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Nigeria’s Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has shut down its headquarters in Port Harcourt after the reported death of its Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Chief Ibanga Etang. Etang was said to have died in the early hours of Thursday as he reportedly took ill last week and was taken to the Rivers State University […]
Continue ReadingCanadian rapper, Houdini has died at the age of 21 after he was shot in Toronto. The fast rising rapper was reportedly gunned down on Tuesday evening outside a hotel in the downtown area of the city. Houdini was one of three people taken to hospital with injuries but he was pronounced dead at 6:30 […]
Continue ReadingThe Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Ilufemiloye Telu 1, has said that Black men are still living in ignorance by worshiping the “White man’s God” while demonizing theirs. The monarch said Black men see their gods as destructive spiritual beings who kill, whereas they see the White men’s God as the all merciful […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the redeployment of Edo, Ondo and Oyo State Commissioners of Police. According to reports, eight other CPs were also redeployed in various Commands and Formations, according to a press statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mba. The statement said, “The IGP has […]
Continue ReadingWhen the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, reacted to the allegations of corruption levelled against him, he added a touch of flippancy to the schtick. During a live Instagram interview with the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, Obasa brazenly stated, “money is meant to be spent.” The rest of his […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa State, Bishop Joseph Masin has been kidnapped from his residence in Lafia, the state capital. He was kidnapped on Wednesday. This was disclosed to journalists by the former secretary of the association in the state, Mr Yohanna Samari. Yohanna Samari said: “Unknown gunmen stormed […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has written to Nigerian House of Representatives to request for the approval of fresh external borrowings totalling $5.513bn. In the letter which was read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Thursday, Buhari said the funds were for 2020 budget deficit, financing of critical projects, […]
Continue ReadingAmerican model and John Legend’s wife, Chrissy Teigen is set to say goodbye to her breast implants. The cookbook author revealed on Instagram on Tuesday that her surgery is finally around the corner, months after she publicly revealed that she wanted her implants removed. “Hi hi! So I posted myself getting a covid test on […]
Continue ReadingNigerian radio personality, television host, vlogger, lifestyle entrepreneur and author, Toke Makinwa has taken to her Instagram page to reveal that she’s still a “hopeless romantic” even after all life has thrown at her. She said that she can’t wait to fall “hopelessly and madly in love” again. She added: “I love love, hopefully it […]
Continue ReadingPresident of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has denied all the allegations of wrongdoing leveled against him by some staff of the bank. In January, some staff of the AFDB had accused Adesina of 20 breaches of the bank’s code of conduct, including “unethical conduct, private gain, an impediment to efficiency, preferential treatment, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government says it is thinking of sectionalising classes for primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the country ahead of school reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, stated this on Wednesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. The minister, who faulted […]
Continue ReadingThe younger brother of member representing Ebonyi North-west in the state house of assembly, Victor Aleke, was found dead in his car boot along the Abakaliki/Afikpo expressway. It was gathered that the deceased, Engineer Samuel Aleke, reportedly left his house Saturday evening May 23 and was not seen until the next day when his corpse […]
Continue ReadingThe FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has forfeited her May, 2020 salary to secure the immediate release of five inmates who could not pay for their fines at the Kuje Correctional Service. She made the donation while felicitating with the inmates as part of activities to celebrate this year’s Eid al-Fitr. Aliyu in […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, February 14 1968, during the Nigerian Civil war, the leader of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria, Major-General Yakubu Gowon, inspected a helicopter seized from the Biafran Forces. The helicopter, a 5-seater Bristol Westland aircraft, landed at the then seat of power – Dodan Barracks in Lagos. The Nigerian Civil War was […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has demanded a fresh probe of the president of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, over allegations leveled against him. According to Bloomberg, Adesina was accused by a group of unidentified whistleblowers of handing contracts to acquaintances and appointing relatives to strategic positions at the Abidjan-based lender. However, Le Monde, a French newspaper, reported that the petition […]
Continue ReadingThe comments of a parrot may be used in an upcoming rape and murder trial. Elizabeth Toledo, 46, was raped and then killed in the city of San Fernando, Argentina in December 2018. At the end of the month a police officer was guarding the crime scene when they heard a parrot say “Ay, no, […]
Continue ReadingA newly-married couple is trending on Twitter after their wedding photos were shared online. The wedding reportedly held in Lagos and only a few guests were present in line with social distancing guidelines. However, Twitter users’ attention was drawn to the groom in a wheelchair and his beautiful bride. “That’s true love, Twitter users commented […]
Continue ReadingSoutheast Nigeria Governors Forum has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to revert to their original agreement on community policing in the region. In a communique issued after a meeting on Sunday May 24, the Governors said the police chief did not stick to their initial agreement during his visit to the region. Chairman of the […]
Continue ReadingAmerican singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist, Toni Braxton, 52, took to her Instagram page to show off her banging summer body. The mother-of-two displayed her incredible curves while clad in just her black underwear. The beautiful singer captioned the photo: “Beaches are open and I’m beach body ready… but I’m […]
Continue ReadingMy African brothers and sisters, Today we commemorate the establishment, on May 25, 1963, here in Addis Ababa, of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). It will be exactly 57 years to the day. This date, which is considered as Africa Day, is, like all important celebrations, a moment not only of joy, but also […]
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