Tonto Dikeh, Nollywood actress and a close friend to Bobrisky, has advised him on what to do with his over 10 steps cake which was for his disrupted birthday party. Bobrisky’s 28th birthday was disrupted by the Lagos CP, who deployed 100 police officers to the venue of Bobrisky’s birthday “to prevent a potential “breach of public peace” and “that no immoral act takes place in the premises.” See a picture of the cake below:- The white, well decorated 10 steps cake is about to get wasted as the party…
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Journalist charged with treason for criticising Cross River State Governor
Over alleged criticism of the Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, and attempting to incite the people of the state against Ayade through his publication, a journalist, Agba Jalingo, has been charged with treason by the police. However, in a swift reaction, human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), lambasted the state governor for abuse of power, asking him to sue Jalingo for defamation instead. Falana also slammed the police for being a willing tool of oppression against Nigerians despite a subsisting Court of Appeal ruling that a public…
Read MoreRobbery suspect arrested in church premises with firearms
An armed robbery suspect, Wasiu Kamarudeen, 19, of No. 8, Olaniyi St., Iyalode, Ilogbo in Badagry has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command and one locally-made short gun with one live-cartridge was recovered from him. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer ( PRO), DSP Bala Elkana. Elkana said that the Ilemba Hausa Police Station received a distress call from St. Patrick’s Catholic Renewal Church, Jakande Open Field, on Saturday evening. He said that the caller had sighted one motorcycle with…
Read MoreFidelity Bank declares double digit growth in earnings, profitability
Fidelity Bank has recorded improved performance in the first half of 2019, HI’19, recording double-digit growth in key revenue lines whilst achieving significant traction in digital banking uptake despite the country’s challenging and fiercely competitive business environment. Details of the audited half-year result for the period ended June 30, 2019, released at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, weekend, showed a 15.7 percent rise in Profit Before Tax, PBT, period to N15.1 billion in the reporting period from N13.0 billion in H1’18. Profit After Tax, PAT, rose by 15.6 percent to…
Read MoreSenate dragged to court over N6b cars for members
Over plan to spend N5.550 billion on vehicles for its principal officers, 6,721 concerned Nigerians, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE), at the weekend initiated action at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos against the ninth Senate. In the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1511/2019, the plaintiffs urged the court to “restrain, prevent and stop the National Assembly Service Commission from paying or releasing the budgeted sum until the downward review of the amount proposed by the Senate.” They also want a declaration that the…
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