Popular Nigerian music video director and cinematographer, ThankGod Omori, popularly known as TG Omori, has reassured fans about his health, announcing that he plans to make a full return in 2025. The Director made this known in a series of tweets with a picture of himself on his verified X account on Monday. He wrote, “It’s mind over matter. If the mind is defeated, it’s only a matter of time before the body falls.” “Pain has no power over me. Hope the designer covers these scars. “I will be back in 2025. Stay in love!? In August, he revealed that…
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President Bola Tinubu has formally requested the Senate to confirm Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. During Tuesday’s plenary session, the request was presented in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Kekere-Ekun has been serving as the Acting CJN since August, following the retirement of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. President Tinubu had previously sworn her in on an interim basis. In his letter, Tinubu cited Section 231(1) of the Nigerian Constitution, which grants the president the authority to appoint the CJN based on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council and subject to Senate…
The Nigerian Army has discharged a female soldier, Private Ruth Ogunleye, from service after she accused a senior officer, Colonel I.B Abdulkareem, of sexual harassment. In January 2024, Ogunleye made the accusations via her TikTok page, @Ogunleyeruthsavage1, where she alleged that Colonel I.B Abdulkareem, Colonel G.S Ogor, and Brigadier General I.B Solebo had made her life unbearable. She specifically accused Abdulkareem of making repeated attempts to assault her, administering injections against her will, forcibly removing her from her residence, and confining her to a psychiatric hospital for several months after she rejected his sexual advances. Following these allegations, the Chief…
Former Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has dismissed allegations of aiding banditry levelled against him by the state Governor, Dauda Lawal. Matawalle, now Minister of State for Defence, challenged politicians including Lawal to swear on the Quran to prove their innocence in the banditry crisis plaguing the state. “I was the only governor to swear on the Holy Quran that I have no hand in banditry. “I challenged all the politicians, including General Ali Gusau and Dauda Lawal, to do the same. None of them could take the oath, and if they don’t take the oath, that means they are…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have again arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Christian Ogbuji. Ogbuji was first arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on May 10, 2023, upon arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951 for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.986kg. He was subsequently arraigned before Federal High Court 12 Abuja, presided over by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon in charge no: FHC/ABJ/CR/192/2023, and convicted on July 13, 2023. Ogbuji was sentenced to two years imprisonment with an option of paying a fine of N3,000,000.00. A statement by the spokesperson for…
The presiding Pastor of Faith Women Fellowship Ministry International, Pastor Lydia Idoko, has called on President Bola Tinubu to allow his economic reforms to have a human face. Addressing journalists at the opening of a two-day conference of women of excellence for working class and business women in public and private sectors, held in Makurdi on Tuesday, the cleric decried the hardship confronting Nigerians and urged the president and other leaders not to focus only on their understanding but to seek the face of God. Idoko, the wife of the former Chief Judge of Benue State, late Justice Alhassan Idoko,…
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has approved a reduction in the number of days public servants are required to work each week, in a bid to lessen their transportation costs. The governor also announced an extension of palliative payments to public servants for the next two months. A statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, and obtained in Osogbo on Tuesday, indicated that the approval was outlined in a circular from the Office of the Head of Service. The statement added that this decision aligns with Adeleke’s commitment to the well-being of workers and is a response…
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has said that the 2027 elections may never come to fruition, as the All Progressives Congress has destroyed and buried democracy in the country. He also accused the APC of orchestrating a plan to ground Nigeria through misgovernance. Secondus made this known in a statement on Tuesday, signed by his Media Adviser, Ike Abonyi, in reaction to Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. According to him, all indications suggest that the ruling party is on a mission to destroy democracy in Nigeria.He noted that what occurred in Edo…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, says January’s visit by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to the Lagos Head Office of the Dangote Group was intended to embarrass his company. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg and monitored on Tuesday, Dangote stated, “They visited the office but didn’t talk to anybody, nor did they arrest anyone. It was just to cause embarrassment (sic).” The visit by the anti-graft commission to the company was part of a probe into alleged preferential allocations of forex to the Dangote Group and 51 other companies under the Emefiele-led Central Bank of Nigeria.…
The Nigeria Police has said that six persons were arrested on Saturday during the Edo governorship election, while stolen or illegally acquired BIVAS machines were also recovered. The Deputy Inspector General of Police who was in charge of the election, Frank Mba, stated this on Monday in Benin at a press briefing with selected media outfits. He stated that weapons and 58 voter cards that were in unlawful possession of a suspect were also recovered. He said, “Yes, there were arrests made. Six arrests persons were arrested. We expect this number to shoot up in the course of investigations because…