VP Yemi Osinbajo addressing World Economic Forum 2022 Laolu Akande, the spokesperson of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Nigerians wanted the VP to be the president. Akande said this while speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Friday. According to him, the VP contested in the …
Read More »‘I’m not the president yet,’ Tinubu clarifies ‘I owe you nothing’ response to Wike
Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, has described as misleading, media reports of his response to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over request for refund of funds spent on building flyovers and federal roads in the state. Recall that Tinubu had last Wednesday during the commissioning of Rumuokwuta-Rumuola flyover bridge, told …
Read More »Wema Bank Launches Upgraded ALAT for Business Digital Banking App.
Wema Bank, Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, has launched the upgraded version of its corporate digital banking application, ALAT for Business 2.0. The launch took place on May 3rd, 2023, during the bank’s Digital Week activities themed “Changing The Digital Dynamics In Nigeria” in celebration of the bank’s anniversary. During the …
Read More »Abia Governor-elect, Alex Otti mourns Chris Mba
Veteran Nigerian pop musician Chris Mba, Mr. Alex Otti, the Governor-elect of Abia, has expressed sadness on the death of Mr Chris Mba, a veteran Nigerian musician who died on May 3. His condolence message is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. Mba was on the front …
Read More »Organ trafficking: Ekweremadu bags nine years, eight months imprisonment
Ekweremadu in UK prison Former Nigerian deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, 56, have been sentenced to imprisonment for organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted the organ for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia, the couple’s trial at the …
Read More »Sudan: Dangote supports Nigerian returnees with N100,000 each
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has commenced the disbursement of hundred thousand naira (N100,000) and Dignity Packs to each of the Nigerian returnees from Sudan. The money and the Dignity Packs were given out to the evacuees upon arrival at the airport in Abuja yesterday. All the evacuees, irrespective of …
Read More »AFRIMA Demands Justice For Slain AKA; Urges Governments In Africa To Protect Music Stars
The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), has implored governments of African countries to arrest the growing cases of violent deaths against music stars on the continent just as it urged the South African authorities to expedite the process of prosecution of the killers of rapper Kiernan …
Read More »Alleged N500bn corruption: Go to court if untrue, NACAT challenges Governor Ayade
#image_titleA foremost civil society organisation (CSO), Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT), has challenged Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade to go to court if he is aggrieved over its exposé on how he misappropriated state funds and diverted over N500 billion to private accounts of different companies and government …
Read More »How my daughter Jumoke almost died of poisoning – Ronke Oshodi
Ronke Oshodi-Oke steps out in angelic style on birthday Nollywood actress, Ronke Oshodi-Oke has recounted how her daughter’s friends allegedly tried to kill her by poisoning her water with bleaching liquid. She shared the horrific story in a long video posted on her Instagram page. Speaking in a mix …
Read More »How Nigerian women working in Iraq are being exploited – NAPTIP DG
Director General, NAPTIP, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Prof Fatima Waziri-Azi, has said that Nigerian women working in Iraq are exploited in diverse ways. The DG disclosed this in a statement while speaking on the plight of young women, …
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