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Multi-talented television presenter, actress, fashion designer, and musician, Lara Olubo, has sadly passed away. News of her death was announced on the Instagram page of Temilola Sobola on July 27, 2024. Lara Olubo was a beloved figure in the entertainment industry, known for her vibrant on-screen presence and exceptional presenting skills in Yoruba. She hosted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senator representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead. Ubah, who was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Capital Oil, was said to have died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom, on Saturday. He would have been 53 on September 3. Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, confirmed Ubah’s death to […]
Continue ReadingPresident General of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, renowned businessman and politician, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has passed away. Born in September 1942 in Umuohii, Ikeduru LGA, Imo State, his death was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by his son, Jide. The statement read: “The Iwuanyanwu family of Umuohii Atta, in Ikeduru Local Government […]
Continue ReadingGabonese President has invited Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote to explore investment opportunities in their country’s Cement and Fertiliser sectors. This is coming amidst his row with Nigerian authorities over the operation of his private refinery. The Dangote group shared a photo of Aliko with the Gabonese President and wrote: “President/CE of Dangote Industries Limited, […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk has denied reports that he was donating $45 million a month to a fund backing former US president Donald Trump’s latest White House bid. In a Tuesday post on X, Musk called the report he was funding a so-called political Super-PAC “ridiculous.” Super PACs are specially designed groups that can spend unlimited amounts […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, Mr. Peter Obi, has given the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Communication and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, a 72 hours notice to apologise to him and pay N5bn damages for defamation. Obi, in a letter written to Onanuga through his counsel, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the conviction of a Dane National, Peter Nielsen who was sentenced to d3ath in 2022 for k!lling his Nigerian wife, Zainab and their daughter, Petra. The appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by Nielsen for lacking in merit. Delivering the judgment, the appeal court held that […]
Continue ReadingFederal Government of Nigeria has scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday morning in response to a planned nationwide protest slated for August 1. This is coming after President Bola Tinubu pleaded with the organisers to shelve the protests and give his administration more time to execute people-oriented programmes. A circular shared on Tuesday by sources […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Reps member from Plateau State, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, gave his teenage daughter a brand new SUV to celebrate her graduation from secondary school. Gadgi took to Facebook on Saturday, July 20, to celebrate his daughter. He shared photos of the graduand and wrote: “Today, I attended my amazing daughter’s graduation ceremony. Watching […]
Continue ReadingThe President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that his friend who earlier warned him against investing in Nigeria is now taunting him for ignoring his advice. Dangote disclosed this in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday just as reports quoted the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority as claiming that diesel […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Rivers State, sitting in Port Harcourt and presided over by Justice Augusta Chukwu has sent 12 suspects to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre. They are accused of being involved in the killing of a female Police Inspector named Christiana Erekere. The suspects, including a groom named Efeoghene Uwheraka, were brought before […]
Continue Reading40-year-old Nigerian lawyer, Abayomi Oladire, was stabbed by his client’s husband while performing his legal duty in the Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. According to the state-owned newspaper, The Hope, the suspect identified as Kunle Kuteyi, used a broken bottle to stab the lawyer for allegedly helping his wife to prepare a […]
Continue ReadingUnited States President, Joe Biden has on Sunday, ended his reelection bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him. The president said he will finish his term and will address the nation later this week. In a move that would give her access to the campaign funds, the Biden-Harris campaign amended filings with the Federal Election Commission to rename […]
Continue ReadingCross River State House of Assembly has called for thorough investigations into the disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Dorcas Paul Ojong, an indigene of the state, servicing in Anambra State. The assembly passed a resolution on Thursday, July 18, 2024, urging the Attorney-General of the federation and the Director-General, National Youth […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice James Omotosho has reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State, months after he was impeached by the state assembly. In the Wednesday judgment, Justice Omotoso declared the impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly as illegal, unconstitutional, null, and […]
Continue ReadingPresident of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero on Thursday gave reasons why the Organised Labour accepted the proposal of N70,000 minimum wage from the President, Bola Tinubu. Ajaero, who spoke to State House reporters after the meeting with the President, said the unions agreed to the offer because of other incentives attached. He […]
Continue ReadingOver 600,000 Nigerians filed for asylum in other countries between 2016 and 2023, which were years under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was Nigerian President from 2015 to 2023 and handed over to President Bola Tinubu who was sworn in on May 29, 2023, after winning in the general elections the same […]
Continue ReadingUnited States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested and charged a Nigerian tech entrepreneur, Kingsley Inegbedion, for his alleged involvement in $1.5m romance scams and business email compromise schemes that witnessed him and an accomplice, Efemena Igbe, who is still at large, posing as legitimate business owners to defraud American citizens between April 2020 […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Bishop Mathew Kukah, the founder of The Kukah Centre (TKC), have attributed political corruption to dishonest poor Nigerians, INEC and other institutions. Mr Ganduje insisted that blaming politicians and public officeholders would not solve the problem of weak institutions in Nigeria. This was stated at a high-level meeting with national […]
Continue ReadingPublisher of Sahara Reporters, activist and Nigerian politician, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the Nigerian government has purchased an Airbus A330 Presidential Jet worth $150 million. According to him, the jet, an A330-200 initially christened VP-CAC was registered as 5N-FGA. He shared a photo of the said jet on his Instagram page, yelesho and wrote: […]
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