A wave of discontent is smashing across social media as Nigerian youths express their outrage over the BBNaija season 9 premiere, which is scheduled to coincide almost precisely with the highly anticipated nationwide protest against economic hardship. The #EndBadGovernance protest, which will take place from August 1 to August 10, 2024, intends to solve the…
As the war on illegal refining intensifies, the Nigerian Air Force on Sunday hinted that its Operation Delta Safe destroyed 12 illegal refining sites and two reservoirs in airstrikes in Abia and Rivers states. This was revealed by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja….
A 49-year-old Nigerian national awaiting deportation from Australia and another man have been charged after police busted an alleged $9 million drug operation running out of an immigration detention centre in Sydney. NWS Police in a statement on Saturday, July 27, 2024, said they stormed Villawood Detention Centre, where they allegedly found two kilograms of…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last general elections, has expressed his support on Sunday for the nationwide protest scheduled for August, saying protest is allowed in the country’s constitution. According to Obi, the Nigerian Constitution allows room for protest as it is the right of citizens. The former…
The first set of twins in Big Brother Naija House have been unveiled with two duos coming as identical twins in this year’s No Loose Guard edition. The first set introduced were two female housemates who are sisters and go by the pair name Wanni x Handi, while the second introduced are two brothers to…
The Plateau State Police Command has arrested Sulaiman Yakubu for inciting violence and urging residents to burn down police stations, military barracks, and business areas during the nationwide protest planned for August 1st. In a viral TikTok video, Yakubu called on residents to “test the ground” on Monday before the Thursday protest. He stated that…
The presidency has described as fake a viral statement ‘Tinubu Speaks’ that was credited to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a terse statement on Saturday. Ngelale dismissed the authenticity of the statement-making the round. “Based on recent inquiries, I wish to reiterate that this is fake and does not…
Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of President Bola Tinubu, has told market women in Dosumu Market, Lagos, to warn their children not to join the August 1 protest against economic hardship under his father’s watch. “Say no to protest,” Mrs Tinubu-Ojo, the Iyaloja General of Lagos, declared, posting a video in which she spoke with market women,…
Super Falcons of Nigeria are really fully at home here in France as they eat African Cuisine. The food is being provided by a Nigerian resident in France, Chinedu Rita Rosa, a former footballer who is in wine business. According to her, she has been in France in the past 10 years and in the…
The Nigeria Football Federation has paid tribute to former football club owners, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and Senator (Dr) Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, who both passed away within two days of each other this week. Chief Iwuanyanwu, who took over the former Spartans Football Club of Owerri (1981 WAFU Cup losing finalists) and renamed it Iwuanyanwu Nationale,…
