Nigerian singer and song writer, Daniel Anidugbe, a.k.a Kizz Daniel, and Nigeria-America singer, David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido, on Thursday, unveiled the remix of Kizz Daniel’s hit single, ‘Twe Twe’. Mr Christian Agadibe, the Chief Executive Officer of Artmatazz Media, a media company to Kizz Daniel, made this known...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the remand of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), in Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice James Omotosho also ordered one of the lawyers of Ndifon, Mr Sunny Anyanwu, to be remanded in the...
The Ondo State House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of Dr Olayide Adelami as the Deputy Governor of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Wednesday sent the name of Adelami to the parliament for screening and approval. At...
By GRACE TIZA, Abuja – A musical video posted on the social media by an upcoming musician based in Lagos, has come under heavy criticism for debasing Gboko, the traditional headquarters of the Tiv. President of Ior Gboko Foundation (IGF), a non-Governmental Organisation, Dr. Jimmy Ajim, in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – In bid to alleviate poverty and promote self-reliance, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, on Thursday, successfully facilitated National Business Development Empowerment Skill Initiative (NBDSI) for her constituents. The programme, which was hosted by Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency...
Gunmen have killed 10 persons, razed down 10 houses and injured two others in the Jan. 24 attack at Kwahaslalek Community of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Thursday...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Port Command, has intercepted 56.39kg of cocaine and 955kg of Colorado Indica (marijuana) smuggled from South Africa and Canada with street value of N4.3 billion. The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, said this in a media conference on Thursday in...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has attributed the gradual decrease in available generation into the grid to gas constraints to the thermal generating companies, It also said that the decrease has impacted the quantum of bulk power available on the transmission grid, for onward transmission to the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Former lawmaker, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Senator Boluwaji Kunlere, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on whose platform he went to the National Assembly. Kunlere’s resignation is contained in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the party’s chairman in his...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu is not planning to relocate the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from Abuja to Lagos State. Recalled that the federal government had announced the...
The Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Dr Boniface Aniebonam, says the party do not have capacity to win election in Lagos State at the moment. Aniebonam disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while reacting on party’s chances in the forthcoming...
Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, the Director general Obiano campaign organisation in 2013, has expressed sadness over the arraignment of Chief Willie Obiano, immediate past governor of Anambra, over alleged N4 billion fraud. Uzodike, a former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism under Mr Peter Obi who spoke to journalists...
The five suspected persons who allegedly burnt the Rivers House of Assembly on Oct. 29, 2023, were, on Thursday, arraigned at a Federal High Court, Abuja on seven-count charge bordering on terrorism. The five suspects were arraigned before Justice Bolaji Olajuwon by the police in charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/25/2024....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Education Minister, Prof Tahir Mamman has directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) to expedite action towards the completion of the Nuclear Energy Curriculum to enable some Nigerian Universities and the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission as well as Polytechnics to commence the training of Nuclear...
The Rivers Representative on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Chief Tony Okocha, has offered scholarship and free Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination registration to indigent students. Okocha, who is also the Chairman, Rivers APC Caretaker Committee, announced the scholarship award and donation of educational...
A former Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr Anayo Nnebe, has died at age of 61 years, after a brief illness in a federal government hospital in Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the death of Nnebe, also a former Federal legislator,...
Members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP on Wednesday, visited Gov. Seyi Makinde to commiserate with him and people of Oyo State over the Jan. 16 explosion in Ibadan. The BoT led by its chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, met the governor at his office, State Secretariat...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) from withdrawing the security details attached to the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers House of Assembly. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is not recruiting new ad hoc staff for the Feb. 3 rerun and by-elections. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity Department, Mrs Mary Nkem stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
Bodija Estate Residents Association (BERA) on Wednesday in Ibadan said about 10 people were still missing following Jan. 17 explosion in the area. “I think it is now more towards eight and nine persons now, or even 10, whom those in the neighbourhood have talked about,” the Association’s...