SERAP GIVES TINUBU, NBC 48-HOUR ULTIMATUM TO LIFT BAN ON EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM’S PROTEST SONG
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), demanding...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BEGINS MASS BURIAL FOR 200 NIGHTCLUB TRAGEDY VICTIMS
Heartbroken Dominicans on Thursday began burying loved ones who were among more than 200 victims of a nightclub rooftop collapse, even as dozens of people...
COURT DISSOLVES 13-YEAR-OLD MARRIAGE OVER ALLEGED INSECURITY
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court at Mapo, Ibadan, has dissolved the 13-year-old marriage of one Oladimeji Awosile and his estranged wife, Ebunoluwa, over alleged acts...
HELICOPTER CRASHES INTO RIVER IN U.S
A helicopter crashed into New York’s Hudson River on Thursday, police said, without confirming any fatalities. “Due to a helicopter crash in the Hudson River,...
LP CRISIS: ABURE SHOULD OBEY SUPREME COURT RULING – UMEH
The Senator representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly, Victor Umeh, says the Supreme Court judgement on the Labour Party (LP) leadership crisis has shut...
STUDENT LOAN SCAM: NELFUND VOWS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST DECEITFUL SCHOOLS
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has threatened legal action against institutions found to be engaging in deceptive practices within the student loan scheme. The...
SUIT TO REMOVE RIVERS’ SOLE ADMINISTRATOR SUFFERS SETBACK
A suit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Johnmary Jideobi, seeking the sack of the recently appointed Sole Administrator of Rivers, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas...
EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM SLAMS NBC OVER BAN OF NEW SONG FROM RADIO, TV
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has barred radio and television stations from airing Eedris Abdulkareem’s trending song “Tell Your Papa.” In a memo issued by...
TWO NIGERIANS NABBED AS INDIAN POLICE BUST INTERNATIONAL DRUG SYNDICATE
Two Nigerians, Ugwu Ikechukwu (alias Emma) and Chukwu Ogbonna (alias Big Joe) are among the transnational drug trafficking and money laundering syndicate arrested in Hyderabad,...
EX-KWARA GOV DIVERTED SUBEB LOAN TO PAY SALARIES — EFCC WITNESS
A former Chairman of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board, Alhaji Lanre Daibu, on Thursday told a Kwara State High Court that a N1bn...