Famous Bollywood actor, Manoj Kumar, has died at the age of 87 in Mumbai, India. His death was confirmed by Dr. Santosh Shetty of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where Kumar was admitted. According to Shetty, Kumar’s passing is due to “age-related health issues.” His son, Kunal Goswami, also confirmed to ANI news agency that the veteran actor had been battling health issues. Kumar, celebrated for his patriotic films, became popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Born as Harikrishan Goswami in 1937 in Punjab, Kumar made a name for himself with films such as Shaheed, Roti Kapada Aur Makaan, and Kranti. His…
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Actor and comedian Ganiyu Kehinde Morufu, addressed as Ijoba Lande, has opened up about his disappointing experience working with popular actress and producer Funke Akindele. According to the comedian, he spent a month working on a movie produced by Akindele at Amen Estate but was only paid a meager N90,000, saying he was shocked by the small payment as he expected more. Speaking in a video message shared via his social media, Lande said, “There was a time Funke Akindele called me for a movie production at Amen Estate, and we spent one month there. I was shocked when she…
The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which recognized Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgment on Friday, 4 April, 2025, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to pronounce Abure as the National Chairman of the LP, having earlier determined that the substance of the case was about the party’s leadership. The court ruled that issues of leadership are internal affairs of a political party over which courts lack jurisdiction and noted that Abure’s…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, April 4, 2025, arraigned one Folake Adeoti before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. She is facing trial on a one-count charge of Naira mutilation. Adeoti was arrested on March 21, 2025 around Jobi Fele Way, Ikeja, Lagos, while hawking Naira notes to the tune of N3.850 million. The charge reads: “That you, Folake Adeoti, on the 21st day of March, 2025, opposite Regency Hall, Jobi Felé,Way, Ikeja, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this…
A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an order preventing the police, the Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies from arresting Edison Ehie, the suspended Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The ruling was given by Justice IPC Igwe in response to a motion filed by Ehie. The case names several security agencies as defendants, including the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), the Director-General of the DSS, the Rivers State DSS Director, and the Police Service Commission (PSC). Justice Igwe’s order states: “That an order of interim injunction be and is hereby issued restraining the defendants…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said he will take legal action against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over claims that he planned to have her killed.In a statement released on Friday, 4 April, 2025 by his media aide, Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio said he would not be distracted by what he called a campaign of lies and misinformation. “As a statesman devoted to national unity and democratic values, I will not be distracted by malicious falsehoods or inflammatory rhetoric,” the statement quoted.Eyiboh said official letters are being prepared for both Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan and former Senator Elisha Abbo. The letters demand public apologies, retractions,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it followed due process in the recall petition submitted against the lawmaker representing Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The spokesperson for the commission, Rotimi Oyekanmi said INEC was not partisan in assessing the petition submitted by some individuals claiming to be members of the lawmaker’s constituency. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Oyekanmi said INEC did not take sides as claimed by many Nigerians. “INEC was never partisan, the recall process is provided for in the constitution that you referenced, Section 69 and Section 110. “And INEC is the institution given the mandate…
A yet-to-be-identified scavenger has been killed after a military-grade grenade exploded at Idi-Araba in the Mushin area of Lagos State. PUNCH Online learnt that three other persons were injured in the incident, which occurred on Thursday, 3 April, 2025. It was gathered that some scavengers in a metal scrap yard were attempting to dismantle one of the grenades in their possession. The device, however, denoted in the process, killing one of them on the spot while three others sustained severe injuries. A resident, Akin Olawale, told our correspondent on Friday, 4 April, 2025 that the explosion which occurred in the afternoon…
No fewer than 33 Palestinians lost their lives and more than 100 wounded in Israeli air attacks on two schools housing displaced people in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to local officials. Gaza’s Government Media Office said in a statement that 29 people – including 18 children – were killed and more than 100 were injured when Israeli air raids hit the Dar al-Arqam School-turned-shelter on Thursday. The school was hit with at least four missiles, a Civil Defence spokesperson said. Sources told Al Jazeera that at least four people also were killed in an Israeli attack on…
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Binta Fatima Nyako has barred parties in the suit filed by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and three others from granting press interviews on issues relating to the case. Nyako issued the order on Friday, 4 April, 2025 following a complaint by the lawyer to Akpabio, Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), that the plaintiff was moving from one television house to another, granting press interviews on issues relating to her case, which is currently pending before the court. In a brief ruling, Justice Nyarko said there…