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December 1 deadline: Get Vaccinated If You Love Your Job, Nigerian Government Tells Workers

Ahead of the December 1 deadline for the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal civil servants, the Federal Government has warned employees who love their jobs to go and get vaccinated.   Despite criticisms that have trailed the directive, which was first announced in September, the Federal Government, on Monday, insisted that its decision was in the best […]

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Let’s Train Nigerian Policemen How To Handle Protest Without Guns, Germany Tells FG

The German government has asked the Federal Government to release at least 30,000 Nigeria Police personnel for special training in Germany on how to manage protests among Nigerians without using weapons. A high-level delegation from Germany, which visited the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, specifically said it was willing to train […]

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Veteran Comic Actor, Baba Suwe Is Dead

Veteran Nigerian comic actor, Babatunde Omidina fondly referred to as Baba Suwe is dead. The news of his death was confirmed by the president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan also known as Mr Latin. It was gathered that the actor died yesterday. In an exclusive interview with […]

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If Your Phone Rings In Church, You Are A Poor Man – Pastor Ibiyeomie 

Pastor David Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has said that those whose phones ring inside the church are poor. The cleric reportedly said this while addressing his congregants on Sunday. According to PM News, Ibiyeomie said that wealthy people switch off their phones and concentrate fully during service. “Anyone whose phone rings […]

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Nigerian Professor Arrested For ‘Defiling’ Gateman’s Daughter (Photo)

Professor Felix Anyaegbulam of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a minor. According to the the police, the Professor of Geophysics has admitted to the crime. The state Police spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah, told journalists that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Aliyu Garba, has ordered discreet investigation […]

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Davido Gave Out Money, While Pastors Use Offering To Buy Rolls Royce – Daddy Freeze

Nigerian media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has compared Nigerian pastors with Nigerian Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, who gave out his birthday monetary gift meant for a Rolls Royce. According to him, pastors who are regarded as spiritual father  receive money through offering meant for the needy and use […]

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Buhari Has Borrowed ‘Destinies’ Of Nigerians Away — Archbishop Odutemu

The Archbishop of Bendel Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Cyril Odutemu, weekend, lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Government has borrowed the destinies present and future generations of Nigerians away. Odutemu who stated this in a sermon at the funeral service of Mama Hannah Victoria Macaulay, mother of erstwhile […]

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My Husband, Olu Jacobs Has Dementia, Joke Silva Opens Up

Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has revealed that her husband, and Veteran actor, Olu Jacobs, is living with dementia. Dementia is a general term for loss of memory, language, problem-solving and other thinking abilities that are severe enough to interfere with daily life. In a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, Silva said her husband had been living […]

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Nigerian Senator Slumps, Dies In Abuja

A former governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko, is dead. The Ode-Ekiti-born politician was said to have died on Saturday  after he collapsed in his office in Abuja. According to Television Continental, he was rushed to a hospital where he passed on. TVC reported that one of Aluko’s aides who spoke on condition of anonymity told Radio Nigeria that […]

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It Is Time To Start Treating Africa As Major Geopolitical Player – US

The United States government believes now is the time for major geopolitical players across the world to start treating Africa as one of them. U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Antony Blinken, stated this on Friday while addressing members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja. “United States firmly believes that it […]

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Again, Emirates Suspends Flights To Nigeria

Dubai’s flagship carrier, Emirates, has yet again announced a suspension of flights to and from Nigeria until November 30. The airline in a statement on its website said customers who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the last 14 days will not be permitted on any Emirates flights bound for Dubai. “Affected flight bookings […]

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EndSARS: Those Behind Leaked Report Seek To Unleash Further Misery On Lagos, Says APC

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress says the leaked report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters is an attempt to unleash further misery on the state. APC spokesman in the state, Seye Oladejo, disclosed this via a statement issued on Thursday. […]

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More Nigerian Youths Committing Su*cide — Reps

The House of Representatives Thursday urged the Ministry of Health to devise a strategy to address the underlying mental health factors causing rising cases of suicide in the country. It also sought a review of the mental health laws to strengthen mental healthcare services to Nigerians to reduce the rate of suicide. This followed the […]

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Ogun Assembly Orders Nollywood Actor’s Arrest For Parading Self As Monarch

The  Ogun State House of Assembly has ordered security agencies to arrest a Nollywood star, Goriola Hassan, for allegedly parading himself as the Oba-elect of Imobi in the Ijebu-East Local Government Area of the state. The Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, during plenary on Thursday ordered that Hassan should be arrested and presented to the Assembly within […]

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Comedian Cute Abiola, Not Missing, In Our Custody – Nigerian Navy

The Nigerian Navy spokesperson, Suleiman Dahun, has clarified that popular comedian, Ahmed Gafar, popularly known as Cute Abiola, who was declared missing, is in naval custody. The Instagram comedian, who is also naval personnel, was declared missing by his colleague, Mr Macaroni, on Monday. Mr Macaroni shared the news on his official Twitter account and attached […]

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Four Dead, Others Trapped As Another Building Collapses In Lagos

Four persons have died and five others rescued as a building under construction collapsed in the Badagry area of Lagos State on Wednesday. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the figures in an update. “Nine Casualties who were construction workers were recorded of which five adult males were rescued and taken to the […]

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Super TV CEO’s Murder : How I Recorded Conversation With Chidinma – Witness

The security guard at the apartment where the murdered Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Michael Ataga, was found has narrated to the court how he recorded his conversation with Chidinma after the incident. Chidinma, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, was accused of killing Ataga. The undergraduate and two others, […]

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EndSARS Report: We Look Forward To Response From FG, Lagos — US

The United States of America has said it welcomes the final report by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the EndSARS protests of October 2020. The panel’s report was submitted in a brief ceremony at the Lagos State Government House, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday. According to the report, no fewer than nine EndSARS […]

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