The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced two women arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for terrorism-related offences to 40 years’ imprisonment. The convicts, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, are the mother and sister, respectively, of notorious terrorist kingpin, Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, who was k!lled by Nigerian security forces on June 10,…
Social critic Scott Iguma has compared the state of infrastructure in a Chinese university with those in Imo State University. He shared a video showing the pristine state of the infrastructure in a university in China. The video showed the up-to-date infrastructure within the premises of the Chinese university. He went on to share a…
Businesswoman, Mabel Makun, has said her silence should not be misunderstood as lack of a valid response. Mabel and her estranged husband, Comedian AY, tied the knot in 2008. They went public with their split in April 2024. In a post shared on her Instagram story after the burial of late Alex Ekubo,…
A French appeals court has confirmed that Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco star player Achraf Hakimi will stand trial in a r@pe case, lawyers told The Associated Press. The defender, who is currently playing with Morocco at the World Cup after winning the Champions League for a second straight year with PSG, had appealed…
Iran’s football federation has announced it will file an official complaint with FIFA over travel restrictions imposed on the national team during the 2026 World Cup, arguing the measures place the squad at a disadvantage compared with other participants. Iran are allowed to fly into the United States, who are co-hosts along with…
Former Senegal and Chelsea striker Demba Ba was named on Friday, June 19 as the new sporting director of French Ligue 1 club Le Havre. The 41-year-old, whose playing career included high-profile stints in the English Premier League with West Ham, Newcastle, and Chelsea, arrives from Ligue 2 side Dunkerque, where he served for…
The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the University of Ibadan, (UI), has confirmed the abduction of a 300-level female Law student, identified simply as Tomisin Abo According to a statement signed by the Union’s President, Comrade Temidayo Adeboye, the student had embarked on a religious retreat with the National General Director of the Scripture…
Nigerian musician, Ayra Starr has revealed that she would likely be unemployed if she had not found success in the entertainment industry, crediting her music career with changing the direction of her life. Speaking in a chat with culture and style platform EE72 ahead of her Boiler Room set, the singer reflected on her…
Retired military officers and associates of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar have cautioned Nigerians against blaming the North for the country’s worsening insecurity, insisting that terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping have evolved into a nationwide threat affecting all regions. The group made the call during a press briefing in Kaduna held in honor…
In the most casual, almost cruel way, he told me he had a child right after we had sex. He said, “I was feeling guilty for hiding this important part of me from you, I need you to know me whole and whole.” It was a one night stand that led to the pregnancy, and…