A High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday invalidated the arrest and detention of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The presiding judge, Bello Kawu, granted the order following an application by Emefiele. On June 9, President Bola Tinubu suspended Emefiele as CBN Governor and directed him to transfer…
An interim order has been issued by a federal high court in Kano state, restraining the Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) and the police from arresting the former Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje. The PCACC had invited Ganduje for questioning next week after initiating moves to prosecute him over a video…
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, has remanded a cleric of the Celestial Church of Christ, Alpha and Omega, Ashipa Parish 4, David Oshoffa, to the Kirikiri Correction Centre, for allegedly poisoning two siblings, Michael and Mahoklo Agbah, to death around the Seme Border, in the Badagry area of the state. Oshoffa,…
Guinness World Record has finally certified Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, who broke the record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. It was recalled that Hilda Baci last month, cooked for 100 hours non-stop, breaking India’s Lata Tondon’s 87 hours 45 minutes record of uninterrupted cooking in the process. On…
Some Yoruba Nation agitators, on Sunday morning, seized Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM 99.1 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, taking over broadcast for more than one hour. A source confirmed that the agitators, who besieged the station around 5:40 am in an 18-seater bus, were armed with dangerous weapons and charms, threatening to deal decisively…
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari is set to address Nigerians for the last time as president. Buhari will make a farewell broadcast as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on Sunday, May 28, at 7am. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He…
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one of the suspected ballot snatchers who killed two voters at a polling unit during the February 25 general elections. The suspect, Ehiozomwangie Omoregbe, 34, and his gang invaded the polling unit on the Benin-Sapele road in Ogheghe community in Ikpoba Okha LGA and snatched ballot bosses…
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian gay man, identified as Tosin Ojutalayo, and his lover have tied the knot at Castle Bay in Hyères, France. Tosin shared photos from their wedding on his Twitter page and also revealed how they met 10 years ago. In a tweet on April 12, he wrote, “He slid into my DMs,…
Hilda Effiong Bassey, the Nigerian chef, who is popularly known as Hilda Baci has spoken about her feat. She revealed that she did not know she could sit while cooking to break the Guinness world record. Hilda who on Monday completed a 100-hour cooking marathon in her quest to become the Guinness World Records holder…
Senator Ahmad Lawan, the President of the Senate, has hailed Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci. He congratulated Hilda Baci, for breaking the world record in cooking marathon. In a statement on Monday in Abuja by his Special Adviser, Media, Ola Awoniyi, Lawan who noted that Baci’s feat is a reminder to the entire world that Nigerians…