October 21, 2024
JUST IN: Dangote Refinery denies fresh lawsuit against NNPC, others
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has refuted claims that it filed a lawsuit against Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and other marketers to revoke their licence to stop fuel importation. It said that a process to commence the formal withdrawal of the lawsuit will commence in January 2025. The […]
Bobrisky ‘Arrested’ At Seme Border While Fleeing Nigeria, Says VeryDarkMan
Controversial celebrity crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, has been reportedly arrested by operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Seme border while attempting to flee Nigeria to the neighbouring Benin Republic. This was disclosed by social media activist, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), via an Instagram post on Monday. According […]
Breaking: Governor Adeleke Bars Heavy Duty Trucks from Plying Olaiya Bridge
Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to ban heavy duty trucks from plying the Olaiya bridge at the state capital, citing safety reasons arising from the technical reports on the state of the bridge. The Governor who presided over a security council meeting at Osogbo said the decision became necessary […]
FG panel clears Bobrisky of prison scandal allegations
The Federal Government investigative panel has revealed that the convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, served out his six-month prison sentence in custody. Findings of the investigative panel contradicted an earlier report that Bobrisky was kept out of the custodial centre while serving his jail term in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, where he […]
US Election: Elon Musk gives $1m to a rally attendee
Kristine Fishell was the second winner of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s $1m-a-day giveaway (£766,000) at a town hall event in Pennsylvania on Sunday night. Musk said he will run the give away for registered voters in key swing states until the US presidential election on 5 November. The winner will be chosen at random from […]
EFCC re-arraigns ex-Kwara Gov AbdulFatah over alleged diversion of N5.78Bn
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 21, 2024 re-arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed alongside his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu on a 14-count amended charge bordering on alleged diversion of public funds to the tune of N5.78billion before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of […]
No appointment of acting Chief of Army Staff, says DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said it has not appointed any senior officer as acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS). It said such an appointment doesn’t exist within the Armed Forces. The clarification came after reports in some online platforms and social media about the alleged demise of the COAS, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The Nigerian Army […]
Toke Makinwa dismisses marriage rumours
A popular media personality, Toke Makinwa, has dismissed rumours of a fresh marriage during her 40th birthday Thanksgiving party in Lagos. PUNCH Online reports that social media reports emerged on Sunday night that the media personality secretly married an entertainment guru, Farouk Umar, at the Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island. The rumours got rife after […]
China announce guidelines for obesity diagnosis, treatment
China’s National Health Commission has released its first set of guidelines to standardise the diagnosis and treatment of obesity. Over the past years, China has witnessed an upward trend in the morbidity rate of its overweight and obese population, according to the guidelines issued by the commission. As an independent disease and a major causative […]
Isese: Oluwo chased me when I visited him, says Ooni of Ife
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi has revealed that he was chased out when he visited the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, in his palace. The monarch made this known in a trending video on TikTok on Sunday. Speaking, the Ooni of Ife said, “When I visited Oluwo, he chased me out like […]