Author: News Room

Gunmen assassinated Cloete Murray, South Africa’s liquidator of corruption-acquired assets, last Saturday afternoon along with his son, in a grisly crime that has left whistleblowers, lawyers, and liquidators hesitant to handle sensitive cases. Source Read the full article here

Chairman of the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League, Gbenga Elegbeleye, says the body isn’t aware of any proposed commercial dispute resolution meeting with Total Promotions Limited over the title and broadcast rights of the Nigerian league, The PUNCH reports. In a notice dated February 17, 2023, solicitors of Total Promotions Limited had written to the IMC chairman and also copied the Minister for Youth and Sports Development,… Read the full article here

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted Okechukwu Umeh, Lanre Adebayo, Adigun Adeshina and Emmanuel Omijeh, who were arraigned on three counts bordering on drug trafficking. This is just as they forfeited the Federal Government the bus they used in conveying 532.8Kg of the Loud variant of cannabis on the day of their arrest and the N3m bribe they offered operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy,… Read the full article here

Now that “governotorial” elections are over, and a winner has emerged as Governor-elect of Lagos State, it’s time for some home truths for indigenes of Lagos, who sold “even” their heritage lands to people they regard as “atohunrinwa,” and now go about bellyaching when the so-called aliens now insult them. Of course, it is insensitive, disrespectful and discourteous for anyone to insult his hosts or describe the real estate they inherited from their… Read the full article here

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed hurt over cases of ethnic slurs which overshadowed the 2023 general elections. He stated that such were capable of creating needless mis-characterisation reported in some locations. Tinubu, speaking via a signed statement on Tuesday titled, “Elections are over: Healing process must begin,’’ added he was saddened by the reported isolated infractions during the elections and its aftermath in some states. The… Read the full article here

The bilateral trade between Nigeria and China has dropped by N37.3 bn in 2022 from the previous record in 2021, just as both countries make efforts to improve bilateral relations. The Minister and Counsellor for Economic and Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yingqi, who led a delegation of Read More Read the full article here

Tanzania on Tuesday confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after laboratory tests were carried out following reports of cases and deaths in the country’s north-west Kagera region. This is coming five weeks after Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease after it killed nine persons in the country. Tanzania’s National Public Health Laboratory analysed samples to determine the cause of illness after eight people… Read the full article here

Golden Eaglets coach, Nduka Ugbade, says the U-17 boys are still basking in the euphoria of spending time with Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, who paid a surprise visit to the team’s camp on Tuesday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. In a video that went viral on Tuesday, the Leicester City player showed up at the team’s base in Abuja, where he was seen in a warm embrace with Ugbade while the players also swarmed him for pictures. Ndidi had a testing journey… Read the full article here

International Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, on Tuesday announced the release date for his highly anticipated album. Days after deleting several pictures and videos from his Instagram page, the singer returned with a video announcing his new project. Titled ‘Timeless’, his fourth studio album will be released on the 31st of March. “There is a time for everything. A time to grieve and a time to heal. A time to laugh and a time to… Read the full article here

The University of Lagos has said it has shifted its resumption date to Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A statement signed by the university stated that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, approved that the resumption of academic activities be postponed to Tuesday, March 21, 2023, adding that all other activities of the university, including inaugural lectures and meetings (excluding teaching), should continue as scheduled. It explained that the postponement of… Read the full article here