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,…
The push to get President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has intensified in recent times with the visit of traditional rulers and archbishops of South East extraction to him in his detention facility. Speaking on Friday, Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimako, said the visit which…
Some Nigerian Army personnel fighting in the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast say they are in support of Nigerians taking to the streets to protest the prevailing hardship, hunger, and bad governance. A nationwide protest in Nigeria themed “End Bad Governance in Nigeria” has been planned for August 1 to 10. According to some…
The Facebook account of a popular Northern APC Praise singer Dauda Kahutu Rarara, with over 1 million followers, was deleted on Saturday. According to reports some Nigerians including his followers reported him after he posted a song praising President Bola Tinubu, causing the account to come under fire. This move has sparked further mobilisation efforts…
The Nigerian Army has taken disciplinary action against six soldiers, dismissing them from service for allegedly fleeing from the scene of a Boko Haram attack in Damboa, Borno State. The soldiers, attached to Operation Lafiya Dole, were said to have withdrawn from the war front after running out of ammunition during the fight against the…
Sardauna Walin Wasa, a resident of Suleja in Niger State, was arrested by the Nigerian police on July 26 for his Facebook posts calling for protests. His post, which read “Protesting is possible in Nigeria. We support the motion. Let’s go ahead,” was deemed threatening by authorities, leading to his detention and transfer to Minna,…
Nigeria’s aspirations for a strong showing in the men’s table tennis event at the Paris Olympic Games have been extinguished. On Saturday night, Aruna Quadri and Olajide Omotayo, the Nigerian duo, suffered disappointing losses in their first-round matches. Aruna, who reached the quarterfinals at Rio 2016, was stunned by 20-year-old Eduard Ionescu of Romania in…
