Author: Safiu Kehinde

Agency Report Don Pee Arts and Gallery has announced the highly anticipated premiere of their blockbuster movie titled ‘Zarz End’, on its YouTube channel ‘Don Pee TV’. The movie, which is set to debut on June 12 is a date set to honour the late MKO Abiola, which is also celebrated as Democracy Day. The producer, via his instagram handle @donpee_artsandgallery said ‘Zarz End’ is an artistic adaptation of the #EndSARS protest that shuddered Nigeria in October 2020. “The movie is an innovative adaptation of a true event that rocked Africa in October 2020 in Africa’s most populous nation in…

Agency Report The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a three-count charge against two of the detained promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) over allegations bordering on investment fraud to the tune of over one billion dollars. Listed as the 1st and 2nd defendants in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/216/2025 and filed by EFCC lawyer, Fadila Yusuf, are Avwerosuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim. The commission, in the charge filed yesterday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, alleged that the two promoters were not duly incorporated under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) nor licenced as a fund…

Agency Report The Ndi Igbo Intellectual and Cultural Development Organisation (NIDO) has urged the Federal Government to immortalise the former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu. NIDO, a pan Igbo socio-political pressure group, said this in a statement by its Director of Communications, Mr Christian Afulike to newsmen in Owerri, on Wednesday. Afulike, who described the late Nwosu as the “unsung hero of Nigeria’s democracy”, said that it was imperative to honour the Anambra-born academician as a way to boost the morale of serving staffers of the electoral umpire. He argued that failure to honour Nwosu would…

Safiu Kehinde Chief Florence Ajimobi, wife of former Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has hailed the legacy of late Ibadan businessman, Chief Lamidi Ajadi. NPO Reported renown tyre dealer passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89. In her condolence message issued in Ibadan on Wednesday, Ajimobi described Ajadi as a man whose counsel was a beacon at times of uncertainty. She said the late Baba Adinni of Ibadanland, was a pillar of note in all ramifications. “In these moments of grief, we intimately understand the anguish of losing a pillar of the family and community,” she said. According…

Safiu Kehinde A fire outbreak has gutted a petrol station along Bola Ahmed Tinubu Way, off Iju road, Lagos. The incident which occurred around 5:00pm on Wednesday had left many residents in state of panic. As captured in a video made available to NPO Report, thick black smoke could be seen emanating from the fuel station. It was gathered that a fuel tanker was discharging product for the station, said to be Optima Fuel station, when the tanker exploded. Eyewitness accounts said the explosion was so loud that many residents in the nearby houses and shops ran for their lives.…

Safiu Kehinde Nigerian local airline, Air Peace, has condemned the disruption of its operation by former Edo State Governor, Sen. Adams Oshiomole, after missing his flight. NPO Reported that the ex-governor had on Tuesday morning created scene at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) as he locked the departure terminal allocated to Air Peace after missing his flight to Abuja, leaving several travellers stranded. Recounting the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday, the local airline narrated how Oshiomole had arrived at approximately 6:10am for his flight slated to depart Lagos by 6:30am. Having closed its boarding process prior to…

Safiu Kehinde Former Edo State Governor, Sen. Adams Oshiomole, has on Tuesday created scene at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, as he locked the local airport’s (MMA1) departure after missing his flight. The ex-governor had reportedly booked a 6:30am flight to Abuja through Air Peace. He however arrived at the airport by 6:20am thereby missing the plane. In reaction the Edo lawmaker allegedly mobilised his security team to block the MMA Domestic Terminal 1 accredited to Air Peace. As captured in videos making round on social media, the incident left many travellers stranded. One of the the travellers…

Safiu Kehinde The world richest man, Elon Musk, has expressed regret for his criticism of the United States President Donald Trump,. stressing that he went too far. NPO Reported that Tesla CEO had last week hit out at Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, describing the bill in an X post as a “disgusting abomination” which “can’t stand” the legislation. This is coming barely a week for stepping down from his role at the US President-backed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In a series of posts on X last week Tuesday, Musk said that the “outrageous, pork-filled” spending bill…

Safiu Kehinde The Ifo Police Division, has arraigned suspects linked to the killing of a trader, Mrs. Blessing Eze, at Ifo Market in Ogun State. NPO Report gathered that the incident occured Friday when altercation broke out between the deceased trader and an unidentified tout over her refusal to pay a so-called “festival tax.” The tout had, according to eyewitness, demanded N1,500 from Mrs. Eze, a fee allegedly tied to the Eid Mubarak celebrations. Following her refusal to pay, the assailant allegedly stabbed her to death. This had angered the local Igbo community who shut down their shops while storming…

Dismisses Allegations against Staff Safiu Kehinde The Lagos University Teaching Hospital’s (LUTH) Chief Medical Director, Prof. Adeyemo Wasiu, has dismissed allegation filed against the hospital and its staff by relatives of a deceased 26-year-old man. NPO Reported earlier reported that relatives of the deceased had on Tuesday stormed the hospital, accusing the staff of demanding N1.9 million before the release of the deceased’s body. A lady who claimed to be a sister of the deceased had in a TikTok video claimed that the hospital demanded over N7 million in the course of the man’s 15 days stay at the hospital’s…