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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 Nigerian chef, Hilda Bacci is on the verge of breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual. 27-year-old Bacci who is no stranger to breaking records as she won the maiden edition of the Jollof Faceoff competition held back in August 2021 is currently on 86 hours and counting, with about 10 hours left to set the new Guinness World Record. Hilda owner of […]
Spanish Giant Barcelona sealed their first La Liga title since 2018-19 with four games to spare after a classy 4-2 win at the home of city rivals Espanyol. Barco were 3-0 up by half-time with Polish Striker Robert Lewandowski scoring his 20th league goal of the season before 19-year-old Alejandro Balde doubled the lead. Lewandowski added the third before Jules Kou de's header made it 4-0 but Espanyol reduced the […]
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 […]
The Labor Party and its presidential candidate Peter Obi have supported the request by the People’s Democratic Party PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. Counsel to the Labor Party and its presidential candidate, Livy Uzuokwu made this known yesterday after the court adjourned pre-hearing sessions in their petition challenging the election of the […]
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja has given an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission NBC from imposing fines, on broadcast stations in the country and also set aside the 500,000 Naira fines imposed on each of the 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019. Omotosho who described NBC’s act as being ultra vires in his ruling also held that NBC, not being a […]
