Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Ogun State Police Command arrested Alfa Jubril Dalamun, a resident of No. 8 Imososi Street in Ago Iwoye, for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl (name withheld), according to a statement sent to journalists on Thursday.  The Divisional Police Public Relations Officer, Omotola Odutola, received a report of a sexual assault involving a minor at 9:40 a.m. on October 22, 2024. According to Odutola, on October 22, 2024, at 9:40 a.m., the Divisional Police Officer received a report of a sexual assault involving a minor. The PPRO said, “A resident of Adekoja Street in Abobi Ago Iwoye accompanied her 12-year-old…

Nigerian rapper Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has responded to recent allegations made by social media influencer Martins Otse, known as Verydarkman, insisting that the claims against him are baseless and defamatory. Speaking on the issue on The Afro Beat Podcast published on Wednesday via YouTube, Falz stated that before the controversy, he knew little about Verydarkman’s activism. “I don’t know much of it. I’ll be honest with you,” he stated, acknowledging that he had seen some of the influencer’s early content, particularly related to issues like the sale of unregulated bleaching products. “At that time when I saw…

Turkey’s military says it bombed PKK-linked targets in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday night, following an attack near Ankara that killed at least five people.  Various recordings from the attack earlier on Wednesday show at least two people firing firearms near the entrance to Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), which is some 40 kilometres (25 miles) outside the capital. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident, which left 22 people injured. “A total of 32 targets belonging to the terrorists were successfully destroyed” in the retaliatory attack, the Turkish defence ministry said in a statement. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described…

No fewer than five people have been killed and 22 injured after an attack by gunmen at a state-owned aviation company near Ankara, Turkey. According to Turkey’s vice president, four of the victims were Turkish Aerospace Industries employees, while another was a taxi passenger. Officials have branded it as a “terror attack,” with Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya claiming that two gunmen, a male and a woman, have been “neutralised.” Yerlikaya claims they were “most likely” linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish rebel group designated as a “terrorist organisation” by the UK government, the US, and the European…

Football-loving Nigerians subscribed to GoTV, a prepaid satellite cable service, were frustrated on Tuesday night when multiple channels suddenly disappeared. It was gathered that the disruption experienced by the subscribers on Tuesday led many customers to demand compensation from Multichoice, GoTV’s parent company, during separate interviews on Wednesday. Several football enthusiasts watching on cable TV were excited to see their favourite clubs enter the field as the Champions League, a popular event in which European clubs demonstrate their skill and drive, returned on Tuesday night. However, several football fans, particularly those viewing on GoTV, were unhappy when all of the…

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Adrienne Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian woman, to 11 years in prison for bringing 35.20 kilograms of Canadian Loud (Cannabis Sativa) into Nigeria. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu, who delivered the verdict, also granted her the option of paying a N100 million fine on the two counts filed against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Following Munju’s guilty pleas on both charges, the judge convicted and sentenced her. Earlier, when the defendant was arraigned, the NDLEA prosecutor, Mr. Abu Ibrahim, told the court that Munju unlawfully brought 35.20 kilograms…

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has begun distributing Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to some oil marketers directly rather than through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.  While additional oil marketers were increasing their efforts to purchase the product directly from the facility, others were importing the commodity, with hundreds of millions of litres of imported PMS expected to arrive in Nigeria within the next two weeks. It was gathered on Monday that no fewer than four ships carrying imported PMS arrived at seaports along the country’s borders between Friday, October 18, and Sunday, October 20. The article referenced…

Farouk Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives, has been released after serving a five-year sentence for requesting and receiving a $500,000 bribe.  The Supreme Court upheld Lawan’s conviction on January 26, 2024. He was convicted of soliciting a $3 million bribe from Femi Otedola, a Nigerian billionaire oil mogul, while serving as chairman of the House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee investigating gasoline subsidy fraud in 2012. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction and sentence of Lawan, former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Probe, to five years in prison for bribery.…

There are fresh indications that several chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have resolved to snub former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and settle for the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, as the party’s flagbearer in the 2027 presidential election. The secretive move comes just a week after governors elected on the PDP ticket forged a peace deal between party divisions. Despite calls to maintain the status quo, members of the PDP National Working Committee loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have begun to advocate for Makinde’s candidature in the 2027 presidential election. According…

Amid the economic hardship in the country, Air Peace has increased the cost of its one-way flight from Lagos to Abuja to N200,000 beginning November 1, 2024. The hard economy has had an impact on the aviation industry, prompting airlines to raise fares despite passenger complaints. This change has forced several Nigerians to forego aircraft in favour of road transport. Checks by our correspondent on airline prices on Monday revealed that Air Peace upped their tickets to N200,000 in November, the highest among domestic airlines. While Air Peace charges N200,000 or more for a one-way flight from Lagos to Abuja,…