Ifeanyi Okowa The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Comrade Uchenna Madu, Thursday, said the claim by Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to be of the Igbo extraction is politically motivated. Uchenna in a statement said, “Because of his nomination as …

CDS, General Lucky Irabor The Nigerian military says it has arrested two other high profile commanders of the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) in connection with the deadly June 5, 2022 terrorist attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Director Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor, disclosed …

Ayobiyi Cook A 12-year-old Nigerian boy has accidentally killed his mother, Ayobiyi Abeni Harris Cook, at their home in Forestdale, Alabama, United States. CBS News reported that the boy “accidentally discharged a firearm” which struck and killed his 29-year-old mom on Monday. His father, Djuan Cook, a policeman, was said …

Akeredolu Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says he won’t have any objection if Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), wins the 2023 election. Akeredolu spoke on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television. Akeredolu is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Bola Tinubu, former Lagos …

Yoruba Nollywood actor, Ebun Oloyede, popularly known as Olaiya Igwe, has gotten a surprise Mercedes-Benz GLK SUV gift from Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. A trending video, shared by King Westt, shows the moment the former Chairman of Lagos State chapter of NURTW handed over the keys to the Mercedes-Benz GLK to the …

he President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed In light of Nigeria’s dwindling revenue, the continued payment of trillions of naira on fuel subsidy by the government and the attendant economic challenges, the World Bank on Wednesday raised the alarm that the …

Two more high profile members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) linked with the deadly attack on worshippers in Owo, Ondo State have been arrested, the military disclosed on Thursday. The suspects, Al-Qasim Idris and Abdulhaleem Idris, were apprehended at Omialafara (Omulafa) in Ose Council Area of Ondo State. …

• Bode George: chairman, candidate can’t come from one zone Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Abubakar Baraje yesterday justified the call for Dr. Iyorcha Ayu’s resignation as national chairman. Baraje said the agitation for Ayu’s resignation was not “out of place.” He said: “We have a tradition of zoning …

CBN Nigeria’s federal government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through Ways and Means Advances rose from N17.46tn in December 2021 to N19.91tn in June 2022, representing an increase of N2.45trn in six months. This is according to data from the apex bank. The N19.91tn is not …

President Muhammadu Buhari has reversed his approval of Seplat Energy’s purchase of ExxonMobil’s Assets. The reversal is coming barely 48 hours after a purported statement was issued by the President ‘s spokesman, Me Femi Adesina that the deal had been approved by the President Seplat Energy Plc had in February …