President Bola Tinubu has cleared all outstanding debts that the Federal Government owed the Super Eagles and other sporting teams of the country. According to a statement on the X handle of Tinubu’s Media Centre, on Sunday, the payment entails the clearing of the senior national team coach salaries running up to 15 months, payments…
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday, urged the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, to stop insulting Nigerians following her claims that the allegations of a N585 million fraud was meant to tarnish her image. The minister came under heavy criticism on Friday after a memo surfaced where she directed the…
Rivers state governor Siminalaye Fubara was absent at a luncheon hosted by his predecessor Nyeson Wine in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Sunday His absence left many to wonder if the two men will ever become friends again The crisis between the two men prompted the intervention of president Bola Tinubu but the relationship…
Five people have been reported dead in a boat mishap in Anambra State. The boat was coming from Kogi State through River Niger. The incident according to an eye witness happened on Sunday morning, most of the dead are mainly women and children. The victims who are believed to hail from the riverine part of…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has asked the public to disregard news of an increase in the price of petrol. The Chairman of IPMAN, Enugu Depot, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, who gave the warning in Awka, Anambra state, at the weekend, while speaking with reporters, said the rumours of an impending increase in…
Multiple award-winning singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, revealed that the Bible is one of the essentials he can’t live without. He said he has a Bible app on his tablet, stressing that the app also contains hymns and prayers. In a recent interview with British GQ, Davido mentioned popcorn, wallet, headphones, jewellery, sneakers, sunglasses, and…
The Registrar in charge of the University of Ibadan, in Oyo State has denied the discovery of a fake professor in the institution. The institution said this in a statement made available to the media on Sunday, following a list of fake professors in some universities that went viral on social media on Saturday. The…
Peter Obi has bemoaned the reported exit of Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing Company (JSM), located in Awa, Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, the largest syringe manufacturer in Africa. Obi said that the development was yet another painful development on “our national journey.” Reacting to the development in a chain of statements on his X…
Ahead of next month’s governorship primary of the PDP in Edo State, Deputy Governor, Comrade Phillip Shaibu held a consultative meeting with the seven PDP Local Government Area women leaders in Edo South Senatorial district. The strategic meeting, at the instance of the PDP Edo South Senatorial woman leader, Rev. Pat West-Irabor, was held in…
The Delta State Police Command has released its timetable for the screening of Delta Indigene into the police force. In a release signed by the Command’s image maker, DSP Bright Edafe, the screening is scheduled to be held from January 8 to January 29, 2024, starting at 0700hrs daily”. The statement urges applicants to visit…
