President Bola Tinubu has officially designated April 7 as National Police Day. The announcement was made by President Tinubu during the inaugural awards and commendations ceremony hosted by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Abuja on Monday. Represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the occasion, President Tinubu spoke via a speech entitled, “Courage Under Fire: A Bouquet for Our Police Force,” highlighting the critical role of the police in maintaining security at a time when Nigeria faces unprecedented challenges. “At a time in Nigeria’s history when our nation’s security architecture is being stretched beyond elastic limits, it is the…
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Parents in some corners of the country are concerned by the spike. Experts say they aren’t worried and the numbers are largely consistent with trends over the past decade. As students returned to college campuses across the United States, so did campus crime, data shows, alarming some parents so much that they hired their own security force. They raised more than $40,000 to hire private security at the University of California, Berkeley – much to the chagrin of campus administrators. Half a dozen unarmed guards patrolled the campus for more than two weeks in March, according to Sagar Jethani, a…
Firefighters of the Nigerian Navy and officials of the Federal Fire Services, Abuja, on Monday, combated a raging fire at UTC Shopping Plaza, Garki, Abuja. Navy Spokesman, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the Navy firemen were called in to assist the Federal Fire Service (FFS) and the National Defence College (NDC) Fire Service in fighting the inferno. The statement read, “The Nigerian Navy Firemen, a sub-unit of Naval Headquarters Garki Abuja were called to action yesterday 15th April, 2024 and helped avert what would have been a massive inferno at the popular UTC Shopping Plaza in…
For a league so outspoken about women’s rights, it might surprise people to learn that the WNBA will hold the 2024 All-Star Game in Phoenix. Just last week, the Arizona Supreme Court voted to enforce a near-total abortion ban that dates to 1864, a decision that does not reflect the values of one of the nation’s most progressive professional sports leagues. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert did not answer a question about if the league discussed moving the 2024 All-Star Game during her pre-draft remarks to media Monday night. The game is scheduled for July 20 and was announced in March. The law…
Popular on-air personality Nedu has pleaded with his gym buddies in a recent video he shared on his Instagram page that they should normalize using body sprays when coming to the gym. The internet personality who appeared frustrated by how some of his gym buddies smell, encouraged them to buy body deodorants. He could be heard admonishing people who regularly visit the gym to use body deodorants when coming. Nedu went on to complain about how some of his gym buddies look attractive but smell horribly, describing the stench of the smell as ‘soakaway and dead rat’. In another part of the video, he…
A Muslim student at a London school has lost a High Court challenge against its ban on prayer rituals. Michaela School in Brent was taken to court by the pupil over the policy, which was said to be discriminatory. The non-faith state secondary school previously told the High Court that allowing prayer rituals risked “undermining inclusion” between pupils. Mr Justice Linden rejected the student’s claim in a judgment delivered on Tuesday morning. ‘Free to do what is right’ About half the school’s roughly 700 pupils are Muslim, the court previously heard. In March 2023, up to 30 students began praying…
Denmark’s historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire. The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city’s oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames. Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people rushed to rescue some of its historic paintings. Culture minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said 400 years of Danish cultural heritage had gone up in flames. The building, dating back to 1625, is a stone’s throw from Denmark’s parliament, the Folketing, housed in the old royal palace of Christiansborg castle. Danish media said the…
Nigerian singer and member of defunct-music group Plantashun Boiz, Blackface has accused budding artist, Shallipopi, of stealing his intellectual property. According to the ex-member of Plantashun Boiz, Shallipopi copied his song “Enemy Plan” without his consent for his newly released second studio album, “Shakespopi.” In a viral video shared on Instagram, the “Say You Believe Me” singer questioned if Nigerian musicians could perform songs without emulating his style or sound. Blackkface captioned the post; “Una mean say if them no copy my sound or my melody them no go get song to sing? Ok I don make remix for una so make una better…
The historic first criminal trial of a former president is projected to last six to eight weeks. With his legal team attacking the judge as biased and the prosecution calling for him to be fined for violating a gag order, Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial on charges he falsified business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election began Monday. Judge Juan Merchan continued his trend of rejecting Trump’s motions to delay the start of the trial before he began sifting through 500 potential jurors with a goal of finding 12 to serve with six alternates. Jury selection could…
A “colossal” amount of water is moving towards the Russian city of Kurgan, the region’s governor has said. Vadim Shumkov said that the swollen Tobol river and its tributaries had produced water levels twice those of the last major flood in 1994. Floods over the past two weeks have forced evacuations of tens of thousands of people from northern Kazakhstan and bordering areas of Russia. They are caused by the rapid melting of snow and ice combined with heavy rain. On his Telegram channel, Mr Shumkov urged everyone in areas threatened by flooding to leave their houses immediately, with waters…
