File Photo: Imo police station attack There was tension in Imo State on Tuesday as gunmen suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), a militant wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) attacked Njaba police station in Njaba Local Government Area with Improvised Explosive Devices, …
Read More »Nigerian govt admits pressure over rising foreign debts
Zainab Ahmed, Finance Minister Nigeria’s federal government has admitted being pressured by agitations against rising foreign debts and the push to ensure prudent utilisation of foreign loans. Nigeria’s Public Debt stands at N38 trillion as of September 30th, 2021, a significant proportion of which are foreign loans, and has been …
Read More »Why I have opted for stomach infrastructure – Wike
Wike Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, has explained that his administration decided to pursue stomach infrastructure – a term used to refer to welfare packages given to citizens often with the intention to get their votes during elections – because he has completed physical infrastructure. Wike who stated this …
Read More »Man sells 6 children after telling parents he’s taking them to school
Saidolo Yohanna Saidolo, from Adamawa State, North East Nigeria, has allegedly sold six his neighbours’ six children after telling the parents he wanted to enroll them in a missionary school. Saidolo reportedly took away the children from Koma village in Jada Local Government Area of the state after lying to …
Read More »BGirl Cruxy cruising to stardom on Glo Battle of the Year Nigeria
Episode 4 of the Glo Battle of the Year Nigeria aired at 8 pm on Saturday, February 26, 2022, on GloTv, Globacom’s streaming app and there was a dramatic shift in the dynamics as viewers were treated to the acrobatic and dazzling displays put up by BGirls as female contestants …
Read More »We were used as sex slaves – Libya returnees lament ordeal
The returnees arriving Some Libyan returnees have painted horrible pictures of what they went in the North African country in the hands of traffickers, who according to them, turned them into sex slaves. The returnees, 128 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Libya, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos …
Read More »2023: Ebunola Martins, Osinbajo Campaigner, Tells Tinubu To Support Southeast Candidate
The chances of the Presidential aspiration of Anyim Pius Anyim and other Presidential aspirants from the South East brightens as supporters of aspirants from other zones now canvass for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction. Anyim, a leading contender from the South-east is aiming to flag the ticket of the …
Read More »Senate Confirms Prof Bindawa As NCC Non-Executive Commissioner
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Professor Mansur Auwalu Bindawa as a Non-Executive Commissioner on the Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. “The Nomination of Professor Mansur Anwalu Bindawa is Confirmed as New Non-Executive Commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission,” a …
Read More »FG To Scale Up Implementation Of Donor-Financed Projects
Minister Of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed The Federal Government on Tuesday said it will scale up the level of implementation for donor-financed projects in the country. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this at a retreat for members of the National Assembly …
Read More »Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Evacuation Begins Wednesday As Air Peace, Max Air To Airlift 2,000 Nigerians
Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministers The Federal Government is collaborating with Air Peace and Max Air to begin the evacuation of about 2,000 Nigerians who escaped from Ukraine to neighbouring countries. The evacuation is scheduled for Wednesday, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. Onyeama in an interview …
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