Kogi State Government has confirmed that 12 inmates have escaped in a jail break which occured in the early hours of Monday, 24 January, 2025. The incident took place at the Federal Correctional Centre, Kontokarfe. The government confirmed this development in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Femi Fanwo who commended swift response of security agencies to the emergency calls by officials of the Correctional Centre. Fanwo described the incident as “unfortunate” and assured citizens that the state government is taking decisive steps to prevent a recurrence. According to him, the Kogi State government…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Veteran Nollywood actress, Dupe Jayesimi, has spoken about pains of being childless at the age of 60, saying she has no child to celebrate with her. During an emotional interview on ‘Talk to B’ podcast, Jayesimi shared her experience of living without a child. Speaking about her marital journey, the popular Yoruba actress explained that she lost her first pregnancy after her wedding in 1988. “Nobody celebrated me on my 60th birthday. I know how children celebrate their parents. But I have none to celebrate me or throw a party for me. On the day of my birthday, I gave…
The number of New Nigerian Newspaper retirees who died waiting for their benefits rose during the weekend with the death of Yahaya Z. Bako, formerly of the Marketing Department. A post on the New Nigerian Newspapers’ Northern States’ Governors’ Forum (NSGF) beneficiary Whatsapp platform by Alhaji Idris said, “We lost another beneficiary in person of Yahaya Z Bako of Marketing Department. He died today, March 22, 2025.” Twelve days ago a New Nigerian Newspaper retiree waiting for payment, Mr Zakka Bitiyong of the Commercial Printing Department and Radio Room died, taking the death toll to 107. His death occurred on…
A commercial motorcyclist named Papa Ejime has reportedly killed himself after he allegedly drank a substance suspected to be an insecticide. The sad incident, it was gathered occurred on the morning of Sunday, 23 March, 2025 at Oghara, Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt that the deceased killed himself after his marriage crashed recently, just as it was also gathered that the deceased, a chronic gambler always beat his wife anytime he failed to win. Neighbours who craved anonymity said early this year, the deceased punched his wife on the mouth, causing her teeth to fall out. According…
Two famous Nigerian singers, Dammy Krane and Jaywon Juwonlo have engaged in social media brickbat over support for Davido. It all started when Jaywon in a post on X, referenced Davido’s old interview where he stated that “Nigeria’s economy is in shambles”. Questioning Davido’s critics, Jaywon wrote; “A few months ago, when Davido spoke about the state of the country in an interview, some people quickly came together to call him out as if he was lying. Abeg, where are those people today? The reality is clear that Nigerians are their own biggest problem”. Reacting to the post in the…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko, has claimed that some actresses joined the movie industry with the intention of sleeping with people to get their way through. Kosoko made the revelation during his recent appearance on the Honest Bunch podcast. Addressing the controversial sex for roles topic in Nollywood, Kosoko stated that he knows some popular actresses who deliberately joined the movie industry with the intention of leveraging sexual relationships to become famous. While dismissing the general idea that sex for roles are always imposed by movie directors and producers, he argued that no one can be compelled into any forms…
Nigeria’s Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, revenue dropped by N194.664 billion in February. According to the FAAC communiqué, the federal government, states, and local government councils shared N1.678 trillion in revenue in February 2025. The February revenue is lower than the N1.848 trillion received in January 2025. The federal government received N569.656 billion, while state governments received N562.195 billion. Local government councils received N410.559 billion, while N136.042 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was allocated to benefiting states as derivation revenue. The total distributable revenue of N1.678 trillion comprised distributable statutory revenue of N827.633 billion, distributable Value Added Tax, VAT,…
Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has applauded the Ontario Nigerian community leaders, for setting up the Nigerian Immigration Welcome Centre, which is set to be launched soon. According to a press statement on Sunday, the Head: Media and Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NIDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the first of its kind, the Nigerian Immigration Welcome Centre is aimed at helping new and old Nigerian migrants to settle adequately in Canada. Dabiri-Erewa commended them for this initiative, aimed at providing support for fellow Nigerians in Canada. who need assistance. She called on other Nigerian communities globally…
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have rescued seven persons who were being prepared to be trafficked to Baghdad, Iraq, for exploitation. The seven victims were freed during a raid on a popular hotel located at Zamaru, a few kilometers away from the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. According to a statement signed on Sunday by the press officer of NAPTIP, Vincent Adekoye, the raid which also led to the arrest of the manager of the hotel followed credible intelligence from concerned stakeholders who noticed the unusual movement of some young girls and…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian woman, Ms. Neetu Neetu at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano with 72 parcels of factory sealed heroin in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates. A statement by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, 23 March, 2025, said the class A drug consignment weighing a total of 11 kilogrammes was recovered from Neetu’s luggage after a thorough search, following processed credible intelligence, during an inward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR1431 from Bangkok, Thailand via Vietnam and Doha at the arrival…