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Queen 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. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-born American Professor, Uju Anya, has said her life has been under threat since her Thursday tweet on the late Queen Elizabeth II, accusing Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, of inciting the public against her and putting her in harm’s way. Anya, a Professor of Second Language Acquisition, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, United […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress and reality star, Iyabo Ojo on Sunday, September 11, arrived at the movie premiere of The Woman King on a horse at the Film House Cinema in Lagos. The grand entrance made her the cynosure of all eyes as even her fellow celebrities turned to watch the grand entrance. While arriving the venue, […]
Continue ReadingLagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye has announced that nine persons who were trapped when a storey building around Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in Maryland area of Lagos State, sunk due to torrential rainfall on Monday September 12, have been rescued. Farinloye said the agency’s officials were deployed to rescue the victims after […]
Continue ReadingA retired Deputy Superintendent of Police identified as Gamy Ugwu was paraded after he was allegedly caught having sexual intercourse with a mentally-ill girl in Enugu-Ezike in Igbo Eze North local government area of Enugu State. Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, who disclosed this via Facebook on Monday, September 12, said the incident happened in Amufie community. “A […]
Continue ReadingThree Kitwe women have been arrested by police for circulating, what is now a viral, sex video with a mentally challenged man. The incident occurred on 4th September at Mindolo market and has now sparked an outrage from members of the public, especially in Zambia where the incident occurred. Copperbelt Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sharon Zulu, […]
Continue ReadingWorld second richest man, Jeff Bezos, slammed a Nigeria-born American University Professor who wished Queen Elizabeth II an “excruciating” death and the Professor responded by cursing him in Igbo. When the Palace announced that the Queen’s health has deteriorated, Uju Anya, an Associate Professor of second language acquisition at Carnegie Mellon University, US, tweeted: “I […]
Continue ReadingA spokesperson has said that Ifeanyi Ubah’s bulletproof SUV is what saved him from being killed alongside his aides when gunmen attacked his convoy. Mr Kameh Ogbonna, media aide to Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the upper chamber, said: “If not for the bulletproof jeep the senator was riding in, he […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with foreign-based news platform, The CUT, Nigeria-born American professor, Uju Anya, has made more comments on late Queen Elizabeth II of England, saying she was unapologetic and would stand by her words. Anya, whose comments on Queen Elizabeth had sparked reactions across the world, further defended her comments, questioning how the Queen’s […]
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