The Other stage at Glastonbury Festival opened this morning with a video message from Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky. His message was played to festivalgoers on a screen, ahead of The Libertines taking to the stage to perform. In videos shared…
Chris Pratt defends Super Mario Bros. movie role
Chris Pratt has defended his upcoming voice role as Mario in the animated Super Mario Bros. movie. Reacting against criticism that an Italian actor should voice the plumber – who speaks with an Italian accent in the Nintendo video games…
*‘Yahoo boy’ bags 12 months jail term (Guardian)*Magodo residents lament as policemen lead land grabbers to excavate wetland (Punch)
‘Yahoo boy’ bags 12 months jail term (Guardian) Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, convicted and sentenced an internet fraudster, popularly called ‘Yahoo Boy’, Lekan Bibire Usman, to 12 months imprisonment. The judge convicted him following…
Actor, Chidi Mokeme, loses cousin to hit-and-run driver in Portland, sister to illness*Court slams fine on Customs over arbitrary jack up of PAAR (Tribune)
Actor, Chidi Mokeme, loses cousin to hit-and-run driver in Portland, sister to illness (Vanguard) Nollywood actor, Chidi Mokeme, Thursday, announced the death of his cousin Nicole Mokeme who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Portland and his sister Ebele…
UK court refuses to grant Ike Ekweremadu, wife bail
An Uxbridge Magistrate court in the United Kingdom, on Thursday, refused to admit Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice, to bail. The Nigerian couple were arraigned for conspiracy to arrange the travel of a child, child trafficking, potential modern slavery, and…
Sahara Group’s Trainee Program promotes downstream expertise in Ghana
Leading energy and infrastructure conglomerate, Sahara Group, has commenced a Graduate Management Trainee Program in Ghana to give young graduates in the nation an opportunity to make a difference in the oil and gas sector. With focus on Sahara’s downstream…
Public Relations Audit Agency set to host 20th edition of her quarterly EvaluatePR event
Nigeria’s foremost Media Intelligence agency, P+ Measurement Services is set to host its quarterly edition of EvaluatePR, as it welcomes all Communications and PR professionals around the globe to the 20th edition of the event. Evaluate PR is an enlightening,…
Ondo Amotekun arrests suspected masterminds of Owo massacre
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed “Amotekun Corps” has confirmed that some suspects have been arrested in connection with the terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The suspected terrorist invaded the church on June 5, killing no…
Ekweremadu, wife arrested in London over organ harvesting
Two Nigerians have been arrested by UK police for conspiring to traffic a child to Nigeria for the purpose of ‘harvesting’ the organs. Metropolitan police in a statement said that Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu and Ike Ekweremadu, who are 55 and…