A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has expressed concern over the rising cost of food items in Nigeria, particularly the price of rice, which he said now exceeds N100,000 per bag. In a Facebook post Igbokwe lamented the situation and remarked that despite the numerous rice mills in the country,…
Seeing as you have refused to do the needful, see you in court- Falz’s sister writes VDM Recall that Falz and Mr Femi Falana had through their lawyers written to VDM on Wednesday, Septenber 25, giving him a 24 hour ultimatum to apologise and retract the statements he made while reacting to the audio conversation…
The Federal government has called for debt forgiveness for Nigeria and other developing countries from creditors and multilateral financial institutions. President Tinubu made the call while addressing world leaders during the General debate at the ongoing 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York, United States. In…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited Martins Otse, a.k.a VeryDarkMan, and Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over bribery allegations against personnel of the Commission. This is as the Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, ordered an immediate investigation into the alleged bribery of some officers of the commission by Bobrisky. In…
A troop of monkeys intervened to save a 6-year-old girl from a rape attempt in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh in India. Following her parents’ complaint, the unidentified accused was charged under the Pocso Act and is on the run, police said in a statement on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The girl’s parents claimed that a…
The Federal Government has again warned that any private-sector employer paying below the new N70,000 minimum wage risks jail term. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kachollom Daju,stated this when he spoke at the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Employers Association for Private Employment Agencies of Nigeria in Ikeja,…
The Jackson 5 founding member and Michael Jackson’s older brother passed away on Sunday, September 15, from a suspected heart attack while driving from New Mexico to Oklahoma, a family friend and former Jackson family manager Steve Manning told ET. An official cause of de@th has not yet been determined. Tito was last pictured…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, was released minutes after his arrest. The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, was released minutes after his arrest. Sowore was arrested on Sunday morning at Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State….
In a chilling confession, 20-year-old Jeremiah Paul has narrated how he met a native doctor on Tiktok and was instructed to kill a 19-year-old student of the Federal University Lokoja, Damilola Olowoyo, for money ritual. Paul, who was paraded by the Kogi State Police Command, revealed that he met the deceased on social media and…
Lagos State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Michael Ogbogu, for allegedly blackmailing a teenage girl using her n*de pictures. Ogbogu was arrested on September 11, 2024, after the 17-year-old victim’s family reported the incident. The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest stated that Ogbogu, a former schoolmate of…