Amid the marriage crisis rocking the Idibia’s home, Nigerian music legend, Tuface Idibia has left Nigeria for the United States of America, USA. According to a source, Tuface left after he got into a serious fight with Annie on Tuesday night. The source who pleaded anonymity but very close...
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The Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar (Unical), Prof. Florence Obi, has commended the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) for its fight against uncensored and unclassified films in Nigeria. Obi gave the commendation on Wednesday when the Executive Director/CEO of NFVCB, Mr Adedayo Thomas, visited her at the...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it is winning the war against smuggling in Katsina State. Controller of the NCS, Katsina Area Command, Mr Dalha Wada-Chedi, told newsmen in Katsina on Wednesday that Customs Service had so much reduced smuggling in the state that it recorded low seizure...
The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), FCT chapter, says its monthly Stakeholders Forum/Unity Concert and Lecture will promote youths talent discovery and empowerment. Chioelo Ojirika, popularly known as “Chiboy D” Black, Chairman, Stakeholders Forum/Unity Concert and Lecture, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
Governorship aspirant in Ekiti, Mr Kayode Ojo, has advised youths not to allow themselves to be used by politicians ahead of the 2022 governorship election in the state. Ojo made the call on Wednesday, while unveiling his Media Team headed by Alhaji Deji Ayelabowo, a seasoned journalist and former...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), tracking projects around the country, has recovered an 11KVA generator valued at about N6. 7 million naira meant for a Primary Healthcare Centre, Ohita, in Ogbaru Federal Constituency of Anambra. The ICPC, who made the discovery during the ongoing...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed terrorism charges against two detained aides of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho. The charges were filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja after over two months since the secret police arrested and detained the two...
A 57- year-old trader, Mrs Chima Udemi, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday that husband, Tobechukwu, was an unrepentant adulterer who has slept with her sister. Udemi, responding to a suit filed by Tobechukwu, who had accused her of Infidelity. “Tobechukwu is a serial womaniser, he...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Federal Government’s school feeding proramme has created 14,000 jobs in Niger State within two years of implementation. Mrs Amina Gu’ar, Focal Person of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in Niger, made this known while addressing newsmen in Minna on the activities and...
An oil and gas expert, Mr Wilson Opuwei, says the recent declaration of profit after tax of N287 billion for the year 2020 by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will boost investor confidence in the oil and gas sector. Opuwei, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Dateline...
The Borno State Government says it has initiated process to restock the Sanda Kyarimi Zoo in Maiduguri, to encourage zoological development and attract visitors. Mr Solomon Jidiayi, Head of Wildlife, Borno State Ministry of Environment, stated this while reaponding to questions during a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has expressed the state government’s appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari recognizing it as one of the Oil-producing states. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Onogwu Muhammed, said governor bello...
The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) has called on the Federal Government to assist business owners in the tourism industry, to reduce the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Nkereuwem Onung, National President of FTAN, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Sudan summoned Ethiopia’s ambassador to Khartoum to inform him that 29 corpses found on the banks of a river abutting Ethiopia were those of Ethiopian citizens from the Tigray ethnic group, Sudan’s foreign ministry said. It said in a statement late on Tuesday that the ambassador had been summoned...
The economic diversification of Anambra will receive top priority in my administration when elected on Nov. 6, Sen. Andy Uba, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared. He made this known on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in his Uga...
The police in Adamawa have arrested a 19-year-old woman, Rumasa’u Muhammed, of Wuro Yanka Village in Shelleng local government area for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, Police Spokesperson in the state, confirmed the incident on Wednesday in Yola. ”The suspect was arrested on Monday for...
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the efforts of Libyan Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah to maintain the integrity and unity of the country’s National Oil Corporation (NOC). “UNSMIL further welcomes the decision by the NOC to integrate all employees of the parallel corporation with...
At least two people were killed and five others injured by a household gas blast in a local suburb on Wednesday, RIA Novosti news agency reported. The second, third and part of the fourth floors of a nine-story residential building collapsed during the explosion in the town of Noginsk,...
It is no longer news that across the globe, there exists persistent call on nations, regions and continents to shift toward more varied structure of domestic production and trade as it is not only a strategy to encourage positive economic growth and development but with a view to increasing...