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The apex socio-cultural organisation in Igbo land, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the Presidency to jettison the call to name the University of Nigeria Nsukka after Queen Elizabeth University of Nigeria, saying such move can be best for Aso Rock in Abuja or other parts of the North. This was as it stressed that the former […]

An Ebonyi State legislator, Maria Ude Nwachi has advised gospel singer Mercy Chinwo and her husband, Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa, against posting content that shows an unnecessary display of affection on social media. The lawmaker who is representing North-East of the state’s House of Assembly reacted to the viral post of Pastor Blessed giving his new […]

Nigerian internet fraudster Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi, facing trial in the United States of America, has shown moral conduct in prison as he has appealed to the court not to return to Nigeria because of Abba Kyari. It was learnt that the ‘internet celebrity’s’ report card for the Central Valley workshop for prisoners […]

Nollywood actor, Uche Odoputa has taken to Instagram to cry out over his father who remains in kidnappers’ den after four months. The actor shared a photo of his father and lamented that the Imo State Government has done nothing to address insecurity in the state. He wrote: “It’s really very sad and heartbreaking how under the […]

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a suspected child trafficker, Maureen Wechinwu, who claims to be a Reverend Sister and confessed she ‘buys’ the children. The police had, based on intelligence reports, arrested Maureen at her residence in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, and rescued 15 children from her […]

A former minister of sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullah, has said only Nigerians with love for suffering will vote for the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming elections. The former minister, who is the PDP senatorial candidate for Kwara Central, said this while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin. According to him, the APC has failed the […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday denied endorsing the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, in a statement by his spokesman, Luminous Jannamike, faulted a media report that the association had changed its position regarding the same-faith ticket. He said the report was ridiculous, malicious, untrue […]

The federal government has said that it will eliminate all terrorists by December this year. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said this in Abuja yesterday during a joint security press conference with the Ministers of Defence, Information and Police Affairs as well as the Chief of Defence Staff. Aregbesola said: “Nigerians have the assurance […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has knocked the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for what attempting to divert attention from the main issues of the failures of the APC government by making derogatory remarks on the opposition PDP.  In a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the […]

Nigerian sprinter Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha has been provisionally suspended for the use of banned substances by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Nwokocha, 21, ran the anchor leg in Birmingham last month as Nigeria beat England and Jamaica to take gold. She was part of the winning quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, and Rose Chukwuma who […]

The Federal Government has reacted to a viral video showing stranded Nigerians at an airport in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The video had suggested the Nigerians had been denied entry into the UAE despite possessing valid visas. In a statement signed by a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Francisca Omayuli, the government said the […]

Nigeria now has about 20 million out-of-school children, according to the latest global data on out-of-school children by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). UNESCO, which says a new and improved methodology was used to arrive at the latest figures, said there are “244 million children and youth between the ages of 6 and […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened to assist the Peoples’ Democratic Party lose the 2023 presidential election. Wike, who is having a running battle with Senator Iyioricha Ayu, National Chairamn of the PDP, said this at the commissioning of a road in Omerelu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers, on Thursday. The governor […]

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has dropped a hint for one to know if initiated into witchcraft. The popular thespian who is famous for some of his roles as an occult member in the Nigerian movie industry shared with his friends and fans some pointers that can indicate that they have become a member of the […]

There are indications that despite the insistence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to continue its lingering strike, the Federal Government is set to reopen universities. According to sources in the Federal Ministry of Education, the academic staff are not the only set of workers in the university system and since non-academic staff […]