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Two term member of the Cross River State House of Assembly in Nigeria, Lady Elizabeth Edem Ironbar has passed away. According to family sources, Mrs. Ironbar died in the late hours of Tuesday, October 26, after a protracted illness. Ironbar who has represented Akpabuyo constituency since June 2015 is known for her Cross River State Disability […]
Continue ReadingAfrican Development Bank (AfDB) president, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has faulted the lack of reliable power supply (electricity) as an obstacle to Nigeria’s industrial growth. Adesina said this on Tuesday at the 49th annual general meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria in Abuja. He stated that Nigerians spend $14 billion yearly on generators and fuel. […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Tuesday by his Media Adviser, Sam Nwaobasi, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and ex-Senate president, Anyim Pius Anyim, has explained he went to the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja, on his own volition, on Sunday, when he heard that his name was […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives in Ebonyi state have arrested a 40-year-old man, Chibuike Ochie, for killing his sister-in-law, younger sister and a hired labourer. According to reports, the suspect was said to have gone beserk, invaded the farmland wherein the deceased persons were farming at Uburu community, Ohaozara Local Government Area of the State and launched an […]
Continue ReadingUnited Nations (UN) has expressed concern over the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his continous detention and alleged torture while in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody. This was contained in UN’s Mandates of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or […]
Continue ReadingFounder, CEO and Publisher of Ovation International, Mr. Dele Momodu has said that former Governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose was right when he warned them against supporting President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 election that first brought him to power. Dele Momodu who shared a post from Fayose’s son’s wedding which took place […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will be attending the Future Investment Initiative Institute conference. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated that the President arrived at about 11.50pm. Shehu said the President was received at King Khalid International Airport by the […]
Continue ReadingAfter the launch of the application for the digital currency, the eNaira, on Monday, by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Central Bank of Nigeria has released the guidelines on charges and limits on eNaira platform. Below are ten things you should know about the platform: 1 – The charges for transactions that originate from the eNaira […]
Continue ReadingThe World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian companies and individuals for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud, and collusive practices in its 2021 fiscal year. A list of debarred individuals and firms was presented in a new annual report titled World Bank Group Sanctions System FY21. The debarments were made by the World Bank Sanctions Board, World […]
Continue ReadingEx-Senate president and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim was on Sunday October 24, grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). While there is no official statement yet on why Anyim was grilled by the anti-graft agency, media reports showed that it is connected to the ongoing […]
Continue ReadingOperatives from Benue State Police Command have arrested two suspects in connection with the rape and murder of a 24-year-old Joy Onoh in Makurdi, the state capital. Onoh, a graduate of the Benue State University, Makurdi, was awaiting a call-up letter from the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) before her tragic death. The deceased who markets […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, says 837 awaiting trial inmates escaped from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town, when suspected gunmen attacked the facility. Its Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Anjorin, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan. Suspected gunmen invaded the facility on Friday at about 9.30 p.m after they […]
Continue ReadingA 17-year-old student at Gathiruini boys secondary school in Kiambu county of Kenya has been lynched after he sneaked into a dormitory of female students in a nearby school at night. The form four student and five others, allegedly sneaked out of their school and crept into a girls dormitory at Komothai girls secondary school, at […]
Continue ReadingLondon-based news magazine, The Economist, has described the government of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, as inept and high-handed, adding that he had also failed to tackle corruption. The 178-year-old magazine said this in an editorial titled, ‘The Crime Scene at the Heart of Africa,’ which was published in its October 23, 2021, issue. It said due […]
Continue ReadingChief Yomi Alliyu SAN, one of the Counsels to Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has faulted the claims made by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN. Malami had linked Igboho to a terrorism sponsor, claiming that the activist is being financed by a lawmaker. But responding, Alliyu SAN […]
Continue ReadingTwo remaining aides of the embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, who have been in Nigeria’s Department of State Services’ (DSS) custody since July 1 have finally been released. Amudat Habibat Babatunde popularly known as Lady K and Jamiu Noah Oyetunji have been in the custody of DSS custody since July, even […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has on Thursday confirmed that the rail tracks for the Kaduna-Abuja train services were in the evening of Wednesday blown up by explosives planted on the tracks by yet to be identified persons. Speaking to newsmen, the Managing Director of the NRC, Engineer Fidet Okhiria explained that the explosives damaged the […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was today re-arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria over charges of treasonable felony and terrorism which the Federal Government amended last week to amount to a seven-count charge. He was brought to court by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday unlike […]
Continue ReadingPresident of Turkey, Recep Erdogan has said that the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria. He said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of his two-day official visit to the country. Erdogan had in 2016 […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man who flew in from Canada and was at the Lekki tollgate to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting during the #EndSARS protest of 2020 has been arrested by the police. A video of him being grabbed and hit by the police while he was speaking to the Press has been shared online. […]
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