The Nigeria Police Force had arraigned Blessing Okoro, better known as “Blessing CEO”, before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court on six counts bordering on alleged cyber-bullying, libel and for exhibiting uncensored movies. On Tuesday, April 4, Blessing Okoro’s lawyer filed a bail application before Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court…
The coroner inquiring into the cause of death of a 12-year-old pupil, Whitney Adeniran, Tuesday, granted permission to the Chrisland school to conduct an independent evaluation of the autopsy on the remains of the deceased. Magistrate Olabisi Fajana granted the permission while ruling on an application filed by the school to enable it to consult…
••• FRSC returns N27 million to victim’s family Six people were reportedly killed and seven injured during a road accident that occurred at Ipetu, along Ilesa-Akure express road, Osun state. The incident which involved two commercial vehicles occurred at the Igbalajewe area of the high road in the morning on Tuesday. According to Federal Road…
•••We will resist any gang-up against Ooni of Ife The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has warned those behind the religious crisis in Ile-Ife, Osun State, to desist. The Southwest leader, on Tuesday, stated that Yoruba land will resist any attempt to denigrate the revered stool and palace of the Ooni of…
We have read the long statement from the megaphone of lies and deceit, Mr. Ismail Omipidan on the gross mismanagement of Osun State mineral assets under his boss, Gboyega Oyetola. To our satisfaction, Mr. Omipidan confirmed our position in the statement of the fact that his boss, Mr. Oyetola, irresponsibly attempt to transfer mining licences…
Florence Otedola, international Disk Jockey professionally known as DJ Cuppy, has announced a £100,000 gift as support to Africans undergoing their graduate studies at Oxford University, United Kingdom. In a release shared on the university’s website, it was revealed that the singer pledged the donation to the Africa Oxford Initiative, AfOx to help African graduate…
The Defence Headquarters has reacted to some social media video clips been circulated arising from the presence of some United Nations Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo state. This has resulted to insinuations which are inimical to public peace and may even cause panic. According to a press statement released on…
A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Nicolas Felix, on Tuesday said the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will appoint only talented people into his cabinet after taking the oath of office on May 29. Felix, who spoke in an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday, noted that Tinubu’s appointment would be based…
The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) on Monday received another batch of 144 stranded Nigerians from Niamey in Niger Republic. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator Kano Territorial Office, disclosed this while receiving the returnees at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. Abdullahi, represented by NEMA Kano Head of Human Resources, Mr Suleiman Sa’ad-Abubakar, said that…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has asked that traditional rulers be assigned constitutional roles to fight insecurity in Nigeria. Ooni made this call at the 2023 exercise Haski Hiyu lecture series, themed: “Combating Internal Security Challenges through Effective Utilisation of Traditional Institution,” organised by the Armed Forces command and staff college, Jaji…
