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Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has gifted the Super Eagles N10 million for winning their first match against Egypt and promised a further N50 million if they lift the AFCON trophy. Onyema, who made the pledge in Garoua, Cameroon, while speaking to the Super Eagles during half time, promised to give N10 million […]

At least two children and a woman were killed after a church collapsed during a service on Tuesday evening in Asaba, the capital of Nigeria’s southern Delta state, police have confirmed to the BBC. Rescue used an excavator until the early hours of Wednesday to dig through the rubble to find survivors. Delta state police […]

The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on microblogging site, Twitter, seven months after it suspended the social media platform in Nigeria.  This was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi. “The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) directs me […]

Former Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that money will fail politicians during the 2023 elections. She stated this on her Twitter handle while reacting to Bola Tinubu’s Presidential declaration. ”Money will fail in the 2023 elections. Mark my word,” she tweeted.

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State says many people who do not have cars have been asking for updates on a flyover bridge being constructed by his administration. The governor said this in a recent interview that he granted to a radio station. The presenter had asked him why it had taken so long to […]

Chief Ernest Shonekan, who headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, has died. He died on Tuesday, January 11, at a hospital in Lagos. The news of his death was confirmed to Channels Television by the Ogun State government. President Buhari has directed that the national flag be flown at […]

The race to clinch the All Progressives Congress’ presidential ticket for 2023 became more competitive on Tuesday after Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi and Senator Orji Kalu publicly declared their ambitions. Their declarations came barely 24 hours after APC chieftain and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, indicated his interest to become Nigeria’s next […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the only party that can rescue Nigeria from its present state of insecurity and economic woes. Diri, who spoke on Monday when the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike visited him in Yenagoa, said the chances of PDP to produce the […]

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition, and that nothing stops a kingmaker from becoming a king. Tinubu said this in an interactive session with State House Correspondents after meeting the president at Aso Rock on Monday. Fielding questions from […]

THE Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, on an […]

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the country was in the process of being reborn. He made the point at the interdenominational Church Service to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the National Christian Centre, Abuja. According to the Vice President, the battle against insecurity and other criminalities threatening the country’s […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked President Mohammadu Buhari to reconsider his stance on the release of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group said Buhari was about making a mistake capable of adversely affecting Nigeria, if he failed to free Kanu. The President had promised a delegation of Igbo elders of […]

In the same week that President Muhammadu Buhari claimed that Nigerians are more secure under his administration than that of his predecessor, at least 218 people were killed by non-state actors across the country. The president in an interview on Channels television insisted that his administration had largely succeeded in tackling the country’s security woes. The president’s […]

General overseer of the Rapture Proclaimer Evangelistic Church (RAPEC) in Ota Ogun state, Evangelist Olufunmilayo Adebayo popularly known as Mummy G.O says most of the viral videos about her are not real and have been edited. Mummy G.O shot into limelight after viral videos and memes of her surfaced on the internet. In the videos, […]