Popular Nigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has reportedly been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja. According to reports, the arrest followed his public criticism of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) over alleged unauthorised transactions from his mother’s account. The arrest was confirmed by his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, stating that officers of the Nigeria Police Force apprehended VeryDarkMan at Area 3 in Abuja. Adeyanju wrote, “JUST IN: VDM arrested by the police at GTB. Spoke to them before he was arrested. This is…
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Hundreds of women in Rivers State on Friday staged a walkout during an empowerment programme in Port Harcourt, demanding to be addressed by either the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, or the wife of the state governor, Lady Valerie Sim-Fubara. The event, held at the EUI Event Centre in GRA, Port Harcourt, was part of the Renewed Hope Initiative empowerment programme organised by the office of the First Lady of Nigeria. It was meant to benefit 500 women in the state with various empowerment items. Expecting the physical presence of the First Lady, the women — many dressed in traditional…
Quackery: Community pharmacists vow stringent measures against illegal practitionersThe Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has pledged to partner with relevant regulatory agencies to enforce appropriate penalties against quacks posing as community pharmacists, and illegal premises in the FCT. The chairman of the Abuja branch of the association, Pharm. Aloba Olatunji Isaac, made the promise during the inauguration ceremony of the new executive of the branch, on Thursday, in Abuja. He said the association would engage in result-driven advocacy with sister agencies and regulatory bodies to secure a comfortable and satisfactory practice environment for all…
There appears to be division among the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over some media reports on Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Daily Trust reports that some media organisations (not Daily Trust) had reported that thugs linked to Seyi Tinubu disrupted the inauguration of the national executive of a faction of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The reports also have it that some prominent Nigerians including two former governors, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano and Captain Idris Wada of Kogi as well as an emir and other personalities were also attacked. The…
NLC minimum wage, NLC laments unfair treatment of workers, NLC Steel Development Ministry set up 12-man committee to resolve, NLC May Day The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Akwa Ibom State Chapter, has demanded an upward review of the current minimum wage of N80,000, saying it has become meaningless due to the high inflation rate in the state and the country at large. The State Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Sunny James, aired the demands of the state’s workers on Thursday in Uyo during the 2025 Workers’ Day celebration at the Uyo Township Stadium. According to him, the minimum wage introduced…
In a significant move aimed at enhancing healthcare delivery in Cross River State, the State House of Assembly has repealed the Essential Drugs Programme Law of 2002 and passed the Drugs and Health Commodities Management Agency Bill 2025 into law. The bill, sponsored by Hillary Bisong, member representing Boki 2 State Constituency and Chief Whip of the House, was first introduced during plenary on September 12, 2024. It received its second reading on September 18, 2024, before being referred to the House Committee on Health, Nutrition, and Food Security for further legislative review. Bisong, who also chairs the Health Committee,…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has declared that the commission will go after anyone found to have stolen public funds, regardless of “whether you are from the APC, PDP, Labour Party, NNPP, or SDP.” Olukoyede made this statement while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. “If we discover that you have stolen money, you will have questions to answer, regardless of whether you are from the APC, PDP, Labour Party, NNPP, or SDP,” Olukoyede said. “So, irrespective of your political affiliation, it is our duty to make sure that we do…
As labour unions commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day today across the country, civil servants in various states on Wednesday said the N70,000 new national minimum wage is not enough to cater for their cost of living amidst rising inflation. Last year, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Standing on this template, some states agreed to pay their workers above the N70,000 new national minimum wage and commenced the implementation of the payment. Despite this, workers in various states have expressed worry over their inability to use the pay to cater for their necessary needs. In…
Former senator who represented Kogi West Senatorial District in the 8th Assembly, Dino Melaye, has berated critics for questioning his source of “God-given” wealth. The senator took to X on Wednesday evening to post pictures of his well-furnished mansion and slammed those calling on the anti-graft agencies in the country to investigate the source of his wealth. Irked by the number of criticisms that trailed his latest post in the comment section, Melaye wondered why nobody raised any question when he wallowed in poverty, saying, “Those questioning my prosperity, why did you not question my poverty then? If you did…
The All Progressives Congress has assured Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, that the party is well-structured and fully prepared for progress, claiming that the Peoples Democratic Party is no longer functional or reliable. In a statement on Wednesday, APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, likened the party’s leaders to skilled pilots and crew—competent, hospitable, detail-oriented, and ready to serve. On April 23, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, accompanied by his predecessor and PDP’s 2023 vice presidential candidate Ifeanyi Okowa, along with other elected officials from the state, officially joined the APC. Meanwhile, Akwa Ibom State Governor hinted on Wednesday…