Kwara State police command has arrested a popular singer, Habeb Okikiola Badmus, aka ‘portable’ for alleged criminal defamation and other related offences, DAILY POST reports. The arrest was carried out in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday, by operatives of the command, acting on a petition by one Okunola Saheed, popularly known as ‘Osupa’. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the spokesperson of the command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi in Ilorin, the state capital. The statement read in part, “The Kwara State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that following a petition received from one Mr. Okunola...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Tuesday hear a suit filed by the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria against the Central Bank of Nigeria and others over the implementation of local government autonomy.
Other defendants include the Minister of Budget and National Planning; Accountant-General of the Federation; the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission; the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, various commercial banks, and one Bello Lawal. Following the Supreme Court judgment of July 11, 2024, which granted financial autonomy to LGs, ALGON filed a suit seeking an order restraining the disbursement of funds to local governments without its approval. Additionally, ALGON demands that the 774 local councils be granted representation at Federation Account Allocation Committee meetings where allocations are discussed. ALGON Secretary-General, Mohammed Abubakar, confirmed the suit hearing date to The PUNCH...
New York Helicopter Company To Shut Down Following Crash That Killed Spain Family Of Five And A Pilot
The Federal Aviation Administration —FAA— late on Sunday disclosed that the company that operated the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in New York last week, killing all six people on board, will shut down immediately. New York Helicopter Tours is “shutting down their operations immediately,” the FAA said in a statement on X, adding that it would launch a review of the company’s license and safety records. The company is already subject to an investigation from the National Transportation Safety Board, which said on Saturday that the helicopter was not fitted with any flight recorders or on-board cameras. A family of five visiting...
Photo Story: WTO-DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Celebrates Mother Prof Kamene Okonjo At 95
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NIS launches 2nd phase of contactless Nigerian passport application in 4 countries
“Technology should be an enhancer of service delivery”- Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched the second phase of its contactless biometric passport application system in the U.S., Mexico, Jamaica and Brazil. This is contained in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Akinsola Akinlabi, on the NIS official ‘X’ page on Monday in Abuja. The NIS said the new system will begin in the U.S. on April 11, with Jamaica following suit on April 14. Mexico and Brazil are also set to implement the system by the same date. The News Agency of...
CBS And ’60 Minutes’ Should ‘Pay A Big Price’ President Trump Threatens, Claims The Newsmagazine Mention His Name In A ‘Derogatory And Defamatory Way’
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to go after “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS newsmagazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunday, saying the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” for going after him. “Almost every week, 60 Minutes … mentions the name ‘TRUMP’ in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this Weekend’s ‘BROADCAST’ tops them all,” the president said on his Truth Social platform. He called on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to impose maximum fines and punishment “for their unlawful and illegal behavior.” Trump has an ongoing $20 billion lawsuit against “60...
Ex-LSU Wide Receiver Kyren Lacy Tragic Death At 24
Former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy, who was found dead Saturday night in Houston, died in an apparent suicide in his car while being pursued by authorities, according to a Harris County (Texas) sheriff’s report released Sunday. According to Harris County authorities, police responded to a call from a female family member who said Lacy had discharged a firearm into the ground during a verbal argument late Saturday night. When they arrived on the scene, they learned that the suspect, Lacy, had fled in a vehicle. Authorities say their pursuit of Lacy ended when he crashed. They say that when officers approached the vehicle...
The Taliban Leader Assert Executions Are Part Of Islam
Days after four men were killed by gunfire in Afghanistan after they were convicted of murder, Taliban leader asserted that executions were part of Islam. The executions took place in sports stadiums Friday, the highest number known to have been carried out in one day since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Rights groups and the U.N. condemned the killings. Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has previously rejected the need for Western laws in Afghanistan. In an audio clip released Sunday by the Taliban’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on X, Akhundzada said: “We must carry out disciplinary measures, perform prayers and acts of worship....