Quadri Alabi, the 17-year-old boy who gained national attention after standing in front of the convoy of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during the 2023 election campaign, has revealed a harrowing experience of being detained and made to clean faeces all day at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos. Alabi made the revelation on…
The President, National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has defended his ‘kundusi’ comment amidst the growing mockery among Nigerians. Akinsanya made the defence while speaking with the delegates of the union in a viral video on Tuesday. According to him, he is uneducated and could probably be bad…
Another wave of financial loss has hit unsuspecting Nigerians as the CBEX app, a fraudulent investment platform, has disappeared with users’ money. This app, like many others before it, operated under the classic model of a Ponzi scheme, deceiving people with promises of high and quick returns. Many are left heartbroken, some in debt, all…
The Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused those running from justice as the likely culprit behind the burning of a courtroom in Ilesa in the early hours of today, warning that no amount of violence will stave off the course of justice. The PDP in a statement issued by its…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has condemned the burning of Ilesa High Court 2 building by yet to be identified criminals, describing the arson as “an unjustifiable attack on the state judiciary” The incident which happened overnight led to the destruction of court sensitive documents and exhibits with the entire building largely burnt to the ground. The…
Pope Francis has died aged 88, Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell has announced. The senior official said on Monday (April 21): “Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. “At 7.35am this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His…
The Nigerian Union of journalists and Congress of African Journalists have congratulated the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), on his emergence as the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) overall Spokesman of the Year 2025. In a congratulatory statement made available to journalists, the President of the Congress…
Mohammed Abdulrahman Abdulaziz, 43, was nabbed the same day at Research Rimin Kebe area of Nasarawa, Kano, with 68 blocks of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 30kg. Credit: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said its operatives intercepted 500 grammes of cocaine concealed in the pages of religious books and bound for…
Crude Oil Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria has projected that importers of petroleum products in Nigeria may soon go out of business if they refuse to follow local refining trends. CORAN stated this as the Federal Government ordered the return of the naira-for-crude deal despite calls for its cancellation by the Depot and Petroleum Products…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has enjoined people of the state not to waver in their hopes for a better days ahead in the face of prevailing challenges, describing Easter as a momentum reminder that tribulation is a temporary condition that will give way for everlasting relief. Governor Adeleke who recognised…
