Author: Halimah Olamide

Popular food critic, Opeyemi Famakin, has called out celebrity barman, Cubana Chief Priest, following a message containing a threat to him. This is following a review by the food critic on his visit to a restaurant owned by the billionaire’s 6 years old son, in Imo State. Ope took to his instagram to post a screenshot of the chat between him and Cubana Chief Priest. In the conversation, the billionaire threatened him saying; “Karma is real you must pay for whatsoever you sow in life. “I don’t fight low lives, I leave them to karma. “The business you did your…

By Halimah Olamide Dangote Refinery, one of Africa’s largest oil refineries, has expressed concern over the lack of patronage from petroleum marketers due to low pricing strategies on its product sales. The Vice president, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar V.G. Edwin, disclosed this on a X space session. He revealed that despite the refinery’s efforts to supply affordable petroleum products, many traders in Nigeria have refused to purchase from the refinery, preferring to continue importing refined products from abroad. Speaking during the session, Edwin highlighted the initial vision behind the establishment of the Dangote Refinery, which was aimed at reducing Nigeria’s…

By Halimah Olamide Operatives of the Kogi State Police Command, have arrested an 100 level student of the Federal University of Lokoja, Jeremiah, following his connection with the abduction and murder of his female colleague, Damilola. NPO Reports gathered that the suspect abducted the deceased and took her to an uncompleted building. Jeremiah was said to have demanded, and also received a ransom of N400,000 from the deceased’s family. He further contacted her family again, to demand an additional N10 million. However, he was located by the police and was arrested when it was discovered that he had taken her…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has arrested 12 suspects over alleged illegal oil bunkering, illegal mining, vandalisation and stealing in the state. The NSCDC State Commandant, Mr Oluyemi Ibiloye, while parading the suspects before newsmen on Thursday in Akure, explained that some of the suspects were arrested through a collaboration with the Nigerian Army. Ibiloye said the command would ensure that the state was free from any form of criminality. According to him, three persons were arrested for oil theft (bunkering), five for illegal mining, three for stealing, and one for…

By Halimah Olamide A chieftan of the People’s’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibadan, Mr Benedict Akika, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Sept. 4 at his residence, has regained his freedom. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Oyo State, SP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed his release in a press statement on Thursday in Ibadan. Akika was kidnapped around 9:30 p.m at his residence in the Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State. The PPRO said the politician regained his freedom after days of intensive manhunt by the Command’s tactical, intelligence and operational assets. Osifeso said the search and rescue mission…

By Halimah Olamide Vincent Okumagba, President of Super Eagles Supporters Club of Nigeria on Thursday urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to consider appointing an indigenous coach to lead the Super Eagles. Okumagba gave the advice on Thursday while speaking on the next line of action to move the Super Eagles forward ahead of next qualifying games. The senior national team of Nigeria currently has no substantive gaffer. German Bruno Labbadia,who was expected to coach the Super Eagles after the resignation of Finidi George,rejected the offer, following a botched contract. Former Super Eagles defender and Technical Director of NFF, Austin Eguavoen,…

By Halimah Olamide A young man with a spitting resemblance of late musician, Ilerioulwa Adedimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohad, has demanded justice over his death. In the video seen by NPO Reports with the username @mohbadjnr123, the young man expressed his sadness over Mohbad’s death clocking a year with no justice in sight. He further demanded that Mohbad should be celebrated, but yet justice must be served. “It’s so sad that tomorrow is September 12, Mohbad is clocking a year, and still no justice. “We have to celebrate him and we shall get justice this year, we have to…

By Halimah Olamide Multiple Award-winning movie producer, Bolanle Austen-Peters, has expressed excitement as Harvard University invited her as a special guest on Africa Productions. She made this known via her verified X post, @bolanleap on Thursday. The programme called “Africa Alive’ is an unprecedented gathering of distinguished Africans and Alumni. Bolanle further disclosed that one of her latest productions, Funmilayo Ransom Kuti, is set to be screened at the event. “Exciting times for African films as Harvard University invites me to speak as special guest at “Africa Alive” an unprecedented gathering of distinguished Africans and Alumni and to screen Funmilayo…

By Halimah Olamide A Switzerland model, Kristina Joksimovi, has been allegedly strangled and pureed to death by her husband. The former Miss Switzerland finalist was dismembered with a jigsaw and garden shears. Her body was in Binningen, near Basel in Switzerland in February in Binningen, Her husband, who was only named by pseudonym Thomas in local media, 41, had an appeal for release from custody rejected today by the Federal Court in Lausanne after admitting to having killed his wife. According to an ongoing investigation which was concluded yesterday, there were ‘concrete indications of mental illness’ underlying the case. Kristina’s husband claimed…

The Labour party 2023 Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticized the Federal government over the cost of the Presidential jet being more than the primary healthcare budget. Obi made the assertion in an exclusive interview with News Central on Wednesday. “The capital budget of our primary healthcare for the whole nation is 59 billion, the cost of our presidential jet at 100million is about 160 billion, that is three times more than our primary healthcare.” he said. According to him, the Nigerian government needs to prioritize resources in critical areas which include health and education. He stated that what the…