Diamond Celebrities

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his good offices and leadership position to urgently review and rescind the reported approval for security agencies to access people’s personal details via NIN-SIM linkage without due process of law. The appeal was contained in a letter dated February 5, 2022, and […]

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is in a hurry to develop Nigeria. Lawan made the remarks on Saturday while on a visit to Kwara State to witness the launch of the 2022 Empowerment Programme of Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar who is representing Kwara North. The event which […]

Nigeria’s Power generation has dropped by 1,320 megawatts, MW, following a fire, which occurred at Egbin Power Plant, Africa’s largest thermal plant. The incident, which took place on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, this week, has culminated in the temporary shutdown of the station, thus worsening the power supply in the nation. However, the management of […]

A former street hawker, Jeremiah Ekuma is set to return to school as the Ebonyi State University reinstated his admission, which he had missed due to lack of funds. Ekuma’s story changed after he was caught on camera passing money to the occupants of a prison bus in Lagos in January. On his official Instagram […]

The management of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, has banned students from driving private vehicles on campus. The ban was contained in a press statement issued Tuesday by the Registrar, Dr. Acho Elendu. The action is believed to be part of efforts to avoid an ostentatious show of affluence or flagrance display of ill-gotten […]

Senator Rochas Okorocha says President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to take on the case he has with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He said this on Thursday while responding to questions from State House reporters after a closed door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The former Governor of Imo […]

There was tension at the Shehu of Borno palace in Maiduguri when a yet-to-be-identified policeman gunned down Donatus Vonkong, a Warrant Officer of the Nigerian Army attached to the Operation Hadin Kai. Multiple sources confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, on Wednesday, saying the policeman was under the influence of alcohol. The development caused pandemonium […]

The Senate on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to evolve and implement holistic reforms in the Nigerian Police Force. It believes employing more able-bodied personnel, injecting more financial resources for the purpose of procuring arms, ammunition, and other policing gadgets, as well undertaking regular training will ensure efficient policing in the country. This formed part […]

The Catholic Church in Nigeria has said as an institution it will not endorse candidates in the coming 2023 general elections. It, however, said it encouraged its members to register, participate in party politics, contest and vote in elections. The church also condemned the delay in signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The Priest in […]

The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the members of IPOB, to avail themselves in the ongoing peacemaking process. This was Kanu’s stand as revealed to newsmen in Owerri, on Monday by his lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor after they had visited Kanu last Thursday at the Department of […]

The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to stop landlords in the Federal Capital Territory from demanding advance payment of one-year rent from their tenants. The legislation is titled, ‘A bill for an Act to Regulate the mode of Payment of Rent on Residential Apartments, Office Spaces, etc, in the FCT and […]

Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has said there is nothing like police brutality in Nigeria. According to him, what is referred to as police brutality is a situation where youths are brutalising youths, because the policeman accused of brutality is also a young person and his actions are borne out of frustration. […]

The Federal Government Sunday asked the youth to use its empowerment scheme to employ themselves. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, according to a statement by the ministry’s spokesman, Charles Akpan, said this at the weekend in Awka, Anambra State, during the ministry’s empowerment scheme for 3,000 youths. “The era where beneficiaries leave […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians of a new high-risk, critical and text messages-based malware, TangleBot, infecting Android mobile devices. TangleBot employs more or less similar tactics as the recently-announced notorious FlutBot SMS Android malware that targets mobile devices, the commission said in a statement on Saturday. “TangleBot equally gains control of the […]

Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has travelled out of the country to rest after weeks of going around the country to seek support for his 2023 presidential aspiration. A source in the former governor’s camp told Punch that Tinubu travelled out “to see his family” and also to rest and see his […]