Veteran Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress, Ms Onyeka Onwenu is dead. Ms Onwenu reportedly died Tuesday evening at the Reddington Hospital, Lagos after she slumped after playing at the birthday party of Mrs. Stella Okoli. An eyewitness who was at the party confirmed the sad news to TheNiche. “It is very …

Former Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has warned organisers of the planned nationwide protest against hardship scheduled for August 1 not to come to the Niger Delta. Dokubo-Asari said the agenda of those behind the protest do not capture the problems of the people of the Niger Delta. While …

A member of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee, Tolu Bankole, has expressed concerns over the safety of Persons With Disabilities ahead of the planned nationwide protest. Bankole, the ruling party’s national leader saddled with the responsibility of attending to PWDs, made the plea in a statement issued in …

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has given a 60-day ultimatum to the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to deploy the automation of foreign currency collection in Nigeria’s foreign missions. The Chairman of the Committee, Bamidele Salam, gave the charge …

The Inspector General Of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and the organisers of the #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria planned protests have disagreed over the nature of the demonstration scheduled to kick off on August 1 nationwide. The two parties in a virtual meeting on Tuesday, discussed both the roles of the protesters and the …

Ex-Petroleum Minister, Timipre Sylva has blasted Bayelsa Governor, Duoye Diri Over claims he’s sponsoring bad governance protests. Sylva in a statement on Tuesday denied being behind the protests insisting he had rather spoken against it when he advised aggrieved youth to be patient with President Bola Tinubu. He said “I …

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said the 10-day nationwide protest being planned by some Nigerians to commence on 1 August would be excessively long, counterproductive, disruptive with the potential for protests to turn violent or hijacked by criminals. ACF said this while indicating that its opposition to the nationwide …

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said the fleet of Arik Air has been grounded over the enforcement of the court judgment of $2.5m owed by the airline to Atlas Petroleum International Ltd. NAMA in a statement on Tuesday said the judgment was enforced by the enforcement department of the …

Social activist and comedian Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr. Macaroni, has criticized individuals he believes have forsaken their humanity. He stated that no amount of wealth, power, or influence should be worth sacrificing the freedom of the people. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Mr. Macaroni …

The anticipated release of Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, from prison has been postponed. Fans were expecting him to be home on Monday, July 29, but the date has been extended due to an alleged miscalculation. Bobrisky, who was sentenced to six months in prison on April …