By Adeola Agorov The Nigerian internet landscape has been ablaze in the last few days with a scandal that tests the boundaries of morality, relationship etiquette and collective sanity. At the center of the storm is the popular musician, Chike, whose name has been heavily linked as a bedroom mate to the wife of media personality Frank Edoho. The allegations are jaw-dropping: it is claimed that Chike routinely graced Frank’s matrimonial bed whenever Frank was keeping málice with his now ex-wife, Sandra. As the bits of what led to the drama keep dropping, it is shockingly bizarre that a massive…
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By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, May 22, 2026) Except for its motto and morality, there is hardly anything wrong with the Nigeria Police Force. If burnished in the furnace of grammar, the statement, “Police is your friend,” which is the motto of the Nigeria Police, is wrong because ‘police’ is a plural noun, and so, cannot legally coexist with ‘is’, a singular tense. Therefore, to put the motto in the right grammatical drive, the statement should read, “The police are your friend(s).” Aside from the test of grammar, the motto also fails the test of authenticity…
The Lagos State High Court has declared the six-month detention of businessman Bassey Ikpi Ubi over a failed foreign exchange transaction illegal and unconstitutional, ordering the police and private respondents to pay N50 million in damages for torture and unlawful detention. Justice O. O. Adewunmi-Oshin held that the Nigeria Police Force has no legal authority to act as a debt recovery agency or to mediate private civil disputes. The ruling was delivered on Monday, 11 May 2026, at the Lagos Judicial Division, High Court No. 49, in Suit No. LD/18019MFHR/2024. Mr. Ubi, Managing Director of MC COY IKPI BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL…
A civil society organization, Niger Delta Patriots for Community Development (NDPCD), has called on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to quickly rehabilitate the Ewohimi/Idumujie-Ugboko, Onicha Ugbo road. The call is contained in a press statement made available to newsmen by its National Coordinator, Nduka Nwoko in Asaba, Delta state capital, on Tuesday, 19 May, 2026. The group, which decried the neglect of the road lamented that indigenes of the affected communities can no longer sit by and watch what he described as “vital regional artery” that connects the South East to the North Central continue to lie in ruins.…
By Wale Joseph The stage is officially set for one of the biggest grassroots basketball gatherings Nigeria has seen in recent years, as over 200 of the nation’s most promising young basketball players prepare to storm Lagos for the highly anticipated Final Selection Event of the Templar-Adrenale Athlete Development Initiative. The event, scheduled for Saturday, 23 May , 2026, at the newly renovated Dolphins Basketball Court, Mongoro, Ikeja, is organized in partnership with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Grassroots Sports Development, under the leadership of Hon. Adeyinka Anthony Adeboye, signalling growing federal support for…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nigerian singer Niniola Apata has announced the death of her husband and Chief Executive Officer of NaijaReview, Michael Ndika, bringing an outpouring of reactions from fans and industry stakeholders. The singer disclosed the development on Wednesday, 20 May, 2026 through a series of emotional posts shared on her Instagram story, where she reflected on their 13-year marriage with photographs and personal tributes. In one of the posts, the ‘Maradona’ crooner wrote, “God took him. God took him. 13 years. 13 fucking years,” expressing grief over the loss of her husband. In another post, she simply wrote,…
By Stephen Okoroafor Omoyele Sowore has spent much of his public life presenting himself as a permanent victim of power. Every confrontation with authority becomes persecution, every court appearance becomes a stage, and every allegation against him becomes proof that the state fears his voice. That routine has served him for years, but recent proceedings before the Federal High Court in Abuja have made the contradiction harder to ignore. Democracy gives citizens the right to criticise government, oppose power, and mobilise public opinion. That right must remain protected, especially in a country where public institutions still carry public mistrust. Yet…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly primaries held peacefully across the 26 state constituencies in Ogun State on Wednesday, as party faithful trooped out in large numbers to designated voting centres from as early as 9 a.m. Reports monitored across the state indicated that the exercise was orderly, transparent and devoid of violence, with party members participating actively in the direct primaries. Speaking with newsmen shortly after participating in the House of Assembly primary election at Ward 3, Iperu, in Ikenne Local Government Area, Governor Dapo Abiodun reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to sustaining peace and political harmony in…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dealt another crippling blow to transnational organized crime by completely dismantling a highly sophisticated, multi-million-dollar Nigerian- Mexican methamphetamine production syndicate. The clinical, simultaneous operation, executed by elite operatives of the Agency’s Special Operations Unit (SOU), led to the shutdown of an industrial-scale clandestine laboratory, the biggest ever discovered in Nigeria hidden in a remote forest in Ijebu area of Ogun state, the seizure of the largest multi-billion naira meth in history, arrest of the cartel’s kingpin, three Mexican technical experts, and six other top local collaborators. Giving details of the major operational…
A disturbing case out of Thembisa, South Africa, has sparked widespread debate after two women were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 32-year-old man following a night out at a local tavern. According to reports, the incident began at a tavern located in Winnie Mandela Zone 8, where the victim allegedly met the two women, both aged 26. The trio reportedly spent time drinking together before later proceeding to a rented backyard room in Winnie Mandela Zone 4. What initially appeared to be a casual social gathering allegedly turned into a horrifying ordeal. Police reports indicate that once inside the…