The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has dismissed as ” a lie from the pit of hell”, a media publication that ” over 100 Northerners were killed in the South East last week”. Ohanaeze in a terse press statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex …
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Former aide to ex president Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, has said that only the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, can be compared with Argentina footballer, Lionel Messi. Omokri also said that, just like Messi plans and scores goals, so does Atiku equally sets and …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said politicians can not byepass the Bimodal Voter Registration System (BVAS) technology by purchase of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. The electoral body described the alleged plans by politicians to …
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The Nigerian Government has claimed that there were a series of painstaking negotiations between Twitter and the country before the micro-blogging media was allowed to resume operations in the country last year. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, made the clarification while reacting to a claim by a former senior …
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A shocking incident occurred, weekend in Olum community in Boki, Local Government Area, LGA, of Cross River State when a young man reportedly hacked his friend to death with a machete. Reports from the area gave the name of the assailant as Emmanuel while the victim was Akwande According to …
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Akwa Ibom State-owned airline, Ibom Air, has recorded its two millionth passengers in less than three years of operation in Nigeria. The airline’s sophisticated algorithm had calculated that the milestone would be reached on the 16 of December. And the exact flight turned out to be the 11:30 am Uyo …
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No fewer than 17 persons were injured when hoodlums weekend attacked the convoy of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Senatorial candidate for Kano Central, Abdulsalam Zaura . It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday night when the Senatorial candidate went on a condolence visit at Gayawa village in …
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Three persons were weekend gruesomely murdered in farmland by suspected armed Fulani herders at Adaka community in the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue state capital.“This latest attack is coming barely two months after similar separate attacks in Gbeji and Ukohol communities in Ukum and Guma Government Local Government Areas, LGAs, …
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If you get a call from your tailor asking, “how far? I have new designs that will fit you”, don’t be surprised. That has become a common practice among them these days as most people have abandoned making new clothes due to the cost of purchasing the materials and of …
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Mrs Philomena Nneji, the immediate past Chairperson of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, has urged women to increase their voices for one another against violence. Nneji made the call during an interview with Newsmen in Lagos on Saturday, following the end of 16 days activism against gender-based violence. She …
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