First Republic minister Mbazulike Amaechi loses wife
Iyom Chinelo Amaechi, wife of the Minister of Aviation in the First Republic, Mbazulike Amaechi, is dead, the family has announced. Amaechi announced the death in a statement in Awka on Tuesday,...
View ArticleDon’t give motivational talks if you live off men — Actress Georgina Onuoha
Nollywood actress, Georgina Onuoha, has cautioned ladies who live off men against giving motivational talks. The actress who recently added a feather to her cap, gave this advice as she took to her...
View ArticleSoludo’s fate uncertain as court declares Umeoji APGA candidate
An Imo State High Court sitting in Owerri has declared Chukwuma Umeoji as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State,...
View ArticleOgun PDP chieftain demands account of N7.3bn spent on roads
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Chief Olumide Aderinokun has asked the state government to give account of the N7.3bn it spent on roads construction and rehabilitation in the...
View ArticleDiri threatens to sack aides engaged in campaigns before 2023
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Wednesday swore in two new Special Advisers. He cautioned his political appointees against early politicking ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying he would...
View ArticleBBNaija S6: Housemates share heartbreak ordeals
One of the highlights of Day four in the Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye house was the heartbreak discussions among housemates. In small groups, the housemates talked about their past relationships,...
View ArticleBlasphemy: Court fixes August 18 for Kano to present charges against cleric
The Upper Sharia Court, Kofar Kudu, Kano State, presided over by Ibrahim Yola, has fixed August 18, 2021, to allow the lawyers representing the state government to present its charges against Sheikh...
View ArticleFlorida Cup: Iwobi shines as Everton beat Pumas UNAM
Everton have defeated Puma UNAM with a penalty-kick shootout in their Florida Cup clash at the Camping World Stadium. In the opening match, Everton got a first-half goal and that was enough to send...
View ArticleCBN orders banks to sell forex to customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered the Deposit Money Banks to set up teller points at designated branches to provide forex to Nigerians. It said this in a circular to all banks titled, Re: Teller...
View ArticleIgboho: Why South-West govs are afraid to speak out -Lawyer
Olasupo Ojo, the Coordinating counsel for Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, has said that some governor’s in South-West are scared to make their positions known on Igboho’s arrest and detention....
View ArticleFG approves N8.5bn for medical research, others
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has approved N8.5 billion naira for the conduct of ground-breaking research in medicine and other areas in 2021, under the National Research Fund,...
View ArticleAgency raises flooding alert as eight countries release water
Eight upstream countries of the River Niger Basin are to start experiencing flooding from August and could release water which flows downstream the basin where Nigeria is located, the Nigeria...
View ArticleImo’s regime of bloodshed, mindless killings by troops leave parents, widows,...
For months that chaos and anarchy reigned in Imo State, unprecedented police and military brutalities that led to alleged extrajudicial killings of unarmed citizens were reported. TESSY IGOMU was in...
View ArticleZulum gives N12.8m to Borno Army recruitment candidates
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has given N12.8m as support for 641 candidates from the state currently at their final stage of recruitment into the Nigerian Army for 2021. Zulum announced...
View ArticleMy son on life support, arrest killer cop, Osun father cries out
Kusamotu Olabomi, the father of Saheed, a motorcyclist that was shot by a riot policeman in Osogbo on Tuesday, has demanded arrest of the cop responsible for the crime. Olabomi, who spoke on Wednesday,...
View ArticleSuspected cultists kill youth president, injure others in Akwa Ibom
Armed youths suspected to be cultists on Tuesday killed the youth President of Atai Ibiaku community in the Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Edet Ibanga, and injured several others. It...
View ArticleRivers approves ban on open grazing, livestock rearing
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved the proposed bill aimed at giving legal backing to the ban on open rearing and grazing of livestock. The approval was made on Wednesday at its meeting at...
View ArticleImo assembly begins eight-week recess
Imo State Assembly on Wednesday, began an eight week long annual recess after approving a motion barring lawmakers from presenting petitions without first going through the Committee on Business and...
View ArticleHamzat Lawal, a Nigerian brand
Many nations of the world boast of their national brands: a niche product they are known for all over the world, and for which they are very proud of. They dream it, make it, sell it, flaunt it....
View ArticleFCT area councils, others share N2bn June allocation
The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Wednesday disbursed a total of N2.6 billion to the six area councils in the FCT and other stakeholders. The amount was the statutory allocation for June...
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