It’s been reported that Veteran Yoruba actress Folake Aremu, who is popularly known as Orisabunmi, has died at the age of 60. The demise of the Kwara born thespian comes no more than four months after her ex-husband Jimoh Aliu, better known as Aworo passed away. President of the Theatre Arts And Motion Pictures…
The Managing Director, First City Monument Bank Limited, Adam Nuru, has been forced to go on leave to enable the bank to investigate the paternity allegations against him. This was disclosed in a statement by the bank on Tuesday. About 1 ,927 persons had called for the sacking of Nuru over alleged infidelity with a…
The remains of veteran filmmaker, Chico Ejiro, who died on Christmas day December 25, 2020, will be laid to rest on February 20. The elder brother of the deceased who is also a veteran filmmaker, Zeb Ejiro, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday January 5. According to the statement, Late Chico died of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of at least one oxygen plant in each of the 36 states of the federation. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 made the announcement during the press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday January 5. Buhari…
University of Ibadan, on Tuesday, confirmed to the Federal High Court in Abuja that it issued a Bachelor of Arts certificate to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in 1979, but that the photocopy he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was incomplete. The University, which was summoned through a subpoena issued on…
Integrated Logistics Services Limited (Intels) has countered claims by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that his company failed because of political persecutions. Intels revealed that it parted ways with Atiku for economic reasons and not due to harassment by Buhari’s administration. Recall that Atiku, while announcing the sale of his shares in Intels, had claimed that…
Gunmen have killed the former Education Secretary of Nasarawa local government area of the state Malami Salihu and Kidnapped 20 people who were traveling to Toto Local Government Area of the state. The incident took place Tuesday afternoon along mungi sharp Conner Buga Gwari, Gadabuke area of Toto LGA The 20 kidnapped victims were traveling…
The Commander of Oyo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju, (retd), has said some of the aides of Governor Seyi Makinde are indirectly backing hoodlums terrorizing the people of the state. The Amotekun commander disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking on a radio station, Fresh FM. Residents of Ibadan communities have…
Suspected kidnappers have abducted a businessman, Alhaji Monsuru Aderoju, in the Igangan area of Ibarapa, Oyo State. The latest incident happened less than 72 hours after the gruesome killing of the CEO of Subawa Oil, Sherifat Adisa, and two 9-year-old cousins along Igboora-Idere road in Ibarapa. Oladokun Oladiran, a convener of an advocacy group called Igangan…
One 23-year-old Jumoke Kehinde, has committed suicide in her apartment at Kajola, Akure, Ondo State, after being suspended from work for resuming late last Thursday, December 31, 2020. The deceased, who worked at a popular shopping mall in Akure, was handed a suspension letter at about 11am. Upon getting home, she was said to have…