News

As Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) head into the much-anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, a former national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus has urged party leaders to stop the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike’s continuous use of PDP to remain relevant in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Secondus, in a statement by his media adviser, Ike Abonyi, told PDP leaders that Wike’s busybody gimmick should not distract them from proving that no individual is bigger than the party, adding that the FCT minister is already drowning politically. The former PDP chairman stated this in an…

Celebrity businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has arrived at the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday morning, for his arraignment for allegedly abusing the Naira notes. According to Leadership, Cubana Chief Priest is facing three-count charges bordering on abuse of Naira notes preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Kehinde Ogundare. He was alleged to have sprayed the Naira notes at a social function on February 13, 2024, at Eko Hotel in Lagos. He was said to have tampered with funds in the denomination of N500 notes issued by the…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been suspended from the party. Ganduje was suspended by members of his ward, the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State on Monday. His suspension followed alleged corruption charges levelled against him by the state government. Recall that the Kano High Court had said Ganduje will, on April 17, 2024, be arraigned on charges bothering on allegations of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and N1.38bn in bribes. The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice,…

A former governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) in Lagos State, Funso Doherty, has demanded a thorough investigation into the award of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway contract. Mr Doherty made the demand in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. The 700-kilometre road project was allegedly awarded to a private contracting firm, Hitech, and is expected to cost N15.6 trillion. Since the contract was made public, it has generated controversy. Nigerians have been questioning the transparency of the contract award process. Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic…

Adanma Luke, who was behind the movie titled The Other Side of Life, in which Junior Pope was starring before his death, has broken her silence on the incident. Junior Pope and four other crew members, died when their boat capsised while returning from a movie location on the River Niger. In videos shared on her Instagram page on Saturday, Luke stated that she was supposed to be on the boat with them, but her Director of Production told her to bring the memory card used for the filming. She further stated that the movie was her first time working…

Some suspected Yoruba Nation agitators, on Saturday, invaded the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan, the state capital. Eyewitnesses told Punch Online that the masked men were stationed at different locations within the area. This situation, according to an investigation by Punch Online sent panic to the residents and road users along the routes. Businesses and residents around Bodija, Ikolaba, and Awolowo were said to have quickly locked their shops and doors as some who were about to open for the day’s business turned back. It was further learnt that the security operatives on duty at the secretariat were…

Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky), will be kept in the male section of the prison facility throughout his six-month imprisonment. Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on Friday sentenced Bobrisky to jail after he pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of naira abuse. Bobrisky told Ms Awogboro that he was a man when asked to clarify his gender status before the court. His answer would later inform the prison officials to keep him in the facility designated for men. “Since he admitted to being a male in court, then we have to abide by…

Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has admitted to being a male during his appearance at the Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Friday. Justice Abimbola Awogboro sentenced him to six months imprisonment without the option of a fine for abusing the naira. Before the sentence, the judge asked about his gender, and he quickly replied that he was a man. When the judge asked, “Are you a man or a woman?” Bobrisky responded, “I am a man.” Awogboro said the judgment would be a deterrent to others who are found abusing and mutilating the naira, The…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a celebrity transgender, Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, to six months in jail without the option of fine. Recall that Bobrisky was convicted by Justice Abimbola Awogboro last week Friday, April 5, 2024, for abusing and mutilating the Naira notes following his arrest and arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC). The court had fixed the date for sentencing after Bobrisky pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of tampering with the N490,000 by spraying brought against him by EFCC. Details later

TC Okafor, a Nollywood actor and survivor of the boat accident that took the life of popular actor, John Paul Odonwodo, known as Junior Pope, and three others, has narrated how the tragic boat accident happened and how he survived. Pope who drowned while attempting to cross the River Niger during the making of a movie titled "The Other Side Of Life" being produced by Adamma Luke, had finally been confirmed dead. The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, confirmed Jr Pope’s death in an Instagram post in the early hours of Thursday. The 39-year-old…