Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has sacked five commissioners in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at enhancing governance and ensuring optimal service delivery. The affected commissioners are Dr. Jamila Dahiru (Education), Abubakar Bununu (Internal Security and Home Affairs), Usman Danturaki (Information and Communication), Prof. Simon Yalams (Agriculture), and Yakubu Hamza (Religious Affairs and Societal Reorientation). According to Mukhtar Gidado, the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, the cabinet reconstitution aligns with the Governor’s vision of addressing emerging challenges and injecting fresh ideas into the government. The move reflects the governor’s commitment to injecting new ideas and energy into governance, strengthening…

A popular businesswoman and socialite, Princess Kadijat Adebisi Edionseri, widely known as Cash Madam, has died, aged 89. Edionseri, who was the Iya Sunnah of Egbaland, Yewaland, and Ogun State died after a brief illness on Sunday, January 5, 2025, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Her death was announced in a statement on behalf of the family by one of her children, Dr Adebayo Adebowale. The statement noted that the renowned businesswoman touched many lives in her family and community, as she was a “shining example of grace, dignity and unwavering faith.” “With deep gratitude to Allah for a…

The police have deployed operatives to find assailants who killed three children of a native doctor murdered at their home in Nise community in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the spokesman for the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, has said. Reports say the yet-to-be-identified killers scaled the fence of the building where they gained entry into the compound to carry out the act and subsequently left the compound unnoticed. The report added that after killing the children, the perpetrators dumped the corpses in a Mercedes Benz car parked in the compound before leaving the vicinity.…

Popular socialitePascal Okechukwu, widely known as Cubana Chief Priest, has denied being related to Bethel Okechukwu, a phone repairer who recently gained attention after being promised money by Grammy award-winning Afrobeats star, Damini Ogulu, AKA Burna Boy. Cubana Chief Priest, in his Instagram story on Sunday, clarified that the man in the viral video, who was alleged to be his brother, has no ties whatsoever to him. The Grammy award winner had pledged and reportedly given $30,000 to Bethel, sparking widespread interest and speculation about the socialite’s connection to the young man. However, Cubana wrote, “Alleged brother! Skit makers f**kin…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has detained a woman, Khadija Ali for allegedly abandoning her one-day-old baby along a bush path in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. She said the abandoned one-day-old baby was recovered and rescued along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind an uncompleted Red Bricks Market in Mpape area. The PPRO stated that Ali would be charged to court for allegedly violating Sections 14 and 16 of the Child Rights Act, 2003 Explaining further, the police spokesperson said the…

The Authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have released three Nigerian women who were arrested and detained for possession of illicit drugs. Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Kimiebi Ebienfah disclosed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ebienfa said the release followed high-level diplomatic engagement between the Nigerian government and Saudi authorities. He listed the released Nigerians as Hadiza Abba, Fatima Malah and Fatima Gamboi. They were arrested for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine while on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The Nigerians were apprehended on March 5, 2024 at Prince Mohammad bin Abdul…

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin on Saturday urged Americans to demand President-elect Donald Trump justify each Jan. 6 defendant pardon if he issues them on his “first day” in office, as promised. The Maryland congressman, who sat on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, said it would be an “extraordinary event in the history of the republic to have a president pardon more than 1,000 criminal convicts who were in jail for having engaged in a violent insurrection incited by that very president.” “And if it is actually going to happen, people should demand…

….Two ladies busted for peddling drug-laced cupcakes The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe for drug offences..According to a statement by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, operatives arrested Mbadiwe, who is also motivational speaker in a hotel in Lekki, Lagos on December 27, 2024. This, the spokesman said, followed the arrest of Mbadiwe’s partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, earlier same day at a warehouse in Ajao Estate, Ikeja, where he was sent by Mbadiwe to collect a shipment of 33 parcels of Loud, a strong…

Police operatives attached to the Ebonyi State Command have arrested 17 suspects in Enohia Itim village, Afikpo LGA, for the murder of one Uromchi Okorocha. Disclosing the development in a statement on Sunday, the Force Public Relation Officer (FPRO), ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said some youths had accused the deceased of being involved in the killing of several individuals through alleged witchcraft and spiritual means. The PPRO said, “The suspects had mobilised and apprehended the deceased, but instead of handing him over to legal authorities and committing to the rule of law, decided to take the law into their hands, becoming…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it is set to significantly raise the fees it charges deportees for removal from Canada. According to a press statement from CBSA on Friday, beginning in April 2025, foreign nationals facing deportation will be required to pay up to $12,800 for escorted removals and over $3,800 for unescorted removals, a sharp increase from the current flat fee of $1,500. CBSA said the new cost recovery framework is designed to better align with the rising costs associated with deportation and to encourage compliance with removal orders. According to the statement, deportees will…