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The Lagos State Federal High Court, Friday, remanded self-acclaimed relationship expert, Blessing Okoro,  popularly known as Blessing CEO,, for alleged cyber-bullying and libel. The social media influencer was arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro by the police on a six-count charge of alleged Cyber-bullying, libel and for exhibiting uncensored movies, This followed her arrest by the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon on Thursday, March 30. Also read:  Occupations boys use to sleep with married women- Blessing CEO Justice Bogoro ordered the controversial blogger to be kept in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services. The prosecutor, Rotshang Faith…

Nigeria’s total public debt stock has hit N46.25 trillion or 103.11 billion dollars in Q4 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated in its report. The debt consists of domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government, the 36 State Governments and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NBS stated this on Friday in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt Report for Q4 2022 in Abuja, saying that the public debt stock grew by 4.96 per cent in the Q4 of 2022. The report said that External debt stood at N18.70 trillion (41.69 billion dollars) in Q4 2022, while…

Donald Trump has become the first ex-US President to be indicted by a Manhattan grand jury for criminal charges. The indictment is a historic reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, political and business dealings and an abrupt jolt to his bid to retake the White House. The exact nature of the charges was unclear Friday because the indictment remained under seal, but they stem from payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. Prosecutors said they were working to coordinate Trump’s surrender, which could happen early next week. They did not say…

Akwa Ibom Governor-elect, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno and the Deputy Governor-elect, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, were, on Thursday, presented with Certificates of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  Both are members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while the outgoing governor is also a PDP member. The 26 members-elect of the yet-to-be inaugurated Akwa Ibom House of Assembly equally got their Certificates of Return at INEC head office, Udo Udoma Avenue in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. While the 24 elected are PDP members, the remaining two are Young Progressives Party (YPP) members, showing that PDP has formed majority in the…

Gospel artist, Mercy Chinwo has threatened to slam a N2 billion lawsuit against singer Obidiz for using her name and image in secular music audio and video. Obidiz released a commercial for a song entitled Mercy Chinwo on February 10, 2023, with Mercy Chinwo’s picture as the cover image. Chinwo through her lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, in a letter dated March 23 and addressed to Obidiz Lawson, ordered the singer to take down the music audio and video from all music digital platforms. “It came to our client’s rude shock that you recently released and published a song titled ‘Mercy Chinwo’…

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reportedly paid Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro $210,000, (N97,335,000 million) being three of the 10 months’ salary owed him. It was also gathered that head coaches of other national teams like the Super Falcons, U-23 Eagles, Flying Eagles, Falconets, Golden Eaglets and the Flamingos were also paid between five and seven months salaries. Peseiro was previously owed $700,000 (10 months’ salary) by the NFF. Before this latest payment, Peseiro was not paid a salary since he was engaged in May 2022 by the Amaju Pinnick-led Executive Board of the NFF. The Portuguese was contracted…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reversed its suspension of former Senate President, Pius Anyim and former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. Other party chieftains whose suspensions were reversed also are Ibrahim Shema, Dennis Ityavyar and Aslam Aliyu. PDP suspended the PDP chieftains for “anti-party activities” on March 23, 2023. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in statement on Thursday, said the party’s National Working Committee reversed the referral of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom to the National Disciplinary Committee. The PDP, Nigeria’s main opposition party, had a week ago suspended the party stalwarts over “anti-party…

Egbetokun Olukayode Adeolu has been promoted Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG); Frank Mba and 23 Commissioners of Police joined Assistant Inspector General (AIG) rank. The Police Service Commission (PSC) also approved the appointment of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 7, Adeolu as DIG. DIG Egbetokun, who will replace DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo who retired on March 15, 2023, is representing the South-West geopolitical zone of the country. Also read:  PSC Promotes 175 Senior Police Officers, Demotes 112 A press statement by PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, on Tuesday, March 28…

Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola-Salako, has berated Nigerian youths who are in the habit of insulting their elders on social media. In a video she shared online, Foluke wondered what has become of the value system in Nigeria. The ‘‘unruly behaviour of Nigerian youths on social media is a pandemic people are not taking note of,” she said. The actress said in the next five years, youths will start beating up their parents because people have allowed the bad behaviour they are exhibiting now slide. With particular reference to the just concluded elections, Foluke said young people seized it as an…

Afenifere, the Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group, has thrown its weight behind the election results said to have favoured Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP). It observed that the Presidential election held on February 25, 2023 was characterised by all forms of primitive manipulations and non-compliance with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act 2022. According to the group, the results of the lawful votes at the Presidential election available to them through credible sources confirm that Peter Obi won the said election. Afenifere asserted that “for equity, fairness, national cohesion and peaceful…