Nigerian Afro beat singer, Burna Boy, has taken to social media to respond to his colleague, Davido’s disclosure of the amount of money he used in buying his new land in Banana Island, Lagos State. Recall that Nigerian-American singer, Davido, had earlier on, taken to his official Twitter account...
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Cubana Chief Priest makes it rain cash on American rapper, Rick Ross as Nigerians rush to pick money
Cubana Chief Priest makes it rain cash on American rapper, Rick Ross as Nigerians rush to pick money
Popular American rapper, Rick Ross, no doubt had an unforgettable time in Lagos as he partied with Nigerians for Easter. On the night of April 14, 2022, the music star took to the stage at a show which took place in Eko Hotel for the Easter celebrations. Cubana Chiefpriest makes it rain cash...
The death toll from South Africa’s “unprecedented” floods climbed to 341 on Thursday as helicopters fanned out across the southeastern city of Durban in an increasingly desperate search for survivors. With roads and bridges washed away by freak rainfall this week, rescuers battled to deliver supplies across the city,...
At least 35 people died and 71 were injured in Zimbabwe when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering veered off the road and landed in a gorge, police said Friday. The bus was carrying members of a local Zion Christian Church who were travelling to an Easter...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Manir Dan’Iya, has formally joined the 2023 governorship race to succeed his boss, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Hon. Manir, whose declaration of interest is considered long over due by pundits, is said to be the fourth candidate that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) has fixed April 20, to meet to consider the party’s timetable and schedule of activities for its primaries ahead of the 2023 general election. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Felix Morka, disclosed this in a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has further suspended Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in all 54 additional centres created to facilitate the registration of voters across Imo . Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee,made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Council of States for granting state pardon to former Governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Senator Joshua Dariye and Rev. Jolly Nyame. Dariye and Nyame were serving jail...
The United States has approved the sale of military equipment to Nigeria worth $997 million after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which announced the sale of the helicopters and related defence systems to the Nigerian military on Thursday, said the weapons...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – In a bid to enhance participatory democratic governance and quality service delivery at the local government level in the country, Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), a United Kingdom-funded governance programme, during the week, engaged media executives in Kaduna, to mobilise support for...
As Christians celebrate Good Friday, Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo has urged all Nigerians to use the opportunity to repent and take positive actions toward God and humanity. Badejo made the call in a statement he made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Hamman Madu has been appointed as the new Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) Managing Director by President Muhammadu Buhari. The outgoing MD, Ahmed Dangiwa, took over from Richard Esin, who served in an acting capacity after the tenure of Gimba Ya’u Kumo. The President also approved the reconstitution...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande, has showered encomiums on Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, describing him as one of the ‘brightest boys’ in Yorubaland. Akande described Osinbajo as modest, cerebral, perspicacious, courageous and decent in every...
Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court has ordered the extradition of a Nigerian, Princewill Ugonna Anuebunwa, wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to the United States. Anuebunwa, according to reports, has long been on the FBI list of wanted persons to answer charges bordering on two counts...
The four oil marketers/importers initially fingered by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as being responsible for the importation of the Off-Spec fuel have been exonerated by the House Committee on Petroleum Downstream. The exonerated companies include Duke Oil, MRS Oil and Gas, Oando Oil and Emadeb consortium (Hyde,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The United States Consulates General, Lagos in partnership with the National Commission for Museum and Muniment have spent over $22,000 dollars in an efforts to rebrand the old residency museum library in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Speaking while commissioning the old residency refurbished...
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the PDP, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, unveiled his roadmap to clinch the top post on Friday, saying the magic wand was for the PDP to re-invent itself. Speaking at a consultative meeting with leaders of the PDP from the six geo-political zones...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chief Chris Agara, a close associate of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has finally joined the governorship race for next year general election. Chief Agara, a chieftain of APC and oil magnet, disclosed this at the APC secretariat when he indicated his interest...
Popular Nigerian Saxophonist, Orlando Julius has died at the age of 79. His wife, Latoya Ekemode, confirmed his death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. She said that Orlando Julius passed out in his sleep on Thursday night. “Yes, my husband passed on late...
This Part 2 continues to look at the choice of association. Like the Part 1 of this piece indicated, that any man or woman who does not take the time and trouble to spell out his or her own pathway and destination, will follow along any pathway as dictated...