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  Nollywood actress and politician Tonto Dikeh and her bodyguard Gbenga have been summoned to appear before the Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates Court for alleged assault and trespass. Naija News reports that in the summons dated August 6, 2024, the two defendants were ordered to appear before the court on August 24, 2024 to answer the charges against them. …

Gunmen on Friday attacked a police patrol team and killed one officer in Anambra State. Eyewitnesses told reporters that the attackers threw an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the police team when they were approached along Nnewi Oba road at about 9:00 am, on Friday. State police command spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incident in a statement in Awka. He …

President Bola Tinubu said on Friday that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to return their countries to its fold. Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, reiterated this position at a meeting with the ECOWAS Chiefs …

Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has eased the curfew previously imposed in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis. The governor on Sunday imposed a 24-hour curfew in the metropolis following violent protests by youths. The order was issued following the looting of public and private assets by criminals in Jos North local government area of ​​the state. He later relaxed the curfew to …

The naira continued its recovery against the US dollar on Friday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed the local currency strengthened by N19 to trade at N1,574/$1, down from N1,593/$1 it traded at on Thursday. The highest and lowest intraday prices recorded during the day were N1,601/$1 and N1,520/$1 respectively, indicating a very tight spread of …

Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa said on Friday that West African Defence Chiefs had agreed to activate the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) standby force. Musa told reporters that the decision was taken at the end of the 42nd Ordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff held between Wednesday and Friday in …

Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), on Thursday revealed the extent of corruption in Nigeria. An estimated 87 million bribes, totaling $700 billion, were paid in 2023 alone. This is similar to previous figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), that over N700 billion was paid in cash as bribes by citizens to …

Asake’s Ligali Ella Friday, August 9, 2024, 10:49 AM Asake ft Travis Scott – Active Lyrics DISCOVER THE MOST ECONOMIC WAY TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NETWORK Please, a Grammy nominated Nigerian Afrobeat singer, songwriter and entertainer comes up with another song titled “Ligali.” Also, the song “Ligali”, by Asake, It’s from his newly released album titled “Lungu Boy EP (Album).” …

A Federal High Court and five State High Courts have sentenced no fewer than 59 cyber fraudsters to various prison terms. The convicts are Adekola Mohammed Bidemi, Raheem Toheeb Olalekan, Nduneri Kelvin Precious, Adekola Akinsola Iyanuoluwa, Adegoke Tomiwa Olalekan, Akintade Isaac Temitayo, Olaolu Abdulsomad Olamide, Akanni Oluwapelumi Anuoluwapo, Omogbolahan Arikuyeri Joseph, Adedimeji Olaitan Ojo, Jamal Olawale Hamzat, Ajana Abide me …

Nigerian Army troops have dismantled an arms smuggling syndicate supplying arms and ammunition to terrorist groups in the North West. The military, in a post on its official X Handle account on Thursday, said its troops also busted a notorious kidnapping syndicate and seized a large cache of arms and ammunition from the suspects. It said troops working in coordination …