August 23, 2023 – National Infinity Magazine

Crack in NNPP as state chairmen warn Tinubu, Atiku not to deal with Kwankwaso

August 23, 2023 Jide Ige

State Chairmen’s Forum of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has warned President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to be cautious in their dealings with former Presidential Candidate of NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso. They said the meeting between Kwankwaso and some big wigs in Nigeria’s politics was the former’s ploy to remain relevant after allegedly losing the grip of NNPP’s structure across the country. In a statement, at the weekend, Ogun NNPP Chairman and Leader of the Forum, Olaposi Oginni, urged Atiku and Tinubu to terminate any dealings with…

Wagner chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin feared killed in Russian plane crash

August 23, 2023 Jide Ige

Russian state-run news agencies on Wednesday said that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group that led a mutiny against Russia’s army in June, was on the list of passengers of a plane that crashed. “The plane that crashed in the Tver Region listed Yevgeny Prigozhin among its passengers, (Russia’s aviation agency) Rosaviatsia said,” TASS news agency reported, with RIA Novosti and Interfax issuing similar reports. “There were 10 people on board, including 3 crew members. According to preliminary information, all those on board died,” Russia’s ministry for emergency…

NDLEA secures conviction for drug peddling widow and musician

August 23, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A widow, Adewunmi Taiwo, who tried to export 5.70 kg of Codeine to the United Kingdom, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Justice Akintayo Aluko sentenced her after she pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful exportation of Codeine preferred against her by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA prosecution counsel, Abu Ibrahim, told the court that she committed the offence on July 27, 2023. He said the incident took place at Skyway Handling Company export shed, a…

Amusan zooms to World Athletics Championship hurdles final

August 23, 2023 Jide Ige

World champion, Tobi Amusan, qualified for the final of the 100-meter Hurdle at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Budapest on Wednesday. The Nigerian athlete won the second semifinal with a time of 12.56 seconds to qualify for the final billed for Thursday evening. Despite a slow start, the world hurdles record holder recovered in time, clocking 12.56s to finish ahead of Jamaican Achkara Nungent’s 12.60 seconds and Dutch Nadine Visser’s 12.62 seconds.

See the full list as Lagos Assembly rejects Sanwoolu’s 17 commissioner nominees

August 23, 2023 Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday rejected 17 out of the 39 cabinet nominees thereby confirming 22 out of the nominees sent recently by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over the day’s sitting, said the confirmation followed rigorous and detailed screening of the nominees by a ad-hoc committee led by the Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Fatai Mojeed. He commended the committee for its effectiveness and urged the confirmed nominees to always remember that they are in…

Our love story, Demola Odulaja opens up on Farida Sobowale

August 23, 2023 Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

Demola Odulaja, the estranged husband of the Chief Executive Officer of House of Phreedah Body Care, Farida Abdulkabir popularly known as Farida Sobowale, has explained the reasons why he parted ways with the Lagos socialite after about two months of their elaborate wedding. Odulaja in an interview with a Yoruba social commentator, ArewaTopeFamous, on Tuesday via Instagram Live alleged that the break-up was not unconnected to Sobowale’s alleged promiscuity, lies, and covetousness, among others. Sobowale almost plunged into the lagoon at the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos after the marriage failed…

Akindele opens up on business dispute with Abiola family, says fraud allegations untrue

August 23, 2023 Jide Ige

Dr. Akintoye Akindele Opens Up On Business Dispute With Abiola Family, Says Fraud Allegations Untrue The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Duport Midstream Company Limited, Dr Akintoye Akindele, has opened up on a business dispute he has with the family of the late MKO Abiola. In a short video he released on Tuesday, the businessman said his business rivals are trying to weave unfound fraud allegations around him through cronies, describing all fraud allegations against him as untrue. He said, “It’s about a business dispute with my former partners and…