Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun has remanded the Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Kuti, in a 12-second video clip that went viral on May 13, 2023, had assaulted a policeman on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The defendant turned himself in at the Lagos…
Chef Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, in a statement on Tuesday, said her team was working on uploading the evidence for review. This was made known on her cook-a-thon Twitter page. The statement said, “Thank you all for all the love and support you have shown throughout this journey towards achieving a…
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE AMERICAN VISA BAN ON SELECTED NIGERIAN CITIZENS FOR “ELECTION RIGGING” AND “UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY” BY CHIEF FEMI FANI-KAYODE, THE SADAUKIN SHINKAFI, FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM AND FORMER MINISTER OF AVIATION, 16th May 2023. Those that have imposed a visa ban on some “selected Nigerians” for allegedly “undermining democracy” and “rigging…
Barely 24 hours after breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest hours of cooking, a real estate firm, In-Motions Business Limited, has given popular Nigerian Chef, Hilda Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, a plot of land located in Wana Court Green Estate, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Managing Director of the firm,…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has unveiled his latest wife, Opeoluwa Elizabeth Akinmuda. The king reportedly took his sixth wife sometime in May and is set to officially welcome her into his Royal Palace of Oodua in Ile-Ife. According to Citypeople TV on Tuesday, invitations for the Thanksgiving service and reception of…
The Guinness World Record holder for the longest marathon cooking by an individual, Lata Tondon, has asked critics to wait for Guinness to announce if Nigerian chef Hilda Baci broke her current record. Critics had slammed Tandon and the Guinness World Records after the GWR said it was reviewing Baci’s success before making her the…
No less than 58 soldiers selected from various units of the Nigerian Army in Jos were rewarded with cash gifts and bicycles, in recognition of their hard work, dedication to duty, and good conduct. The General Officer Commanding 3 Division and Commander of Operation SAFE HAVEN, Major General Abdulsalam Bagudu Ibrahim, made the presentation at…
Not a stranger to cooking competitions, “Nigerian Jollof Queen”, Hilda Effiong-Bassey smashed the Guinness World Record for longest marathon cooking by an individual two years after emerging as the winner of the 2021 regional cooking competition “Jollof face-off”, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes At exactly 4p.m on May 11, 2023, as the clock ticked “tick-tock, tick-tock”, Baci…
The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that handcuffing any suspect before detention is standard procedure. He said this in response to an inquiry via his Twitter handle on Monday. A tweep, Omo David, questioned the police for handcuffing singer Seun Kuti after he walked in saying, “Was the handcuff necessary,…
Popular Yoruba actor, Murphy Afolabi, has been buried. The Osogbo-born actor, popularly known for his Yoruba accent, was buried at his Ikorodu house located at Owoniboys, Mopelufa, by Aleke Bus Stop, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, amid a crowd of mourning friends, family, and sympathisers. Afolabi, who clocked 49 on May 5, died…
