Immediately after US-based Nigerian dancer and singer Korra Obidi denied ever cheating on her ex-husband, Justin Dean, during pregnancy, the American chiropractor responded quickly on social media. In an angry Instagram video, Justin Dean revealed that Obidi cheated on him while she was five months pregnant with her second daughter, Athena. In a forceful and…
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court has threatened to adjourn sine die the trial of the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Nyako said she would commence the trial when the defence was ready. She spoke following the insistence of Kanu’s lawyer, Alloy Ejimakor, that his client’s rights to a…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has reportedly transferred crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, from Ikoyi Correctional Centre to Kirikiri Prison. Bobrisky was sentenced to six months in prison for abusing the Naira. Contrary to popular belief, Bobrisky is no longer currently detained at the Ikoyi Correctional Facility. According to a report, the popular…
Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana SAN, on Wednesday, said no court of law can prevent the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from prosecuting the former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, over alleged theft of N84bn from the coffers of the state. Falana’s reaction came on the heels of the declaration by the former…
Students in private tertiary institutions in the country are not going to benefit from the Student Loan Scheme because of some socio-economic factors, the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, has said. Speaking in Lagos on Wednesday during a series of meetings with stakeholders in…
Different groups involved in filmmaking under the auspices of South East Film Crew Welfare, Wednesday afternoon, took to the street protesting the manner five of their members died after a boat conveying them to their shooting location, capsized in Anambra River. Junior Pope, Abigail Frederick, Precious Oforum, Joseph Anointing and Friday Okoroafor, all lost their…
Juventus have been ordered to pay Cristiano Ronaldo £8.3m in owed wages by an Italian court. Ronaldo, 39, agreed to defer wages when football in Italy was halted by the Covid pandemic in the 2020-21 season. The Portuguese had claimed he was owed more than £17m by his former club. The Court of Arbitration said…
Few days after handing over the momentum to Manchester City in the race for the Premier League, Arsenal made a bitterly disappointing exit from the Champions League as they were beaten by Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena. Joshua Kimmich’s powerful 63rd-minute header from Raphael Guerreiro’s cross was enough to send the Germans through to the…
Defending Champions Manchester City on Wednesday night crashed out of the Champions League losing on penalties to Real Madrid Real Madrid won 4-3 on penalties after the game ended 1-1 on the night and 4-4 on aggregate Madrid drew the first blood through Rodrygo 12 minutes into the game while City equalised 14 minutes from…
It was a tragic scene in Anambra State, as a directionless vehicle without driver knocked down a female pedestrian as she was crossing the road. The incident happened at about 12:20pm on Wednesday, April 17, along the Asaba-Onitsha Road, by Okpoko Market. According to a statement signed by ARC Charles A. Iyiegbuniwe of the Public…