Popular Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya is set to break the Guinness World Record for the longest Chess Marathon. Tunde had announced his interest in participating in the activity via his page on the microblogging platform X. Where he stated that he would be playing on the 17th of April at the heart of Times Square, New York City for 58 hours without losing a game. Tunde also mentioned that he is doing this on behalf of children across Africa with no access to education. Sharing a picture of him playing the chess game, he wrote…
A funny prank video on TikTok has tickled the ribs of many netizens, causing them to laugh uncontrollably. Husbands staged being a side chick by wearing female clothes and wigs to elicit reactions from their unsuspecting wives. These wives on getting home are met with the back view of a ‘female’ supposedly a side chick and they wasted no time in going kung-fu style at the intruder of the sanctity of their home. They hit and beat up their husbands before realizing it is them and that they were just being fooled. The climax part is so hilarious to watch and many…
A young Nigerian lady has become the center of attention on social media after celebrating her recent purchase of an air conditioner amidst the scorching heatwave in the country. Taking to TikTok, the enthusiastic user @east._side_goddess shared a video announcing her purchase of a brand-new air conditioner. In the video, she proudly displayed the appliance in her room, testing it out for her followers to witness its cooling power. In the comment section, she revealed that the dual inverter air conditioner cost her whopping N437,000, emphasizing that she had purchased it with her hard-earned money. The video quickly went viral, generating a wave…
Reno Omokri, a social commentator, has claimed that there was more to the prison sentence of controversial transvestite, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, than the Naira abuse he was convicted of. DAILY POST reported that Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced Bobrisky to six months in jail without the option of a fine, for naira mutilation. Reacting, Omokri said the Nigerian government used the Naira abuse charges as a facade to clap down on the crossdresser. According to him, the Nigerian government wanted to clamp down on the trending cross-dressing culture in the country…
The State Working Committee of Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the suspension of some party leaders in Ganduje Ward of Dawakin Tofa LGA of the State, who earlier announced the suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, from the party. LEADERSHIP reports that the APC at Ganduje Ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the State had suspended the party’s National Chairman over allegation of bribery against him by the Kano State Government. However, in a quick response by the party’s leadership at the local government office, the suspension…
Former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate Tolanibaj has made a bold statement regarding influencers being subjected to exploitation for sexual favors by individuals in positions of power. In a recent episode of the Bahd And Boujee Podcast, Tolanibaj, in conversation with co-host Moet Abebe, shed light on the undisclosed practices that some influencers might engage in. While she refrained from naming specific individuals to avoid legal repercussions, Tolanibaj expressed her concerns about famous figures taking advantage of their status by demanding sexual favors from influencers. Cautious about potential consequences, Tolanibaj stated: “I don’t want to mention names because I’m scared of handcuffs. I don’t want to be arrested.”…
Shot of a young couple having an argument in the bedroom at home A Nigerian woman has shared anonymously on the microblogging platform X how her husband who has been cheating on her months after their wedding infected her with HIV. She shared that she was aware he was cheating but he denied it, claiming the lady was a distant relative when she confronted him. Her post read; “I got married last year. Before marriage, I was HIV negative and so was my husband. Just somewhere in December, my husband started seeing a young lady of about twenty-four years. He has…
In a bid to consolidate on the successes recorded in the fight against insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory, Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike has handed over 60 motorcycles to the Vigilance Group of Nigeria (VGN) and other security agencies. Wike, while presenting the motorcycles to security agencies in Abuja, also gave 30 motorcycles to the Nigeria Police and five each to the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The minister warned that the motorcycles must not be used in the townships but in hard-to-reach parts of the territory to fight…
Caitlin Clark’s collegiate career may be over, but her time in the spotlight is just beginning. Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, and many of college basketball’s other biggest stars will be in attendance for tonight’s WNBA Draft, where we will finally get to see where these captivating talents will be spending their early pro days. This year’s draft class may very well be the most talented in WNBA history. However, as the time approaches, many people still do not know where to catch all the action. This is too big an event to miss, so here’s how to watch this year’s WNBA Draft.…
They aren’t household names yet like their universally known client, Donald Trump. But the lawyers trying to keep the former president out of prison in his New York hush money trial − Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles − likely will become minor celebrities once the court battle gets going this week. A year ago, when a grim-faced Trump made history as the first former president to face criminal charges, Blanche and Necheles sat by his side as he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records associated with hush money payments to two women. Blanche, who usually does talking in court…