P-Square’s latest: Peter Okoye apologizes to elder brother
Following a series of tweets where he called for the sack of his elder brother as their manager, one half of the pop duo, Psquare, Peter Okoye has apologized for his outburts against his brothers, Paul and Jude Okoye.
Driver docked over alleged diesel theft
A 36-year-old driver, Sakiru Ogunbode, was on Thursday arraigned in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing diesel worth N1.1 million.
2 Eko Hotel staff, cab driver in court over alleged theft of chicken worth N55, 000
Two Eko Hotel and Suites staff and a cab driver, were on Thursday charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos over alleged theft of chickens worth N55, 000.
I never knew, met Kunle Fadipe, murder suspect tells court
A 26-year-old murder suspect of Oluwaseun Oladapo, on Thursday told an Ikeja High Court, Lagos that he never knew or met Mr Kunle Fadipe. Oladapo, led in evidence by his counsel, Mr Walter Oduagbaka made the claim in his ongoing trial for the July 4, 2014, murder of Fadipe, a prominent Lagos lawyer and human rights activist. The defendant, whose testimony in Yoruba was interpreted into English, told the court that he was watching football at Idiagbon Street, Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, on the evening of the incident.
Man remanded in prison for allegedly raping orphan on Valentine’s Day
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded one Abdulsalam Olayinka, 20, in prison for allegedly raping a 14- year-old orphan on Valentine Day.
Biafra: Kalu playing politics with MASSOB, IPOB – Chukwu
Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Solomon Chukwu has faulted former Abia State governor and candidate of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, in the March 5 Abia North senatorial rerun, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, over his promise to address the problems which gave rise to the agitation by the MASSOB and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, if elected senator.
Arms scam: Court grants Metuh leave to file no-case-submission
The Federal High Court on Thursday in Abuja granted Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, leave to file a no-case-submission on charges of money laundering preferred against him. Metuh is standing trial for allegedly receiving the sum of 2 million dollars (about N400 million) from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).
Why Tompolo may not surrender to FG – Ijaw group
THE Iwere Peace Movement, a group made up of Ijaw Professionals and youths in the Niger Delta, raised an alarm, Thursday, of alleged plans by the Federal Government to kill former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo if he is arrested and detained.
7 dead as gunmen attack UN base in South Sudan
A South Sudanese official said seven people were killed on Thursday and many others injured, when unidentified gunmen attacked a UN base in Malakal in South Sudan. Deng Amon, a Native Administration Leader in Malakal, the capital city of Upper Nile State, said that it was a brutal and sudden attack.
CDMA: Dearth or Improvement?
Lola stepped out of a board meeting with her bosses to receive a phone call from her oldest son. He had been calling incessantly and she wondered what could have been wrong. It was unlike to call repeatedly. He knew the cardinal rule of sending a message if mummy does not answer after the second ring.
Protest over VCs sack: Police tear gas NANS
A team of policemen on Thursday dispersed protesting members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) at the Ministry of Education, Federal Secretariat, Abuja . The policemen manhandled a camera man working for the African Independent Television (AIT), and smashed his camera. NANS President, Mr Tijani Shehu, and no fewer than five other students, were arrested.
