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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ prison release date is getting a little bit closer as it was moved up again. According to official records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons viewed by Us Weekly on Monday, June 15, Combs, 56, will now be freed on February 23, 2028. The rapper was originally scheduled to be released on June 4, 2028. But earlier this year, Us confirmed that his release was moved up a month-and-a-half earlier on April 25, 2028. Combs’ team was not made aware of the date change. Us has reached out to a spokesperson for Fort Dix for comment. Combs…
The American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, has suspended the Dean of its School of Law, Bello Magaji, following a PREMIUM TIMES investigation detailing how the former military officer avoided serving a prison sentence for sodomy despite his conviction being upheld by Nigeria’s highest court. The university announced Mr Magaji’s suspension in a statement by its registrar, Daniel Okereke, on Monday. According to the statement, Mr Magaji, an associate professor, has also been placed on indefinite leave without pay pending the outcome of an administrative review by a panel constituted by the university management. AUN said the decision followed the…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Kano State, Aminu Gwarzo, on Monday, unveiled Mustapha Musa Kwankwaso as his running mate for the 2027 governorship election. Mustapha Kwankwaso, a former Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Kano State, is the son of the national leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement and vice-presidential candidate of the NDC in the 2027 election, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso. The announcement was made on Monday following the presentation of the younger Kwankwaso before the party’s caucus and key stakeholders during a consultative meeting held at Miller Road residence of the former governor in Kano. In a statement…
A man has been arrested in the Federal Capital Territory after police discovered that he had held his sister captive in a locked room under chains for over one year and four months. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed the case while briefing journalists in Abuja on Monday, describing it as one of the most dehumanising scenes his officers had encountered. He said the command received a distress call on June 12, 2026, indicating that a woman, Grace Aniekuoku, 36, was being held in chains and locked inside a room by her brother, Chinedu Aniekuoku. “Upon receipt of…
The death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar in kidnappers’ custody should trouble the conscience of the nation. Nigeria has, regrettably, become accustomed to tragic headlines. Reports of terrorist attacks on communities, banditry on highways, farmers abandoning their farmlands, and families paying ransoms for abducted relatives have become distressingly routine. Yet every so often, a particular incident forces society to confront uncomfortable truths about the depth of the country’s security crisis. The death of Abubakar is one such moment. Abubakar was not an ordinary citizen. He was a retired senior officer of the Nigerian Army and a former Director of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks, fintech firms and other payment service providers to store payment transaction data generated within the country on local servers from January 1, 2027, as part of new measures to strengthen oversight of the fast-growing digital payments ecosystem. The directive was contained in a circular issued by the Payments System Supervision Department of the CBN on Monday and addressed to deposit money banks, microfinance banks, mobile money operators, switching and processing companies, payment terminal service providers, payment solution service providers, super agents and other licensed operators in the payments industry. The circular, signed…
Students of the Department of Theatre Arts, Federal University Lokoja, on Sunday staged a series of drama presentations at Karaworo Community, New Layout, as part of their 2026 Community Theatre Project aimed at promoting unity, self-help, peaceful coexistence and community development. The 300-level students used the performances to highlight how tribalism, division and lack of cooperation continue to fuel local challenges, while urging residents to embrace dialogue and collective responsibility as the foundation for development. The presentations also carried strong messages on self-help, civic responsibility and communal action, with dignitaries calling on students to translate their creative skills into sustainable…
West Wilson will reportedly not be returning for Summer House season 11 while facing ongoing tension with his castmates amid his romance with Amanda Batula. “West isn’t coming back,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly of the reality star’s exit. “He could still make an appearance on Summer House or In the City in the future, especially if things with Amanda progress, but he’s not a cast member this season.” TMZ was the first to report the news of Wilson’s exit on Monday, June 15, citing sources connected to the series. People, meanwhile, reported that an insider close to production…
In separate operations, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it arrested four suspected members of a kidnapping and banditry network and dismantled a suspected terrorist camp concealed within the Paze–Byazhin hills on the outskirts of Abuja. The arrests followed a recent anti-kidnapping and rescue operation led by the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Ahmed Sanusi, on 9 June, in the hilly area, Josephine Adeh, the command’s spokesperson, said in a statement on Monday. She said the police, acting on intelligence, carried out a follow-up raid on 11 June at a hideout in the Paze hills, a remote area…
As the prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) rise by about 140 per cent in many locations across the country, marketers of the commodity are perfecting plans to massively import the product to make it more affordable and available. Findings showed that cooking gas prices jumped from an average of N1,000 per kilogramme in January and February this year to as high as N2,400 a few days ago. Industry sources told our correspondent that the regulator is issuing licences for the importation of cooking gas. This is also because local producers of LPG have been unable to meet domestic…
