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The Lagos State High Court has ordered social media critic, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to remove defamatory comments and videos about renowned lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz. Additionally, the court has imposed a N500 million fine for libel. Justice M. O. Idowu delivered the judgment on Tuesday in suit no: ID/8584/GCM/2024. The case centered around defamatory remarks and videos posted by VeryDarkMan on September 24, 2024, linking the Falana family to controversial internet personality Bobrisky. The court found the statements to be defamatory and damaging to the public image…

The World Bank has announced a 500-million-dollar grant to support Nigeria’s recovery efforts from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund will be utilised through the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was launched in 2021 to aid poor and vulnerable households and micro-small enterprises affected by the pandemic. Dr Lire Ersado, the World Bank Task Team Leader for NG-CARES, revealed these at the end of a two-day Peer Learning and Experience Sharing meeting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The meeting was organised by…

The Etsako Youth Movement has condemned what it describes as a deliberate and calculated plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and certain officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to tamper with the results of the recently concluded Edo State governorship election. The group expressed outrage following a media report revealing that a team of hackers arrived in Abuja and were allegedly hired to alter the results uploaded to INEC’s result viewing portal (IREV) in favour of the APC candidate. In its statement signed by its convener, Johnson Umoru, the Etsako Youth Movement condemned this act as a…

The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has declared the seats of Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and three other pro-Fubara lawmakers vacant following their absence from sittings for 152 days, News360 Nigeria reports. Making this known during plenary today, Speaker Martin Amaewhule pointed out that Ehie did not properly write to inform the house of his new office, and as such his seat has been declared vacant. Regarding Victor Oko-Jumbo and the two others, the House held three separate votes to declare their seats vacant for absenteeism from sitting for 152…

The Confederation of African Football has delisted the Group D second-leg fixture of the ongoing 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. The game was earlier scheduled to take place in Libya by 8 pm after the first leg took place in Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on Friday. The Super Eagles beat the Mediterranean Knights by a lone goal in the dying minute of the game. However, the return leg has been greeted with controversy after the Super Eagles players and officials narrated their over 14 hours ordeal at…

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raided Urban 94.5FM, one of the popular radio stations in Enugu State. It was gathered on Tuesday morning that the lawless operatives of the commission stormed the station around 6pm on Monday, halted live broadcast, detained presenters and seized equipment worth millions. A broadcaster, Favour Ekoh, was reported to have been forcefully removed from a live programme on Urban Radio, causing significant disruption and raising concerns about press freedom. In a statement issued on Monday night, the management of the Radio Station said they were shocked as the EFCC…

Nigeria’s refusal to play an Africa Cup of Nations fixture in Libya after alleged “inhumane treatment” of their squad, overshadowed Algeria and Cameroon qualifying on Monday for the 2025 finals. “This is getting scary,” said forward Victor Boniface on social media after the Nigerian squad were stranded at an airport 225 kilometres (140 miles) by road from Benghazi, the match venue. “We have been stuck at the airport for almost 13 hours with no food, Wi-Fi or place to sleep. Africa, we can do better,” he added on X (formerly twitter). Former African Footballer of the Year Victor Ikpeba, who…

Kylian Mbappe is being investigated for rape by Swedish police, according to a newspaper report in Sweden following a visit by the Real Madrid star to Stockholm, which Mbappe denounced as “fake news”. After Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported that an alleged rape had been reported to police but did not say who was accused, Expressen newspaper said 25-year-old Mbappe was the suspect. “According to information obtained by Expressen, police are investigating the star who is reasonably suspected of rape and sexual assault,” the newspaper wrote. Swedish law enforcement differentiate the level of suspicion as either reasonable or probable, with…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has agreed to sell Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria at N995 per litre. This followed the intervention of the Department of State Services in the controversy between the two parties. The National Vice President of IPMAN, Hammed Fashola, told our correspondent that the intervention of the DSS solved a lot of problems facing marketers. Fashola also confirmed that through their intervention, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority agreed to pay the association’s outstanding N10bn while resolving issues about the direct purchase of petrol…

Egyptian referee Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour disallowed the 22nd minute goal of Ademola Lookman in Amahoro Stadium, Kigali in the 2025 AFCON qualifier against Wasps of Rwanda played last month. Note that the referee is from Egypt and Lookman’s closest rival in the race for the Africa Player of The Year crown according to media speculations is a Moroccan, Brahim Diaz of Real Madrid. The Maghreb connection shouldn’t be ruled out. Malawian-born referee Godfrey Philip Nkhakananga was in-charge of Super Eagles AFCON qualifier against Mediterranean Knights of Libya in Uyo on Friday. On the advice of his compatriot assistant Clemence…