The Chairman of Air Peace, Dr Allen Onyema, has offered a free London Business Class return ticket to Pelumi Nubi, for driving from London to Lagos. Onyema, hosting Nubi on Monday in Lagos, commended her for making Nigeria proud. Recall that the 28-year old Nigeria-British citizen and travel...
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Ahead of the April 27 Local Government election in Oyo State, Gov. Seyi Makinde, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the best option among other political parties in the state. Makinde said this on Monday in Ido town, Ido Local Government Area, where he attended...
A mammoth crowd of supporters, on Monday, welcomed Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State to Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state during his visit to solicit support for his re-election bid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aiyedatiwa visited Okitipupa town to meet...
When former President Macky Sall shook hands and handed the mantle of leadership to his successor President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s 5th, and youngest, on the 2nd of April 2024, he might have wondered what could have been, the “what ifs” and “if onlys.” After serving as Prime Minister and...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been suspended by members of his ward, the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. The Executive Council of Ganduje Ward led by Haruna Gwanjo disclosed this during a press briefing...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) High Court on Monday dismissed an application by a former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye inviting some legal luminaries to hear his case on alleged infractions in the Mambilla Hydroelectric plant. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has fully restored the national grid after Monday’s fire incident at the Afam power generating station in Rivers State. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs...
An Ikeja High Court has adjourned the trial of Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto who was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N4.8 billion fraud, until May 27. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oyindamola Ogala...
What happened with Bobrisky just shows you the savviness of Nigeria compared to other nations and the intellectual response to governing on display by the current administration. The Nigerian government obviously wanted to clamp down on the trending cross-dressing culture in Nigeria. But the government was also aware...
Anyim Vera, the lady who was accused of giving false testimony by the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, Paul Eneche, on Sunday, April 14, has broken her silence. On Sunday, April 14, Vera came on the altar to share her testimony of how God made...
An Ado-Ekiti High Courta has sentenced 22-year old Femi Dipo to 27 years imprisonment for breaking into three boutiques and stealing N200,000 cash, clothes, perfumes and other items. The convict, whose address was not given, was arraigned before Justice Blessing Ajileye on July 19, 2022 on a five...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has handed over motorcycles to security agencies to combat crime in hard-to-reach areas in the territory. Wike handed over the motorcycles to the six Area Councils of the FCT and security agencies in Abuja on Monday. The...
Police in Oyo State are on the trail of sponsors of Yoruba nation agitators who invaded government secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday. The agitators invaded the Oyo State House of Assembly complex located inside the secretariat and hoisted their flag there in an attempt to take over...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, tendered electoral documents against the petition by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, challenging the election victory of Gov. Usman Ododo. INEC’s counsel, Uchenna Njoku, who held the brief of Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, tendered the...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflationgf rate increased to 33.20 per cent in March 2024. The NBS said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for March, which was released in Abuja on Monday. According to the report, the figure is...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As Nigeria marks 10 years since the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls in the Northeast, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for action to secure children’s education in Nigeria. It also said that 90 girls remain in captivity, and the country...
Chief Olufunke Arthur-Worrey, a 96-year old former President of the Lions club, has said that the subsisting crave of Nigerian youths seeking greener pasture abroad, otherwise known as “Japa’’, is uncalled for The Nonagenarian who relocated with her family from England to Nigeria in 1960, stated this in...
Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a special military task force maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, has dismissed the allegation that its soldiers shot innocent civilians in the recent attacks in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau. The Media Officer of the operation, Maj. Samson Zhakom, denied the allegation...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – In a series of successful operations, Nigerian Army troops deployed for Counter- terrorism Counter- insurgency operations in Taraba and Benue States have made significant strides in disrupting terrorist activities. Confirming the incident in a statement on Monday in Abuja, the Director Army Public Relations,...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded plans for the successful conduct of the 2024 Unified Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to hold between Friday, 19th April, 2024, and Monday, 29th April 2024, in over 700 CBT centres nationwide. JAMBULLETIN released on Monday recalled that 1, 985,...