Author: Alade Adisa

Social media star, Jake Paul defeated boxing legend, Mike Tyson in a highly anticipated fight with an age difference of over three decades between the two contenders. The Friday night win for the YouTuber-turned-pro-boxer was streamed on Netflix from the home of the Dallas Cowboys in Texas. Paul defeated Tyson by unanimous decision after the two fighters went eight full rounds, with each round two minutes long. Tyson came out strong, but faded as the fight went along, while Paul gained confidence and appeared to have Tyson on his heels for the final few rounds. After the decision was announced,…

The National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Major General Adamu Laka, has said that the new terror group, Lakurawa, would be wiped out very soon. Laka, who spoke in Abuja while reacting to the recent wave of terror activities in Sokoto and other parts of the North-West, attributed to the new terror group, disclosed that the terror group has less than two hundred members. He said the military and other security agencies under the coordination of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, are on top of the situation and the group will be wiped out in no distant future.…

President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima were among other top government functionaries present as the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Toareed Lagbaja, 56, was laid to rest in Abuja on Friday. The Nigerian military committed his remains to Mother Earth at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on Friday. A funeral service was held in his honour at the National Christian Centre Abuja, earlier before interment. Joining the president and his vice were the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, Service Chiefs, family members of the deceased, heads…

Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has said that if not for divine intervention, there would have been a severe devaluation of the naira, whereby the exchange rate could have surged to ₦10,000 per dollar. During his message at the Special Holy Ghost Congress held in Abuja, Adeboye addressed Nigeria’s economic struggles, attributing them partly to the nation’s dependence on imported fuel. He emphasized that, despite Nigeria’s substantial oil wealth, the persistent reliance on fuel imports continues to strain the economy. The cleric expressed concern over the billions of naira invested in…

As Ondo State prepares for the governorship election on Saturday, November 16, the atmosphere is charged with both anticipation and concern. With 18 political parties competing for the coveted position, the stakes are high, and expectations from citizens, political parties, and the electoral body are palpable.There are 2,053,061 registered voters in Ondo, but only 1,757,205 (85.6 per cent) who have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) will be eligible to participate. The election will take place across 3,933 polling units in the state’s 18 local government areas. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 111 domestic and international organisations…

A shocking trend of security personnel selling arms and ammunition to terrorists has reached a boiling point in Nigeria, with over 40 mobile policemen and soldiers arrested in recent months across the country. This disturbing phenomenon was uncovered during discreet investigations into the proliferation of weapons used by terrorists and bandits, conducted by intelligence agencies in collaboration with the Nigerian Army Military Police. The alarming revelation underscores a critical breach in Nigeria’s internal security, where individuals sworn to protect the nation are instead fueling violence and aiding criminal elements. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, had previously raised concerns…

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Right-wing falsehoods about voter fraud fell off a cliff after Donald Trump’s victory in the US election, but American liberals took a page from their playbook to push wild conspiracy theories that have fueled doubt about the democratic process. The left-wing warping of reality underscores how disinformation is peddled across both sides of the political aisle, feeding information chaos on increasingly unmoderated social media platforms that has made it harder for users to decipher fact from fiction. The falsehoods promoted on sites including the Elon Musk-owned X and Meta’s Threads range from unfounded claims about fraudulent vote tallies in key…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended Justice G. C Aguma of the High Court of Rivers State and Justice A.O Nwabunike of the Anambra State High Court from performing judicial functions. The two judicial officers were suspended without pay for one year and placed on a watchlist for two years thereafter. The NJC Deputy Director (Information), Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, said in a statement on Friday that the decision was taken at the 107th Meeting of the NJC, which was chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun on November 13 and 14, 2024. According to the statement,…

…Throws out suit by Kogi, 18 other states In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has declined to declare the operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) illegal. In a unanimous decision on Friday, a seven-man panel of the apex court, led by Uwani Abba-Aji, dismissed the suit that 19 states filed to query the legal validity of the process that led to the establishment of the anti-graft agency in 2002. According to the court, the EFCC Establishment Act did not…