The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said a runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos State is being shut for eight weeks to carry out maintenance work. In a tweet on Monday, the ...
Read More »I’ve Never stolen Govt Money — El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has challenged his predecessors in the State to come out and swear thart they have never pilfered the state treasury. He said in an interview in Hausa monitored on a local TV and ...
Read More »Why our ICT director was redeployed before 2023 elections – INEC
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has justified the transfer of its director in charge of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Chidi Nwafor, who was transferred a few months before the 2023 general elections. Following the failure of INEC to ...
Read More »CBN okays old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes as legal tender
THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had restored the old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes as Legal tender in the country. The CBN said it took the action “In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court orders ...
Read More »Group raises alarm over plot to instigate anti Igbo crisis in Lagos
THE Cultural Credibility Development Initiative, CCDI, a think tank, has raised alarm over the premeditated plan to cause a violent crisis against the Igbos in Lagos state through disinformation and misinformation. Goddy Uwazurike, President General of the group, who ...
Read More »Tinubu did not win 2023 election, INEC declared wrong winner, Peter Obi insists
PETER Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has insisted that he won the election in which Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress was declared winner. Speaking on the Morning Show of ...
Read More »Appeal Court reserves judgement on Osun governorship appeal
THE Appeal Court on Monday, reserved judgement to decide on the case by Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the decision of an election petition tribunal which nullified his victory in the Osun governorship election. A three-member panel led by Justice ...
Read More »UK To Give France £500m To Sort Out Migrant Crisis
Britain will give France nearly half a billion pounds over the next three years to step up efforts to prevent small boats from crossing the Channel. Rishi Sunak has committed to sending Paris £478 million – 541m euros – ...
Read More »Panic In Apete Over Armed Robbery Attack
Scores of residents of the Olomo community in Apete, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, are currently in panic over the invasion by some armed robbers. Apete is one of the communities in the Ido Local Government Area in Oyo State. ...
Read More »South African Singer Costa Titch Dies On Stage During Live Performance
South African musician and dancer, Costa Titch is dead. Titch, whose name is Costa Tsobanoglou, reportedly collapsed while performing at the Ultra music festival on Saturday. The news of Titch’s death was confirmed by entertainment commentator Phil Mphela on ...
Read More »Gunmen Attack Abuja Estate, Abduct Nine Residents
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed an attack on Grow Homes Estate along Kuchibiyi in the Kubwa area of the nation’s capital by gunmen yet to be identified. According to reports, the gunmen numbering about 20, had ...
Read More »LP’s Rhodes-Vivour Alleges Assassination Attempts On His Life
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the March 18 election Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has alleged death threats and assassination attempts on his life. Rhodes-Vivour, better known as GRV, stated this on Sunday when he appeared on Arise Television. The ...
Read More »Presidential Election: Court Sends Two PDP Chieftains To Prison Over N142m Bribe Scam
Two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bauchi State, Aminu Umar Gadiya and Saleh Hussaini Gamawa have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Bauchi and sentenced to two years imprisonment for offences that bordered on conspiracy ...
Read More »‘I Wish I Never Left’ – Willian Regrets Departing Chelsea For Arsenal
Fulham forward Willian has admitted that he regrets leaving Chelsea for Premier League rivals Arsenal back in 2020. The Brazilian spent seven years at Stamford Bridge, winning two Premier League titles, the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League, ...
Read More »Desmond Elliot Couldn’t Buy Power Bank Before Now – OAP Do2dtun Reacts To Transformer Donation
A Nigerian on-air personality, Kayode Ojuolape Oladotun, popularly known as Do2dtun has reacted to the recent donation of transformers by the Lagos lawmaker representing the Surulere I constituency at the State legislature, Desmond Elliot a few days before the election. ...
Read More »Neymar ‘Happy’ But Return Uncertain After Surgery – PSG
Doctors are still not certain when Brazilian striker Neymar will be able to return to play despite a successful ankle operation in a Qatari hospital, a Paris Saint-Germain medical chief said on Saturday. The French club said before Friday’s ...
Read More »Bomb Kills 1, Injures 8 At Press Award Event In Afghanistan
A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists, as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast came two days after a ...
Read More »Fresh FM Staff Dies While Trekking To Office
A popular presenter with Ibadan-based private radio station, Fresh FM Nigeria, popularly known as Baba Bintin, has been reported dead after he slumped on his way to the radio station for his programme on Saturday morning. As gathered by ...
Read More »Hilda Dokubo Emerges Rivers LP Acting Chair
The Labour Party has appointed Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, as the new acting chairman of the River State chapter of the party days to the governorship and state assembly elections rescheduled for March 18. A statement signed by ...
Read More »Buhari Hails Nigerian Professor Who Won $300k History Prize
President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed Saheed Aderinto, the US-based Nigerian professor, who won the Dan David history prize of $300,000. Aderinto, a professor of History and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University, is the first Nigerian to win ...
Read More »Sharon Stone Says Acting S*x Role Cost Her Custody Of Her Son
Sharon Stone, the ace American actress, has opened up on how she lost custody of her four-year-old child in 2004 for taking up a s*x role in a movie. The film star, during a chat with Bruce Bozzi on ...
Read More »Racism: Seplat CEO Steps Aside After Court Order
The Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy Plc, Roger Brown has stepped down following the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos. Brown is to stop parading himself as the CEO, pending the determination of a suit filed ...
Read More »Lagos BRT Driver In Train Crash Begs For Forgiveness
Oluwaseun Osinbajo, the driver of the Lagos State Government staff bus that was involved in the incident that led to a train colliding with the bus at the PWD/ Shogunle railway line, on the Agege motor road in Lagos, ...
Read More »Generator Fumes Kill 5 Month-Old-Baby & Mother
Tragedy struck in Owo, Ondo state, weekend, as a five-month-old baby and mother were reportedly killed by generator smoke they inhaled overnight. Reports had it that the family purchased the generator on Monday and it caused their death on ...
Read More »Obi Stopped North From Retaining Power – Wike
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has described the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the hero of the just-concluded election. He said his active participation stopped the North from retaining power after President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike spoke during ...
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