Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and their military counterparts on Thursday repelled an attack on a branch of First Bank Plc and a police divisional headquarters located in the Abaji Area Council. The armed robbers were said to have attacked both the bank and police divisional headquarters simultaneously on Thursday. The armed…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Chairman and Publisher of Vanguard Media Limited, Mr. Sam Amuka-Pemu, on the occasion of his birthday. President Tinubu joins family, friends, and the Nigerian media community to celebrate a pacesetter, an inimitable man of letters, and a bastion of journalism. The President salutes Pa Amuka-Pemu for his service to…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko, professionally known as Jide Babs, has revealed how his parents marital issues affected his choice of religion. In a recent interview, he made it known that his parents had marital issues and he had to go with his mother. In his words, he said: “When my mom and dad had…
Nollywood actress Remi Oshodi, popularly known as Remi Surutu, has revealed her first earning as an actress. Speaking, the talented actress said she got paid N75 to act in popular 80’s TV series ‘The Village Headmaster.’ “I kicked off my acting career in 1985 with the classic TV series “Village Headmaster” and “Sparks”. My first…
Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, better known as Portable, has continued to trend online for dragging his senior colleague, David Adeleke ‘Davido’. It will be recalled that the Zazu crooner blew hot online after the DMW boss unfollowed him on Instagram following the drama that emanated from interacting with him. In a new development, another…
The founder of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that both local and international criminal organisations, which he described as “mafia”, made repeated attempts to sabotage his $19bn refinery project located in Lagos. Speaking at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings, Dangote likened the oil cartels to a mafia stronger than the drug mafia hell-bent on maintaining…
The parent company of MultiChoice Nigeria, MultiChoice Group, has disclosed a 30.77% decline in subscriber income from Nigeria for the full fiscal year that concludes in March 2024. Despite the hike in prices of subscription fees two times, BusinessDay reported that revenue decreased to $341.72 million from $493.59 in the prior year. The company attributed…
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has revealed that some people are not happy with his administration over his decision to remove what he described as the state’s feeding bottle from their mouths. The governor spoke on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital during the distribution of 20,000 bags of rice and 10,000 bags of maize…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has lamented that there is hunger in the country. According to him, Nigeria is not a productive country. Makinde noted that what is happening in the country does not reflect where the country and its people should be as a nation. He used the opportunity to appeal to leaders…
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has handed down a life imprisonment sentence to Mr. Enoch Gbinyiam, a pastor of Winners Chapel Church in Omuo-Ekiti, for defiling a minor within the church premises. The court case centered around a single charge of rape, as detailed by State Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Julius Ajiba. Ajiba outlined that…
