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A Lagos high court has approved the settlement terms between the Isale Eko Descendants’ Union (IDU) and the producers of ‘Gangs of Lagos’ over the controversial portrayal of the Eyo Masquerade in the film. Directed by Jade Osiberu and produced by Kemi Lala Akindoju, ‘Gangs of Lagos’ was released on Amazon’s Prime Video on April 7, 2023. The film, ‘Gangs of Lagos’ attracted backlash over the “defamatory depiction” of Isale Eko as a den of criminals and the Eyo Masquerade as a gang of murderers. The union took legal action and sought N10 billion in damages against Amazon and the…

Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), said Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, was locked out of the assembly quarters on Wednesday for disregarding due process. The immediate past governor of the oil-rich south-south state spoke during a media chat with journalists in Abuja. Earlier today, Fubara was prevented from accessing the Rivers house of assembly quarters in Port Harcourt to present the 2025 budget. When Fubara and his entourage arrived at the entrance of the building, they met the gates locked. The assembly quarters serve as the chamber for the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers assembly,…

Amaju Pinnick, former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has lost his re-election into the FIFA council. Pinnick failed to secure the required votes to earn one of the six membership positions available for Africa on the council. The former NFF president scored 28 votes in the election held at the 14th CAF extraordinary general assembly on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. Elected members are Faouzi Lekjaa of Morocco, Mauritania’s Ahmed Yahya, Kanizat Ibrahim of Comoros, Djibouti’s Souleiman Waberi, Hamidou Djibrilla of Niger and Egypt’s Hani Abo Rida. The ex-NFF boss had just one vote less than Yahya and Waberi…

The Libyan football federation has announced the appointment of AFCON-winner Aliou Cisse as new head coach of the national team. Aliou Cisse, widely regarded as one of Africa’s top coaches and winner of the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal in 2022, will lead Libya until 2027, the federation said. “We welcome the best coach in Africa,” the statement said on Tuesday, without providing further details on Cisse’s new contract or its value. He replaces Nasser Al-Hadhiri, who had been appointed in September 2024. The federation said Cisse, 48, will be officially presented to the media on March 13 in…

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 28 suspected ponzi scheme operators in Minna, Niger State. In a statement on its official X page, EFCC disclosed that the suspects were apprehended after credible intelligence linked them to fraudulent investment activities with a company, Q-Net Ltd, which operates from a three bedroom apartment in Al-Bishiri Estate, Minna. The statement partly read, “Victims were lured to believe that the company was international with affiliates in Dubai, India, Indonesia and Thailand and made to part with between $790 to $850, amounting to N1,462,000 as…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over the activities of 58 Ponzi scheme operators defrauding Nigerians under the guise of investment opportunities. In a statement released on Tuesday by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the anti-graft agency disclosed that the companies are neither registered with the Central Bank of Nigeria nor the Securities and Exchange Commission, making their operations illegal. Oyewale noted that the commission has taken legal action against many of the entities, leading to the conviction of five, while another five have pleaded guilty and are awaiting further judicial…

The first prosecution witness (PW1) in the ongoing trial of Kore Holdings Limited and Temitope Erinomo, On Tuesday, 11th March 2025, testified before Justice J. O. Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja. PW1 stated that the company failed to report its activities to the appropriate authority as required under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. Chronicle NG reports that this disclosure was made in a statement issued by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity for the Commission. The EFCC is prosecuting Kore Holdings Limited on a four-count amended charge, alongside Muhammed Kuchazi (now deceased), for…

The Supreme Court has dismissed two appeals by the Rivers’ attorney-general and the speaker of the house of assembly seeking to set aside the leave granted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to challenge an order prohibiting the investigation of Peter Odili’s tenure as governor of the state. In 2007, Peter Odili got a court injunction preventing the EFCC from investigating or arresting him. Peter Odili was the governor of Rivers state when Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999. He was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and served two terms until 2007. The…

Inter Milan reached the Champions League quarter-finals with victory over Feyenoord at San Siro Stadium. Marcus Thuram jinked into the box and fired into the top corner as Inter went 1-0 up on the night and 3-0 ahead on aggregate. Hakan Calhanoglu was penalised for clattering into the back of Jakub Moder and the former Brighton midfielder scored from the spot to give Feyenoord hope. The Turkey international made up for his error after the break, converting a penalty after Thomas Beelen fouled Mehdi Taremi in the box. Thuram fired a shot narrowly over the crossbar as he tried to…

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, has reported Senate President Godswill Akpabio to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). She spoke at the IPU meeting held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Natasha had accused Akpabio of making sexual advances towards her. The allegation was preceded by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s outburst against Akpabio over the seating arrangement at the senate chamber. She was suspended on March 6 over the seat reallocation altercation for six months. At the IPU meeting, Natasha said she is seeking justice and intervention from international democratic institutions over what she terms an “unlawful suspension” from the…