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Former Nigerian Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, which saw them bring a 21-year-old man to the UK from Lagos. Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr. Obinna Obeta, 50, were convicted of conspiring to exploit the man for his kidney, […]
Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and producer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy will co-headline the 2023 UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show by Pepsi, at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on Saturday 10 June. This was made known by UEFA on their website on Thursday, ahead of the […]
One person has been confirmed dead after a fully loaded 40ft container truck experienced brake failure and crushed vehicles on Kara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday. In a press statement by the director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), Taofiq Adebayo, said the truck lost its brakes and crushed […]
Nigerian Music star, , Anthony Ebuka Victor, known professionally as Victony, has announced that he would take a 2-month break from the music scene. The artiste hinted that the break is due to the fact that he just had his third and final surgery. In April 2021, the fast-rising singer was involved in a ghastly […]
Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi popularly known as Tems has won the coveted Grammy prize for her effort on the track ‘Wait For U’ alongside rappers Future and Drake. Compatriot Burna Boy, however lost in his quest for a second Grammy trophy after being nominated in Best Global Album and Best Global Music Performance categories, won […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has intercepted large consignments of illicit drugs especially cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ephedrine billed for Europe through various disingenuous modes of concealment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. NDLEA disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying it seized 75.75kgs of cannabis indica, which came from […]
There was pandemonium everywhere for some students and staff of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Edo State as an unspecified number of yet-to-be identified military men from the S & T Barracks Ugbowo, allegedly stormed the Ivory Tower in the wee hours of Friday in what looked like a reprisal attack. There were scores […]
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he will not leave the club unless he is forced to, and has hinted at changes at Anfield during the coming summer. The German’s comments come amid a run of poor form for the Reds, who are ninth in the Premier League and 10 points off a top-four spot. […]
Nigerian star musician, and record producer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido will be live on the stage at the closing ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The World Cup’s closing ceremony is slated for December 18, 2022. This was disclosed by a Chinese businessman, Stephen Hung, who shared the news […]
Pelumi Olajengbesi, lawyer to Oladapo Oyebanji, popularly known as D’Banj, has maintained that the singer is innocent of all the allegations leveled against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). Olajengbesi demanded that D’Banj be released, while asking the National Assembly to wade into the matter by probing the allegations […]
