A Nigerian actor, Femi Ogunrombi popularly known as Papa Ajasco, is dead. The death of the actor in the Wale Adenuga’s Papa Ajasco and Company comedy series, occured at 7:30 p.m on Saturday. Confirming the thespian’s death was a lecturer, Dr. Husseini Shaibu, on his Twitter handle on Sunday. He wrote,“I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with #NATIONALTROUPE and one time stand in for the ‘Papa Ajasco character on the popular #waleadenugaprod comic series ‘Papa Ajasco’ Mr. Femi Ogunrombi is dead.” Ogunrombi took over the character, Papa Ajasco when the former character, Abiodun Ayoyinka…
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By Dennis Isong What does a free trade zone mean? A free trade zone is an area within which goods may be landed, handled, manufactured, reconfigured, and re-exported without the intervention of customs authorities. It is a region where a group of countries has agreed to reduce or eliminate trade barriers, the basic objective being to enhance foreign exchange earnings, develop export-oriented industries and generate employment opportunities for the host country. During the former governor of Lagos state administration, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lekki free trade zone was initiated and put into progress. When he left, the next governor, Babatunde Raji…
The National Leader and Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has commissioned the party’s offices in Zuntu and Pambeguwa in Kaduna State. CASEFILE gathered that among those in his entourage are the Kaduna state governorship candidate Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi, National leadership of the party, state’s party leaders and NNPP candidates for various offices.
Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu lost $255 million in the first 12 days of 2023, causing his net worth to decline to $7.8 billion. This is according to Forbes. The decline was due to the reassessment of several of his unlisted companies that are part of the rapidly expanding manufacturing and industrial conglomerate, BUA Group. Despite the setback, the billionaire cement tycoon is still the second wealthiest person in the country. The billionaire has stakes in cement production, real estate, and infrastructure construction. He is one of the top four wealthiest billionaires in Africa with a net worth of more…
Three teenage girls who were alledgedly lured to Lagos for prostitution have been rescued by Police officers of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command. The girls were said to have fled the custody of a mistress who brought them from Akwa Ibom to Lagos State under the guise of employment. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Spokesperson disclosed that the girls aged 14, 13 and 12 respectively were rescued on on Sunday at about 6:00 a.m when a patrol team noticed their suspicious movements within the area. The victims have been transferred to Gender Unit of…
Mrs. Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei, the United Nations’ International Elections Commissioner, Mr. Mike Igini, a former Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akwa Ibom State and Commodore Kunle Olawunmi, a Public Affairs Analyst & Commentator are among the dignitaries that will deliver speeches at this year’s Gani Fawehinmi Annual lecture slated for this weekend. This year’s lecture will take place on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at the LAHL Bevent Centre of the Lagos Airport Hotel, Obafemi Awolowo way, Ikeja with the theme: “Free, Fair and Credible Election as Indispensable Tool for National Development.” An official statement by Patrick Agboola, Esq., Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Bar…
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, stakeholders have charged all journalists in the country to avoid being purveyor of fake news in all its forms. The conversation against the menace of fake news held at the Police Officers Mess, Ikeja, Lagos was reiterated by security agencies and other stakeholders, at a one-day symposium for journalists. The event organised by the Lagos State Police Command, themed: 2023 Elections: Fake News and Its Implication on Security highlighted that fake news is a negative trend that must be nipped in the bud because of its potential to mar the 2023 General Election. The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has given the reasons behind the arrest of Doyin Okupe, the convicted former Spokesperson for the Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi. A statement signed by the Commission Spokesperson, Wilson Uwuajiaren says the arrest was based on the watch-list request placed in Doyin Okupe before his recent conviction. “The Service acted on a Watch-list request issued on July 18, 2016, over six years before his recent conviction on money laundering charges by the Federal High Court, Abuja.” He added that the Agency is in the process of lifting the request and will…
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja has admitted as exhibits two Nigerian Armed Forces camouflages used by a dismissed soldier from the Nigerian Army; Mohammed Sanni and Umar Kabiru to alledgedly robbed one Phillip Agbe in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. Also a knife alledgedly used by the two defendants was among the exhibits admitted by the trial judge tendered by the Nigerian Police in court in Wednesday. The defendants were said to have robbed Phillip Agbe while armed with a knife of N20,000 while wearing military uniforms on 3rd December, 2019 at about 0300hours at Obanikoro in Ikorodu…