The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) announced on Wednesday, May 28, that it has launched an investigation into singer Speed Darlington following his controversial claim of engaging in a sexual encounter with a 15-year-old girl. The singer’s statement, made during a live session on Instagram, drew widespread condemnation. The Lagos…
On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the conviction and sentencing of social media influencer Murja Ibrahim Kunya before Justice Simone Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Kano. Kunya was initially arrested in January 2025 after a video surfaced showing her spraying Naira notes for entertainment in…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has outlined a set of conditions for ending the war in Ukraine, demanding written guarantees from Western leaders to halt NATO’s eastward expansion and calling for a partial rollback of sanctions, according to three Russian sources familiar with the ongoing talks. The development comes amid rising tensions between Putin and U.S.…
Brad Pitt has broken his silence on finalizing his protracted divorce from Angelina Jolie, bringing to a close one of Hollywood’s most public and complex breakups. In a recent interview with *GQ*, the actor was asked whether he felt any relief when the divorce was officially settled in December 2024—over eight years after Jolie first…
The civic group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the National Assembly to swiftly reject President Bola Tinubu’s new request for a \$24 billion loan. In a statement shared on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday, SERAP stated: “The National Assembly must immediately refuse to approve the Tinubu administration’s request to…
