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A Facebook user identified as Onoh Chukwuma  reportedly took his own life by ingesting an insecticide allegedly for losing N2.5m to betting Onoh had on his Facebook wall posted a message saying that it was his last day on earth ...

  The Rivers State Government has defended its decision to demolish and rebuild the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex, saying it is due to the structural defects which arose mainly from the recent explosion. He said the fire incident ...

Rivers State Governor Sir Similanayi Fubara has presented the 2024 appropriation bill to the Edision Ehie-led faction of Rivers State House of Assembly. The budget, tagged ‘Rivers of Renewed Hope and Consolidation Appropriation Bill’ was presented to a five-member Assembly led ...

  Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu today, Wednesday, December 13, presented a N2.2 trillion appropriation bill to the House of Assembly as a proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year. The ‘Budget of Renewal’ comprises recurrent expenditure of N1.02 trillion ...

Ondo Assembly confirms Akeredolu’s medical leave notice The Ondo State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it had received a letter from the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, regarding his decision to embark on a medical vacation. Akeredolu is expected ...

  Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has congratulated his predecessor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on the latter’s 56th birthday, amid political tension in the state. In the birthday post shared on Fubara’s X page, the state ...

An 18-year-old lady, Chinasa Odeh, has died during childbirth in Ebonyi State. He demise was announced by her brother-in-law. The teenager was laid to rest on Monday, December 11, at her husband’s compound in Ndulo Amike Izhia in Ohaukwu Local ...

The Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, today, December 13, declared Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as acting governor, following the receipt of the letter from Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on transmitting power He, however, clarified that a constitutional ...

  FIRSTBANK DECEMBERISSAVYBE: ASAKE KICKS OFF 2023 SUPERSTAR CONCERTS, EVENTS   By Bolaji Israel   FirstBank, Nigeria’s premier financial institution, is set to ignite the annual DecemberIssaVybe fun time energy with the sponsorship of heavyweight sensational Nigerian singer, Asake’s super ...

  All Nigerian Senators donate December salaries to victims of Kaduna bombing All the 109 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have donated their December salaries to the victims of the bombing mishap that took place in Kaduna last ...

  Popular photographer d!es in car crash. A popular photographer based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State who is best known as Wildshot, has d!ed in a lone car accident in the Wimpe area of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. ...

HOMECOMING WITH DECEMBERISSAVYBE 2023: FIRSTBANK REINFORCES SUPPORT FOR FAMILY, ENTERTAINMENT AND NATION BUILDING   By Bolaji Israel   December is a month filled with joy, celebration, and reunions. It is a time when families come together, friends reconnect, and the ...

Court jails APC chieftain 1-year for vote buying in Lagos The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced Wahab Hammed, a ward Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Surulere Local Government Area of the state, to ...

Dozens of Hamas terrorists surrendered to Israeli forces Thursday in northern Gaza where IDF soldiers made the militants disrobe their uniforms and strip down to their underwear, according to reports. The group of terrorists was “arrested and interrogated” after they ...

Ogun State Government has announced a N50m reward for anybody who could provide information leading to the arrest of the killers of Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi, the former Director of Finance and Administration attached to Governor Dapo Abiodun’s office, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta ...

A yet-to-be-identified truck collided with a pedestrian bridge in Alapere Estate, Ketu, Lagos, early Friday morning, causing the bridge to collapse The incident occurred around midnight and was first reported by a resident of the estate, Umar-Farouq Ogbe, who shared ...

The Canadian Government has raised its “cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants,” basically for international students, to $20,000 from $10,000 starting from January 1, 2024 This was made known by the country’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marc ...

Employees of the Lagos State Water Corporation are currently in a state of anxiety as the state government sacked 450 casual workers last week Thursday The affected staff members were shocked when they were served with sack letters on Tuesday ...

A teenage girl has shot and killed a fellow pupil in a school in western Russia before shooting herself The attack happened in the city of Bryansk, close to the Ukrainian and Belarusian borders, on Thursday morning. Five people were ...

A group of seven opposition political parties on Wednesday formed a new coalition in a bid to strengthen democracy in the country The movement tagged the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties was formed in Abuja at a meeting attended by ...

The Zamfara State High Court has sentenced one Anas Dahiru to death by hanging for killing his friend because of N100 Dahiru was brought to the court in June 2017 for allegedly stabbing his friend, Shamu Ibrahim, to death . ...

Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone “B”, Kaduna, Chedi Wada, has lamented that smugglers have been using fake presidential number plates to deliver vehicles across the country. According to Wada, they have also been dubiously using such fake number ...

Suspected hoodlums have attacked the Sunshine Stars team bus along the Ore -Benin expressway on Thursday According to a short statement on the club’s official X handle, a ball boy was shot during the incident by the hoodlums. The team ...

A man has admitted sleeping with his ex-lover’s daughter multiple times Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command, have arrested the 35-year-old man, who goes by the name Odewale Akinleye, for allegedly defiling the ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has waved off a protest calling for his resignation, insisting that it was sponsored even though he agreed demonstrations are welcomed in a democratic setting. Earlier in the week, some placard-bearing ...