Month: February 2025

Madrid, PSG, Dortmund clinch UCL spots, last 16 draw holds Friday
The UEFA Champions League is poised for an exhilarating Round of 16, with the draw scheduled for Friday, February 21, 2025, at 12:00 CET in…

Assault: Court grants Portable N2m bail, adjourns to March 5
Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been granted bail by the Isabo Magistrate Court in Abeokuta following his arraignment on charges…

Rivers: Crisis with Wike led to my freedom – Fubara
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has declared that his crisis with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike led to his…

CBN probes 19.7 million dormant bank accounts
The number of dormant bank accounts in Nigeria is over 19.69 million, according to the industry customer account database released by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement…

Dangote, NNPCL refineries not supplying 50% local fuel demand –FG
Despite having a combined refining capacity of 985,000 barrels per day, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has disclosed…

Two Nigerians win Commonwealth Peace Prize of £50,000
Two Nigerians, James Wuye and Muhammad Ashafa, won the inaugural Commonwealth Peace Prize of £50,000. Accordingly, Wuye and Ashafa, the co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation…

President Tinubu appoints Ilorin-born educationist into NASS Commission
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Alhaji Salihu Umar Agboola-Balogun, a retired principal and former secretary of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary…

I was attacked by Naira Marley, cohorts – Mohbad’s wife, Omowunmi alleges
Omowunmi Aloba, widow of late Nigerian music star Mohbad, has raised an alarm that her life and that of her one-year-old son, Liam, are in…

GWR: Nigerian comedian completes 50-hour attempt for longest stand-up comedy
A Nigerian entertainer, Laff Ijuo Albert, has completed his attempt to set a Guinness World Record (GWR) for longest stand-up comedy show by an individual….

Portable turns self in at Lagos CID after being declared wanted in Ogun
Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, known by his stage name, Portable, has turned himself in at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department at Yaba after he…