Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Lagos State Environmental Taskforce has warned nightclub owners against parking their vehicles and those of their customers on the walkways meant for pedestrians. This was made known to newsmen on Wednesday by Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, spokesperson of the agency. According to the statement, Shola Jejeloye, the agency’s boss, issued the warning when he received some representatives of Cubana Hut and Grill Night Club at their headquarters in the Bolade Oshodi area of the state. Jejeloye lamented the spate and manner in which vehicles of nightclubgoers park arbitrarily by the roadside, sometimes occupy multiple lanes meant for road users, and then…

As part of efforts to curb the increase in fraud and scams, JP Morgan Chase, a British retail bank, will impose a ban on all cryptocurrency transactions made by customers beginning October 16. The bank’s spokesperson revealed this on Tuesday, saying the bank was “committed to helping keep our customers’ money safe and secure”. According to the bank, “We’ve seen an increase in the number of crypto scams targeting UK consumers, so we have taken the decision to prevent the purchase of crypto assets on a Chase debit card or by transferring money to a crypto site from a Chase…

Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural group, bemoaned yesterday that Nigeria is becoming increasingly ungovernable, following the increasing state of insecurity across the country. Afenifere stated this after its meeting at Isanya Ogbo in Ogun State. In a statement signed by its National Leader and Secretary, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Olusola Ebiseni, respectively, the Yoruba body said, “The people of Nigeria are alarmed by the spate of insecurity in the country, where Nigerians are now mindlessly not sparing security agents in their numbers, with rescuing military aircraft brought down with impunity in Niger State, scores of university students abducted in Zamfara…

Victor Osimhen has deleted nearly all photos of him in a Napoli shirt from his Instagram account following TikTok videos from the club that appeared to mock the forward. Osimhen, who fired Napoli to their first league title in over 30 years last season, was the target of a video where he was mocked by his own club on social media on Tuesday. The Nigerian, who scored 62 goals in 107 appearances for the Serie A side, had a rare penalty miss, yet the video appeared to mock him for his attempts to persuade for the penalty to be given.…

The Department of State Service, DSS, on Tuesday, invited the Chairman of Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Mr. Afolabi Odulate, and two others for interrogation over the recent bloody cult clashes in the Sagamu area of the state, which claimed 20 lives. Also invited for questioning by the DSS according to a reliable source, is the lawmaker representing Sagamu 2, Mr Adeniran Ademola aka Sapele; and a lady, Ifeoluwa Akinyemi. According to the source, “the three were invited by the DSS for questioning to aid in further investigation of the mayhem in the town, which lasted for over…

Leah Sharibu, who is being held in captivity by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), has “remarried” another terrorist’s commander after reportedly securing a divorce from the first ‘husband’ she was forcefully given to, local security sources confirm. Leah was reported to have been abducted alongside over 100 schoolmates from Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, on February 19, 2018. Following her abduction, it was reported by some media houses that the Dapchi girl was married off. According to reports, after the purported divorce from one Abdulrahman, Leah remarried another ISWAP commander in the Lake Chad…

Napoli striker Victor Osimhen could take legal action against the club following a video “mocking” him on their official TikTok, according to the player’s agent, Roberto Calenda. Nigerians on social media were left disappointed with the video (already pulled down), which came after Osimhen missed a late penalty in the Naples-based club’s last 0-0 draw against Bologna on Sunday. In a statement released on Tuesday, Calenda described the video as unacceptable. The statement read, “What happened today on Napoli’s official profile on the TikTok platform is not acceptable. A video mocking Victor was first made public and then, belatedly, deleted.…

A Nigerian man simply identified himself as @abujatechbro, who stated that he had been waiting since 2015 to get his National Identification Number (NIN) card and finally found a ‘do it yourself’ way around it. In a video making the rounds on TikTok, the man disclosed to people how to use a mobile app to generate their cards without stress. He disclosed that he got his card within an hour. He instructed those interested in getting their cards to type in NIMC into the Play Store or Apple Store to get MWS: NIMC Personal ID. A check on the NIMC…

Nigerian rapper Azeez Fashola, popularly called Naira Marley, has stated that he has no hand in the death of his former signee, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka Mohbad. Naira Marley made the remarks in a statement posted by his management team via his Instagram feed on Tuesday. Naira Marley further stated that he is making plans to return to the country to assist with the continuing inquiry into the death of his former signee, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka Mohbad. Chronicle NG reported that Mohbad died on September 12, 2023, and was buried the following day in Ikorodu, Lagos. The death of…

Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has stated that the NPower payment list contains names of people who should not be on the programme. Edu made the disclosure during a conversation with Arise TV about recent advances in her ministry, saying that several problems with the NPower initiative had been identified and that the ministry was working to resolve them. She said, “First of all, when we came onboard, we found lots of issues with the NPower programme that made us re-engage the entire plan. One of the things was that there were people registered on…