British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when composing his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud,” a US jury ruled Thursday. Sheeran stood up and hugged his team after jurors ruled that he “independently” created his song, according to an AFP reporter inside the Manhattan federal courtroom. The lawsuit…
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) delegation led by the Executive Director National Chamber Policy Centre (NPAC) of the Chamber, Mr. Chidiebere Onwumere paid a courtesy call on the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) seeking partnership for the upcoming SME event, “The Funding Forum” jointly owned by ACCI and Centre…
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, made this known while briefing newsmen at the…
The operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps has arrested two men, Nafiu Biodun, 21 and Tijani Wakili Dada, 30, for attempted murder of one Lateef Sikiru, in Apomu area of Osun State. The duo were arrested on Wednesday after a complaint was lodged at Amotekun Isokan Command and the operatives swung into action immediately and apprehended…
Millions of electricity consumers may be plunged into darkness in the coming weeks as the Federal Government via the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Market Operator have begun a massive disconnection of debtor electricity distribution companies from the national grid. PUNCH findings showed the development followed notices of disconnection from the grid served on…
…insists ICPC re-arrested him without warrant The former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Adedibu Ojerinde, on Thursday, prayed the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to order his release from detention. Ojerinde, who is facing trial for allegedly diverting public funds totalling about N5billion, was on January 26, re-arrested at the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that no one can stop the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being sworn in as the President of Nigeria. He stated this against the backdrop of a statement credited to Cardinal John Onaiyekan that it doesn’t make sense for Tinubu to be sworn…
The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi has called for an investigation into a viral video of police officers assaulting a man who refused to release his phone to them. A tweep on Wednesday shared a video of officers assaulting a man, tagging the accounts of the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos…
Mr Cisse Abdullahi, father of quadruplet (two boys and two girls) on Thursday appealed for financial assistance from Lagos State Government for the children’s upkeep. Abdullahi, 38, a native of Ilorin, who lives at Kumapayi, Baale Bus Stop, Oko-Afo, told newsmen that he needed the support of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other well-meaning Nigerians to…
More than 11,000 police officers will patrol London’s streets for King Charles’ coronation on Saturday, the biggest ceremonial event staged in the British capital for 70 years, and they are well prepared to handle any incident, officials said. Security forces have spent months preparing for the event, which about 100 heads of state will attend…
