Author: Opalim Lifted

Famous Nigerian Afrobeats musician, David Adeleke, professionally known by his stage name Davido, has unfollowed actress Eniola Badmus. Prior to his son’s death in october, the duo had been best of friends over the years. It now seems like the once envied friendship between the singer and the actress has come to an abrupt end as he unfollowed her on Instagram. Davido blamed for Ifeanyi’s death, Reggie Rockstone reacts Recall that Eniola Badmus made headlines for announcing Ifeanyi Adeleke’s death and reportedly exploiting the toddler’s death for monetary gains. After a check conducted on Davido’s Instagram page, it was noticed…

The Serbian army says it is at its “highest level of combat readiness” after weeks of escalating tensions between her state and Kosovo. President Aleksandar Vucic says he will “take all measures to protect our people and preserve the state”. The sabre-rattling is louder than ever and follows media claims that Pristina is preparing “an attack” on ethnic Serb areas in north Kosovo. The government in Pristina has made no comment about the allegations. But it has previously accused Mr Vucic of playing “games” to stir up trouble. The European Union has been attempting to mediate. Switzerland comeback to win…

Most governments, multilateral organisations and the private sector across the world usually resort to borrowing to bridge revenue shortfalls and infrastructure financing. It is, therefore, understandable that the Federal Government borrows to finance budget deficits, specific projects and refinance maturing debt obligations. However, Nigeria’s growing debt profile has been an object of discourse and concern for stakeholders in recent times. Indeed, the country’s public debt has been under scrutiny for the rate of growth, debt service to revenue ratio and how it is utilised. For instance, the total debt stock which stood at N7.50 trillion in 2012 had grown to…

Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections further strained the health system and roiled the economy. Zero-tolerance measures – from shuttered borders to frequent lockdowns – have battered China’s economy since early 2020, fuelling last month the mainland’s biggest show of public discontent since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012. His policy U-turn this month means the virus is now spreading largely unchecked across the country of 1.4 billion people. Official statistics, however, showed only one COVID…

A pregnant woman (name withheld) has been confirmed dead in Dnakundna village in Shiroro local government area of Niger state after she was gang raped by bandits. The deceased woman was among the numerous villagers that were fleeing the village following threat of an attack by the bandits as a result of their (villagers) inability to pay N2million levy imposed on them by the bandits to allow them harvest their farm produce. According to the deceased family source who spoke to Daily Sun in Minna on Monday, the latest incident occurred on Thursday morning, 24 hours to the expiration of…

A Delta State-based woman identified simply as Madam Success has been reportedly arrested and remanded in Anambra State for her alleged role in luring four university female students into prostitution in her state. Madam Success was on Friday arraigned before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Magistrate Court in Awka, where she was denied bail and also remanded. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victims, four female students (names withheld), were lured by Madam Success from Akwa Ibom State to Agbor in Delta State, after initially deceiving them with employment offers. The female students aged between 13 and 15 years, were…

While there’s no denying that Christmas day in Lagos is a special and wonderful time, it’s important to be prepared for the challenges it can present as well. Unfortunately, it was the last day of celebration for this Lagos-based resident. Trigger-happy Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) shoot dead a Lagos-based female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, in the Ajah area of the state on Christmas Day. The unnamed policeman attached to the Ajah Station and his team were said to have tried to stop Raheem and her family members as they drove back home from a Christmas Day church service. Raheem, it…

Fourteen Iranian fishermen have returned home after years in captivity by al-Shabab militants in Somalia. They were freed after “lengthy negotiations with government officials, tribal chiefs and Somali elders,” Iranian news agency ISNA reports. They were flown back to Iran late on Saturday before being taken to their hometown of Chabahar, in the south. Some of them had been held for as long as eight years after being kidnapped in international waters close to Somalia. The fishermen were freed almost a month after Somali police said they had found 20 foreigners – 14 Iranians and six Pakistanis – near land…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the celebration of Christmas brings hope, joy, God’s Grace and relief to Nigerians. Osinbajo spoke with State House correspondents on Sunday after the Christmas Service at Aso Villa Chapel where he delivered the sermon. According to him, the celebration is good news because Jesus Christ offers himself for the sins of man. 2022 Christmas is unique, says Buhari “My message is the message of Christmas which is the birth of the new covenant; the birth of Grace; God’s Grace and mercy is what we celebrate today because the birth of Jesus Christ is the birth…

A hundred days after they began, the longest running anti-government protests in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution have shaken the regime, but at a heavy cost to the people. More than 500 protesters, including 69 children, have been killed, according to the Human Rights Activists’ News Agency (HRANA). Two protesters have been executed and at least 26 others face the same fate, after what Amnesty International calls “sham trials”. Although nationwide demonstrations have swept Iran before – once in 2017 lasting until early 2018, and another in November 2019 – the current protests are unique, as they involve people…