Cops are pushing a drug-free message directly to electronics sellers. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency's Abia State command ran a sensitization program at the Ehere Electronic Market in Obingwa local government, aiming to curb abuse and trafficking. Officer ACN Frank Nwaohamou led the team, warning traders about the dangers of narcotics and psychotropic substances during an interactive session.
Officers detailed the social, health, and economic damage from drug use, focusing on harm to individuals and the community. They explained the legal penalties for drug activities and urged people to give tips to law enforcement. Market leaders and members promised to back the initiative, committing to a drug-free environment around their...
A packed canoe capsized, leaving dozens dead or missing. At least sixteen people died, and fourteen more are missing after a canoe overloaded with around forty passengers overturned on the water between Garbi village in Yobe State and Adiyani village in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Police spokesperson Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the Saturday evening incident, noting ten people were rescued from the water.
Local reports indicated the vessel was traveling from Nguru local government when it capsized. Emergency crews are still searching for the missing individuals while an investigation into the cause begins. The tragedy highlights the dangers of river transport in the region, particularly with overcrowded boats.
DDG says streaming pays way more than making music does. The American rapper and YouTuber, real name Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., made this claim during a livestream conversation with the Nigerian streamer Carterefe. He stated flatly that streamers earn more money than artists, emphasizing his point clearly. DDG, who first gained real attention with his 2017 single Givenchy from the EP Take Me Serious, has feet in both worlds, starting his streaming career back in 2014 before his professional music launch in 2016.
The 28-year-old previously attended Central Michigan University but left to pursue his YouTube channel full-time. His perspective comes from direct experience in building careers on both platforms over the last decade. He did...
Portable dodged the cops after allegedly beating up his baby mama. The Nigerian singer, known for controversy, got into a physical fight with actress Ashabi Simple, his fourth baby mama, at his bar in Ogun State. This incident, captured in a viral video, started when Ashabi demanded he recognize her as a wife, not just a baby mama, to which Portable responded by pushing her and stating he only has one wife, Bewaji, making the others just mothers of his children. Ashabi and her siblings later reported him to the police for assault.
In a follow-up video on Instagram, Ashabi claimed Portable slapped her, beat her up, and threatened her and her siblings with an axe after a disagreement about delivering New Year's food. She said police...
Funke Akindele got targeted in a terrifying armed hotel raid. Nollywood actress Bimbo Thomas just detailed a horrific armed robbery during the filming of Omo Ghetto Part Two in Ebute Metta, Lagos, where attackers allegedly specifically hunted for the filmmaker and star, Funke Akindele. Thomas explained in an interview with Chude Jideonwo that the late-night assault at their hotel followed ongoing harassment from local hoodlums upset by the movie's street life content. She said about six armed men broke in, calling for Akindele by name, while roughly twenty more waited outside.
Thomas described a scene of pure panic, with the group praying intensely as the men banged on doors. They tried hiding Akindele under a bed and then in a...
This divorce just got messier with a who-toasted-who reveal. MC Fish, the estranged husband of Nollywood actress Anita Joseph, is clapping back at gossip that he was financially dependent on her during their marriage, claiming instead that she pursued him first. The hype man responded to these rumors on his Instagram story, directly challenging the narrative that the actress supported him. This follows Anita Joseph's own social media announcement late last year that their five-year marriage had ended.
MC Fish strongly denied the claims that he was fed or sponsored by his ex-wife. In his online post, written in a mix of English and Nigerian Pidgin, he stated she approached him while he was working as a hype man.
He dared Joseph to...
Anthony Joshua has returned to the UK following a fatal car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends. The boxer arrived at London Stansted Airport via private jet and was taken to his home to continue recovering.
The accident occurred on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway when the chauffeur, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, collided with a stationary truck. Joshua's friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, died in the crash. Joshua was hospitalized at the Duchess International Hospital in Lagos in stable condition, with his mother, Yeta Odusanya, remaining by his side. Other family members reported they were not permitted to visit him during his stay.
The funerals for Ayodele and Ghami are scheduled to take place at a London mosque...
Here are the Nigerian entertainers poised to dominate the next year. From musicians to actors, these emerging and established names are shaping the country's cultural landscape across film, music, and streaming.
Fola, born Folarin Odunlami, cemented his status as a 2025 breakout star. His album Catharsis landed in Spotify's top Nigerian charts, generating tens of millions of streams. Hit singles like You and his collaboration with Kizz Daniel on Lost became streaming fixtures, securing his place among both local and international audiences alongside industry heavyweights.
Veteran actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde returned to the spotlight in 2025 after a brief hiatus, making her directorial debut with a film that premiered at the Toronto...
MSI's upcoming overclocking beast just smashed some world records. The unreleased GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z, a special model sent only to elite overclockers, has hit a staggering clock speed of nearly 3.75 GHz and memory speeds up to 36 Gbps, surpassing previous records.
The card, featuring a monstrous 40-phase power design and dual 16-pin connectors, was pushed using liquid nitrogen cooling. It achieved top scores across multiple benchmarks, including a GPUPI 1B time of 0.730 seconds, a 3DMark Port Royal score of 49,812, and a Geekbench 6 compute result exceeding 513,000 points. Overclockers like Alva Jonathan also revealed the card will come with an extreme BIOS supporting a power limit up to 2500 watts, higher than competing...
