Fayemi disbands Boards, dismisses more Officials
Adebayo Adenrele Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has dissolved all Boards and Commissions in the State. This is contained in a circular made available to the Press in Ado…
Serena Williams to retire from tennis
Gloria Ogbu United States tennis champion, Serena Williams, announced on Tuesday that ‘the countdown has begun’ to her retirement from the sport. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam winner, added that…
Ekiti, Ondo suffering from bad roads, fix them – Minister urges Fashola
Gloria Ogbu The Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, has urged the Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to expedite action on the commencement of the…
Old age is a blessing, stop mocking Tinubu – Yul Edochie cautions critics
Gloria Ogbu Nollywood actor and director, Yul Edochie has cautioned Nigerians mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu’s health status and age to desist from…
Islam is against BBNaija, says MURIC
Gloria Ogbu The Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola has reacted to the action of BB Naija Level Up Muslim housemate Khalid following his sexual gymnastics session with…
JUST IN: Nigerian Army arrests principal suspects of Owo attack
Adebayo Adenrele The defence staff, in a joint force with Armed Forces, the Department of Security Services (DSS) and the police have arrested the principal suspects linked to the terror…
Lagos-Ibadan traffic: Hoodlums create tunnel, extort motorists
Hope James The worsening traffic at the Longbridge, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway due to ongoing construction has created an avenue for touts to make money. According to…
We have been cut off from major highways, Lekki residents cry out
Hope James Residents and road users of Orchid Road, Lekki, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos state, have continued to cry out to the state government over the deplorable…
Weep not, Kayode
By Segun Dipe “But among you, it will be different, whoever wants to be a leader among you must first be your servant.” -Mathew 20:26. The title of this piece…
FCT Police arrests Kidnapper using teen’s Phone to negotiate ransom
Adebayo Adenrele The Operatives of Federal Capital Territory Police Command has apprehended a suspected kidnapper identified as Ibrahim Tunbow, who uses a phone belonging to a 17-year-old boy in the…
Buhari appoints Lamido as Executive Commissioner of Petroleum Commission
Adebayo Adenrele President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muhammad Sabo Lamido as the new Executive Commissioner, Finance and Accounts, for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to replace the former commissioner…
BBNaija: Adekunle emerges HOH, retains immunity for level one as housemates swap houses
Hope James Big Brother Naija season 7 housemate, Adekunle, has emerged as the Head of House (HoH) for week three of the season. This was announced after the Big Brother…
Director of Blood Sisters, Biyi Bandele is dead
Hope James Biyi Bandele, who was a co-director of the Nigerian movie series, Blood Sisters, a Nigerian novelist, playwright, and director of Half of a Yellow Sun, is dead. His…
Commonwealth Games: Buhari to host team Nigeria
Gloria Ogbu The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has assured members of the historic Team Nigeria contingent to the 2022 Commonwealth Games of a presidential reception. The…
ASUU Strike: NANS to engage Ngige, Adamu over ASUU demands
Gloria Ogbu The National Association of Nigerian Students is set to engage the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over alleged reports that…
Insecurity: Amotekun intercepts 168 suspected invaders in Ondo
Gloria Ogbu Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun, have intercepted another 168 suspected invaders with dangerous charms in two trucks. This came barely three…
Kwara Court remands teen for raping minor
Adebayo Adenrele A 15-year-old boy, who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old girl at Oro-Ago has been remanded by the Kwara State Juvenile Court, in the Ifelodun Local Government…
Pastor Adeboye clues in Successor, as RCCG gets new Overseer
Adebayo Adenrele The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has declared further reforms in the church and effected retirements of top clerics including…
Impeachment: Senators woke up from the wrong side of the bed, says Gen Haruna, Fmr Fed Commissioner
Adebayo Adenrele The former federal Commissioner for Information and Culture, Major General Ibrahim Bata Haruna has described the Senators who champion the impeachment move of President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘people…
Kizz Daniel arrested in Tanzania for missing paid concert
Gloria Ogbu Singer and songwriter, Oluwatobiloba Daniel, aka Kizz Daniel, has been allegedly arrested in Tanzania after failing to show up for a paid concert in the country. According to…
