Actress Kemi Afolabi celebrates 44th birthday with emotional tribute
Popular Yoruba actress, Kemi Afolabi, has written an emotional tribute in commemoration of her 44th birthday. Afolabi, who is suffering from Lupus, turned 44 on Thursday. Taking to her Instagram page, the excited celebrant wished herself many years of goodness, good health, and wellness. She further appreciated her fans for their prayers and well wishes. The Nollywood actress wrote: “Happy birthday to me....
Yul Edochie’s first wife unfollows actor on Instagram
May Aligwe, first wife of popular Nigerian actor, Yul Edochie, has unfollowed her husband on Instagram. This is coming barely 24 hours after Edochie took to his Instagram page to announce the birth of a baby boy with his second wife, Judy Austin, who is also a Nollywood actress. The post was however greeted with wide condemnations, including the actor’s first...
Alleged cocaine deal: Court approves NDLEA’s request to review facts in Abba Kyari’s trial
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, granted the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)’s application to review facts of the two defendants who pleaded guilty in the ongoing trial of suspended DCP Abba Kyai, and others on alleged cocaine deal. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, dismissed the objection raised by counsel for Kyari and other co-defendant...
Court denies Abba Kyari’s co-defendant bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a bail application filed by ASP Bawa James, a co-defendant in the alleged drug trafficking case preferred against suspended DCP Abba Kyari, and others. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had succeeded to prove its argument beyond doubt...
Pogba, Haaland’s football agent, Raiola, dies at 54
Mino Raiola, football agent of superstars Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, has died at the age of 54 following an illness. According to UK Mirror, the death of Raiola was announced in Italy on Thursday. The Italian football agent was hospitalised in Milan in January and underwent very delicate surgery but the nature of the illness was not revealed. "Mino...
Missing Abuja NYSC member found dead
A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Stephanie Se-Ember Terungwa, who was earlier declared missing in Abuja, has been found dead. The family of the corps member had declared her missing on April 14, 2022. However, the NYSC, in a statement issued by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, on Thursday, said the body of...
Man bags jail term for stealing bags of rice
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Barau Aminu, to six months imprisonment for stealing five bags of rice and N200,000 cash. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel sentenced Aminu, who resides in Kawo, Kaduna after he pleaded guilty to theft. Emmanuel, however, gave the defendant an option of N20,000 fine. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that...
Gov Wike declares House of Reps member wanted
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Farah Dagogo, wanted for alleged hiring of cultists to attack the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Port Harcourt. Dagogo represents Degema Bonny constituency at the National Assembly. Wike, however, declared the federal lawmaker wanted via a statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Assistant to...
Police arrest 2 suspects, recover AK47 in Kaduna
The operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested two suspects and recovered an AK47 rifle with 34 rounds of live ammunition. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in Kaduna on Wednesday, noting that the arrest was made on Sunday. Jalige stated that the arrest followed the receipt of credible information on the movement...
KASU: Kaduna govt not involved in decision to pull out of ASUU strike
The management of Kaduna State University (KASU) says the Kaduna State Government has nothing to do with its decision to pull out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The management of the university made this known in a statement issued by the KASU Public Relations Officer, Mr. Adamu Bargo, on Wednesday. The management was reacting...
