…Says Picking Fubara As Rivers Governor Was A Mistake Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says no one has the power to sack elected members of the Rivers house of assembly. Wike and Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, have been locked in a battle for the political structure of Rivers since 2023….
Richard “Rick” Slayman, a 62-year-old man who made history as the first person to receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, has died two months after the groundbreaking surgery, according to his family and a statement from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he had the transplant. The Boston hospital in a statement issued late…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has restated the state government’s resolve to rid the popular Lokpanta Cattle Market in Umunneochi local area of the state, of crime and make it non-residential. Governor Otti said his administration is ready to protect legitimate business persons trading in the market and support such individuals, but made it clear…
A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has recounted how a hospital in Plateau State did not attend to him because of the non-payment of the admission deposit. Dalung said he fell ill on Wednesday, May 8, and went to the unnamed hospital for treatment but that the hospital refused to give him…
The Nigerian Army has promised to investigate conditions at its detention facilities after a video emerged online showing soldiers complaining about overcrowding and poor feeding at the 8 Division Garrison detention facility in Sokoto State. In the video which surfaced online on Friday, the soldiers lamented the condition of the facility and the way they…
A middle-aged man who previously claimed in a viral video to be a son of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has issued a public apology to the monarch, retracting his earlier assertions. The apology came after the man’s initial claim sparked considerable controversy and prompted a response from the Ooni’s palace. In the…
Veteran actor Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, popularly known as Kanayo O. Kanayo has blessed the first salary of his first son, Clinton Onyeze, stating that a child’s first salary should be given to the father for blessings and not to pastors. In a video on Kanayo’s Instagram account, he was seen blessing Clinton’s first salary, saying:…
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, Tajudeen Abbas, has advised Nigerian youths to get married to their friends in order to avoid marital troubles. He gave this advice in Abuja on Saturday at the launching of the book titled “Called to be Chosen and glorified God’s Vessels” written by late Maureen Mimidoo Tarka…
Twenty-nine generals of the Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army have retired from active military service. Of the 29 retired infantry officers who pulled out of active service at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State on Friday, 19 were major generals, and 10 were Brigadiers-General . Among them is Major General Victor Ezugwu, who…
A 23-year-old man, Mr. Wisdom Onyedika Nwabueze, a native of Umudioka, Awka, in Anambra State, has been declared missing. Mr. Nwabueze, who is a barber, was said to have left their residential house where they live at Nkwelle Awka, behind St. Peter’s Church, Nkwelle, and has never returned since then, throwing his family members into…
