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The London-based policy institute and think-tank forum, Chatham House, has invited the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, to present his plans for Nigeria and Nigerians if elected in the country’s February 25, 2023 presidential election. The invitation to Obi, a former two-term Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria, was made public […]
Continue Reading27-year-old man and father of three children, Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu, has expressed a strong desire to see the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, whom he claims to be his biological father. According to him, his mother had just told him that the Lagos governor was his father. Making the assertions while speaking with journalists at the […]
Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has imposed fresh cash withdrawal limits on individuals and organisations, which will become effective on January 9, 2023. By virtue of a memo issued by the CBN to banks on Tuesday, individuals will only be able to withdraw N100,000 per week (from over-the-counter, point-of-sale machines or automated teller machines), while […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk has lost his title as the world’s richest person after selling Tesla stocks to fund the $44 billion purchase of Twitter. Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s parent company LVMH, and his family took the ‘world richest’ title with a personal wealth of $185.4 billion, according to Forbes. Musk, who […]
Continue ReadingSerial defector and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Dogara was received into the party during the presidential campaign by the party’s presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in the nation’s commercial capital, Lagos State. This […]
Continue ReadingA Kenyan woman and her two children have been killed by her husband in Louisville, Kentucky, United States in what police suspect to be murder-suicide. Around 9:30a.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2022, Louisville Metro Police officers were called to respond to the 4500 block of East Pages Lane on a report of a shooting with […]
Continue ReadingFootball legend, Pele has been moved to the palliative care unit in the hospital as the 82-year-old Brazilian is not responding to chemotherapy on his bowel cancer, reported Brazilian Daily Folha. Pele is admitted at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo since Tuesday and the last official medical bulletin from the hospital said he […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the 2023 general election, Mr. Ray Ugba Morphy, former special adviser to one-time National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has dumped the party. The APC chieftain was also a member of the APC Presidential Council in 2019, a member of APC National Campaign Councils to many states and a […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his running mate, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed have in conjunction with the party, released a 72-paged manifesto titled “Pact with Nigeria” in which they outlined 7 priority areas if elected into office come 2023. The document was made public by the LP leadership late […]
Continue ReadingHis Holiness, Pope Francis on Tuesday expressed his condolences to the family of late Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Ghana and his diocese of Wa in the north of the West African country. The Bishop died on Sunday at the age of 63, three months after his appointment as cardinal by Pope Francis. The Holy […]
Continue ReadingOn the eve of the Presidential Town Hall meeting organised by Arise News for candidates of the major four political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday morning, left the country for United Kingdom. A statement issued on Saturday by Director of Media and Publicity for APC Presidential Campaign Council, […]
Continue ReadingMrs. Aisha Buhari has withdrawn the criminal defamation case against Aminu Mohammed, a student of Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested for allegedly defaming her on Twitter sometime back, following pressure and condemnation by activists, Amnesty International, the National Association of Nigerian Students, and other citizens. Her lawyer, Fidelis Ogbobe, was at the Federal Capital […]
Continue Reading27-year-old suspected Yahoo boy, Obeta John, was on Tuesday, November 29, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for allegedly killing his girlfriend, one Idowu Buhari, an HND1 Mass Communication student of Gateway polytechnic Saapade. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect was picked […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ademola Adeleke thrilled some residents of Osun state with his dancing skills, as he danced to Kizz Daniel’s song, Buga, on his first day at work as governor of Osun state. He was inaugurated as governor on Sunday, November 28. Watch a video of him dancing below:
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Mrs Victoria Chintex, the Labour Party’s Women Leader in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The gunmen reportedly stormed her residence on Monday night, November 28, 2022, and shot her dead while her husband sustained gunshot injuries on his leg. Edward Simon Buju, the Publicity Secretary […]
Continue ReadingAmerican rapper, Megan Thee Stallion has officially made history as the first Black woman to cover Forbes 30 Under 30 issue. It has been reported that she made about $13 million this year from her music, ticket sales, and endorsements. The Houston native sat down with Forbes writer, Jabari Young, to discuss her rising empire […]
Continue ReadingOne student union, two opposing statements to Mrs. Aisha Buhari who was said to have ordered the arrest of a student for allegedly saying: “the mother has gotten fatter by eating masses’ money” to the first lady via Twitter. Serious vilifications had followed the reported arrest of the University student, Aminu Mohammed over a purported […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. The IGP’s committal followed a suit that was filed by a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian Police Force. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer and songwriter, Slami Ifeanyi has been shot dead in Anambra state. It was gathered that the Anambra-based singer was shot dead by yet-to-identified gunmen. The 31-year-old former Mr Anambra Universe was said to be driving his newly acquired Lexus 330, when he was attacked and shot dead at Umubere, Awka area of Anambra […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Council of Traditional Rulers led by its chairman, Oba Gabriel Adejuwon, the Onisan of Isan Ekiti, on Monday intervened in the impeachment crisis rocking the state House of Assembly with a view to finding peaceful resolution. The Assembly has been embroiled in a crisis over the impeachment of Gboyega Aribisogan by some lawmakers […]
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