Author: Vincent Osuwo

Prominent Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh and her bodyguard, Gbenga, have been summoned by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Wuse Zone 6 for alleged assault and trespass.  Elvis Abuyere, the Chief Executive of Skyewise Group Limited and proprietor of an Abuja-based auto dealership company, filed the claim under case number CR/359/2024. In the court summons dated August 6, 2024, Iyanna directed the two defendants to appear in court on August 24, 2024, to face the allegations against them. Police invite Tonto Dikeh over cyberbullying, defamation, forgery He added that Dikeh approached the vehicle manufacturer in January about purchasing a brand new…

Organisers of the #EndBadGovernance campaign in Nigeria have demanded that the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, be fired immediately for killing demonstrators during the statewide protests. Comrade Hassan Taiwo, national spokesperson of the Youth Rights Campaign and leader of #EndBadGovernance in Lagos, made the demand during a candlelight symposium in honour of the victims on Friday at the Rights House in Ikeja, Lagos. According to Hassan, “We are demanding the immediate sack of the Inspector General of Police over his role in the killing of innocent and unarmed protesters.” The symposium comes on the heels of a three-day mourning…

Ahmed Dangiwa, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, said the ministry will now oversee the punishment of those responsible for building collapses throughout the country.  Dangiwa stated this during a meeting to review suggestions from the ministry’s building collapse committee and regulatory bodies in the built environment. He mentioned that the measure would ensure proper investigation and prosecution of culprits. He urged the Ministry’s Committee on Building Collapse to develop a checklist of professionals involved in the construction process. According to him, this was to ease investigation and identify the culprits. “You must come up with a checklist of…

Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has been invited by the Nigeria Police Force in connection with an investigation into criminal defamation, cyberbullying, and forgery, among other charges. The invitation was sent by the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit, which is handling the case. According to the invitation letter signed by the Head of the IGP Monitoring Unit, A.A. Elleman, and received by our correspondent, the actress’ name appears prominently in the unit’s inquiry. The letter, dated August 5, read: “This office is investigating a case of criminal defamation, forgery, falsehood, cyberbullying, and criminal conversion reported to the Inspector-General of Police, in…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has withdrawn its participation from the upcoming Kebbi State Local Government elections. The PDP chairman in the state, Bello Suru, announced this in a press statement made available to journalists on Thursday. He said that the chairman and all commissioners of the Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission are members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state, giving the APC candidates an unfair advantage. “You will recall that during the last PDP stakeholders’ meeting, we agreed to participate in the forthcoming local government council elections given the circumstances of the time. “However, as things…

The wife and two daughters of Muhammed Bashir, a Kogi-based writer, were among 10 members of the same family kidnapped by gunmen in Kaduna State on Thursday. Bashir’s wife and two girls came to Kaduna earlier on Thursday to spend the holiday with her family in a Kaduna suburb. Bashir, a correspondent for the Nigeria Telegraph, told colleagues in Lokoja, Kogi State’s capital, on Friday in a brief statement. “My dear colleagues, please, I need your prayers. My two daughters and their mother, including eight others, were kidnapped yesterday by unknown gunmen in Kaduna, where they went for a holiday.…

Senator Ned Nwoko has denied claims that he bought a car gift for teenage comic skitmaker “Aunty Success.” Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, stated on Friday in Abuja that the reports were completely false and malicious. ”In recent weeks, I have also been subjected to unwarranted insults and accusations regarding the purchase of a car for a little content creator. “These claims are baseless and misleading. Whether this is a misguided joke or a deliberate act of malice, it has gone too far and will not be tolerated,” he said. He also vowed to arrest and take legal action…

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said it had launched an investigation into the murder of a crossdresser popularly called “Abuja Area Mama,” whose corpse was discovered on the roadside in Abuja. Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this in a statement. According to her, the command received a call on Thursday about a woman’s corpse discovered on the Katampe-Mabushi Motorway and sent detectives to the scene. She revealed that the individual was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead. Adah said, “In response to a distress call received by the Command Control Room…

The Kano State Government has filed a new fraud case against the state’s immediate past governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, his Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Garo, and two other individuals. According to the charge sheet, Garo, Lamin Sani, and Muhammad Takai were charged with criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, making false statements or returns, and criminal misappropriation. The state accused them of mismanaging the 44 local governments’ statutory allocations, which were transferred from the Federation account to the State Joint Local Governments account. They were also accused of diverting N57.4 billion through multiple personal accounts of local government cashiers,…

Tobi Amusan, the world record holder in the 100m hurdles, will return to the tracks at the Stade de France today (Friday) for the event’s semi-finals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Game.  On Wednesday, Amusan breezed into the semi-finals, clocking 12.49 seconds to beat Alaysha Johnson of the United States, who finished second in 12.61 seconds and Janeek Brown third in 12.84. Amusan will face defending world champion Danielle Williams, Grace Stark of the United States, Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas, and four other competitors in the first of three semi-finals. The first two finishers in each race will automatically…