The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has been asked to pay a compensation fee of 500 million naira to the family of Ifeanyi Okereke, the newspaper vendor shot dead by his security aide last week. In a letter dated November 23rd, the family’s lawyer Mike Ozekhome gave the speaker seven days to fulfil their demand or face …

Elon Musk has passed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person, only a week after he overtook Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest as Tesla’s share price continues to soar. The electric car company’s value has risen following the announcement that it would join the S&P 500 index of leading US companies, driving its market value …

Super Eagles of Nigeria legend, Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha has rated Gernot Rohr’s performance since taking over as the national team coach. Despite come under huge criticisms, Jay Jay said that the team was worse before the German boss took over and he will rate his performance a 7 out of 10. In an interview on Tuesday the former Super Eagles …

An ECOWAS Community Court of Justice panel presided by Justice Gberi-be Ouattara (Cote d’Ivoire) and Justice Januaria Tavares Silva Moreira Costa (Cape Verde), gave a sum of 20 million naira to the oldest prison inmates in Nigeria. According to reports, the court awarded the sum of N10 million in damages each to a man believed to be the oldest death …

Nollywood actress and film producer, Regina Daniels Nwoko, has taken to her official social media account to congratulate her 5-month-old son, Munir Neji Nwoko, as his American photo and video sharing social networking service, Instagram, was verified. Munir who is 5-month-old owns his own handle that is been handled and managed by his mother, Regina, as she was full of …

Dutch international and Liverpool Football club defender, Virgil Van Dijk has returned for light recovery training with the team. Van Dijk was expected to miss the rest of this season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in the Merseyside derby last month, following his controversial collision with Jordan Pickford. It is believed that the Liverpool star might return back to …

Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, was found dead in his California home on Wednesday, November 18th. He was 28. Police responded to a medical emergency at 1:50 p.m. to find the deceased male, later identified as Brown Jr., according to LAPD public information officer Jeff Lee. No further details were available as to the cause of …

According to multiple media reports, commercial motorcycle operators or Okada riders as they are called, have attacked policemen in Lagos state. This comes following a clash between the okada riders and operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on environmental Sanitation and other Offences in Mile 2 area of Lagos between Monday and Tuesday. During the clash, which left some …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the recent increase in the pump price of petrol across the country. Recall that last Friday, November 13, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, increased the ex-depot price of petrol from N147.67 per litre to N155.17. Following the announcement, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria …

Following successes on “African Woman” and “Make Mama Proud” which were released within a two month interval, Mum Entertainment’s front-line recording act, Zinoboy, comes through with a closing tune for the year 2020 and he does exceptionally well on the Erigga and Victor AD assisted musical offering; the twenty-four year old continues to stay true to his musical calling which …