By Abimbola Ogunnaike A man said to be a son of the Speaker of Nakano’s City Assembly in Japan was arrested on Friday, 26 May, 2023 by police after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in a gun and knife attack. The slain officers were identified as Yoshiki Tamai, 46, and Takuo Ikeuchi, 61. The suspect was taken into custody outside a farm near the city of Nakano in Nagano region, with police confirming a fourth fatality overnight — an elderly woman who was found injured at the scene and later pronounced dead, just as another woman and…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima as Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last Presidential Elections. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court held on Friday, 26 May, 2023, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The panel said the PDP is not a member of the APC, hence does not have the legal right to institute the suit. The PDP had claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Italy’s football giants, Napoli have categorically told English Premier League side, Manchester United, to pay £140 million to sign Super Eagles of Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen this summer after agreeing on a deal to sign his Napoli teammate, Kim Min-jae, UK tabloid, The Mirror reports Osimhen has emerged as a prime target for United this summer following his impressive display for the Serie A champions this season and he heads the club’s striking shortlist. The tabloids added that the Devils had their scouts in attendance for Napoli’s Champions League clash against Milan last month and have identified…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A heartbroken husband has claimed that his wife was impregnated by their gateman eight months after he travelled to work in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to the young man, who sought advice online on what do concerning the sad development, said she returned home after eight months to find his wife expecting a baby for their gateman. The guy claimed that in order to keep from cheating on his wife while abroad, he had to masturbate to control his sexual urge.The husband, who stated that their marriage is not up to one year old, added…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Son of veteran Nollywood actor Richard Mofe Damijo, simply known as RMD, has graduated from university. RMD shared some family photos on social media as his son graduates from the university, just as he also shared photos of his beautiful family attending his son’s graduation ceremony. The photos comprise of his wife, their daughter, and his parentsSharing the photos on his verified Instagram page, the proud father expresses gratitude to God for gifting him people that want more for themselves than he can ever want for them.Mofe Damijorevealed how proud he is as a father while congratulating…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Power of love is on display as the billionaire founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has recommenced the construction of his $175 million mansion shortly after his engagement to his partner, Lauren Sanchez, United Kingdom tabloid, Daily Mail reports. Jeff Bezos Constructs A Lavish $175m Mansion For His Future Wife, Lauren SanchezAccording to a recent report the tabloid on May 25, workers were seen constructing the roof of the expansive three-story mega-mansion, located in the prestigious neighborhood of Beverly Hills, California.Bezos, who has a colossal net worth of $138 billion, acquired this lavish 10-acre property in early 2020,…
President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised not to disappoint Nigerians who put their trust in him by electing him their president. The President-elect said this on Thursday, 25 May, 2023, during his investiture as Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) – the nation’s highest honour-and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima as Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), and handing over of transition documents. Before conferring the highest national honour on the President-elect and the Vice President-elect, President Muhammadu Buhari said he had finished his race well and satisfied that he is handing over Nigeria to competent hands…
Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Thursday, 25 May, 2023, commissioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) prototype office complex for Enugu state. Commissioning the complex, Ugwuanyi expressed happiness on the track records of the ICPC so far, adding the Commission has brought professionalism to bear on the conduct of its affairs. He said: “I commend you for this landmark achievement on the occasion of the official commissioning of ICPC prototype office complex for Enugu State. “I commend the ICPC, the Nigerian first anti-corruption agency for the professionalism it has brought to bear on the conduct of…
By Tunde Akanni PhD To say that the post secondary education tier has most tortuously struggled to endure the recent years in Nigeria may amount to an understatement. There’s perhaps no stronger evidence of this than the choice of the theme of the convocation lecture of Modibbo Adama University, Yola delivered Friday, May 12, 2023. Understandably and gratuitously too, the lecture was titled “Nigerian University System and the Public Good”. It was delivered by a renowned public intellectual and polyglot, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim. The lecturer identified as current major challenges of the university the problem of poor financing crippling universities’…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A middle-aged woman, Hassana Yohanna, was on Thursday, 25 May, 2023 dragged before an Upper Customary Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for allegedly calling a man, Jibrin Sawuta, impotent. Yohanna was docked on three counts of intentional insult, defamation and criminal intimidation. The offence runs contrary to sections 312, 371 and 376 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. In a direct criminal complaint filed before the court, Sawuta alleged that he was chatting with friends in the palace of the village head of Fadan Kagoma when he received information that his brother had been arrested by…