‘You slept with BBN celeb, dated actress’, Ighalo’s estranged wife Sonia alleges

The estranged wife of Jude Ighalo, former Super Eagles striker, Sonia, has alleged that the footballer slept with a Big Brother Naija celebrity and dated a Nigerian actress. The mother of three, in a post on her Instagram story on Tuesday, claimed that she was responsible for the former Watford attacker’s journey to stardom. Her words: “Tell the world how …

Continue Reading

Lagos Police Arrest 27-Year-Old with Locally Made Gun, Live Cartridges

Policemen attached to the  Ojodu Division of the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended a 27-year-old man named Oladimeji Hassan for possessing a locally made gun and 25 live cartridges. The police shared images of the suspect on its official X media handle on Tuesday. The accompanying caption states: “Oladimeji Hassan, a 27-year-old male, was arrested at Berger earlier today …

Continue Reading

Breaking: Lagos Assembly Invites Top Govt Officials Over Recklessness Of Motorists…Considers law to regulate multiple taxation by transport unions

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday frowned at the alleged recklessness of some motorists operating in the state just as the lawmakers raised concerns over the activities of some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). At a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, the House invited the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. …

Continue Reading

Sacked Plateau Lawmakers: Thousands Take Mass Rally To Supreme Court, Submit Protest Letter To CJN

Over 1, 000 Nigerians under the auspices of Coalition for Truth and Justice in Africa have held a peaceful rally to the Supreme Court, Abuja, to protest the Appeal Court judgements sacking some People Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers in Plateau state, from the National Assembly. Dr. Daniel Okwa, National President of the body said political developments in the state is …

Continue Reading

Saudi government pledges to boost Nigeria’s Forex Liquidity, revamp refineries

The Saudi Government will make available a substantial deposit of foreign exchange to boost Nigeria’s forex liquidity. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made the pledge at a bilateral meeting with Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Riyadh Friday. Prince Salman commended the economic reforms being implemented by President Tinubu, and expressed the commitment of the Saudi Government to support …

Continue Reading

Court grants Emefiele bail

Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, bail. The judge ordered that Emefiele be released immediately to his lawyers, who were charged with the responsibility of producing him in court for his arraignment next week or at any other day. According to the …

Continue Reading

Nationwide Strike Not What Nigeria Needs, Says Murray-Bruce

Businessman and former lawmaker, Ben Murray-Bruce, has said that a nationwide strike is not what Nigeria needs right now. Bruce made this statement after the Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday declared a total nationwide strike effective Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The former senator disclosed this on his X handle on Tuesday. Bruce’s tweet read, “A national strike over a local …

Continue Reading

EFCC produces Emefiele for hearing of his bail request

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has produced the detained former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele before an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi had in a ruling on November 2, ordered the anti-graft agency to either release the erstwhile boss of the apex bank who has been in detention …

Continue Reading

August24news Presents Frame Of 80 Distinguished Lagos Women to First Lady, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu

Publisher of Nigerian popular online news platform, August24news.com Mr. Ajagbe Adeyemi Teslim has presented a 40 by 72 inches modern frame displaying the faces and profiles of 80 distinguished female political office holders in Lagos State from 1999 to 2023 to the First lady of the state, Her Excellency, Dr (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu. The frame was tagged; “President Bola Ahmed …

Continue Reading