A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a pastor, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death by hanging for murder. Okoroafor, who is the General Overseer of the Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly based in Oyigbo, Rivers State was tried for killing his choir mistress, Orlunma Nwagba, who he allegedly impregnated. He also faced murder…
Iyabo Ojo Popular Yoruba Nollywood actress has tackled Lagos State Government on the exorbitant tax levy of N18,640,092 she got from Lagos Internal Revenue Service on Monday with seven days ultimatum, adding that she is not ready to pay. Sharing the pictures of the personal income tax signed on the letterhead of the LIRS on…
By Issa Itopa Lucky Nigeria is now in the post-2023 elections phase and while the elections including the highly disputed Presidential election are in court pending judicial verdict to lay the matters of the elections to final rest, loyalties are already being tested. Many have fallen by the way side and are already hobnobbing with…
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, has been named ‘Best Banking CEO of the Year in Africa’ in the International Banker 2023 Banking Awards. The award, published in the Spring 2023 Issue of the International Banker Magazine, sees Dr Onyeagwu honoured alongside other individuals and banks from the…
Synthetic wigs for women By Elizabeth Adegbesan Sometimes, you can only imagine the choices and risks women take to look endowed and attractive. One such choice is the use of soft drinks to treat their hair. The strange practice is fast becoming the vogue and one will only wonder how such an experiment came to…
Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has made history as the first African artiste to sell out the 80, 000-capacity London Stadium. Burna Boy’s concert, which was held on Saturday in the United Kingdom, sparked delight among his fans by virtue of his performance. Confirming the record via its official Twitter handle on Saturday before the show,…
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Union of Journalists has rejected the sudden removal of subsidy by the federal government and directed its members to commence industrial action from Wednesday 7th June, 2023 if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNCPL) fails to reverse the newly increased pump price of petroleum. In a release, which was…
The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) Former President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has submitted his assets declaration form and the Code of Conduct Bureau on Saturday acknowledged receipt of the form. The Senior Special Adviser to the former President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known on Saturday in a Twitter post…
A driver based in Ibadan, Oyo State, Saheed Abioye, also known as Anini, has been arrested by the Anti-Cultism Squad of the Osun State Police Command. The suspect was reported to be returning home after a failed attempt to steal mobile phones at a church in Osogbo when he was caught. The father of one…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun is to commission an ultra modern hall built and donated by some old pupils of Saint Barnabas Primary School, Okun – Owa in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. In a statement made by the President of the Old Pupils Association of the…
