World acclaimed singer-songwriter, Jill Sobule, known for her groundbreaking LGBTQ+ hit “I Kissed a Girl,” has tragically died in a house fire. Her publicist announced her death in Woodbury, Minnesota. The cause of the fire remains unclear. The 66-year-old’s manager, John Porter, called her “a force of nature and human rights advocate” whose “music is woven into our culture”. He said in a statement: “I was having so much fun working with her. I lost a client and a friend today. I hope her music, memory, and legacy continue to live on and inspire others.” White Lotus star Carrie Coon…
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Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF)have arrested popular Nigerian social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), in Abuja. His lawyer, Denise Adeyanju, who confirmed the arrest on his X account on Friday, 2 May, 2025, said the arrest took place in a Nigerian bank in Abuja. “JUST IN: VDM arrested by the police at GTB. Spoke to them before he was arrested. This is absolutely unacceptable. Demanding accountability is not a crime,” Adeyanju wrote. In a follow-up message, he added, “A team of policemen arrested VDM at GTB. He was arrested with his friend C…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds and abuse of office by some former senior officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited(NNPC) Ltd. Former chief executives of the company, Mele Kyari, Abubakar Yar’Adua and others were alleged to have misappropriated about $2.96 billion earmarked for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries. The development was disclosed in a letter dated 28 April and addressed to the Group Managing Director, NNPC Towers, Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja. It was gathered that the anti-graft agency is specifically investigating the…
The Julius Abure-led National Executive Committee, NEC, has declared that the Labour Party, LP, will not be part of the opposition coalition. Abure, who made this disclosure in a communique after the party’s NEC meeting in Abuja, said the party would rather focus on rebuilding and reconciling aggrieved members. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is said to engaged in forming an opposition coalition with the aim of removing President Bola Tinubu from power in 2027, just as there are claims that Atiku was willing to work with former LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Parts of the communique issued…
The Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice James Omotosho on Friday, 2 May, 2025 dismissed an interim restraining order filed by eNaira Payment Solutions Limited against the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN, on the use of the “eNaira” trademark. Justice Omotosho delivered the ruling on a motion on notice filed by the firm against the CBN and others. Recall that the company sought an order of interim injunction restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria, the first defendant, from further asserting any rights to the eNaira mark in the United States or any other foreign jurisdiction, including in…
Nasarawa State Governor , Abdullahi Sule, has dismissed speculations that former President Muhammadu Buhari, former Attorney General Abubakar Malami, and others may leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), before the 2027 general election. Sule stated this in response to rumours circulating that members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change(ICPC) bloc were threatening to leave the APC after allegedly being sidelined by the Bola Tinubu administration. The Governor, who stated this while speaking in Lafia, the state capital on Friday, 2 May, 2025, insisted that those attempting to divide the party’s ranks have failed. “There is nothing like taking CPC away.…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, on Friday, 2 May, 2025 stated that President Bola Tinubu would receive between 70 to 80 per cent of votes from the South-East during the 2027 presidential election, reports the gazellenews.com Kalu assured that the number of votes from the South-East would represent the Igbo people’s way of repaying Tinubu for his commitment to the region’s development. His Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, who stated this in a statement made available to newsmen, said the Deputy Speaker gave this assurance in Ntalakwu, located in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of…
People in Nigeria may lose access to Facebook and Instagram after their parent company, Meta said it faced large fines and “unrealistic” regulatory demands from the Nigerian authorities. Last year, three Nigerian oversight agencies imposed fines on the US-based social media giant, totalling more $290 million (£218m) for violating various laws and regulations. Meta was unsuccessful in a recent attempt to challenge the decisions in the Federal High Court in Abuja. “The applicant may be forced to effectively shut down the Facebook and Instagram services in Nigeria in order to mitigate the risk of enforcement measures,” the company noted in…
A herdsman named Dan Bello has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Ondo State Magistrates Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, for destroying farm produce worth N50 million. The offence committed by the herder was said to have violated the Ondo State’s anti-open grazing law. Bello was arraigned before the court on a five-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful grazing, malicious damage, breach of peace, and illegal entry and he was found guilty of all counts. The prosecution stated that on October 27, 2023, the convict grazed his cattle on a farmland belonging to the National Palm Produce…
A prosecution witness, identified as PW-AAA, on Friday, 2 May, 2025 said that Simon Ekpa would soon be brought from Finland to Nigeria to face trial for supporting Nnamdi Kanu, in the agitation for Republic of Biafra. PW-AAA, one of the Department of State Service operatives who arrested Kanu in 2015 at a Lagos hotel, told the Federal High Court in Abuja presided over Justice James Omotosho in the ongoing trial of Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) The witness, whose real name was not mentioned because of security reasons, stated this during cross-examination by Kanu’s counsel,…