People have found an old tweet in which Seun Kuti praised Bola Tinubu, an APC presidential candidate, for bringing President Buhari to power. Remember that in the late afternoon of yesterday, Gistreel reported that the musician Peter Okoye of the P-Square music duo got into a fight with Seun Kuti after Kuti called Peter Obi, … Read more
Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa on Thursday accused the Nigerian government of scuttling the election of Peter Obi at the February 25 presidential poll. Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, rejected the result and is now in court to challenge the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a … Read more
Lola Abdulsalam, a 42-year-old housewife, is accused of pouring boiling water on her co-wife, Bilikisu Abdulsalam. Because of this, Ilorin Magistrate’s Court sent her to prison. In Kwara, a court fined a woman who poured hot water on her co-wife. On Friday, the police filed a two-count first information report against Lola, which is against … Read more
Adewole Kehinde, a reporter for the online news site Swift Reporters, has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) because they wouldn’t give him access to his voter card. According to The Punch, he moved his voter registration from Area 11 to Nyanya, Abuja after moving into his new home, as evidenced by printouts and … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Akali Baba, has ordered the state commissioners of police to deploy police personnel and operational assets to flashpoints within areas of their responsibilities across the federation. Baba also charged supervising zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police with intensive and proactive visibility patrol at all worship centres, train stations, highways, motor … Read more
Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey Effiong, known as Hilda Baci, has extended her cooking to 100 hours to break the Guinness World Record for longest cooking hours. Hilda made a historic feat on Monday, May 15, 2023, after she broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual. Announcing her marathon cooking … Read more
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCos) has destroyed items confiscated from various custodial centers across the country. The items estimated at over N150,000,000 included cell phones, SIM cards, laptops, hard drugs, power banks and other electronic devices. A statement by NCoS Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar said the prohibited items were seized over a period of … Read more
Renowned Nigerian rappers, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz the bad guy and Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, better known by his stage name Vector, have expressed their views about the 2023 elections in their latest song, ‘Yakubu‘, titled after the chairman Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yabuk. Yabuku conducted the Nigeria presidential, gubernatorial, national assembly … Read more
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the federal legislator who represented Ondo State’s Akoko North-East/North-West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has formally resigned. The letter, delivered to Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, announced the resignation of the legislator who will serve as Interior Minister. On Sunday night, Mr. Babatunde Alao, the Tunji-Ojo … Read more
The International Press Centre (IPC) has appealed to other national, regional, and international media freedom groups to join forces in ensuring the safety of a Katsina-based journalist, Rukayyah Jibia. IPC alleged that the life of the journalist, who works with Tambarin Hausa Television in Katsina State, is currently in danger. IPC explained that Jibia is … Read more