Category: News
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Sudan coup: Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns after mass protests
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned after another day of mass protests that paralyse activities in the nation’s capital, Khartoum. Thousands of aggrieved Sudanese who were not happy with the prime minister marched against a recent deal he had done to share power with the army, who staged a coup in October. Chanting “power…
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IPOB Outlaws Cows in South-East, Gives Deadline
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday outlawed cows reared by Fulani herdsmen in the South Eastern states of the country. IPOB let this out in a New Year address by its Head of Directorate Mazi Chika Edoziem through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful. The ban, IPOB said, would take effect from…
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You have no right to embark on strike, FG Tells ASUU, Insists Demands have been ‘responded to’
The Federal Ministry of Education through the Federal Government has said that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have no justification to embarking on another round of strike action, claiming that it has responded to all the demands of the lecturers within the limit of resources available. The Director, Press and Public…
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Singer Teni Speaks Over Gunshot Scare at Rivers Event
Renowned Nigerian female artiste, Teniola Apata, also known as Teni, has broken her silence over a gunshot scare that disrupted her performance in Rivers state. In a viral video which surfaced on Sunday, the singer fled the event which held at Buguma Town, Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. Reacting to the incident, the…
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Two Autopsy Reports Show Sylvester Oromoni Jnr Was Not Murdered, Lagos Police Boss
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said that the two autopsies carried out on 11-year-old Dowen college student, Sylvester Oromoni, did not show that he was murdered. Vanguard reports that Odumosu in an interview said two autopsies were carried out on Oromoni’s body and both dismissed any allegation of murder. He was, however, quick…
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How Olubadan Died In Our ICU, UCH Management Recounts
The University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan has recounted how Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, died at its Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. The hospital in a statement by its Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Officer, Toye Akinrinola, said the monarch was referred to UCH from a private hospital in Ibadan about…
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I didn’t have a child for Singer Portable, Lady in Viral Video Makes U-turn, Seeks For Forgiveness (Video)
Barely 24-hour after a video of a lady, simply identified as Abike, who claimed to have been neglected after allegedly impregnated by Zazoo Zeh crooner, Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable , the young lady in the now viral video has made a U-turn as she said that didn’t have a child for the singer.…
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Why President Buhari Signs 2022 Budget Despite Insertion of 6,576 Projects by Lawmakers
The Presidency has given reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2022 budget despite his reservation over the insertion of 6,576 contracts into it by the National Assembly. It also denounced the interpretations of Buhari misgivings about the inclusion of the contracts as a sign of a battle between the Executive and the Legislature. Senior…
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AFCON: 11 Foreign Players Arrive Eagles Camp in Abuja
A total of 11 foreign players are now present in the Super Eagles camp at the Bolton White Hotel, Abuja ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cameroon. Moses Simon from FC Nantes of France was the latest to hit the camp late on Saturday. This was after the arrival of Chidozie Awaziem…
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Sunday Igboho’s Lawyer Resigns, as Ilana Omo Oodua Reacts To Resignation
Pelumi Olajengbesi, one of the lawyers of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has resigned from his position. Olajengbesi noted that he said in the beginning, that the scope of his work would only be within the purview of his professional duty as a lawyer to Mr Igboho and his aides. He also disclosed that while…