Author: Rashaad Harris

One Mr. Okey Caleb has narrated what he learned about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Caleb said he spoke to an elder, he didn’t name, who told him that during Tinubu’s reign as Lagos State Governor, the streets were filled with hoodlums and crimes, commonly known as ‘agberos.’ The APC are foisting Tinubu as the one who built Lagos. His campaign chief, Festus Keyamo has gone online and on national television telling Nigerians that the man who is called the Jagaban of Lagos transformed Lagos State transport system. And in a recent speech delivered…

Nigeria’s Super Falconets were caught on camera sleeping on chairs and the floors of the airport in Istanbul, Turkey, on their way back home. The team was knocked out of the quarter finals of the 2022 Under-20 Women’s World Cup by Netherlands on Sunday. The Super Eagles former media officer, Colin Udoh, who shared the photos on his social media pages said, “Nigeria’s #Falconets have been traveling from Costa Rica since 6:30am on Monday. “They’re now in Istanbul on a 24-hour layover and sleeping on the airport chairs and floor, or wherever they can find.”

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected cultist, Jamiu Rasheed who was captured on CCTV on July 7, 2022 hacking and shooting to death one Akinola Ayegbusi, a rival cult at a restaurant in the Alapere area of Lagos state. This was disclosed on Tuesday by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Public Relations Officer of Lagos State Police Command. In a statement released by the police, the 22-year-old suspected killer is of the Klansman cult The statement read, “Investigations revealed that Jamiu has been a member of Klansman Confraternity since 2017 and has participated in the killing…

The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested one Gazali Ado , a 35-year-old impersonator who posed as an operative of the EFCC on the Google map. He was arrested following a petition by one Kenneth Nwarize who alleged that the suspect defrauded him of the sum of N150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only) under the pretext that he is an operative of the commission. The petitioner alleged that he came across the phone number (+2348115177852) of the suspect while he was searching for the EFCC on Google to lodge a complaint; he called…

Labour Party’s standard bearer, Peter Obi met with Southern and Middle-Belt Leadership Forum on Tuesday, as he continues to consult ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The former Anambra State Governor met with the leaders at Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s residence. With him were members of his parents party also. He said, “Presently visiting PA Ayo Adebanjo and members of the South and Middle Belt Leadership Forum. The National leaders of Labour Party and other stakeholders are here too.” Pa Ayo is the founder and one of the leaders of the Yoruba sociocultural group, Afenifere. He has in the past publicly…

One Umar Farouk has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for laptops theft. The 23-year-old student who resides at Jahi, Abuja, was brought before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court in Nigeria’s capital. The prosecution, Mr Edwin Ochayi, narrated how Mr Sadiq Aroke of Lugbe Abuja, who is also the Manager of Prized Photos Jabi Shoprite, reported the incident of shop theft to the police on July 27. Ochayi told the court that Farouk shoplifted two computers from his photo shop on April 5, around 8:50pm. According to him, CCTV footage showed how the suspect carefully picked two Hewlett Packard…

Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Brazilian midfielder, Casemiro from Spanish giant, Real Madrid. The 30-year-old midfielder was unveiled before the game between Manchester United and Liverpool, in which the Red Devils ran out 2:1 winners on the night, their first win over the Reds since 2018. United who have been desperate for a midfielder, especially a defensive midfielder, paid £60m, plus £10m in add-ons, while the Brazilian has signed a four-year contract with the option of a further 12 months at Old Trafford. Casemiro who has won five Champions Leagues with Real Madrid told the club’s official website:…

The number of adolescents getting pregnant in schools in South Africa is on a significant rise. The recent statistics released by Amnesty International, South Africa shows girls as young as young as ten years old are giving birth. According to South African law, children below the age of 12 do not have the capacity to consent to sexual activity. Sexual intercourse below the age of 12 is considered rape. Out of 1764 babies born in South Africa in the month of January 2022, 65 were born to teenage girls. According to Amnesty International, most teen mothers come from financially unstable…

A recent decampee to APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has praised Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his commitment to democracy. The former Aviation Minister said this on Tuesday morning in a tweet he posted on his official Twitter account. He raved about how the former Lagos State Governor, who is now running for the office of Nigeria’s president, has helped Nigeria’s democracy by pushing the Federal Government to immortalise late MKO Abiola, the adjudged winner of the 1993 presidential election, only for the military government led by Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida to annul it. “BAT fought for the restoration of MKO Abiola’s June 12th…

Housemate, Chomzy has become the head of house (HoH) for week 5 in the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show, season 7. Chomzy beat the remaining 19 housemates — with the exception of the incumbent HoH — to clinch the title on Monday evening. Unlike the previous weeks, the housemates were asked to play to win individual immunity for themselves as the levels system in the house was recently scrapped. After the live eviction show on Sunday, the instructive voice behind the show announced that the housemates in the two levels should merge together and stay in one house.…