Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

….Says it’s pure fiction ByteDance, the parent company of social media platform TikTok, has denied reports on the potential sale of the app to billionaire and Tesla boss, Elon Musk to continue its operations amid a possible ban by the US government. Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Chinese officials have discussed allowing the sale to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to avoid a ban scheduled to take effect on Sunday unless China-based owner ByteDance sells off TikTok’s US operations. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that Beijing officials strongly prefer that TikTok…

A man, who not only killed his mother with a stick but also dumped her corpse in a well, has been arrested by operatives of the Cross River State Police Command in Obudu Local Government Area of the state. Mathias Amunde, who committed matricide, in an interrogation video shared on Instagram by user @isaacfayoseoriginal, confessed to the crime, revealing that he and an accomplice struck his mother with a stick, dragged her body outside, and threw it into a well. He said in Pidgin (now translated), “I and Walcot killed her. We killed her with a stick. Walcot has gone…

Vincentia Nwankwo and Grace Okoli, the two reverend sisters, who were kidnapped in Anambra State have regained freedom after spending about six days with their captors. The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ reverend sisters were abducted on their way back from a vocational association’s meeting in Ogboji along the Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Although the actual date of their release could not be ascertained, their release was confirmed in a press statement issued on Monday and signed by the Secretary General of the Sisters of the…

The manager of English Premier League giants, Josep Pep Guardiola has reportedly separated from his wife after 30 years together. The multiple award winning coach’s attentions have been on turning around the form of the current champions of England, but it appears off the field he has gone his separate ways from long-term partner, Cristina Serra. The Sunday Mirror reported in 2019 that Serra had returned to Barcelona with one of their three children, and more than five years on the couple have now split, according to reports in Spain. Despite the split, Guardiola and Serra are said to be…

Alexander and Enenche Enenche, who are both brothers of the senior pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Church, Pastor Paul Enenche, have been remanded at the Keffi Prison in Nasarawa State. Also remanded with the brothers by the Magistrate Court in Wuse, Abuja, was Abraham Daniel, a former pastor at the Dunamis church. The siblings were reportedly taken to the Keffi Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Monday evening following a remand order the Nigerian Police Force secured from the Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja. According to SaharaReporters, upon honouring police invitation, the Enenche brothers…

Former Labour MP, Ivor Caplin, who represented Hove from 1997 to 2005, was arrested on Sunday, January 12, 2025, in Brighton following a sting operation conducted by the activist group, Stop Stings. The group alleges that Caplin, aged 66, believed he was arranging to meet a 15-year-old boy, a setup orchestrated by the group posing as the underage individual. Footage of the encounter was live-streamed on Facebook, showing Caplin at Hove train station, where he was confronted by members of Stop Stings. In the video, Caplin denies any wrongdoing, repeatedly stating, “I haven’t done anything.” The confrontation attracted significant online…

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has extended the hand of mercy to 40 inmates serving various jail terms by setting them free. According to the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo (SAN), the pardon highlights the governor’s dedication to mercy and rehabilitation.The pardons, granted on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, include the outright release of 15 convicts effective Sunday, 12 January 2025 In addition to the releases, several death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment, while other inmates had their sentences significantly reduced.Dr Ajulo, who also chairs the advisory…

California Governor, Gavin Newsom blasted President-elect Donald Trump’s response to the California wildfires in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” recorded Saturday, saying, “Mis- and disinformation I don’t think advantages or aids any of us.” Newsom appeared to be referring to Trump’s posts on Truth Social blasting Newsom, President Joe Biden and Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass since the fires broke out Tuesday. In one post, the president-elect baselessly claimed Newsom had blocked a measure that would have allowed water to flow from Northern California to Southern California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, tours the downtown business district…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a budding gospel musician, Oluwatimileyin Ajayi for beheading his girlfriend in Abuja. An intelligence tip-off led security agents to an uncompleted building in the area, which led to the suspect’s arrest. During interrogation, Ajayi allegedly confessed to the crime and revealed that the rest of the victim’s body was at his residence. The incident was confirmed by Comrade Abwami Nuhuson Daniel, Secretary of Orozo Community, on his Facebook page, where he wrote: “I got the shock of my life as we apprehend a ‘Yahoo’ ritual with human head (his girlfriend) inside…

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have impeached the speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. He was accused of multiple statutory and financial infractions. Obasa was subsequently replaced by his deputy, Mojisola Meranda. Mrs Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency 1, was also a former chief whip of the house. Mojeed Fatai is now the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Obasa has been engulfed in a series of controversial circumstances in terms of financial dealings. The removal comes barely a month after Obasa was accused of allegedly spending N17 billion to fix a gate that leads to the…