The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 13 Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities in Ilorin, Kwara State. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement on Thursday by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren. According to Uwujaren, the 12 male and one female suspects were arrested on July…
Mr Ben Llewelyn-Jones, the departing British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, said on Wednesday night he would miss the high energy, confidence, self-belief, and culture of Nigerians. This was said by Llewelyn-Jones during the British High Commission’s farewell reception for him in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Llewelyn-Jones is leaving Nigeria…
Reacting to a viral video, made by Actress Jaiye Kuti, where she slammed veterans for begging for money online, Adewale Alebiosu, a Nigerian actor has lamented out over the ridiculously small amount of money he was once paid at a movie location. The veteran actor, who mostly stars in Yoruba movies, claimed that he was once…
Ecobank is urging First Bank Holdings to reject the acquisition of 4.7 billion shares by a former Chairman of the bank, Dr. Oba Otudeko. The bank allegedly raised an alarm in a letter written by its Legal Counsel, Kunle Ogunba & Associates, in which it stated that the business magnate, through his affiliated entities, owed…
Oyo State Magistrate Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has ordered skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly known as Trinity Guy, to remain in Prison till August 31. It will be recalled that, the Oyo State police command had in June summoned the Trinity Guy following his controversial prank video with a minor. He was later…
Kemi Afolabi has given an update on the issue she shared in her Instagram page on Tuesday, explaining how her outcry on the internet worked for her like magic as the bank refunded her hours later. Nollywood actress Kemi Afolabi has reached out to the public for assistance as she finds herself embroiled in a…
Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Tope Alabi, has reacted to the controversy trailing her viral video where she was heard singing in Yoruba language using the word ‘Aboru Aboye’, a form of greeting among Ifa initiates. In the viral video, Alabi referred to herself as ‘ebo’ literally meaning sacrifice, while also singing the words, “Abiye ni…
The unending complaints of non-reversal of banks’ failed customer transactions have continued to raise serious concerns within Nigeria’s financial sector. It was gathered that over 60 per cent of complaints from banks’ customers hover around failed transactions. The development is causing pain, frustration and agony for many customers. However, at a sensitization fair in Bauchi…
Forty-seven years after Nigeria boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games and evacuated its athletes from the event, a member of Team Nigeria to the Games, Segun Odegbami, says “it was the most shattering experience of our lives.” Twenty-nine countries — mostly African and including Nigeria — boycotted the Montreal Games after the International Olympic Committee…
“When I was coming into Nollywood, I had a major director who I will not mention his name. He looked at me and said, Why do you want to be an actor? How many albinos do you find as actors? It’s not a place for you to be”. Damilola Ogunsin said, in his opinion against…
