A$AP Rocky has turned down a final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail and will face the possibility of a guilty verdict and years in prison as jury selection began at his trial on Tuesday. The Grammy-nominated rapper and partner to pop star Rihanna faces two felony charges related to a 2021 incident in Hollywood where…
The World Bank Group has imposed a 30-month debarment on two Nigerian firms, Viva Atlantic Limited and Technology House Limited, along with their Managing Director and CEO, Norman Didam, for engaging in fraudulent, collusive, and corrupt practices. The sanctions stem from unethical activities during the National Social Safety Nets Project (NSSNP) in Nigeria. The…
A retired Upper Shari’a Court Judge, Mahmoud Shehu, has been granted bail by a Magistrate Court in Zaria, Kaduna State, over allegations of assaulting a visually impaired housewife. The court, presided over by Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Adamu Salisu, approved bail for Shehu on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, stipulating that he must provide two sureties…
US President Donald Trump has announced plans to fire thousands of White House staff who are not aligned with his vision to Make America Great Again. Trump disclosed this on his social media platform, Truth Social, beforepublicly firing several senior employees in an unprecedented shakeup. The post read: ‘Our first day in the White House is…
Dakore Akande, 46, and her husband Olumide Akande, are celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary and 19 years of being together. Dakore took to Instagram to share photos from their anniversary dinner. In the caption, the actress credited God for sustaining their marriage and she promised to love Olumide forever. The couple have 2 children.
A video shared online has sparked concern for the wellbeing of a young girl in Warri, Delta State. The video shows a girl, who looks no older than 10 years old, stuck between a slit in a wooden door, with her head sticking out of one side and her body on the other side of…
A Nigerian man, Quadri Yakubu, said he became a happier person, better husband and father after quitting his banking job. “Immediately I left my banking Job, I noticed that I became happier and more loving to my wife and kid,” he wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Imagine living in Mararaba and…
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has sealed Ariba Bistro Night Life Entertainment Series, located within Martinos Hotel & Suites on Otunba Jobi Fele Way, Ikeja, following persistent complaints of noise pollution from nearby residents. The enforcement action, carried out on Tuesday, January 21, was triggered by ongoing grievances over excessive noise…
Authorities in the United States have auctioned a luxury wristwatch and a necklace seized from Abidemi Rufai, a former Ogun State official who served a jail term in the United States of America. The United States District Court for Western Tacoma in Washington jailed Abidemi Rufai on 26 September 2022 for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. …
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has vowed a strong response if U.S. President Donald Trump moves forward with a proposed 25 percent tariff on Canadian imports, a measure Trump signaled could take effect as early as February. “Canada will respond and everything is on the table,” Trudeau said during a news conference at a…
