Nollywood actor, singer-songwriter and filmmaker, Charles Granville, has passed away. According to a statement by the family, the ‘Tinsel’ actor died “after a protracted illness on Thursday the 21st of September, 2023.” The statement signed by a family member, Iyenemri Somiari Granville, added that “funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course.” Until his…
The Lagos State Police Command have declared that all protocols will be duly followed in investigating the death of popular Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba known as Mohbad. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson made this known on Saturday via his X page. Recall that Hundeyin said the remains of Mohbad were exhumed and an…
The West African Examinations Council has revealed that it plans to introduce the Computer Based Test mode in the administration of its examinations are at an advanced stage. The Head of National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. Areghan was…
Ayodeji Richard Makun, the Nigerian comedian and actor, who is popularly known as AY, has apologized to late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as MohBad. AY apologised to MOhbad for not paying attention to him while he was alive. AY, via his Instagram account on Friday, said: “Prophetic dreams are higher messages, sent by…
Oba Afolabi Ghandi Laoye Orumogege III, the Soun of Ogbomosoland, has recalled how God and his spiritual father Pastor Enoch Adejare encouraged him to mount the throne, The Nation reports. He was installed on September 14 as the new Soun of Ogbomosho. The 28th Soun said he couldn’t reconcile being a Pastor with the Redeemed…
The proprietor and principal of Abifab College, Ikorodu, Lagos, Abidemi Faboye, has spoken about Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, The secondary school is the one Mohbad attended. The man tells GRACE EDEMA about the memories he has of the late singer How would you describe Mohbad? I knew him when he enrolled in my school…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested five people caught with a human skull for money ritual purposes. The suspects told police that they were sent by an Alfa to bring the skull. Spokesman of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, made this known in a statement issued on Friday, Sept. 22. He added that the…
Late singer and rapper, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, aka Mohbad’s extended play, ‘Blessed’ has set a new record as the first EP to reach number one on Spotify Nigeria’s weekly albums chart. The ‘Imole’ crooner achieved the feat posthumously after the EP topped this week’s album chart. It was recalled that Mohbad died under controversial…
Saturday PUNCH reports that the Federal Government, through the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission, has approved the payment of a new percentage increment in salaries for academics and non-academic staff members of all its tertiary institutions across the country. This is as the percentage increment for junior staff members of tertiary institutions was…
The World Bank has approved a fresh $700m loan for Nigeria. It disclosed this in a statement published on its website on Friday, Sept. 22. The new loan is to provide additional funds for an ongoing project known as the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment. The statement read: “The World Bank approved…