Self-styled ‘wahala’ singer, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable, has backtracked on his claim that he formed two criminal gangs that terrorised Lagos residents during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Portable claimed he was merely”catching a cruise”, a Nigerian euphemism for making a joke. The controversial artiste had in the early hours of Read More…
No fewer than 100 participants are expected to compete for championship honours in the maiden edition of Nigeria 2022 Ludo Championship which kicked off in Lagos on Monday. The competition which began on July 18 will run till July 23 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium. The organiser, Mrs Olaide Graham, in her Read More…
The Debt Management Office (DMO), has raised N123.85 billion in its July Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bond auction. The DMO, which made this known in a statement on Monday, said that the three instruments auctioned were valued at N75 billion each, totalling N225 billion. It said that though the short term and medium term Read More…
First Bank Holding Plc has said it had instructed its lawyers to defend it following a court order stopping it from implementing all the decisions taken at its 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on June 20, 2022 in Lagos. In a statement yesterday by the Acting Company Secretary, Adewale Arogundade, to the Nigerian Exchange Read More…
The Russian parliament has moved to tighten already stringent restrictions on the discussion of LGBTQ rights and relationships. A draft bill calling for the broadening of a 2013 ban on the “promotion of non-traditional sexual relations” to minors, widely referred to as the “gay propaganda” bill, was announced on the website of the parliament, or Read More…
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji. Lai Mohammed, has been criticised over a statement claiming that the October, 2020 EndSARS protest, was allegedly sponsored by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi. Some online reports, yet to be denied by the minister, alleged that he said most of the young men Read More…
The Lagos High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has issued a bench warrant against a Lagos-based defendant, Ibukun Fakaye, following his alleged failure to appear before the court to answer charges of forgery and fraud of N100 million. The Police, through the Office of the Inspector-General (IGP), dragged the defendant before the Read More…
The First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has encouraged the volunteers participating in the fourth edition of the Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat Healthcare Mission International (BOSKOH HMI) to offer only excellent service to the beneficiaries of the programme.She said this at the Volunteers’ Training, which took place on Saturday, Read More…
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikorodu has restrained Alhaji Jamiu Shittu from holding himself out as the Head of Regun Family of Ikorodu, Lagos. Justice Adeniyi Pokanu, who granted the interlocutory order, held that it subsists pending the determination of a suit filed by two claimants, Chief Kameeel Adisa Dada and Hon. Gbenga Read More…
Peter Obi Support Network (PSON) Monday accused Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai, of preventing a Northern meeting in support of Peter Obi. The followers of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate planned to use the popular Arewa House on Rabah Road. But, in a statement on Monday, their spokesman, Sani Saeed Altukry said the venue’s Read More…