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Activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has spoken out about his recent arrest and detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of money laundering. In a viral video, VDM claimed that the EFCC still has his mobile phone, which he believes they may not return....

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States,...

Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV,on Friday  presided over the first large mass following his election. The new pontiff was joined by cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, a day after he was chosen on Thursday as the successor to pope Francis. The U.S.-born cleric, who also...

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted ₦20 million bail to music producer and former manager of gospel singer Mercy Chinwo, Ezekiel Onyedikachi, popularly known as EeZeeTee, over a fresh $255,000 foreign transaction fraud allegation filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In...

It is no longer news that rumours on the wellbeing and health of elderly music legends fly at will. This is not unconnected with the belief that many of these elderly musicians have become feeble and suffer one health condition or the other. For some years now, legendary EBenezer Obey has had...

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, adjourned until June 11, for continuation of settlement talks, in a suit against Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and others. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke adjourned the case for report of settlement, after the first defence counsel, Mr Bode Olanipekun (SAN), informed...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said its Lagos airport Hajj terminal is ready for transport of intending pilgrims as from May 9. The Manager, Pilgrims and Cargo Terminal, Muritala Muhammad International Airport, Mr Adedayo Alale, said this during a tour of the terminal yesterday in Lagos. Alale said that...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that the party will welcome Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former Kano Governor if he decides to join. Speaking to news reporters after receiving Alhaji Yusuf Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Ganduje said:” The APC is deepening...

Benue State House of Assembly has described the invitation extended to Speaker Aondona Dajoh and the leadership of the House by the House of Representatives as an action taken out of ignorance. The House, in a consensus decision rejected the invitation and asked the Speaker to ignore it. The House...

A 22-year-old lady, Joy Tale, has been reportedly killed by her landlord’s son, Odunayo Olomolatan, 41, in Ode-Irele, Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the tenant was hacked to death on Monday during an argument. DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, the spokesman for the Police Command in...