The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has arrested five suspected illegal private security guards with three pump action guns.   The state Commandant, NSCDC, Maku Olatunde, disclosed this in Awka on Friday, October 4, 2024, while parading the suspects    According to a press statement signed by the Superintendent of Corps and Head, Media and Tactical …

Borno State Government has announced a cholera outbreak in the state with 451 cases recorded so far following severe flooding caused by the collapse of the Alau Dam.    The flooding has affected Maiduguri and surrounding areas, leading to the displacement of approximately 2 million people, destruction of health facilities, loss of lives and properties, and disruption of portable water …

The famous Alaba market used to be the foremost music distribution channel in Nigeria from where the works of artists are marketed and distributed nationwide. “The second album that really broke was ‘Alaga Ibile’. It did like 13 million units in Alaba and that was the moment my life really changed.” Reminisce added that the album which boasts of the …

A 25-year-old man has been taken into custody by the police in Lagos for allegedly st@bbing his 68-year-old father to d3ath.    Chibunna Chiemelie st@bbed his father to d3ath on Thursday, October 3, around 10:00 p.m. at the Isolo area of the state, Lagos Police Command spokesperson SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed on Friday, October 4.  Hundeyin said that the suspect’s …

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After a stressful week, it can be challenging and exhausting to look for something to watch. Take a deep breath, we’ve got you. Here are five must-watch Nollywood films to see this weekend: 1. Farmer’s Bride Farmer’s Bride has become the second highest-grossing movie with ₦37.1 million in its opening weekend. It has also become the highest Nollywood opening weekend …

Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has said that he has no input in what social critic, Very Dark Man, shares on social media.    Recall that on Tuesday, September 24th, VDM released a purported audio conversation between Bobrisky and a male friend in which Bob claimed he spoke with Falz in prison and that Falz and his dad, Femi Falana, SAN, …

Preston forward, Milutin Osmajic has been hit with an eight-match ban following his bite on Blackburn’s Owen Beck.     Montenegro international Osmajic left teeth marks on the shoulder of Rovers defender Owen Beck but escaped a red card as referee Matt Donohue had not seen the biting take place during last month’s 0-0 draw at Deepdale.     Donohue …

Facebook-owner Meta must minimise the amount of people’s data it uses for personalised advertising, the EU’s highest court says. The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) ruled in favour of privacy campaigner Max Schrems, who complained that Facebook misused his personal data about his sexual orientation to target ads at him. In complaints first heard by Austrian courts …

French railway manufacturing company Alstom has bagged an order for 12 high-speed trains from newly-established company Proxima. It has also received an investment of SEK 3.3m (€0.29m) to test out new artificial intelligence technology to reduce railway wildlife accidents. ADVERTISEMENT Alstom, the French railway giant has recently revealed that Proxima, a newly-established French train company, has placed a large order …