Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola Olalomi, popularly known as Portable,  was on Thursday granted a bail in the sum of N2m by Magistrate O.L Oke of an Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta. Portable,  who was arraigned at the Isabo High Court in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capitcal, over alleged assault on government officials, met the bail condition He knelt down to thank the magistrate before leaving the court premises. The artiste was declared wanted by the police on February 18 in connection with an alleged assault on three officials from the Ogun State Planning and Development Permit Authority…

The Senate has asked the heads of the National Security Adviser, the National Intelligence Agency and Defence Intelligence Agency to appear before it, over allegations of funding of terrorist group Boko Haram by the USAID. The call for an urgent investigation into allegations that international organisations, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), may be funding terrorist groups like Boko Haram, followed a motion raised by Senator Ali Ndume on the urgent need to probe the matter. During the plenary, lawmakers expressed concerns over a viral video of U.S. Congressman Scott Perry, a Republican representing Pennsylvania, who alleged…

Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham was hit with a two-match La Liga ban on Wednesday by the Spanish football federation’s disciplinary committee after he was sent off for dissent. The England international was dismissed during the champions’ 1-1 draw at Osasuna on Saturday by referee Jose Munuera Montero. Bellingham, who insisted he had been expressing his frustration and not insulting the referee, will miss league matches against Girona and Real Betis on February 23 and March 2 respectively. The disciplinary committee said Madrid’s attempts to show that Bellingham had not insulted the official were “insufficient” to remove “the presumption of veracity…

The White House has released a video showing undocumented immigrants being shackled and escorted onto a deportation flight departing from Seattle. The 41-second clip, shared on X on Tuesday with the title “ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight,” includes close-up shots of chains and cuffs laid out on the tarmac, as well as detainees walking with their hands and ankles restrained. One scene shows an immigrant walking past an officer with his hands cuffed in front of him and his ankles bound by a chain. Other shots include a close-up of a man’s handcuffs being secured, another individual’s feet in chains…

US President Donald Trump expanded his offensive against trading partners on Tuesday, threatening 25 percent tariffs on imported cars, and similar or higher duties on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. Trump has announced a broad range of levies on some of the biggest US trading partners since taking office in January, arguing that they will help tackle unfair practices — and in some cases using the threats to influence policy. He recently pledged 10 percent duties on all goods coming from China, and 25 on steel and aluminium imports. At his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, he told reporters that tariffs on the…

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at improving the affordability and availability of in vitro fertilization, a health issue he had addressed on the campaign trail. The order is a directive “to the Domestic Policy Council to examine ways to make IVF and other fertility treatments more affordable for more Americans,” White House staff secretary Will Scharf said alongside Trump as the president delivered remarks at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. AFP

The Edo State House of Assembly has passed a bill amending the Kidnapping Prohibition Amendment Law of 2013 and addressing related matters during its second reading. The bill prescribes the death penalty for kidnappers and mandates the confiscation and demolition of properties used in the commission of kidnapping. It was approved following the review by the Committee of the Whole. The Majority Leader, Hon. Charity Aiguobarueghian, emphasised the necessity of the bill, noting that kidnapping has escalated into a significant issue. He urged his colleagues to support the passage of the executive bill, describing kidnapping as a heinous act that…

The management of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission has dismissed insinuations that its premises had been sealed by military personnel. This was contained in a statement by the commission’s Information Officer, Sadiat Isiaka, obtained in Osogbo on Tuesday, in reaction to the information circulating on the social media that OSSIEC office in Osogbo had been taken over by soldiers. The commission also assured all that the local government election slated for Saturday would hold as scheduled, noting that, wrong information should not to be allowed to inhibit people from participating in the election. It enjoined members of the public to…

Thousands of Americans took to the streets across the United States on Presidents’ Day to protest against President Donald Trump and his administration. Demonstrators on Monday chanted slogans such as “No kings on Presidents Day” in East Coast cities and attempted to enter the Arizona Statehouse to oppose a bill aimed at bolstering federal immigration enforcement. Protests were reported in several states, including Florida and California, where hundreds of people participated in “Not My Presidents Day” demonstrations. The movement, which carried the theme “No Kings,” was organised by the 50501 Movement and marked the second nationwide protest in less than…

Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has declared that he is a man who is undergoing treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta. Portable said this while appealing to Nigerians and the Ogun State Government on Tuesday after being declared wanted by the state police command. The zoo crooner was reportedly involved in a fight with three officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Ota Zonal Office: TPL Onabanjo Abidemi, TPL Raymond Lateef and TPL Ridwan Oyero Akinlesi. They were conducting an enforcement exercise at Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu Ota, Ogun State. The…