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Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu on Monday addressed Nigerians to commemorate the 2023 Democracy Day with promises to respect rule of law and reward Nigerians for their sacrifices on subsidy removal. Read his full speech below: TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON JUNE 12, 2023. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is […]
Continue ReadingNollywood star actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie, on Friday, June 9, shared photos from the funeral of her late father, Mr. Daniel Johnson. The late Johnson died in May at the age of 79. Sharing photos from his funeral on her Instagram page, the actress appreciated her fans and colleagues for their love and prayers. “‘What we […]
Continue ReadingElder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, says he won’t comment much on the Bola Tinubu presidency until the conclusion of the election petitions tribunal where the outcome of the February 25 presidential poll is being challenged. Clark stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja ahead of […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from office with immediate effect. Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey disclosed this in a statement on Friday night. The statement reads: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended […]
Continue ReadingAt the resumed hearing on Friday, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) admitted as exhibits two video clips tendered by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to support their petition challenging the conduct and outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The petitioners, through their counsel, Jubril Okutekpa, SAN, informed the […]
Continue ReadingAs a popular Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, is waiting to be certified as Guinness World Record holder for longest cooking marathon by an individual with her 100 hours, another Nigerian chef, identified as Damilola Adeparusi has begun 120 hours cooking marathon in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Adeparusi simply […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Annie Okonkwo, is dead. According to Vanguard, he died in US after a long battle with a terminal illness. He was 63 years old. Okonkwo who was a foremost businessman in the 80s and 90s, hailed from Ojoto, in Idemili North Local […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s financial regulator on Thursday tightened rules over the promotion and selling of cryptocurrency as it seeks to protect consumers. The Financial Conduct Authority unveiled a package of measures for the industry, which has long faced criticism over the lack of oversight — and promises of high returns in a volatile marketplace. Under the new […]
Continue Reading500-Level Mechanical Engineering male student of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Ayomide Oduntan, last Thursday, slumped and died on campus, throwing his family into mourning. There is a short video clip of the student celebrating after writing his final examination shortly before he reportedly slumped and died. Ayomide, a final-year student, who […]
Continue ReadingConvener of a non-profit group, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has taken to Twitter to tackle the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its Wednesday, June 7, planned strike over the removal of the fuel subsidy. Adeyanju opined that compromise is the next thing when people who are supposed to be protesting are […]
Continue ReadingYet-to-be-identified gunmen have shot and killed a Professor, Opeyemi Ajewole, a lecturer at the University of Ibadan (UI). The Oyo State Police Command have also confirmed it. SP Adewale Osifeso, Oyo state police command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Ibadan. Ajewole, a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the institute, […]
Continue ReadingAn Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a former Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, and one Tajero Adebayo in the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre over cases involving fraud and attempted murder. Olugbemi, 48, and Adebayo, 42, whose addresses were not given, are facing a four-count of conspiracy, fraud, attempted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring it a fraud. Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, declared the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud after the major stakeholders in the deal between the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chief Whip during the immediate past Assembly, Adeoye Aribasoye, representing Ikole Constituency II under the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged as the unopposed Speaker of the 26-member Ekiti State House of Assembly. Bolaji Olagbaju, APC, from Ado Ekiti Constituency II, also emerged unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the seventh Assembly. Other principal […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has granted an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), from embarking on strike action from Wednesday as planned, until the determination of the motion on notice. Justice O. Y. Anuwe handed down the order against the NLC and TUC […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, has sentenced a Nigerian pastor, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death by hanging for murder. Okoroafor, who is the General Overseer of the Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly based in Oyigbo, Rivers State was tried for killing his choir mistress, Orlunma Nwagba, who he allegedly impregnated. […]
Continue ReadingChairman of PDP in FCT, Mohammed Babaji Madaki, witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has testified that both the party’s candidate and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not qualified to be declared as president for not scoring 25 percent in the Federal Capital Territory […]
Continue ReadingA chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau state, Samuel Kwamkur, on Sunday warned former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, not to set Nigeria on fire with his utterances At a press conference in Jos on Sunday, Kwankur, a former National Director of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was reacting to […]
Continue ReadingNational Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has directed its members to withdraw their services nationwide on Wednesday, June 7 and join the strike action proposed by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal government. In a memo signed by its acting general secretary, Dominic Igwebike, the NUEE urged […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, narrowly escaped death on Saturday when his convoy was reportedly blocked and attacked by some gunmen. A statement by the state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, blamed people believed to be supporters of Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 11, […]
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