Author: Bartholomew Madukwe
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Police invade Portable’s bar, singer resists arrest (VIDEO)
Nigerian controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, a.k.a Portable, has resisted an arrest attempt on him by some police officers at his Ogun State bar. The Zazu crooner seen in a live video on Tuesday, challenged the authority of the policemen as they tried to cart him away with his people. In a video, the singer claimed…
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NIGERIA: Lassa fever death toll rises to 142 in 11 weeks
The death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria so far this year has risen to 142, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. In its eleventh-week Lassa fever situation report, the NCDC said there had been a total of 784 confirmed cases recorded from 23 states and 97 local government areas since…
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Court jails fake LASTMA officer for impersonating, extorting money from motorists
The Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi on Monday, 27 March, 2023 sentenced a fake officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Omotutu Bamidele, to a 2-year jail term for impersonating and extorting money from motorists across Lagos. The convicted fake LASTMA officer was arraigned by LASTMA on a…
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KOGI VS EFCC CASE: Court adjourns ruling on asset forfeiture to April 20
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, fixed April 20 to rule on a Kogi State Application seeking to vacate an interim order of court freezing 14 properties linked to Kogi State governor. The judge fixed the date after taking submissions from the Governor’s counsel, Mr Abdulwahab Mohammed SAN…
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“Nigeria is blessed to have Tinubu as her next president”, Sanwo-Olu hails Tinubu at 71
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on the occasion of his 71st birthday slated for Wednesday, March 29, saying “Nigeria is blessed to have Tinubu as her next president”. Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, showered praises on Tinubu, describing him…
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Ortom withdraws petition against senator-elect Zam, in the interest of peace
In the interest of peace, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has withdrawn his petition against the election of Senator-Elect, Chief Titus Zam. of the All Progressive Congress (APC). In his words: “Even though there was glaring evidence of malpractices including non-transmission of results electronically during the conduct of the Benue North West Senatorial election, I…
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“How my husband’s statement stopped my ‘miscarriage”- Faith Oyedepo
Faith, the wife of Bishop David Oyedepo, has recounted how her pregnancy was sustained by her husband’s “bold faith”. In a series of posts on her Twitter page, the wife of the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide recalled how she saw blood flowing from her nearly four decades ago when she was pregnant…
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“Ayu’s leadership brought misfortune to PDP” -Nnamani
Former Enugu Governor Senator, Chimaroke Nnamani, has called on the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to vacate office forthwith, stressing that his leadership brought misfortune to the party. Nnamani, in a statement in Abuja, noted that Ayu’s leadership has brought misfortune to the PDP because of his alleged ineptitude,…
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How we stopped NLC’s protest threat on CBN, -FG
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has shared how stopped the threat of protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over naira scarcity. The NLC gave the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to cause the CBN and the commercial banks to end the cash scarcity, failure of…
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Zinnie Posh unmasks big girls doing bum enlargement surgery ‘on credit’
Popular actress and podcaster, Ezinne Jane Ugorji a.k.a Zinnie Posh has exposed how some big girls undergo bum enlargement surgery on credit. She revealed this while speaking on the podcast, The Honest Bunch, after Whitemoney revealed that there’s a lady he’s been wooing but the lady wasn’t giving him attention. However, when he acquired his…