Ifeanyi Okowa, Iyorchia Ayu, Atiku Abubakar The loyalists of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, are reportedly seeking the immediate resignation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as a condition to end the party’s infighting and support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the forthcoming 2023 general …
Read More »N100 million up for grab as BBNaija season 7 begins July 23
Big Brother Naija MultiChoice Nigeria has announced that season seven of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show will begin on July 23. The organisers, in a press briefing on Tuesday, also announced a grand prize of N100 million for this year’s winner. Busola Tejumola, head of content and West …
Read More »Cheat on your partner, risk jail – Ex-Lagos police PRO warns Nigerians
Nigerians who are married have been warned against cheating on their partners no matter the reason that might arise. According to a former Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Aliyu Giwa, cheating attracts some jail term. Specifically, he argued that the offence contravenes section 387 and 388 of the …
Read More »OPM Pastor rescues homeless Nollywood actor, Kenneth Aguba
Kenneth Aguba The founder and general overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, has come to the aid of popular Nollywood actor, Kenneth Aguba. Recall there were reports that Aguba was spotted sleeping on the streets and by roadside shops after becoming homeless. Eyewitnesses said they saw the …
Read More »Nigeria: Debt servicing gulps N11.8trn, $8.2bn in seven years
President Muhammadu Buhari As Nigeria’s debt stock continues to rise amidst worries by analysts on the sustainability of the country’s debt, a total of N11.784 trillion and $8.168 billion has been spent over the last seven years to service both domestic and external debt obligations respectively, data from the Debt …
Read More »ON A BACK TO BACK, ZENITH BANK MAINTAINS POSITION AS NIGERIA’S BEST COMMERCIAL BANK, ALSO EMERGES BEST CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BANK AT WORLD FINANCE 2022 AWARDS
Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Commercial Bank, Nigeria in the World Finance Banking Awards 2022, retaining the award for a second consecutive year. The bank was also named as the Best Corporate Governance Bank, Nigeria in the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards 2022. The awards, …
Read More »Unity Bank Announces Agric, Fashion Entrepreneurs, Others as Winners of N10M Corpreneurship Challenge Grant
LAGOS.04.07.22. Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc has doled out a N10 million business grant to 30 corps members who emerged the winners of the eighth edition of its flagship Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, known as Corpreneurship Challenge. The winners emerged after a business pitch that took place across 10 states – Rivers, …
Read More »ASUU: SERAP blasts FG as strike enters 140th day
The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project and other education rights groups, such as the Reform Education Nigeria and Education Rights Campaign, have knocked the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari, over the prolonged shutdown of academic activities in the nation’s tertiary institutions. The strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of …
Read More »Nigeria Replies U.S. Senators Over Fresh Allegation Of Persecution Against Christians
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information The Federal Government on Monday condemned the call by five US Republican Senators asking for the re-designation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern because of alleged persecution of Christians. The Senators who made the call in a letter to the US Secretary of …
Read More »Documents Show Why Peter Obi Rejected Plots Of Land As Anambra Governor
Peter Obi Documents have shown how the Labour Party presidential flagbearer and former Anambra State governor rejected plots of land offered to him by the Anambra State Housing Development Corporation (ASHDC) during his tenure as governor of the state. According to the documents sighted by THE WHISTLER, the former governor was …
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