Few days after the demise of his mum, Adijat Kuburat, Fuji music sensation,Alabi Pasuma has welcome his grandchild. The new addition to the Pasuma family is courtesy of his daughter, Barakat. Alhaji Ajibola Pasuma, announced the good news on his Instagram handle (@officalpasuma). He expressed joy over his newly upgraded status as a grandpa and said nothing could “quantify or measure” the rare form of blessings he had been given. He shared beautiful pictures of his grandson on his Instagram handle, saying he was now a “PROUD GRANDPA”. He also congratulated the parents of the child (his daughter and her…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike A chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Jimoh Gani, has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for his alleged involvement in the gang rape of a female student of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti.Spokesperson of the command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday, 13 April, 2023, said the suspect was the former Secretary of the NURTW, Ado/Oye and Ikole-Ekiti axis. According to Abutu, the victim (name withheld), had on the fateful day boarded a vehicle from Ado-Ekiti to Oye-Ekiti. On their way to Oye-Ekiti, the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Texas man was sentenced to 70 years in prison Wednesday, April 12, 2023 after he was found guilty of spitting at Lubbock police officers during an arrest last May. Larry Pearson, 36, was arrested in May 2022, for domestic violence after a victim flagged down an officer in northeast Lubbock, prosecutor Jessica Gorman said.The victim told police that Pearson had hit her several times and that he had a gun. Gorman said that firearm turned out to be an airsoft gun.A police report at the time stated the victim had “multiple visible injuries” on her face.Gorman…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The 38-year-old founder of software company, Expand IT, Nima Momeni, has stabbed CashApp founder, Bob Lee to death after the pair fought about the suspect’s sister and whether they were doing “anything inappropriate,” new court documents released Friday, 14 April, 2023, allege. Police claim that before Lee was murdered on the streets of San Francisco in the early hours of April 4, Momeni and the slain tech entrepreneur had talked on the phone about his sister, Khazar Momeni, who is married to someone else. An unnamed witness told police that Nima questioned Lee about his sister, asking if…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Suspected gunmen believed to be kidnappers have abducted three residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital. The victims were kidnapped in the Isinigbo-Odegede area of Igoba in Akure North Local Council Area of Ondo, on the night of Thursday, 12 April, 2023. Names of the victims were given as Mr. Omololu Adeseye, Mr. Paul and another man popularly called Vulcaniser in the area. The Obaloogun of Igoba, Oba Adinlewa Adeniyi, in a brief statement, appealed to relevant agencies to beef up security in the area.
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the presidential election petitions tribunal that President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the February 25 election and was validly returned as the winner without needing to get 25 per cent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). INEC stated this in its reply by its lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, to the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, before the tribunal.Nigeria’s electoral body said the APC candidate met all the legal requirements to be so…
The National Laboratory Equipment Calibration Centre (NaLECC) with the assistance of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) and funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has attained ISO 17025:2017 accreditation. A statement from the United States Embassy on Friday read that Nigeria’s National Laboratory Equipment Calibration Centre (NaLECC), in its efforts to align with international standards and with support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) and funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has attained ISO 17025:2017 accreditation from the Kenya Accreditation Service. …
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed personnel in states to forestall any beach of public peace during the supplementary elections. A statement signed by the spokesman of the Corps, Olusola Odumosu on Friday, 14 April, 2023, read that: “In view of the forthcoming supplementary elections scheduled to hold on Saturday 15th April 2023, in 24 States across the country, the Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi has directed the adequate deployment of personnel to forestall any breach of peace”. The CG said that due to the peculiarity of the supplementary elections, it is expedient that measures be put…
Relationship between China and India may boil over over claims of ownership of Arunachal Pradesh. The two Asian countries are in exchange of words following recent visit of India’s Home Minister, Amit Shah’s visit to the disputed area. China had firmly opposed the visit by India’s Home Minister to Arunachal Pradesh and views his activities in the area as violating Beijing’s territorial sovereignty. The Chinese position was made public by a foreign ministry spokesperson at a news briefing on Monday. It would be recalled that China has renamed some places in what India regards as its eastern state of Arunachal…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A 50-year-old woman named Adenike Adewusi Adewunmi has reportedly died following pregnancy complications after trying for two decades to become a mother. The heartbreaking news was shared by a netizen identified as Rita Egwu who explained that the deceased had been a blogger and had tried for 20 years to become pregnant.Sadly, she had died on 13th April, 2023 following complaints of shortness of breath. The netizen wrote: Quote “All Adenike Adewunmi Adewusi, owner of nikkiworld blog wanted was a child of her own. For 20 years she waited. She finally got pregnant. This morning, she complained…