Social media reacts as Tiwa Savage, lover’s ‘sex tape’ surfaces
Social media is already buzzing as alleged secret sex tape of sensational singer and her lover surfaces online. The sex tape leaked online a few hours ago. While the face of the man involved in it did not show, the lady in the video bears a close resemblance with Tiwa Savage. The mother of one had revealed during an interview with American...
FG sacks CEOs as new bodies replace DPR, PPPRA, PEF
The Federal Government has scrapped the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF). Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, made the disclosure on Monday at the inauguration of the boards of the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURC) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority...
El-Zakzaky seeks N2bn from DSS, AGF over rights violation
Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, filed a N2 billion suit against the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) on Monday in Abuja. His counsel, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), who filed the suit, stated that El-Zakzaky demanded the money as general and exemplary damages over the respondents’ refusal to release his travel...
2023: 3.5m registered in one week as INEC receives 5.3m applications
The pre-registration in the second week of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) had reached 3,558,360 as at 7a.m on Monday, October 18, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. INEC’s second quarter, week two update released on Monday, in Abuja, said that 1,308,443 persons had completed their registrations during the reporting period. A breakdown of the fresh registrations indicated...
Buhari to bandits: Crushing defeat await you
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the days of bandits terrorising some states in the North are numbered. The President told the bandits that "the clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no longer have a place to hide." "The days of the bandits are indeed numbered because the military capabilities of our forces are being boosted by...
#EndSARS: Lagos panel ends sittings, awards N128.2m to 24 petitioners
Barely one year after it commenced sittings, the Justice Doris Okuwobi-led Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters on Monday ended hearings. During Monday’s sitting, the Judicial Panel awarded N128.2 million as compensations for 24 petitioners, who were victims of Police brutality, as well as families of people killed by the Nigeria...
Investors lose N153bn amid price depreciation of capitalised stocks
Trading in the domestic bourse resumed for the week on Monday with bearish sentiments due to profit taking in bellwether stocks – MTNN and Nestle. Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N153 billion or 0.71 per cent to close at N21.471 trillion from N21.624 trillion on Friday. Also, the All-Share Index dipped 293.48 points or 0.71 per cent to close at 41,144.67...
Nigeria, World Bank plan $30m vaccine plant – Osinbajo
Nigeria and the World Bank are collaborating to raise $30 million to finance a vaccine plant. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the International Conference on Health Access and Socio-Economic Development Beyond Covid-19: The First Multisectoral Approach to Solution Finding. The conference was organised by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD). He said the...
Eid-ul-Maulud: Buhari charges media on security narrative
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the media to address the tone, content, and standards of reporting into security and safety measures. Buhari said time has come to reverse the prefixes “rising insecurity” with “declining insecurity.” He spoke while felicitating with the Muslim Ummah as well as Nigerians of all faiths on the occasion of the Maulud-Un-Nabiyy, the birthday of the...
Commissioner: Lagos records 288 deaths during COVID-19 third wave
Lagos State has recorded 288 deaths in the ongoing COVID-19 third wave. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who made the disclosure on Monday, also said that the state had conducted 783,404 valid COVID-19 sample tests since the inception of the pandemic. The commissioner said that 73 per cent of the tests were conducted by accredited private COVID-19 laboratories, while 27...
