Nollywood loses veteran actor Saint Obi

Obinna Nwafor, the thespian better known as Saint Obi, has passed away. Nwafor, 57, reportedly died on Sunday, May 7, 2023, due to an unspecified illness that has lingered for months. His death is yet to be made public by his family and the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN. According to multiple reports, the actor’s remains have been deposited at the Jos University Teaching Hospital’s, JUTH, morgue.

Nigerian Government To Expend N22.44 Billion On Feeding 75,507

The Federal Government is to spend N22.44 billion in 2023 on feeding 75,507 inmates in prisons spread in 244 jails nationwide. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a two-day high-level conference on corrections and decongestion of prisons, explaining that the fund was budgeted for in the 2023 Appropriation Act. According to him, 70% of the inmates were awaiting trial, attributing it to arbitrary arrests, delay in...

Boat Mishap Claim 22 Lives In Sokoto, Zamfara

A boat capsized in Shagari Dam near Lambara village in Shagari LGA of Sokoto state, resulting in the death of 15 persons. According to an eyewitness, the boat was trying to cross to Mashayan Dundee Village to collect firewood. The political administrator of the council, Aliyu Abubakar, who confirmed the incident said more than 15 children drowned, and another 25 are still missing. “Fifteen bodies, 13 girls and two boys were recovered by local rescue...

Seplat takes steps to counter interim court orders against its officers

Leading oil and gas company in Nigeria, Seplat Energy has said it has taken steps to counter moves to promote certain media publications to the effect that the Federal High Court, presided by Hon. Justice I. E. Ekwo, sitting in Abuja in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/626/2023 – Juliet Gbaka & 2 others v. Seplat Energy Plc & 13 others has granted ex parte Interim Orders against Seplat Energy and some of its officers. According to a press statement...

NASS Leadership Controversy: Aamu asks aggrieved lawmakers to sheathe their sword

…As Yari, Kalu, Sani lead protest to party Following controversy, protests that trailed the endorsement of principal offices in the 10th National Assembly, by the National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC), the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has appealed for the understanding of displeased lawmakers, promising to right every wrong. The chairman  also took full responsibility for the error when he received some aggrieved senators in his office, told the...

Prof. Nnenna Oti is a living example of excellence and patriotism – Ooni of Ife

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has described Professor Nnenna Oti, the vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, as a living example of excellence and patriotism. Prof. Oti was the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer during the Abia State governorship election who reportedly rejected financial inducements and withstood threats and intimidations to manipulate the result of the March 18 polls. The traditional ruler and monarch of the Yoruba kingdom...

EFCC nabs ‘crossdresser’, 32 other internet fraudsters in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 33 young men in Lagos State for engaging in internet fraud. Among the culprits is Owoseni Gabriel, who, according to the anti-graft agency, posed as a woman by wearing a gown and a wig to evade arrest. The EFCC identified other culprits as Salaudeen Hammed, Akinsanya Olamilekan, Olamofe Joshua, Akindele Saheed, Damilare Micheal, Patoki Ayomiku, Olakunle Ismail, Babalola Ayomide,...

Elon Musk to step down as Twitter’s CEO, keeps successor’s identity secret

Micro-blogging platform Twitter will get a new Chief Executive Officer, CEO, in six weeks, Elon Musk says. In a tweet on Thursday, Musk announced that he has hired a new CEO to replace him as the ‘Chief Twit’, a pseudonym he took following his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform on October 27, 2022, to reflect his new status. Musk says he will become Twitter’s executive chairman and chief technology officer when the...

Anambra State House  Reshuffles Leadership, Commends Governor and Security Agencies

Barely one month before the inauguration of the next Assembly, the Anambra State House of Assembly has appointed some members to vacant leadership positions in the House. In a statement before naming the new appointees into vacant principal office positions, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Uche Okafor, said the new leadership has been approved by the APGA caucus in the Assembly. From the list, Hon. Pete Ibida, member representing Njikoka II constituency was...

Security Operatives kill 5 IPOB suspects in Anambra, recover rocket launchers, charms, others

The Anambra State Joint Security Operatives on Wednesday killed five armed gang suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Briefing newsmen yesterday at the Anambra state police headquarters, Awka, the Police Commissioner in the State, Echeng Echeng, said that the joint security forces recovered two rocket launchers, four Ak47 raffle, four magazines, one pump action, live ammunition, amongst others. Echeng told reporters that the briefing was to provide another update on...

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