News

Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi aka Papa Ajasco, is dead. His death was confirmed by a theatre practitioner, Husseini Shaibu, via his Twitter handle on Sunday, He wrote, “I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with #NATIONALTROUPE and one time stand in for the 'Papa Ajasco' character on the popular #waleadenugaprod comic series 'Papa Ajasco' Mr. Femi Ogunrombi is dead."

Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The governor also offered to act as a surety for the IPOB leader who remains in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). This comes days after Channels Television reported that the Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, similarly offered to stand as Kanu’s surety if granted bail again. Soludo, who spoke at a rally in Akwa, Anambra State to launch…

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the State House, Abuja. Speaking with newsmen after the meeting at the Council Chambers, Adeleke, a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), hailed President Buhari for signing the Electoral Act in 2022 and entrenching democracy further in the country. The governor, who described himself as a beneficiary of the president’s action, further noted that the president’s action has also earned Nigeria more respect with the international community, where the country is now considered as being ready for real democracy. Asked the…

Two bankers, Agbo John Agama and Edoh Oga Steve were on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment. They were jailed by Justice Mojisola Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, for conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud to the tune of N9,400,000. The convicts were prosecuted on one count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The charge reads, “That you, Agbo John Agama “M” and you Edoh Oga Steve “M” while being employees of Access Bank Plc Makurdi Branch and others now at large, on or…

The Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Isaac Auta Zankai and the member representing Zaria state constituency, Suleiman Dabo, have dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Labour Party (LP). The Deputy Speaker is representing Kauru state constituency in the state Assembly. The lawmakers’ defection was announced on Thursday, by the National Secretary of the Labour Party and Chairman of the governorship Council, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, while inaugurating the party’s 450-member Governorship Campaign Council and the unveiling of its manifesto in Kaduna. The LP National Secretary said half of the members of the Kaduna Assembly…

An intending couple identified as Mba Ifeoma Gloria and Eremezie Tochukwu Martin, have been killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Arondizuogu in the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo state. Their wedding was slated for Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Residents of the community say the duo were in a tricycle when they were attacked by the gunmen who killed all three passengers inside the tricycle. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday evening. According to the residents, the unknown gunmen specialise in stealing flashy cars and killing their owners.   Imo and other South-East states have witnessed increasing and regular attacks…

The former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has been reportedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. One of Okupe’s lawyers, Tolu Babaleye, stated this on Facebook on Thursday. Babaleye said Okupe was on his way to London when he was arrested. He claimed that the DSS asked him to provide court processes where he paid the fine option following his money laundering conviction by the Federal High Court, Abuja. “The reason according to source is that he was asked to produce evidence that the Federal High…

In continuation of his public utility construction drive within his Senatorial district , Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has commenced the installation of a Solar Powered borehole with a 10,000 Liter capacity Tank in Ndiwo Itumbazor community of Abia North senatorial district. Prior to the project's flag off, a brief engagement session was held at the Palace of the Traditional leader of Itumbazor HRH. Eze Christopher Adandom Iyiewe, the Amando 1 of Itumbazor. The session had the presence of Senator Orji Kalu who was represented by legislative Aide, Barr Victor Etie. Others present were the project…