Author: David Great

The Lagos State Police Command on Friday released singer Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, and Balogun Samson, better known as Sam Larry, after the duo met their bail conditions. The command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Friday in a statement saying, “Naira Marley and Sammy Larry, having met their bail conditions, have been released.” The duo were released on Friday afternoon after perfecting their bail conditions granted by Justice Adeola Olatunbosun of the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court. Judge’s absence foils Naira Marley’s alleged cybercrime trial Justice Olatunbosun had on Monday, November 6, granted the duo…

The health ministry, under the control of Hamas, reported on Friday that 24 patients at a hospital in conflict-ridden Gaza had succumbed within 48 hours due to power failures, while Israeli forces were conducting searches in the facility for potential Hamas hideout. This news was released shortly after Israel consented to a US plea to permit two fuel trucks daily into Gaza, in response to a UN alert that the scarcity had stopped aid distributions and exposed people to the threat of famine. The circumstances were critical at the Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza’s largest, where the Israeli military stated it was…

The Kaduna Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 13, 2023, arrested five suspects at a residential Inn and Disney Chicken Eatery, Barnawa, Kaduna following credible intelligence about their alleged internet-related fraud activities. The suspected fraudsters: Favour Itung, Rachael Ande, Suleiman Haruna, Abubakar Ismaila and Solomon Olobatoke, were arrested without incident. However, after the sting operation, six military personnel who witnessed the operation at Disney Chicken Eatery stormed the Kaduna Command and attempted to forcibly release the arrested fraud suspects. They were subdued and detained over the security breach. The intruders are four Air Force…

The eligible Edo voters are on the match again to decide who calls the shots in the coming years at Denis Osadebey House in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Today, we are caught in the web of frustration into which we are plunged by the governing All Progressives Congress. In the build-up to the 2015 general elections we awoke Nigerians to the ill-conceived plan by a confederacy of criminal gangs to hijack power knowing full well they have nothing to offer. Bombings across the country were intensified via a jihadist insurgency to deceive Nigerians that the then-ruling party was…

Just days after her success at the Latin Grammys, Colombian pop idol Shakira is set to go on trial in Barcelona on Monday for allegedly cheating Spain’s tax office out of 14.5 million euros. Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of eight years and two months and a fine of nearly 24 million euros ($24 million dollars) for Shakira, who now lives in Miami with her two sons, Milan and Sasha. She has denied any wrongdoing and turned down a plea deal with prosecutors, paving the way for the trial, which is set to get underway on Monday at 10:00…

President Bola Tinubu will, on Saturday, leave Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa Conference hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The Summit billed to hold November 20,2023 will have as its top agenda the issues of energy, trade and investment. In a statement signed by the president’s special adviser media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, “The G20 CwA Conference will be taking place alongside the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, co-hosted by the German government and German business associations,” President Tinubu will during the summit join other Heads of State and Governments of CwA member countries, bilateral…

The Federal Government, via the Federal Ministry of Works, will block all Third Mainland Bridge ramps to traffic at 7 a.m. on Monday. Olukorede Keisha, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, said this in a statement on Friday. According to Keisha, the Federal Government plans to make major repairs to the Bridge. FG to close Third Mainland Bridge for repairs “In view of the above, the motoring public are hereby notified that all four ramps connecting Adekunle to TMB will be closed at the same going forward. “Consequently, motorists are hereby advised to use alternative routes while cooperating…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State. The Appeal Court in its judgment on Friday, concurred with the judgment of the Kano tribunal, ruling that the fielding of Abba Yusuf was in breach of the Electoral Law as he was not qualified to contest that Election. Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The tribunal had previously nullified the election of Kano Governor Abba…

Israeli troops carried out building-by-building searches at Gaza’s main hospital, as a new communications blackout in the territory on Friday compounded fears for Palestinian civilians trapped inside the facility. Al-Shifa hospital has become a focal point for Israeli operations in northern Gaza since soldiers raided the complex on Wednesday, hunting for a command centre they say militant group Hamas operates there. Hamas and hospital managers deny that charge, and there has been international concern about several thousand people — including wounded patients and premature babies — believed to be trapped inside. Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas in response to the…

American rap icon Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., widely known as Snoop Dogg has announced his resolve to quit smoking. The 52-year-old rapper disclosed his decision on his Instagram page on Thursday. “After much consideration and conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke. Please respect my privacy at this time.” the rapper said in his Instagram post Sonia gives reason for leaving Ighalo, says ‘marriage is to enjoy, not to endure’ Snoop Dogg gained notoriety in 1992 as a featured artist on Dr. Dre’s groundbreaking solo song “Deep Cover,” which came after contributions to Dre’s debut solo album,…