Hiba Abouk, ex-wife of Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has broken silence following their rocky divorce. Abouk said that despite the rape charges against Hakimi, she was at peace with the situation but needed time to come to terms with the shock. She also revealed that the couple had been going through a divorce since…
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has announced a 13-man Presidential Inauguration committee comprising of eminent Nigerians to plan a week-long presidential inauguration event that will usher him and his VP-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima in as the President and Vice-President of the country. Tinubu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr….
SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded on Thursday during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The gigantic rocket successfully blasted off at 1:33p.m. from Starbase, the private SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has denied meeting with Adamawa State Government officials to rig the rerun governorship election. The denial came following a report that its officials, deployed to supervise the governorship rerun, paid a nocturnal visit to the state Government House ostensibly to rig the polls for incumbent Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri. The National…
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his election victory. This was even as Zelensky invited him to his war-ravaged country of Ukraine on a state visit. The felicitation is coming two months after the former Lagos governor was declared winner of the contentious presidential election. Tinubu polled…
A couple, Andrew and Margaret Jonah, has been rescued by the operatives of the Osun State Police Command. The couple, according to the spokesperson of the police command, Yemisi Opalola, were rescued from the kidnappers’ den inside a forest in Osun. They were reportedly abducted by the kidnappers while going to church for vigil. According…
…Urges Supreme Court Judges to maintain integrity and resist inducement Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Supreme Court Judges to maintain their integrity and resist any attempt of subversiveness through inducement as regards the Osun governorship matter. He said some desperate politicians have…
The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested a suspected female fraudster for allegedly defrauding a 50-year-old German national of $220,000, after promising to marry him. The unit spokesperson, SP Eyitayo Johnson, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, said the suspect lured the victim on Instagram by…
Comedian and actor, AY Makun, has presented evidence denying the claims made by his colleague, Julius Agwu, that he hung the phone on him regarding the date on which he hosts his show. Julius Agwu while weighing into AY and Basketmouth’s beef, during an interview with a radio station in Lagos, Naija Info 102.7FM recounted…
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, postponed its State Congress which had earlier been slated for tomorrow till further notice. This was contained in a release signed by the party’s caretaker committee Chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle and obtained by SAHEL STANDARD reporter in Osogbo. Akindele said the postponement is…
