NOBEL Laureate and academic, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he would reserve all his observations about President Bola Tinubu’s administration until one year into his tenure, in May 2024. Soyinka described this as a personal policy of his, saying this one-year delay gives the President enough time to “make up” for lost grounds. Soyinka said this…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast and hopeful despite the hard times they are experiencing. Akpabio, in a Christmas message released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, expressed optimism that the pains, which Nigerians are going through due to the removal of petroleum subsidy, was for the…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Christians in Nigeria on the Christmas Day celebration, assuring them of his administration’s commitment to alleviate their sufferings. Tinubu in his Christmas message to Nigerians on Sunday expressed optimism that the nation will witness a new dawn of prosperity. He appealed to them to remember the security agencies who put…
Senior pastor of the Transformation World Ministries, Francisca Emmanuel, claims that it is biblical to be a ritualist rather than just kneeling and praying. According to Ekweanaedo News Emmanuel stated this in one of her recent sermons that surfaced on social media @officialfranciscaemmanuel. The cleric who reportedly claimed she is a ritualist, noted that one…
Nigerian Comedian/actor Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule also known as Okey Bakassi has spoken about how he was assaulted at an event in Owerri, the Imo State. Speaking via his Instagram handle on Saturday, the comedian disclosed that he was invited to MC an event was assaulted when it was time to take pictures with the celebrant….
Gas explosion at a market situated at Council Bus Stop along Egbeda-Ikotun Road, Alimosho Local Government Area, of Lagos State claims goods and properties worth millions on Saturday. A statement by the Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident, noting that the agency had received an emergency call around…
Eleven persons have been registered dead in a motor accident in Taura Local Government, Jigawa State. Spokesman of the Jigawa State Police Command, DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the incident. He said the very sad incident happened on Saturday 23rd December 2023 at about 1200hrs, when two vehicles had a head-on collision at Kwanar Gujungu…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have intercepted millions of tramadol 225mg pills, thousands of codeine syrup bottles and bags of Canadian loud in consignments arriving in the country ahead of the Christmas celebration at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. According to the NDLEA, the development followed the…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has said that the conferment of Igbo traditional title on President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will reinforce national cohesion and integration. While congratulating President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on their separate Igbo chieftaincy titles, the deputy speaker expressed confidence…
The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed gratitude to Ohanaeze Ndigbo for its steadfast support of the self-determination leader. In a Yuletide message signed by IPOB’s leader younger brother, Kingsley Kanunta Kanu, the family also extended thanks to the Chairman and members of the Joint…
