There was pandemonium at the entrance of the Court of Appeal, Abuja as staff are barred from accessing the court premises with their vehicles. Security personnel at the entrance said they were directed by the court’s President, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, to lock the entrance gate to prevent staff, who...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja, said the concluded forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was being reviewed, with a view to recovering every kobo that is recoverable, while those found culpable will face the law. Speaking at the virtual...
Grammy award winner Burna Boy electrified fans at the FirstBank Decemberissavybe campaign with a sterling performance at the ‘Burna Boy The Live Experience’. The 30-year-old singer expressed how delighted he was to have relocated back to Nigeria at the concert. The self-claimed ‘African Giant’ performed a catalog of his...
Nigerian international and Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen has again tested positive for COVID-19. The club announced this on Thursday, as preparations towards next month’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon gears up. “Napoli has announced that Victor Osimhen has tested positive for COVID-19 but is asymptomatic. Dr Tartaro...
Footballers playing in China’s national team should remove any existing tattoos and are “strictly prohibited” from getting any new ones, the country’s sports administration body has said. The sport has found itself in the crosshairs of the Communist Party’s purity drive in recent years, and players on the national...
Niger has ordered the expulsion of eight Rwandans linked to the East African country’s 1994 genocide for “diplomatic reasons”, just a month after they were welcomed in the capital Niamey, according to a ministerial order seen by AFP on Wednesday. The order was published after a previous report on...
On December 28, Grammy-nominated artiste, Wizkid headlined this year’s Afrochella Festival at the El Wak Sports Stadium in Accra. The highlight of his performance was when fans who had waited long hours to see him on stage fought over a white towel he threw into the crowd. the Nigerian...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has beefed up security at the car park facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. FAAN disclosed this via a statement issued on Wednesday by its General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu. The agency noted that contrary to social media reports,...
Popular Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye has slammed an online beggar who asked him for N500k. The Twitter user said he needs the money before next year and tagged a number of wealthy men, including Peter Okoye. Responding, Peter said it’s tweets like the one shared by the online beggar...
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday condemned last week’s massacre in Myanmar of more than 30 people, including two Save the Children staff, that was blamed on junta troops. The killings took place on Christmas Eve in eastern Kayah state, where pro-democracy rebels have been fighting the military,...
At least eight people, including two children, died in a shooting in a region of central Mexico plagued by turf wars between rival drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday. Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at homes in the municipality of Silao in Guanajuato state late Tuesday, according to...
The Jigawa State Government has enacted the child protection law that prescribes the death penalty for rapists without the option of life imprisonment. Dr. Musa Adamu, the Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General, disclosed this on Wednesday during an end-of-the-year press briefing in Dutse, the state capital of...
Four Malian soldiers were killed and around a dozen others were wounded when they were attacked in the west of the county, the army said Thursday. Mali’s Armed Forces (FAMA) said the attack occurred late Tuesday in a region of the country where jihadists have attacked soldiers in the...
The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu was carried Thursday into a historic cathedral where he once railed against the white rule to allow South Africans to bid farewell to the anti-apartheid icon. A small bouquet of carnations was placed on top of a simple pine coffin carried by six...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum has approved the redeployment of the state Commissioner for Works, Architect Yerima Saleh to the Ministry of Environment with immediate effect. A statement issued on Thursday by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Usman...
Former Nigerian presidential aide, Reno Omokri is of the opinion that a virgin bride is the only one that is deserving of a full bride price. According to him, the highest valued wife is a wife who is married as a virgin. He shared this thought on his IG...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A lawmaker representing Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Federal Constituency, Hon. Eta Mbora, has launched an empowerment initiative targeted at promoting enterprise, self reliance, job creation as well as boosting agricultural yields. Flagging off the empowerment program, Hon. Mbora said the scheme is based on the peculiar needs...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Bar. Eteng William, has given reasons why the state budget size was increase from N276,279,960,667,35 as presented by the governor Ben Ayade to N54,505,535,313,25 The Speaker, who presided over the Committee of the whole House after...
The Federal Government on Wednesday sympathised with the management of the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja over a fire incident and pledged its readiness to offer possible assistance towards its resuscitation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fire gutted the Next Cash & Carry Supermarket on Sunday...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday evening passed the 2022 budget estimates of N1.758 trillion presented by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The budget was passed at a sitting presided over by the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, sequel to a presentation of the budget report by Mr Gbolahan Yishawu,...