer, Fredrick Mmegwa, to nine months imprisonment over false publication. Chief Magistrate Phillip Ojo, who handed down the verdict on Friday, held that the prosecution successfully proved the cases of conspiracy, conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace, and false publication…

We are now going back to the old ways of living in Africa. No thanks to the excruciating economic conditions Nigerians are facing. Gone are the days when we compete with brands and qualities of toothpaste. Even the least of the toothpastes cost an arm these days, and only the super-rich can afford them. But…