Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has decried a report by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime in Nigeria, indicating that 14.4% of citizens aged between 15 and 64 abuse drugs, which he said is significantly higher than the global average of 5.6%. Obi also blamed leadership failure in the country,…
A Magistrate Court situated at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has ordered the remand of skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly known as Trinityguy, in prison over allegation of s&xualising minor in his viral skit video. It had been reported earlier that the skit maker was on Friday, June 23, quizzed by the skit maker…
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has named his mentor Pep Guardiola as the best manager in the world. Arteta worked as Guardiola’s assistant for three seasons at Manchester City before he took the job with the Gunners. This year, both Spaniards went head-to-head in the Premier League title race. Although Arsenal led the way for over…
Al-Hilal is set to announce the signing of a globally-famous star that “will be the talk of the world” next week according to a popular Saudi Arabian journalist, who added that the identity of the player would become clear by the mere mention of his nationality alone. Khaled Waleed also tweeting that this is the…
Men of the Kaduna State Police Command has on Thursday, June 22, busted a gang of rail line vandals. A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Jalige, says the police received information that an unspecified number of unknown persons came to Sanzwan in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, in an articulated vehicle…
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has approved the reshuffling and posting of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army (NA). This was as he also approved some new instructional appointments into commands across the Army formations and units. The moves by General Lagbaja was part of an effort to reposition the…
THE African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, said he spent about N40 million on his 2023 presidential election campaigns. Sowore, who stated this in a statement by his party’s spokesperson, Femi Adeyeye, said about N38.3 million was realised from donations. In the document sighted by The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), the…
Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy has won the Best International Act award at the 2023 BET Awards. Burna was nominated in the BET category alongside Aya Nakamura, Ayra Starr, Central Cee, Ella Mai, K.O, L7nnon, Stormzy, Tiakola and Uncle Waffles. Though he was not present at the show, he’s already having an amazing time on international…
Sierra Leonean police announced on Sunday evening that they had used tear gas canisters to disperse opposition supporters in Freetown, the day after the presidential election, which passed off generally peacefully and is still being counted. Samura Kamara, the main opponent of incumbent president Julius Maada Bio in the election, said on Twitter that bullets…
Many protesters have taken to Kano streets to express their displeasure with the ongoing demolition exercises of the state government under the administration of Abba Yusuf Kabir (Abba Gida Gida). Abba Gida Gida since his first day in office has pulled down some structures while several others have been marked for demolition. The government premised…
