Author: Vincent Osuwo

A number of Newcastle United fans were reportedly stabbed after being jumped by knife-wielding thugs in Milan yesterday night, on the eve of their team’s Champions League match against AC Milan. According to social media reports, a number of Magpies supporters were walking back to their hotel from a location where fans had gathered when they were jumped from behind and stabbed with knives. A social media user claimed the attacked group was ‘OK,’ while another account appeared to show one bloodied man being attended to by doctors. Newcastle is aware of the reports and is in communication with the…

An Ibadan-based radio broadcast station, Splash FM 105.5, has prohibited songs by Azeez Fashola, commonly known as Naira Marley, from airing on the station until further notice. This comes on the heels of backlash directed towards Marlian Music boss following the death of also known as MohBad. This was announced in a statement on Monday by one of the radio station’s presenters, Aderonke Adesola. According to the post, the ‘soapy’ crooner’s songs have been placed on “Not to Be Broadcast” by the station’s management. Mohbad: Naira Marley loses over 200k followers on Instagram The post read, “Good evening, team. In…

In a call for justice over the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called MohBad, celebrities and fans of  MohBad will begin a protest today at Paneke Skating Ground in Akure, Ondo State, a poster sighted on Instagram reveals. According to the poster, the Lagos leg of the protest being championed by the celebrities will take place on Wednesday at Elegushi Beach, Victoria Island. Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo, who is leading the Lagos leg of the protest, said her NGO, Pinkies Foundation, would send a letter to the state government ahead of the march on Wednesday. The actress made the news…

An operation carried out by a joint team of operatives of the Ogun State Police Command and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) has led to the arrest of no fewer than seven suspected cultists in Sagamu, Ogun State. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer at Ogun State Police Command Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the operation was carried out in response to a report of a clash between two rival cult groups, namely Aiye and Eiye, resulting in the deaths of four individuals at Ewu Iya Sunday in Sakura. The…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 special advisers and senior special assistants for the Vice President, Kashim Shettima. The appointments were announced in a statement signed by Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, on Monday. According to the statement, “the team comprising six Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants will work in the office of Vice-President Shettima, supporting the “Renewed Hope” agenda of the Tinubu administration.” “The approved appointees for Shettima include Rukaiya El-Rufai, Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on NEC & Climate Change; Tope Kolade Fasua as Special Adviser (SAD)…

No fewer than 29 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was disclosed in a statement shared by the EFCC on Monday on its verified X handle. According to the anti-graft agency, the arrest was made on Friday, September 15, in a sting operation in Enugu State. The suspects were listed as Ali Chukwuebuka, Ugwueke Chidera, Chukwuneke Nicholas, Daniel Okwume, Ebubechukwu Egbo Victor, Ugwu Felix Chenedu, Chizu Ifejika, Chris Emmanuel, Chukwuka Onye, Arinze Ede, Charles Aforka, and Ejeh Monday Nelson. Others are Joshua Onah, Martin Excel Ozichukwu,…

A Nigerian lawyer, Festus Ogun, has written the Attorney General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo, requesting a coroner’s inquest into the suspicious death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad. In a statement on Monday, Ogun said that immediately after the news of MohBad’s demise became public, there were strong reports indicating that his sudden demise was not natural. “In fact, there were videos circulating on social media where Mohbad was seen agonising and lamenting the pains he had gone through at the hands of some individuals. There are equally credible reports suggesting that Mohbad was persistently bullied, harassed,…

Troops of the 82nd Division of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with operatives of the Nigerian Police, neutralized three combatants of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB)and Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Abia State in the early hours of Monday. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations. The troops who engaged the IPOB/ESN members in a fierce battle at Igboro Forest, between Arochukwu and Ohafia Local Government Areas of Abia State, raided the “hideous camps used by members of the groups to perpetrate heinous crimes.” According to the statement,…

Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has had his law license terminated by the State Bar of Georgia in the United States after claims of corruption. The Nigerian politician, who currently serves as the chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu, was ostracised from the prestigious body effective July 1, 2020. He was found to have stolen money from a client and also failed to pay his membership fees. Gbajabiamila’s newest struggle began when a client filed a theft grievance against him, according to Georgia Bar officials. Gbajabiamila then ignored the bar and ceased paying…

The Gov. Godwin Obaseki-led Edo State government has barred the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, from entering his office in the Government House on Monday. According to a source, the gate leading to the Shaibu’s office was locked with no one around to open the door for him. The source said, “The Deputy Governor was here this morning (Monday); the gate leading to his office was locked, and there was no one to open it for him. I think his office has also been closed because of the new office he was told to move to outside…