Author: Opalim Lifted

In a recent appearance with Arise TV, Falz the rapper gave his justification, emphasising how pointless life is in Nigeria. He claimed that he had no fear of dying. The actor was featured on Arise TV to discuss “Music as a Socio-political Tool” following the release of his most recent song with Vector, “Yakubu,” which is named after Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the head of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC. Vector and Falz criticised INEC, its chairman, and other political parties in the song for supposedly using fraudulent voting methods in the recently concluded general elections. Falz claims that rather…

Peter Obi, the candidate for the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has claimed that the leaked audio of a supposed discussion between him and Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, is fake. According to the recording, Obi told Oyedepo that the presidential election was a religious battle and suggested that the clergyman assist him in pleading with South Westerners and Kwara State residents, particularly Christians, to support his campaign. In response, Obi said in a statement he directly signed on Wednesday that he never referred to the election as a religious war…

Three suspects have been detained by members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps from the Zamfara State Command for allegedly manufacturing and using counterfeit naira and dollar bills. The suspects have been named as Kamalu Sani, Uzaifa Muazu, and Suleiman Yusuf by the command’s spokesman, Ikor Oche. Oche claims that Umar Nasir, a commercial tricycle operator, filed a report after one of the suspects gave him a fake N1,000 note, leading to the arrest of the suspects. He said, “On April 3, 2023, one Kamalu Sani aged 28, boarded a tricycle from Kasuwa at about 1pm. “On reaching…

The FCT High Court has issued an order prohibiting the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure, the National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim, and two others from acting as National Officers of the party. Others barred from acting as National Officers include the National Organizing Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu, and another. On Wednesday in Abuja, Justice Hamza Muazu issued the blocking order while deciding on an ex-parte motion presented by Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, James Ogwu Onoja. In the motion, Onoja described how the constrained national officials reportedly faked several papers from the FCT High Court in order…

Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president, sent a letter to the British judge that convicted Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, of organ trafficking. The former President pleaded with the Chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey in London in a letter to step in and guarantee that the UK government in this case balanced justice with mercy. Ekweremadu and his wife were found guilty of organ trafficking by a London judge, and they now face a potential 10-year prison term under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act of 2015. Ekweremadu and his wife were remanded in prison…

According to the Federal Government, the Loko-Oweto Bridge and the 2nd Niger Bridge have been finished and will be commissioned and turned over to the incoming government by May 29. Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, stated this on Tuesday during a tour of the finished Loko-Oweto road and bridge in Nasarawa. According to him, the workers vowed to finish the job by the end of March, and they kept their word. “That is why we are here today.” The 4th of April is today. So, they suggested last week that they were done, and you can see…

To commemorate this year’s Easter celebration, the Federal Government has designated Friday, April 7, and Monday, April 10, 2023 as public holidays. Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, made the announcement in Abuja. Aregbesola urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace, and patience, as exemplified by Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore, on Wednesday. The minister urged Christians and all Nigerians to use this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to the country’s security problems. Aregbesola said “Security is everybody’s business. I, therefore, urge…

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said he warned the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi on the excesses of his supporters, otherwise known as ‘Obidients.’ Soyinka, stated this in a statement titled, “Media responsibility,’’ on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the elder statesman said his recent interview with Channels Television was misrepresented, with his remarks rendered unrecognisable. The TV station aired a half-hour interview with Soyinka a week ago on Monday. He maintained that his rejection of fascism wasn’t new and that on three occasions, he was able to send a message to Obi, that, if he lost the election,…

Mohammed Ali Ndume, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, officially entered the race to succeed Ahmad Lawan as Senate President in the 10th National Assembly on Wednesday. Ndume declared his intention to run for the post in an interview with reporters in Abuja. Of all those who have declared their intention to run for Senate President, Ndume is the first to lay out a plan for how he plans to run the red chambers if elected. He did, however, advocate that the election be held without the zoning restrictions that the party had planned, but he also stated that…

According to the Kano State Fire Service, three female passengers died and 13 others were injured when a commercial bus was tragically involved in a fire accident on Tuesday. Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the service’s Public Relations Officer, verified the incident in a statement to Kano journalists. He stated that the commercial vehicle, a Toyota Hiace bus with the registration number XE 222 TRN, went up in flames near the Government Technical College in the state’s Nassarawa Local Government Area. He stated that the incident happened when the bus travelling from Ajingi LGA to Kofar Wambai went up in flames. The…