Odion Ighalo has been spotted at Manchester United’s Carrington base for the first time after being “quarantined” amidst coronavirus fears. The 30-year-old had been kept apart from his new team-mates for two weeks after completing his loan move from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. United loanee Ighalo had been training alone in England while his team-mates…
The Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), has suggested compulsory psychiatric test for the operatives of Ekiti State Security Network Agency called ‘Amotekun’. The body said subjecting recruits to such exercise would inject sanity into the conduct and operations of the operatives. NBA said the step became necessary as a result of alleged incessant misconduct of conventional security…
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss an application filed by former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha. Ihedioha had filed an appeal seeking judicial review of the apex court’s judgement, which had on January 14, 2020, ordered his removal from office. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the…
Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has become the first Nigerian act to reach the 10 million followers milestone on Instagram. The make-believe merchant moves ahead of multi-award singer, Ayodeji Balogun also known as Wizkid who has 9.6million followers. Jenifer as she is fondly called now rank top with the likes Davido and Tiwa Savage in the…
Nikita Pearl Waligwa, a Ugandan actress who starred in ‘Queen of Katwe’, Disney’s biographical drama film, is dead at 15. The teenage actress was said to have passed away on Saturday at the TMR International Hospital, in Naalya, Kampala, after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. According to BBC, she had the first tumor in…
A former Kogi-West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has said he will rather spend his money buying cars than on cocaine and homosexuals like some others. Melaye said this in a post on Sunday while reacting to criticisms from musician, Speed Darlington. The former lawmaker, who boasts of over eight luxury cars including a Rolls Royce,…
Crisis rocking the Ibadan traditional institution took a new turn on Sunday as the embattled members of the Olubadan-in-Council accused the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, of monetizing traditional titles. They also claimed that the authority that conferred the title of Imperial Majesty on the Olubadan was the same authority that conferred on them…
An accountant, Boboye Olaribigbe, has accused the National Youth Service Corps of refusing to pay him the copyright value of a language project he executed for the scheme more than a decade ago. He demanded N260m as costs for the project while threatening to take legal action if the demand was not met. Olaribigbe, while…
The nation’s power sector lost an estimated N19.15bn in 10 days due to constraints from the insufficient gas supply, distribution, and transmission infrastructure. The losses were recorded in the 10 days to February 14, 2020, according to data from the Advisory Power Team in the Office of the Vice President. The sector lost an estimated…
There was a fire incident at Apongbon Market on Sunday. Our correspondent learned that the fire was yet to be put out at 10.45 am. Details of the fire incident are sketchy as of the time of filing this report. Details later…