The federal government is planning to spend N1.5 billion on vehicles for the Office of First Lady amidst economic challenges facing the country. The amount is contained in the supplementary budget sent to the National Assembly for approval. President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday asked the National Assembly to approve the N2.17 trillion supplementary budget. The budget…
The organisers of the annual ‘Warri Again Concert’, Brownhill Investments Company Limited, have instituted a N2.3bn suit against hip-hop artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, over an alleged breach of agreement/contract entered into between them. Brownhill Investments Company Limited, owned by a former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr Amaju Pinnick, filed the…
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Victor Olaiya The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a middle aged man who is operating a barbing salon in Ilorin, the state capital, over a girl who allegedly died during a sex romp on Monday. The police who confirmed the incident on Tuesday said that it had commenced…
File photo: A police officer The Niger State Police Command has arrested the prime suspect in the killing of a Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr Fumilola Adefolalu. Police investigation showed that the deceased’s 14-year-old househelp, Joy Afekafe, carried out the attack with her classmates, Walex and Smart who are on the run. The…
Upwardly mobile Disc Jockey, Adenmosun Aramide Adeniyi otherwise known as DJ Gleefully has said that his mission is to set a new standard in the Nigerian entertainment sector. DJ Gleefully, who has toured many parts of Nigeria performing at top music concerts and shows, expressed that while he respects his predecessors in the game, his…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023. The court further dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress for lacking in merit. The state’s Election…
That Nollywood star actress cum politician, Tonto Dikehhas dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) is an established fact. Be that as it may, Tonto who was the deputy governorship candidate of the ADC in Rivers State during the 2023 election has revealed to everyone that cares to know why she defected…
The Group Managing Director/CEO United Bank for Africa (UBA), Oliver Alawuba has been bestowed the Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. Alawuba was conferred with the highest honour for bankers during the Institute’s 2023 investiture ceremony held in Lagos at the weekend, rereceiving the award alongside other 20 distinguished Nigerians across banking, finance and aviation. l-r: Vice Chairman, Senate…
A 500-level veterinary medicine student of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Bauchi State for allegedly killing a 17-year-old. The suspect, Abdullahi Ibrahim, was said to have lured the teenage secondary student with his naked picture and enticed him to meet him for…
Dr. Doyin Okupe, the former campaign Director General of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council has been hospitalised for cancer. SaharaReporters learnt that Okupe, who was the DG for the Peter Obi/ Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed campaign council recently returned from Israel where he was being treated for prostate cancer. However, it was learnt his…
