Veteran Nollywood actress, Rachael Oniga, is dead

Reports just filtered in that popular Nollywood actress, Rachael Oniga, is dead, Leadership Newspaper is reporting. She was 64 year-old. The news is coming at a time the movie industry is grappling with mixed issues and after mourning the death of another entertainer, Sound Sultan, who passed on early this month. The …

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EFCC Recovers N5.4bn Misappropriated NHIS Fund

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has so far recovered about N5.4bn misappropriated in the National Health Insurance Scheme. The Executive Secretary of NHIS, Muhammad Nasir Sambo, disclosed this during a visit to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday. According to him, the amount recovered is just a part …

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Court stops APC congresses in Imo

A High of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to go ahead with Saturday’s congresses in Imo State pending hearing of a suit brought before the Court by the Applicant, Okey Anyikwa. Anyikwa is APC chairman of Ideato South Local Government Area. The …

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Kaduna files fresh charges against El-Zakzaky, wife

The Kaduna state government has filed fresh charges against Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) an d his wife. This is coming about two days after a high court in Kaduna freed El-Zakzaky and Zeenat, his wife. While upholding a no-case submission by El-Zakzaky and his …

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