Diamond Celebrities

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has claimed the Golden Glove award for the 2022-23 Premier League season. The Spaniard picked up his 16th clean sheet of the season during United’s 2-0 win over Wolves on Saturday afternoon and, in doing so, claimed the accolade for a second time. It’s been a turbulent season for the 32-year-old, who’s future has been thrown into doubt in […]

Five residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have sued the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) over the declaration of Senator Bola Tinubu as the nation’s president-elect. The plaintiffs in the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on April 28, 2023 aver that Senator Tinubu […]

The Labour Party presidential candidate during February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Friday, said he ‘must be” Nigeria’s president. While expressing optimism to clinch the number one seat in the country, he clarified that he was not in a hurry to achieve the dream. Obi, who is a former Anambra State governor, stated this […]

“Sentiment and conjecture have no place in law and as a retired judge, I know that we are not meant to be speculative. If he was charged before a court in Nigeria, where such a law under which he was charged in the UK exists, I do not think his influence would have counted. The […]

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Reverend Justin Welby, has been fined more than £500 for over speeding in London, the United Kingdom. Justin Welby was also given three penalty points for the same offense. Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court ordered Welby to pay a £300 fine, a £120 victim surcharge, and £90 in legal costs, as […]

A YouTuber who intentionally crashed an airplane for views will plead guilty to obstructing a federal investigation by cleaning up the site of the crash, US prosecutors say. Trevor Jacob, 29, posted the video of the plane crash to YouTube in December 2021, implying it was an accident. It has over 2.9 million views to […]

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets crashed out of the under 17 AFCON 2023 after falling 2-1 to fellow West Africans Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals in Algiers. The result meant the Golden Eaglets won’t feature in the under 17 World Cup that would take place later this year, with Burkina Faso completing the quartet of teams to […]

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of the suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), to September 14. Kanu had approached the court to appeal the verdict of the appeal court stopping his release from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). During Thursday’s proceedings, the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked the Senate to approve a new borrowing request of $800 million. Buhari made the request in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan at Tuesday’s plenary. The president, in the letter, explained that the loan would be used to scale up the National Social Safety Net Programme. He […]

President-elect Bola Tinubu has departed Nigeria for Europe, Tunde Rahman, Tinubu’s media aide, has revealed. In a statement on Wednesday, Rahman said the incoming president left Abuja on Wednesday afternoon with some of his key aides. “The trip will reduce unnecessary pressures and distractions on the President-Elect ahead of the May 29 inauguration.” “He will […]

A 23-year-old student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko in Akure Ondo State, (names withheld) on Tuesday, narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court how she was allegedly raped by the founder of her church, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, of I Reign Christian Family Church. The witness, who is a former assistant pastor of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his London trip by a week over an appointment with his dentist. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. Buhari had travelled to the United Kingdom last week for the coronation of King Charles 111. The president, who joined […]

Seven people have been feared killed and several others hospitalised after drinking a tea suspected to have been made with a local leaf known as Zakami at a wedding ceremony in Kano. Zakami contains a psychoactive substance. Eye witnesses’ accounts said it affected nearly 50 people and that some were still missing. The incident happened […]

Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has opened up on his long-time business relationship with Tony Elumelu, Transcorp Plc Chairman, alleging that the founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation betrayed him on different occasions. Otedola made the revelation while speaking on his move to buy Transcorp, a conglomerate whose 5.5 per cent shares he recently acquired. Days […]

Nigerian mega music star, David Adeleke fondly known as Davido has asked for God’s intervention ahead of a Supreme Court ruling which involves his uncle and governor of Osun, Ademola Adeleke, to be made the legitimate number one citizen of the state. The Supreme Court has fixed May 9, 2023, to deliver a judgment in […]