The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party candidate in the February 25, 2023 election Mr. Peter Obi has raised alarm on plots by his political opponents to blackmail and tarnish his image in the coming months.
In a statement, he issued early this morning but which Daily Independent got a few minutes ago, Obi said he has got the wind of the plot but it will not deter him from pursuing the good of a new Nigeria
Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo has sentenced Dr Rahman Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife to death by hanging.
Earlier, Justice Ojo declared that Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, where Timothy Adegoke, an OAU postgraduate student was allegedly killed was culpable of murder.
Prince Harry has lost an attempt to challenge the UK government over his security arrangements while in the UK, according to a ruling published on Tuesday.
Harry and his wife Meghan lost their UK taxpayer-paid protection when they quit frontline royal duties in 2020 and moved to North America.
Nollywood actress, Lizzy Anjorin, has lashed out at a female Instagram user for coming to her page to make “rude” comments.
The actress who is known to be very opinionated cursed Olatimilehin Olamidayo and used very derogatory words to insult her.
Anjorin wrote,
Adeyemi Adeniran, the father of a student of Chrisland High School Opebi, Whitney, who died during the school’s sporting activities at Agege Stadium, Lagos State, on Thursday, told a High Court sitting in the Ikeja area of the state that he got to know his 12-year-old daughter was electrocuted through a group created on a social media application known as Snapchat.
A boat carrying about 500 migrants, including a newborn baby and pregnant women, has disappeared in the central Mediterranean, two charities have said.
Alarm Phone, a group that picks up calls from migrant vessels in distress, said it lost contact with the boat on Wednesday morning.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, in Abuja, said he has run a good race and finished his course as Nigeria’s leader for the past eight years.
Therefore, he said, it is in order for him to pass the baton of service to another leader who will lead the country for the next four years.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) on Friday said all those threatening to disrupt the May 29 inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are just online noisemakers.
The Department of State Services (DSS) had on Wednesday raised the alarm of plans by subversive elements to disrupt the programmes in some parts of the country.
No fewer than 46 musicians including Buju, Waje, Brymo, Fireboy, Kaycee, Asake, Timaya, Pasuma, Naira Marley, Tony Tetuila, and Seyi Vibes, among many other music industry heavyweights, thrilled fans with electrifying performances at the Renewed Hope Concert in honour of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and his Vice, Kashim Shettima, at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
Fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, on Friday, lamented that organisers of the Tinubu inauguration concert offered him N5 million instead of N10m for his performance.
According to him, that was the reason why he failed to perform at the concert held to celebrate the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, in Abuja on Thursday night.
The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned eight persons for allegedly assaulting a policeman in uniform performing his duties in the Bariga area of the state.
The defendants are Mariam Ajadi, 19, Abidem Adeyemi, 35, Segun Akindutire, 25, Ndubuisi Akon, 25, Victory Ovwigho, 25, Bisola, Oshineye, 24, Ajadi Olalekan, 27, Prince Daniel, 25.
The expressions of concern erupted after Funke, shared an emotional tweet about depression.
The Jenifa actress tweeted: “Depression is real. Please be kind to others. Yes, don’t trade your happiness with anything, but still, be humane in all you do. We are all on a journey in this world. Be conscious. Be aware. Share. Make peace. Take risks and be grateful for success and victory. Yet be aware, love, forgive, and stay happy.”
