FG Shifts Completion Of Second Niger Bridge To 2024
Completion date for the multi billion naira 2nd Niger Bridge linking Delta and Anambra states has again been shifted from the earlier scheduled date of October, 2022 to the first quarter of 2024. The implication of this is that President Muhammadu Buhari, whose administration started the construction of the bridge five years ago, would not be in office to commission...
Human Rights Activist Sues Davido, Falz, Burna Boy, 47 Other Celebrities To Court Over #EndSARS Protests
Kenechukwu Okeke, a human rights activist, has filed criminal proceedings before a magistrate court in Abuja against 50 persons for “promoting” the #EndSARS protests. Kanu Nwankwo, popular Nigerian footballer; Innocent Idibia, Nigerian singer and songwriter popularly known as 2face; David Adeleke, Nigerian Afropop singer better known as Davido, are among persons listed in the suit. Thousands of Nigerians under the #EndSARS campaign,...
Self-Determination: Brutality Won’t Stop Us, IPOB Vows
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, yesterday, said it will continue to demand a right of self-determination irrespective of brutality being meted against its members, saying that the use of bullets cannot stop a thing whose time has come. The pro-Biafra group also said that it is committed to liberating the land of the people of South East from terrorists...
Burkina Faso Seeks Assistance From Nigeria To End Terrorism
The government of Burkina Faso has sought Nigeria’s advice how to fight terrorism. Burkinabe Chief of Defence Staff, Senior Col. David Kadre, sought the advice in Abuja weekend when he visited his Nigerian counterpart, Gen. Lucky Irabor. He noted t...
Pope Francis Appoints Nigerian Priest As Permanent Representative To UN
Pope Francis has appointed a Nigerian priest of the Catholic Diocese of Abia, Abia State, and an Apostolic Nuncio to the Antilles, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, as the Permanent Observer of the Holy See – the Vatican – to the United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva. The appointment was announced in a press statement by the Office of the...
Former Petroleum Minister Breaks Silence On Alleged Smuggling Of Stolen Car
Nigeria’s former Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu has finally reacted to a report that he smuggled a stolen luxury car to the United States of America. On Monday, Kachikwu made headlines after the report also revealed that the vehicle was impounded by the US customs on suspicion of being stolen. However, in a statement signed by his media...
RCCG Celebrates Adeboye’s 83rd Birthday With Dialysis, Free Surgeries
To commemorate the 83rd birthday of General Overseer Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the Redeemed Christian Church of God has announced free medical procedures. Adeboye was born on March 2, 1942, in Ifewara, Osun State. He will be 83 on Sunday. According to a statement by his son, Pastor Leke Adeboye, on Thursday, the program, which is part of the church’s Corporate Social...
Petrol Price In Nigeria Is One Of The Cheapest In Africa – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government on Monday said despite the recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit to N162 per litre, the price of the commodity in Nigeria remained among the cheapest in Africa. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this at a press conference in Abuja. Mohammed was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Power,...
My Husband Didn’t Talk To Me For 2 Days Because I Mocked His Team – Warri Pikin
Popular Nigerian comedienne, Anita Asuoha better known as Warri Pikin has revealed that she once had a row with her husband after she mocked him for his football team’s loss. According to Warri Pikin who made it known in her Instagram page, her husband is a staunch Chelsea fan and she mocked her husband about his club one day after...
I Served Tinubu, Others In Their Difficult Times – Yemi Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said he served all his principals with utmost loyalty during their difficult moments. Osinbajo was the Attorney General of Lagos State when Bola Tinubu was the governor, from 1999 to 2007. Presently, he is the second-...
