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Nigerians, on Tuesday, described as ill-timed and insensitive, a post made by the wife of Nigerian President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on her Facebook wall celebrating her daughter-in-law’s graduation from a United Kingdom university. Mrs. Buhari had posted a picture of herself, her son, Yusuf, and his wife, Zahra, with a caption: “Congratulations to Mrs Zahra […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has again shared his thoughts about the upcoming 2023 general elections in Nigeria. Addressing journalists in Benin, Edo State capital, on Tuesday September 20, Obaseki noted that Nigerians are angry and many political parties will be shocked with the outcome of the general election. Governor Obaseki […]
Continue ReadingPopular activist, Aisha Yesufu, has thrown shades at the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for bending down to greet the mother of Senator Orji Kalu in a viral video, on Monday. The video which was posted on Twitter by the Spokesperson for the APC 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, yesterday, […]
Continue ReadingA middle-aged woman was killed in an auto crash while chasing her husband and his alleged mistress in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Sunday. It was gathered that the mother of three sighted her husband leaving a shopping mall in the company of the lady and she tried to block his car with the Toyota […]
Continue ReadingA Chinese national resident in Kano, Geng Quangrong, has disclosed why he stabbed his young Nigerian girlfriend, Ummu Kulthum, to death. Geng killed 23-year-old Ummu last Friday, September 16, in her home in Kabuga Quarters, Dorayi Babba area of Kano State, Nigeria. He reportedly confessed to the crime after he was arrested by the police […]
Continue ReadingSinger Merceline Atieno aka Mercy Atis who became a viral sensation after her song ‘I Don’t Give a Damn’ went viral on social media in 2020, stripped naked after police officers raided her brothel on Sunday September 18. Kenyan police officers raided the brothel which was formerly an eatery joint in conjunction with Kajiado County Liquor […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday arrived in New York, the United States, for the 77th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The president is expected to deliver the national statement on the second day of the general debates on Wednesday, September 21. This will be his last attendance and speech at the […]
Continue ReadingEquatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most authoritarian countries, has abolished the death penalty, state television announced on Monday citing a new law signed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Capital punishment was “totally abolished” in the oil-rich central African nation after the president signed a new penal code, shared on Twitter by the vice […]
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II’s coffin was on Monday lowered into the Royal Vault at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, bringing to an end public mourning for Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. The “second Elizabethan age” was symbolically brought to a close when the highest-ranking official in the royal household, Lord Chamberlain Andrew Parker, broke his wand of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s crude oil revenue has continued to slump as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ newly released Monthly Oil Market Report for September revealed that the country’s crude oil output fell to 900,000 barrels per day (b/d) last month. According to the OPEC report, Nigeria’s crude oil production (according to data reported by direct […]
Continue ReadingA yet-to-be identified woman has reportedly died in an auto crash in Calabar, Cross River State while chasing her husband who she saw with another woman at a shopping mall. According to an eye witnesses, Stephen Okposin, the accident happened along the Murtarla Mohammed Highway on Sunday, September 18, 2022. “The lady saw her hubby at […]
Continue ReadingIn a suit suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1662/2022, twenty four Nigerians have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before an Abuja Federal High Court for “failing to give them and other seven million Nigerians adequate time and opportunity to complete their voter registration after they have carried out their registration online.” In the suit filed on […]
Continue ReadingChooks Okoh, Special Assistant on Media and Strategy to Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has said that he was not aware of the disruption of the one million-man march by the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the state on Saturday. Okoh, however, added that the organisers did not pay […]
Continue ReadingSome of the 286 foreigners conferred with Nigerian citizenship on Thursday have explained why they chose to become Nigerians at a time the country was going through some challenges. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 208 of them were conferred citizenship status by naturalisation and the remaining 78 by registration. A German businessman, Mr […]
Continue ReadingThe presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, visited former president, Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday September 15. Obi who shared photos from the visit on his official Twitter page, said he had a meeting with Jonathan on ”serious national interest questions.” “I recently visited my senior brother, H.E. @GEJonathan to exchange views on […]
Continue ReadingTwo policemen were feared killed when gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Sources who spoke to The Nation said the incident happened at the border between Ezza North and Ishielu local government areas on Thursday morning, September 15, 2022. The attackers were said to have killed two police officers during the attack while others […]
Continue ReadingBerlin on Friday took control of the German operations of Russian oil firm, Rosneft, to secure energy supplies which have been disrupted after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Rosneft’s German subsidiaries, which account for about 12 per cent of oil refining capacity in the country, were placed under trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency, the economy ministry […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, has resigned from office. The PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, confirmed his resignation. Ani said the former Inspector-General of Police retired on health grounds. Smith tendered his resignation letter dated September 6, 2022, to President Muhammadu Buhari who reportedly approved it on September 12. The former Inspector […]
Continue ReadingA survey conducted this month (September) by Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Polls and commissioned by the Atedo N. A. Peterside (ANAP) Foundation has shown that Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) would win if Nigeria’s presidential election was held today. Nigeria’s presidential elections will hold in February 2023. The survey which described Rabiu Kwankwaso of […]
Continue ReadingA portion of the Ado-Ilawe expressway in Ekiti state caved in on Wednesday, September 14. The road recently became an alternative route for commuters, including residents of the state, due to the deplorable state of the Akure-Ado expressway. The collapse of this alternative route made it impossible for vehicles to pass through Ado – Igbaraodo route. […]
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