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You’ll lose if you hate Wizkid – Odumodublvck tells colleagues

12.10.2024

Rapper, Odumodublvck, has warned Nigerian artistes against “hating” Grammy-winning singer, Wizkid. Speaking in a recent interview with content creator, Elsie in Toronto, Canada, the ‘Wotowoto Seasoning’ crooner said hating Wizkid is self-sabotage. He said personally, he wouldn’t be offended if he featured Wizkid on his album and he didn’t post it on social media. “There...

BBNaija S9: They should understand she’s now married – Kellyrae slams Kassia’s family

11.10.2024

Big Brother Naija Season 9 winner, Kellyrae, has reacted to his wife, Kassia’s family not being happy about their management’s decision to favour him over her on the just concluded reality show. The couple, known as DoubleKay, had one management going into the house, but after Biggie unpaired the housemates, forcing them to compete solely,...

Ondo man stabs friend to death over N2000 debt

11.10.2024

Police operatives in Ondo State have apprehended a 34-year-old man, Monday Chukwu, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Kefa Ofando, 30, to death over a N2,000 debt. Chukwu reportedly stabbed Ofando with a pair of scissors after a heated argument at Akintola village in the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. Ofando gave up the...

Man arrested for allegedly killing friend in Ondo

10.10.2024

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested one Mr Monday Chukwu of Akintola village in the Odigbo area of the state for allegedly stabbing his friend, Kefa Ofando, to death. Chukwu was said to be one of the twelve suspects arrested for committing crimes ranging from murder, robbery to arson. The State Police Commissioner, Mr...

Armed robbers beg bishops of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star for prayers

10.10.2024

Armed robbers who waylaid 13 Bishops of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star on Episcopal tour of some states of Nigeria pleaded for prayers for them not to be caught. The incident happened Wednesday evening on a federal highway in Benue State enroute Abuja, according to leader of the team, Archbishop Benjamin Ogwutum. Narrating the...

Imo teacher in police net over maltreatment of 12-year-old step-daughter

10.10.2024

The Police in Imo State have arrested a secondary school teacher, Mrs Blessing Emmanuel, for allegedly dehumanizing a 12-year-old girl, Amarachi Emmanuel, who was said to be her stepdaughter. Mrs Emmanuel was arrested on Tuesday by the Owerri Police Area Command headquarters following a complaint made by an Owerri-based activist, Chidiebube Okeoma, who is also...

Ayra Starr reaches 2 billion Spotify streams

10.10.2024

Famous Nigerian songstress, Ayra Starr, has surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify across all credits. Spotify data aggregating platform, Kworb announced that Ayra just surpassed over 2 billion streams as of October 10, 2024. This comes months after releasing her second album ‘The Year I Turned 21’ which has surpassed 500 million streams on Spotify....

Police rescue six sports journalists kidnapped in Anambra while travelling to Uyo

10.10.2024

Police authorities in Anambra State have revealed that six journalists traveling to Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, who were kidnapped in Anambra on Wednesday, have been rescued. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said operatives of the command were still working to rescue the seventh victim. He...

Five suspects arrested for burglary, theft in Ogun

10.10.2024

The Police in Ogun State has confirmed the arrest of five persons for alleged burglary and theft in Ijebu Ode and surrounding areas of the state. The suspects are 32-year old Emmanuel also known as Ozon, Samuel Sunday Idoko, 39, Tolulope Ilesanmi, 21, Sanusi Daniel, 29 and 20 years old Ogunkoya Victor, also known as...

Navy deactivates 124 illegal refining sites, arrests oil thieves in Niger Delta

10.10.2024

The Nigerian Navy has announced that its troops from Operation Delta Sanity have achieved significant success in the Niger Delta region, deactivating 124 illegal refining sites and arresting 55 suspected oil thieves and illegal refinery operators over the past four months. The Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Samson Bura, made this known...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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