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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

#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 …

  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 …

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, …

File photo: Lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA SPIDEL, has disclosed it would hold its annual conference from 20th to 23rd June in Ikeja, Lagos state with a focus on the judiciary, post-2023 general elections and the need for judges and lawyers to …

The first batch of Nigerians who fled war-torn Sudan touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 11:30 PM on Wednesday. They were airlifted by the Nigerian Air Force and arrived in military jet C13. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission revealed via a tweet on Thursday that the …

Access Bank, the flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings Plc has received the approval of the Central Bank of Angola, Banco Nacional de Angola for the acquisition of a majority equity stake in Finibanco Angola S.A. This was disclosed in a corporate notice filed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday. …