WATCH: James Brown Visits Bobrisky In Prison James Brown, the controversial Nigerian crossdresser, has visited his colleague Bobrisky at the Kirikiri correctional facility. Bobrisky was sentenced to six months in prison on April 12 by Abimbola Awogboro, the Lagos high court judge, for abusing the naira. Awogboro, in her verdict, also ruled that the sentence is without the option of a fine. The judge held that the jail term commenced on March 24, the day of her arrest. In an Instagram post on Friday, Brown put out pictures from his visit to the Kirikiri prison. Brown, who also shared photos…
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My Husband Has Failed To Satisfy Me S3xually For The 24yrs We Have Been Married — Woman Cried Out For Help The Choma Local Court, Zambia, has granted divorce to a couple after the wife sued on accounts of lack of s3xual satisfaction from the husband. Precious Phiri, aged 41, dragged the father of her three children, Method Kanyamali, 42, of Choma`s Kachacha area before two magistrates, Stanley Hankanga and Martin Siame at the local court seeking divorce. According to Zambia Observer, Precious told the court that since they were married in 2004, she has never been s3xually satisfied despite…
BREAKING: Causalities As EFCC Conducts Midnight Raid, Arrests Groom-To-Be, Friends During Bachelor’s Eve Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday morning raided some lounges and event centres in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo State Capital. Ibom Focus learnt that the EFCC operatives during the raid arrested over 50 people who they alleged to be internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys. Among those taken away was a groom-to-be who was in one of the clubs with his friends for his Bachelor’s eve celebration. The personnel were said to have stormed the areas in different…
Minimum Wage: Fresh Strike Looms As Negotiation Hits Another Brick Wall After two days of waiting, the negotiations over the national minimum wage hit another brick wall yesterday. At the end of yesterday’s meeting, the Federal Government negotiating team raised its offer by N2,000 bringing its total minimum wage offer to N62,000 while the Organised Labour reduced its demand to N250,000 from N494,000. The state governors on their part had earlier yesterday, while negotiations were still going on declared that they could not even pay the N60,000 minimum wage which had been proposed by the Federal Government before the government…
See How Much Nigeria Lost To Labour’s Two-day Strike The Domestic Airports Cargo Agents Association (DACAA) has estimated that Nigeria lost about N7 billion in cargo transport during the organised labour’s two-day nationwide strike. The strike was embarked on by Nigerian workers under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NUC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday and Tuesday. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of DACAA, Mr Ikpe Nkanang, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Nkanang said that about 30 tonnes of cargo were lifted…
Teenage Boy In Trouble For Raping 78-year-old Woman The Ikeja Se3ual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Friday sentenced a butcher, Jelili Moshood, to 14 years’ imprisonment for attempting to rape a 78-year-old woman who had dementia. Mr Moshood was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment by Justice Rahman Oshodi following his plea bargain agreement to attempted sexual assault by penetration. Mr Oshodi held that he considered the facts of the case and the plea bargain agreement reached between the prosecution and the defence. He added that he considered the convict’s guilty plea to the amended charge of attempt to commit…
‘Was Former Vice President Homeless?, Tinubu Under Fire Over N21bn Shettima’s Residence Netizens have reacted to the commissioning of the official residence of the Vice President, which took place today, June 7, 2024, asking, “Was Osinbajo homeless?” Earlier today, Vice President Kashim Shettima commissioned the construction of the Vice President’s residence in Abuja, a project that has seen significant changes since its initial approval. Originally sanctioned by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in 2010 at a cost of N7 billion, the residence faced delays and was left unfinished by previous administrations. Under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the project underwent a…
BREAKING: Finidi George Under Fire There is a real possibility Nigeria will not play at the 2026 World Cup. The last time the Super Eagles featured in the tournament was in 2018. The three-time African champions were missing in 2022 when it was held in Qatar. It came down to a two-legged play-off against fierce rivals, Ghana. The first leg in Kumasi ended goalless. In Abuja, the Black Stars held on for a 1-1 draw. The quest to play at the next one in Mexico, USA and Canada didn’t start well. Nigeria were held to a 1-1 home draw by…
JUST IN: FG To Disburse N20bn To DisCos To Meter Unmetered Customers Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, says the federal government will disburse a total of N20 billion to electricity distribution companies (DisCos) for the procurement of meters for unmetered Band A customers. Adebayo spoke at the BusinessDay Energy Conference on Friday. “Before I left the office yesterday, the chairman of NERC was in my office, Alhaji Garba Sanusi, and we have agreed that we have an accrued N20 billion for metering,” the minister said. “And I said let’s release the N20 billion for the DisCos to procure metres for…
BREAKING: FG Finally Reveals New Minimum Wage The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000, while organized labour has reduced its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. Already the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage has adjourned as there was no consensus at the meeting. The organized private sector also backed the government offer of N62,000. Details later…