Author: Dave Oludare Oso

In a continuing saga, social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has disclosed that he possesses more damning evidence to support his exposé regarding Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky and the voice note in which the crossdresser claimed to have served his sentence in a private apartment.VeryDarkMan also explained that he had no intention of defaming human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, as being insinuated online.The social media influencer said in an Instagram post, said, “Now, let me tell you something even more interesting. I have another voice note to post, which I…

In what was described a sweeping indictment, the mayor of New York City in the United States, Eric Adams, has been charged with five counts related to improper campaign contributions.According to ABC News reports, a sweeping indictment unsealed on Thursday morning detailed that “Eric Adams, the defendant, sought and accepted illegal campaign contributions in the form of ‘nominee’ or ‘straw’ contributions, meaning that the true contributors conveyed their money through nominal donors, who falsely certified they were contributing their own money.”It alleged that “as a result of those false certifications, Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign received more than $10,000,000 in public…

A 28-year-old Nigerian, Ms. Favour Ugwu, has been arrested and jailed for eight years in prison by the court in Ghana on account of human trafficking.At least eight young Nigerian girls have been rescued from human traffickers in Ghana.This was disclosed in a statement signed by Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Wednesday.According to the statement, the rescued girls, who were said to be aged between 15 and 22, from various states across Nigeria, were lured to Ghana under false promises of employment but were forced into sexual exploitation.It added that…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has explained the reasons behind the struggles of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in supplying crude oils to an indigenous refinery owned by Aliko Dangote.PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, disclosed in a Channels TV interview on Thursday, that the NNPC does not have enough crude to supply to the Dangote Refinery due to a loan taken by the previous government of Muhammadu Buhari, with the mineral resource used as a Collateral Osifo said, “We have very robust insights into what is happening today, into the price war that…

Police operatives in Anambra State have arrested a man for allegedly concealing gunpowder in bags of garri at the Pillar-Pole area in Aguata LGA of the state.The state command’s Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Wednesday, said the incident occurred while the suspect was on his way to supply food items and weapons to some criminal gangs.The statement read, “Preliminary information reveals that the suspect was en route to a criminal camp to deliver groceries for consumption and the gunpowder for the production of Improvised Explosives for the gang.“The suspect is currently in custody and assisting the Police…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has interrogated the Chairman, Governing Council of the Federal College of Education, Ilawe Ekiti, Prof. Shola Olatunde Adepoju, over corruption allegations during his tenure as Director General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) in Ibadan, Oyo State.Adepoju, who was the Director-General of FRIN from March 31, 2015, to March 31, 2023, had been accused of diverting government properties.However, he was appointed by President Bola Tinubu in June 2024 as Chairman, Governing Council of the Federal College of Education, Ilawe Ekiti.Confirming the development, the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, on Thursday said Adepoju…

Defying all calls for restraint, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to sustain Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah. The Israeli army has told soldiers to prepare for a possible ground offensive to fight Hezbollah in Lebanon as the air force conducted hundreds of deadly strikes around the country.According to an AFP report, a top military chief, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi told a tank brigade on Wednesday, “We are attacking all day, both to prepare the ground for the possibility of your entry, but also to continue striking Hezbollah.”This came amid escalating cross-border clashes after Israeli raids on Monday killed at…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the sale of an additional $20,000 to each eligible Bureau de Change operator (BDC).A circular by the Acting Director of the CBN’s Trade & Exchange Department, Dr. W.J. Kanya disclosed the development on Wednesday.According to the circular, the CBN approved the sale of $20,000 per eligible BDC at N1,590 per US dollar, which is N10 higher than the previous rate for the $20,000 sold to each BDC earlier this month. The circular further outlines that BDC operators are allowed to sell this foreign exchange to eligible end-users at a margin not exceeding…

Newly-appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has said lawyers who comment on matters under judicial consideration, will henceforth, be decisively dealt with.Speaking when she appeared before the senate for screening as CJN on Wednesday, Kekere-Ekun said those who engage in such acts will no longer have anywhere to hide.The 23rd CJN said, “Speaking on social media, condemning the judiciary, commenting on cases that are sub-judice will not have anywhere to hide, they will be dealt with decisively.”She was reacting to a question asked by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who had said some lawyers have a habit of speaking…

A few days after she was finally disengaged from the Nigerian Army, Private Ruth Ogunleye, who was relieved from service after accusing a senior officer, Colonel I.B. Abdulkareem of sexual harassment, has told the Army authorities to publish the outcome of its investigation into the matter.Reacting to her discharge from service on her TikTok account on Wednesday, Ogunleye expressed gratitude to the Army but pleaded for the outcome of the investigation to be made public. It would be recalled that in January 2024, via her TikTok page, @Ogunleyeruthsavage1, she alleged that Colonel I.B. Abdulkareem, Colonel G.S. Ogor, and Brigadier General…