Ex-Govs Dariye, Nyame released from prison
Gloria Ogbu Former Governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame have been released from Kuje Prison where they were serving various jail terms for sundry offences…
Be security alert, Bishops tell Africans
Adebayo Adenrele The synod of Bishops, under the symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and led by His Eminence Philippe Cardinal Quedraogo, have urged all Africans to…
Nigerians chose Shettima for me, says Tinubu
Adebayo Adenrele The Presidential flagbearer of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the choice of Kashim Shettima as his running mate is neither on the…
Labourer bags 10 months in prison for stealing door frames
Gloria Ogbu A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old labourer, Umar Adamu, to ten months imprisonment for stealing three doors frames worth N45,000. Adamu,…
Complete list of team Nigeria’s medal winners in 2022 Commonwealth Games
Gloria Ogbu At the end of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the UK, on Sunday, August 7, Team Nigeria amassed 12 Gold, nine Silver and 14 Bronze medals, bringing the…
Our fight against insecurity yielding results – Plateau Military
Hope James The Military task force in charge of maintaining peace in Plateau State has said that its fight against bandits in the state is yielding positive results. Speaking with…
Beauty will work on managing emotions – Brother
Hope James Kwayi Tukura, brother of Big Brother Naija season 7 ex-housemate, Beauty, has notified the public that his sister will work on managing her emotions. Beauty was on Sunday…
Bakers to increase price of bread over cost of materials
Hope James Bakers, under the umbrella of the Premium Bread Makers Association of Nigeria, have warned of yet another hike in prices of bread due to the skyrocketing cost of…
Dauda has never thought of defecting to APC – Zamfara PDP gov running mate cries out
Gloria Ogbu The Zamfara State deputy governorship candidate under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, Malam Mani, has debunked rumours that the party’s standard bearer in the state, Dauda…
Soldiers comb forests for killers of LAUTECH student
Gloria Ogbu Soldiers attached to the Joint Security Task Force in Oyo State codenamed Operation Burst and personnel of the Amotekun Corps have started combing forests in the Surulere Local…
Police kill ex-convict, accomplice caught robbing in Lagos
Hope James Men of the Lagos State Police Command have gunned down and killed two robbery suspects allegedly terrorising residents of Apapa, Ajegunle, and their environs. A closed circuit television…
Gunmen kill three, abduct scores in Taraba
Gloria Ogbu Unknown gunmen have reportedly attack and killed three persons while scores were reportedly abducted by the attackers in Bali town, the headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of…
ECOWAS suspends staff recruitment over malpractice
Gloria Ogbu The Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr Sidie Tunis, has directed the immediate suspension of staff recruitment. He has subsequently…
BBNaija: Why Beauty was disqualified from the show
Gloria Ogbu Big brother housemate, Beauty Tukura, was disqualified from the reality show on Sunday evening for fighting fellow housemate Groovy over claims he danced with Chomzy on Saturday during…
Lagos, three others record four deaths of Monkeypox cases
Adebayo Adenrele The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Lagos, Delta, Ondo and Akwa Ibom States have recorded four deaths in the 157 cases of Monkeypox across…
Reconstruct collapsed berths – NPA charge BUA
Hope James The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has charged BUA Terminal to begin the reconstruction of collapsed berths at the Rivers Port in Port Harcourt to enhance activities in the…
6 died on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, residents demand pedestrian crossing
Adebayo Adenrele No fewer than six persons have died on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway within a week at Arepo Bus-Stop, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. A day ago,…
Nigerian Scholar becomes first African to head US Varsity’s African Studies Center
Adebayo Adenrele A Nigerian born Scholar, Professor Omolade Adunbi has been appointed by the University of Michigan as the first African and Nigerian Director of the African Studies Centre. Professor…
BBNaija S7: Biggie introduces new housemates to the show
Gloria Ogbu Biggie surprised fans and viewers of Nigeria’s most-watched reality TV show on Sunday, August 7, 2022, when he introduced two new housemates. The new housemates, Chizzy and Rachel,…
JUST IN: Christy O, Cyph kicked out of BBN S7
Adebayo Adenrele Bright Hidi Nwekete, popularly known as Cyph and Christiana Oluwafunke Ojumu known as Christy O have been evicted from the Big Brother Naija (BBN) Season 7. Their disqualification…