Al-Hilal is reportedly ready to extend an astonishing €50 million (approximately N89 billion) annual salary to entice Victor Osimhen to make the switch from Napoli. Just last week, Osimhen rejected an already impressive offer of €30 million (around N54 billion) per season. This came after Al-Hilal had agreed to activate the €75 million release clause…
The Anambra government has condemned the brutal killing of no fewer than 10 persons in Ogboji community in Orumba South Local Government Area of the state on June 30. The government in a Statement signed by Dr Law Mefor, the commissioner for Information in Awka on Wednesday, called for a thorough investigation into the matter….
A Chief Magistrate Court in Ifo, Ogun State, sentenced Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, to three months in prison for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. He was offered the option of paying a N30,000 fine. The court found Portable guilty of two charges stemming from a November 18, 2022, incident…
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday awarded N200,000 in costs and dismissed preliminary objections filed by Instagram celebrity, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), and his son, Folarin Falana (Falz), had filed a N1 billion defamation suit against VDM. Falana initiated the suit after an audio…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in twenty sets of religious books bound for Saudi Arabia. According to the Director, Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the cocaine consignment consisted of twenty parcels with a total weight of 500 grams buried in the…
Gov Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has described the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari as a monumental loss to Nigeria. This is contained in a condolence message by Dr Gyang Bere, the Director of Press and Public Affairs (DOPPA) to the governor, on Monday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari,…
The Ndigbo in the Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC), has mourned the passing of elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark,at 97. Its Apex Leader, Mr Joe Igbogwe ,in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday, described Clark as a courageous leader. Igbokwe , a former Lagos State Commissioner, said Nigeria had lost a great…
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has called for greater synergy between his administration and the Nigerian Army in the fight against criminality and insecurity in the state. Soludo made the call during a special Sallah Lunch at the 302 Artillery Military Cantonment in Onitsha. Mr Chris Aburime, Press Secretary to Soludo who disclosed this in…
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ekiti North Federal constituency, Mr Akintunde Rotimi Jr., has donated N700,000 to the Ekiti Para athletics contingent ahead of the National Sports Festival. This is contained in a statement by Blessing Akinyemi, the Media Officer of the Para Athletics, on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. Akinyemi said Rotimi, who…
Microsoft is facing a 1 billion Euros ($1.27 billion) legal action from UK businesses over claims it overcharged firms for access to products. The claim filed to the Competition Appeal Tribunal alleges customers using rival cloud computing platforms to Microsoft’s own Azure were charged higher licensing fees to access its Windows Server. It alleges that…
