A 44-year-old man, Gbenga Oluwatomisin, is facing trial at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, accused of sharing an explicit video of his former partner with her husband. The video showed his intimate encounters with the woman. Oluwatomisin, whose address has not been disclosed, is charged with two offences: …
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NIGERIAN billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, said that one of the challenges in the industry was having to deal with oil mafias. Speaking during an interview with Forbes, on Monday, the businessman described the mafia in the oil industry as more dangerous than those involved in hard drugs. According to him, …
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THE Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, has debunked a report claiming that the company imported over 200 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in February 2025. An online newspaper had reported that the national oil company imported 213 million …
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Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank PLC, has donated maternity kits to pregnant women in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area, Apapa, Lagos State as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Executed under the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme (FHHP), the outreach saw the bank donate maternity kits to pregnant women …
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A 53-year-old lawyer, Wale Odusola, has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate’s Court in Ondo State for allegedly using social media to verbally and psychologically harass Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. According to the charge sheet, Odusola was accused of posting critical statements about the governor on Facebook, claiming that he had …
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RESIDENT doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have suspended the indefinite strike they commenced a day earlier. Dr. Uthman Adedeji, General Secretary of the UCH Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), confirmed the suspension in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. The strike was …
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THE House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Electoral Matters to summon the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Newsextra24 reports that Yakubu was summoned to explain the delay in conducting bye-elections to fill vacant seats in both the national and state assemblies. This decision was …
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THE First Prosecution Witness (PW1), Abubakar Hassan in the trial of former governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu on Monday, February 17, 2025, told Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the State High Court, sitting in Ilorin that the first defendant diverted to personal …
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OPERATIVES of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 15 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, FCT. They were arrested in Amax Apartment, Guzape, following credible intelligence that linked them to fraudulent internet activities. Items recovered from them include a Toyota Highlander with customized registration …
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President Bola Tinubu said he was deeply saddened by the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, former federal commissioner of information and respected leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). He was quoted to have said that Chief Clark, 97, was born on May 25, 1927, in Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government …
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