MTN Nigeria subscribers were left frustrated for hours as a major network outage disrupted communication services from Friday, 7 February, 2025 to Saturday, 8 February, 2025. Many customers were unable to make calls, send texts, or access the internet, prompting widespread complaints online. The disruption also impacted financial transactions, as Nigerians increasingly rely on mobile networks for money transfers and online payments since a Central Bank of Nigeria policy pushed many transactions online, Nigerians have had to increasingly rely on Mobile Network Providers to make money transfers. Frustrated customers took to X (formerly Twitter) to express their dissatisfaction. An X…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been ordered to appear for a hearing on Monday, February 10, 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. This was contained in a hearing notice obtained by newsmen on Friday, 7 February, 2025 The notice, dated January 22, 2025, was addressed to Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor. Kanu had earlier requested that his case be transferred to the South-East if no judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja was willing to handle it apart from Justice Nyako. On September 24, 2024, during one of…
The Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, on Friday, 7 February, 2025 condemned a Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, over his behaviour towards officials of the state Planning and Development Permit Authority, thegazellenews.com reports. Akinmade described Portable “as serial dissident and unrepentant rascal who has been in the habit of assaulting government officials without provocation”. Thegazellenews.com reports that the government officials were attacked at his bar located around Iyana Ilogbo, in the Sango Ota area of the state. The Special Adviser, who stated this in a statement issued on Friday, 7 February,…
Two persons have died and six others injured when a small plane crashed into a bus on a busy Sao Paulo avenue in Brazil on the morning of Friday, 7 February, 2025. It was gathered that the plane crashed on the Marques de Sao Vicente Avenue and the victims were the pilot and co-pilot of the aircraft. According to the fire department, four other persons sustained minor injuries. A woman who was traveling on the bus and a biker were struck by a piece of equipment. Reacting to the incident, Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas wrote on social media,…
Famous Nigerian TikToker, Olumide Ogunsanwo, popularly addressed as Sea King, has reportedly been re-arrested in court premises by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command and flown to Abuja. The TikToker was re-arrested on Thursday, 7 February, 2025 for allegedly cyberbullying the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye during a live session in December last year. He was re-arrested during his appearance in court and taken to Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja before being being flown to Abuja. Sea King had appeared at a magistrate’s court sitting in the Ogba area of Lagos…
The Lagos State chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria(PAN) has projected a drop in the price of eggs with the sustenance of the state farmers’ feed subsidy. The state Chairman of PAN, Mojeed Iyiola, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday, 7 February, 2025. The Lagos State Government, through its N500 million Ounje Eko Farmers Subsidy Programme (Ounje Eko FSP), is empowering farmers with a 25 per cent subsidy on animal feeds (poultry and fish). The initiative is aimed at boosting local agricultural production in the state. The distribution of the…
Officials of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) have arrested over 25 individuals for illegal dumping, including six vehicle owners who were caught using their vehicles to dispose of large volumes of waste. The state Commissioner for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a post accompanied by videos on X.com on Saturday, 8 February, 2025 . Wahab disclosed that LAWMA’s Managing Director, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, had mobilised the officials in response to a public complaint raised on social media regarding illegal dumping activities at Abati Primary School along Shasha Road in the Alimosho area of the…
The Abia State Commissioner of Police, Danladi Isa, has dismissed three officers for alleged conspiracy, abduction and extortion of unsuspecting victims. The Abia State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen Chinaka, who announced this in a statement on issued on Friday, 7 February, 2025, identified the dismissed officers as Jonas Nnamdi, James Daniel, and Ifeanyi Emeka. Chinaka said Nnamdi was a sergeant attached to Police Area Command in Aba, while Daniel, a corporal, was attached to the Department of Operations of the police in Umuahia and Emeka, also a corporal, was attached to Eziama Divisional Police Headquarters in the state.…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, contesting the Appeal Court’s ruling that affirmed its proscription and designation as a terrorist organisation. Filing the suit, Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, declared that the group’s proscription would not stand, just as he also likened IPOB’s proscription to declaring the 70 million Igbos in Nigeria as terrorists. In the suit filed against the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, Ejimakor argued that the Appeal Court erred in law when it held that what it termed a “threat to national…
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a 37-year-old man, Kosisochukwu Okafor, for allegedly killing his brother, Emmanuel Okafor on Friday, 7 February, 2025 at Adegbe Village, Abagana, in the Njikoka Local Government Area of the state Anambra State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development on Saturday, 8 February, 2025. According to eyewitnesses, a heated argument over foodstuffs in their home escalated into a physical altercation. During the fight, Kosisochukwu allegedly used a stick to pierce his brother’s chest, leading to his death. “It was during a fight after a heated argument that…