Following a viral video of a woman simply identified as Fatima, who was allegedly murdered in cold blood by elements of the Indigenous People of Biafra, the Presidency, on Wednesday, warned against any knee-jerk reactions, panic, disruption of lives and livelihoods, or even retaliatory violence. In the video, the pregnant woman was seen with...
On Wednesday, the families of passengers kidnapped from the bombed Abuja-Kaduna took to the streets of Kaduna to call for the rescue of their loved ones from the kidnappers’ den. With placards, the protesters called on the Federal Government to ensure the safe release of their family members. Unknown gunmen had attacked the train...
At the 2023 BMI London Awards, Nigerian music sensations Burna Boy and Fireboy DML shone brightly. The pair was one of the artists who received one of the more than 20 tracks that were recognized as the “Most Performed Work of the Year.” The selection included Fireboy’s “Peru” alongside British musician Ed Sheeran and...
Tuesday, cases of malpractice and irregularities discovered during the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, or WASSCE, will be discussed by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Tuesday, WAEC announced the news in a tweet from its X account. The examination body tweeted, “The 76th Meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) to consider...
The verdict of the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal, which was conducted in Abuja, upholding the election of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, was not unexpected, according to the Labor Party in Rivers State. In an interview with Today FM, Gogo Wellington, the publicity secretary for the Labour Party in Rivers, stated that the party would...
Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as cooking gas, now costs 12,500 Naira in Nigeria. According to a market investigation, gas sellers raised the price for 12.5kg from N9,800 to N12,500 late last month. In Abuja, the cost of cooking gas was N11,000 for 12.5kg on average two months ago. The average cost to...
Seun Kuti, a well-known Afrobeats musician, claims that Nigerians nearly ended his career after his incident with a police officer. Recall that Seun was accused of attacking a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge in May 2023. Seun was charged in the Lagos State magistrate’s court and held at the State Criminal Investigation...
Ilebaye Odiniya, nicknamed Baye, the Big Brother Naija All Stars winner, has revealed what she plans to do with her winnings. The reality show’s N120 million grand prize was won on Sunday by Ilebaye, a model who was born in Kogi and competed against five other finalists. After Katung Aduwak, who was born in...
Ekiti Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Saturday counted many blessings from the creation of the state 27 years. The governor, in a broadcast to the people of the state marking the creation on Oct. 1, 1996 and the 63rd Independence Anniversary of Nigeria, noted that there are abundant reasons to justify the celebration. Oyebanji...
The appeal submitted by Labour Party candidate Beatrice Itubo against the proclamation of Simnalaye Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the state’s governorship election in 2023 has been rejected by the Rivers State Governorship Election petition. The All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Tonye Cole, and LP filed a petition, which...
The case submitted by Abdullahi Maidoya, the NNPP’s candidate for governor in the general election of 2023, was dismissed by the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Tribunal on Monday. You might remember that when Abdullahi Sule was declared the victor of the state’s March 18, 2023 governorship election, Maidoya took the governor to court. The...
Beverly Osu, a Nollywood actress, asserts that she was the first person to be referred to as a “video vixen” in Nigeria. When Beverly acquired the moniker “video vixen,” many objected to it, according to Beverly, who appeared in Ice Prince’s 2011 smash song, “Oleku,” music video. Thespian Temisan Emmanuel Ahwieh, also known as...
The planned nationwide indefinite strike by the Organized Labor will now be put on hold. The deal was achieved, according to AIT, following a private meeting on Sunday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja with representatives of the Federal Government. The N25,000 declared by President Bola Tinubu in his Independence Day anniversary broadcast is...
A six-month suspension of the 7.5% Value Added Tax on Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, has been granted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Following a Sunday meeting between the federal government and organized labor, Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this. The trend coincides with the rising price...
Following the recent kidnapping of students from the Federal University in Gusau, Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has called an urgent security meeting. Following the University students’ abduction from their off-campus housing in Sabo Gida hamlet in Bungudu Local Government Area last night, the Emergency Security Council met. Sulaiman Bala Idris, the governor’s spokeswoman,...
According to a report made public on Friday, five accused Russian spies – Orlin Roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Ivan Stoyanov, and Vanya Gaberova – are due to appear in court on espionage-related charges on Tuesday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London, United Kingdom. Between August 2020 and February 2023, the five spies—all of...