A female pilot, identified as Funmi on X, has celebrated flying Davido on a private jet. Sharing a video of Davido alighting from a plane on Thursday, the pilot reflected on the early days of her career. She recounted how she received criticism for tweeting Davido about her ambition to fly him on his…
No fewer than 12 persons were killed while 30 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a truck in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The accident occurred in the Hawan-Kibo community on Thursday afternoon, December 14. It was gathered that the vehicle was descending a hill on the dilapidated road when it…
The Chairman of the Rivers State Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tony Okocha, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike as the dean of politics in Nigeria. Okocha said Wike’s political influence spreads across Rivers State. Speaking at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, Okocha urged…
Detectives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, who specializes in breaking into shops in the Okefia area in Osogbo, the state capital. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ishaq Muhammed, said the suspect identified as Damilola Oladele, burgled shops in the Agunbelewo area and stole valuable items….
The Supreme Court, on Friday, Dec. 15, nullified the judgment of the Court of Appeal that ordered the Federal Government to release the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The apex court upheld the appeal by the federal government, challenging the Court of Appeal decision, which ordered Kanu’s…
Nigerian Afrobeats star, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has stated that 50 years from now, he will still be remembered for his influence in music and fashion. In an interview with Apple Music Africa Now Radio hosted by Nandi Madiba, Rema discussed his sound and how making art would endure for decades. He…
The former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has called the World Bank ‘a bunch of evil and heartless control freaks’. This is as he slammed the World Bank over its suggestion to the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government to increase petrol price. Recall that the World Bank said that Nigeria’s current fuel prices are…
Nigerian-American Professor at the University of Texas, Austine, Prof. Moyo Okediji, has recounted how some Nigerian immigration officers at Seme border allegedly robbed him of $500 and took his hand luggage with all the money that he brought from the US while returning to Nigeria. Okediji further alleged that some police officers attached to the…
The French authorities have announced plans to return fresh $150m Sani Abacha loot to Nigeria. This was disclosed during the GFAR Action Series by the head of the French delegation to the 10th Session of State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (CoSP10), Julien Buissart, Deputy Chief, Division for Economic Standard and Anti-Corruption,…
A member of the Senate Committee on Trade, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has criticised the Minister for Trade, Industry and Investments, Doris Uzoka, for proposing N1 billion in the 2024 budget for a foreign trip to Geneva, Switzerland. Uzoka appeared before the Senate Committee on Trade on Tuesday, December 12, to defend her budget. The…