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Popular award-winning Nollywood actor Murphy Afolabi has passed away at the age of 49. Afolabi passed away yesterday after a tragic fall in the bathroom but his representatives or family members are yet to comment on the report. The actor, producer, and director was a well-known face in the Nigerian film industry, having starred in several Yoruba movies and Television shows over the years. The news of his death has […]

A South East youth-based group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders COSEYL has rejected the micro-zoning of the position of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South East after the ruling All Progressives Congress APC recently announced Benjamin Kalu an Abia State member-elect for the position. COSEYL in a press release signed by its President-General and Publicity Secretary, Goodluck Ibem and Okey Nwaoru, respectively, said it was […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has expressed gratitude to the Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the fruitful working relationship and partnership it enjoyed with the state under his administration. Speaking when she led her team to the Government House, Enugu on a courtesy visit, the UNICEF Representative to Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, stressed that Ugwuanyi’s commitment to the set objectives of the body was impressive, adding that she was […]

The Federal Government has said that governors can offset or grant waivers to inmates with fines of less than One million as some of them are behind bars for minor offenses that can be easily waived by the states. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this during the commissioning of a 20-bed space medical facility at Port Harcourt maximum security custodial center. The former Governor of Osun State said […]

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has adjourned the pre-hearing session in the petition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar against the election of Bola Tinubu to May 18, 2023, and also his petition for the live coverage of proceedings. Atiku’s lead counsel Chris Uche informed the court that all the lawyers jointly agreed to next Thursday’s return date to allow their teams to sort out documents to be […]

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Shuaib Belgore yesterday said no fewer than 52,436 inmates of the correctional centers nationwide are awaiting trial. Belgore who disclosed this during the two-day High Conference on Decongestion and Corrections Management in Abuja explained that while 23,071 are convicted persons, 3,322 are condemned inmates on death row, stressing that there has been a steady rise in the population of the custodial centers […]