Mohbad The Magistrate Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos State, on Tuesday, acquitted popular musician, Abdulazeez Fashola, popularly called Naira Marley, in relation to the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad. Channels TV reports that Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje, who read and implemented the legal advice issued by the Directorate of Public Prosecution, Lagos, said that Naira Marley had no case to answer. Alongside Naira Marley, the court reportedly freed music promoter, Samson Balogun, known as Sam Larry; Owodunni Ibrahim, also called Primeboy; and Mohbad’s former manager, Opere Babatunde. The DPP, however, said it shall be prosecuting the auxiliary…
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Amaefule Veteran actor John Amaefule has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke. According to fellow actor Stanley Ontop on Instagram, Amaefule was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Owerri, Imo State capital. He said Amaefule’s stroke has affected the left side of his brain, causing right-sided weakness. His family is appealing for financial assistance to cover the costs of his medical treatment. The actor requires several tests, including a lipid panel test, hemoglobin A1c test, electrolyte urea, and creatinine test. He wrote: “Nollywood Veteran Actor John Amaefule was rushed to hospital this morning in Owerri after encountering Stroke.…
*Petroleum Tankers Under Siege: Drivers Send SOS to Governor Sanwoolu Amid LASTMA Rampage* *Petroleum Transport Crisis: LASTMA Under the current Commissioner of Transport and Sola Giwa Accused of Orchestrating Violent Extortion* In a dramatic turn of events at the Ibeju Lekki Free Trade Zone early this morning, concerned petroleum tanker drivers have issued an SOS message to Governor Babajide Sanwoolu and the leadership of the PTD branch of NUPENG. The drivers, who rely on the zone—home to major industrial facilities including the Dangote Refineries and Pinnacle Oil and Gas—to transport petroleum products, claim they have been relentlessly targeted by officers…
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has charged the pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the South East Development Commission (SEDC). Mr. Mark Okoye to focus on key projects, particularly the regional railway connecting the five South East states. This is due to its significant economic importance to the Southeast region, as it will foster the needed development of the area. According to the State’s Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, the Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC), at its 4th meeting held in the Council Chamber on February 24, 2025, bid farewell to Mr. Mark Okoye, on resumption of…
Governor Charles Soludo has lauded the people of Anambra State (Ndi Anambra) for their backing of his government’s new security measures, which birthed the Anambra State Homeland Security Law, the establishment of Agunechemba and Operation Udo Ga-Achi, both security systems of the state. Soludo commended the communities in the state and their leaders who have collaborated with his administration to eradicate criminality and insecurity, at various intervention points. According to the State’s Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, Governor Soludo, and the Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC), ANSEC reassured traditional worshippers that the fight against fetishism and sorcery would strengthen, and…
…As Zambia seeks Dangote investment in its energy sector President of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote has revealed that his company – the Dangote Petroleum Refinery – has enough Premium Motor Spirit (PMS otherwise known as petrol) in storage to sufficiently meet the local needs of Nigeria. Speaking at the weekend, Dangote disclosed that the oil refinery has “more than half a billion litres of petroleum and over 600 billion Naira worth of products in its tanks. Dangote said, “…as we speak right now we have more than half a billion litres. The Refinery is producing enough refined products,…
Elumelu The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu, has stressed the need for increased oil production to fund Nigeria’s economic diversification and development. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the Nigeria Petroleum Industry Leadership Discourse, he emphasised the importance of oil revenues in driving industrialisation, energy security, and infrastructural growth. The meeting, convened by Heirs Energies, which is under the aegis of Heirs Holdings, was themed “Nigeria’s Oil Production Growth Roadmap: Acceleration Imperatives”. The gathering brought together key industry players, including representatives from OPEC, SEPLAT, Shell, Oando Energy, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum…
IBB Former Military President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) has recounted a civil war experience that nearly took his life after Command, 82 Battalion, came under heavy bombardment from Biafran forces on March 27, 1969. Babangida said he was nearly killed by the Biafran Obunigwe, also called Ojukwu Bucket The Ogbunigwe was a series of weapons systems locally mass-produced by the Biafrans. These weapons include command detonation mines, improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled missiles. In his autobiography, ‘A Journey in Service’, the former Military President recounted that it was during that fierce fighting that a Biafran Ogbunigwe shell wounded him. Babangida…
Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu extends warm congratulations to Chief Shuaib Afolabi Oyedokun, a chieftain of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and elder statesman, who marks the milestone age of 90. President Tinubu acknowledges Chief Oyedokun’s lifelong dedication to principled leadership and service to the nation by joining family, friends, and well-wishers in commemorating the birthday anniversary. As a former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Oyedokun’s political acumen and commitment to democratic values have become invaluable assets to the APC in his home state of Osun and throughout the country. . In a heartfelt tribute, President…
Late Mohbad and wife, Wunmi Wunmi Aloba, the widow of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has alleged that her father-in-law, Joseph Aloba, has taken the side of Naira Marley, one of the friends of her late husband accused of bullying him prior to his death. Wunmi made this claim when she appeared as a guest on the With Chude show during the week. She said, “I knew he reacted to an injection and the fact that at the end of the autopsy, it came out inconclusive just because of the one mistake my father-in-law made, which…