“Does it ever worry us that history which neither personal wealth nor power can pre-empt will pass terrible judgement on us, pronounce anathema on our names when we have accomplished our betrayal and passed on? We have lost the twentieth century; are we bent on seeing that our children lose the twenty-first? God forbids!” (Chinua…
On Friday, November 3, the French government made open its decision to return $150 million of the late General Sani Abacha loot. Nigerians are bewildered that following the death of Abacha, who was Nigeria’s military leader from 1993 to 1998, the country has recovered and is still recovering hundreds of millions of dollars heaped abroad….
Naira has reportedly strengthened to 950 per dollar after taking a heartbreaking downward spiral for the past few months. This recent development interprets into a N170 gain or a 15.18 per cent appreciation of the local currency compared to the N1,120 it traded for on Thursday. This is also the second day of recovery for…
The Coalition of Igbo Unions of Nigeria has warned the Abia state governor, Alex Otti not to evacuate northerners from the cattle market in the state. They insisted that any effort made by the Governor to evacuate the northern businesses in the cattle market forcefully will have a terrible effect on igbo traders in the…
The Last Last crooner took to his social media to express his interest in paying off all Nigerian blogs from posting him or anything that concerns him. The statement was released across his social media handles, and it read: “How far. All these Instablog, PulseNG e.t.c, abeg make all of una do meeting then decide…
The BBN former winner, Phyna, has issued an official statement following the backlash she received over her abortion takes on social media. The past winner insinuated that every woman in Nigeria has done abortion at least once. When her views were vehemently opposed and Nigerians roasted her for making such a comment, she made further…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has commenced the distribution of 2 million naira each to beneficiaries of his skill acquisition empowerment scheme. In a statement by the Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Leo Ekene Oketa, he emphasized that the scheme is geared towards empowering 1500…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old motorcycle rider, Idris Agunbiade, to 21 years imprisonment for armed robbery. Justice Sherifat Sonaike sentenced Agunbiade after she found him guilty of the offence of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery. The judge said that the sentence should run…
Pay TV service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, has increased prices of DStv and GOtv for the third time in 2023. According to the update sent to subscribers, the new bouquet price which is a 17% hike will take effect from November 6, 2023. In the new update, GOtv subscribers will now pay N12,500 for the Supa+…
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, has hinted on the need to declare a state of emergency on malaria given the spate of the bacterial disease across the country. To this end, the House called on the Federal Government to subsidise malaria drugs if it cannot make them free at all government-owned health centres for…
