Author: Vincent Osuwo

Nigerian street-pop singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has turned his controversial celebrity boxing rematch loss against Nollywood actor Charles Okocha into a swift diss track, days after suffering disqualification in their bout in Lagos. The Okocha bout, codenamed “Unfinished Business,” headlined the Chaos in the Ring event at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, and was billed as a rematch of the pair’s contentious first fight, which Okocha claimed was unfairly judged in Portable’s favor. Portable appeared to have the upper hand until the match degenerated into a wrestling-like scuffle that the referee could…

Frank Edoho has disclosed that his departure from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was due to the show’s sponsor withdrawing, rather than being fired, as widely reported. Speaking on an edition of The KK Show that aired on Sunday, Edoho denied a newspaper story that he had been dismissed off the show. The former Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host remembered that he spent four years working at Radio Nigeria, the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, before television gave him the fame that radio could not. “I was on the radio. I worked for Radio Nigeria—that’s the Federal…

The Sokoto State Police Command has reported that Lakurawa terrorists attacked the Girkau village in the state’s Kebbe Local Government Area, killing a police officer and two civilians, injuring several others, and rustling an undefined number of livestock. The Lakurawa terrorists attack, which occurred on Monday, also saw the assailants set ablaze two security vehicles belonging to the Nigeria Police Force and the Sokoto State Community Guard Corps. Confirming the attack to the press on Tuesday, the command’s spokesman, Ahmed Rufai, said the command received a distress call and swiftly deployed operatives to the community, where they engaged the attackers…

The Adamawa State Police Command has launched an inquiry into the alleged shooting of a businessman by military soldiers in Mubi North Local Government Area of the state. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the command’s spokeswoman, confirmed this in a statement made on Tuesday. According to the statement, Mr. Muslim Abubakar of Yelwa Ward, Mubi North, reported the incident to police on August 3, 2026. The statement partly read, “He alleged that his younger brother, Suleiman Abubakar, sustained a gunshot injury during an encounter with some military personnel on the night of August 2, 2026. “Upon receipt of the report, police operatives…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja, requesting permission to submit a new appeal against a Federal High Court decision that banned it from imposing fines on broadcast stations. The application follows the Court of Appeal’s June 17, 2026 decision, which dismissed the commission’s previous appeal as “fundamentally defective” and incompetent. In an application submitted by its counsel, Mr. Dapo Akinosun (SAN), the NBC requested that the appellate court extend the time limit for challenging Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court’s January 10, 2024, judgment. The case stemmed from a challenge filed…

Jeff Stelling, a Sky Sports veteran, has tipped Arsenal as the club to beat in the race for this season’s Premier League crown. Stelling believes Mikel Arteta’s team will go into the season as favourites, saying that their nearest competitors have not improved enough to catch them. The Gunners enter the new season following a fantastic campaign in which they won the Premier League title ahead of Manchester City and Manchester United. They also advanced to the UEFA Champions League final before falling to Paris Saint-Germain. Arteta has also reinforced his squad during the transfer window in a bid to…

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured that the state is prepared to host this year’s CAF Awards after a five-man team from the Confederation of African Football inspected the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, also known as the National Theatre, the ceremony’s designated venue. The CAF team came to Nigeria last Thursday to assess the facilities proposed by the country to host the organisation’s 48th Ordinary General Assembly and annual CAF Awards ceremony. Dr Christian Emeruwa, a former NFF presidential aspirant and CAF Head of Safety and Security, leads the team. The delegation also comprises Mohammed…

The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, Trade Union Side, has called on the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Taiwo Oyedele, to convene an urgent meeting over the delayed payment of two months’ wage award and the implementation of the 40 percent peculiar allowance for federal workers. The JNPSNC stated that it was seeking an audience with the minister on or before August 11, warning that failure to resolve the issues could spark unrest among public servants. In a letter addressed to the minister and signed by the council’s National Secretary, Gbenga Olowoyo, on behalf…

A female TikToker narrowly escaped death after allegedly recording a procession linked to the annual Oloolu Masquerade Festival in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, which went viral on social media, sparked widespread debate after videos showed the woman undergoing traditional cleansing rites at the Oloolu compound. Speaking with the press on Monday, Chief Adeola Oloko, the spokesperson of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, said the woman did not record the sacred Oloolu masquerade itself but filmed Alawo Oloolu, a figure associated with the Oloolu tradition. He stated that the traditional custodians confirmed that the woman captured the procession…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has informed prospective corps members that they will not be mobilized for national duty until they get clearance from the National Electronic Registration Database (NERD). The warning comes as the organization prepares to mobilize a new batch of prospective corps members while simultaneously stepping up efforts to protect their safety during orientation camp journeys. In a public notification posted on its official X account on Monday, the NYSC announced that NERD clearance is now required for all prospective corps members. The scheme encouraged potential corps members to finish the process as soon as possible…