Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sympathized with the deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos, Ms Funke Akindele over the death of her beloved mother, Dr. RB Adebanjo-Akindele. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, yesterday said it was often hard to find the right words…
Reality TV star, Kiddwaya Terseer has gloated about attracting more fame to his billionaire father, Terry Waya. He also claimed Nigerian gained more popularity on the international scene because of him. In an interview with Savvy Media Africa, on its 13th issue, he said the entertainment industry has become cool and globally accepted because of…
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday accused some opposition parties of legally restricting President Muhammadu Buhari from giving relief to Nigerians suffering agonies of cash crunch resulting from the naira redesign. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, made the remark at the 23rd edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard series (2015-2023)…
A Turkey-based Nigerian, Emmanuel Olaitan Johnson, has recounted how he survived the earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people in Turkey on Monday. Johnson, who spoke with BBC Pidgin, explained that he sensed danger when he noticed the crack in his building wall. Recounting his ordeal, Jonhson said he was dressed only in pants, picked up his…
Manchester United are reportedly ready to break the bank to sign Victor Osimhen from Serie A leaders, Napoli this summer. According to Italian news hub, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Manchester United will table a £107m bid for the Nigeria international. That will match the British transfer record paid for Enzo Fernandez by Chelsea. Manchester United…
Following the arrest of a lecturer over an allegation of having unlawful s3xual intercourse with his biological daughter in Lagos State, the state Domestic and S3xual Violence Agency has decried the rise in such cases in the state. The Executive Secretary for the agency, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, in a statement, said the agency got to know…
Ghana international winger Christian Atsu has been found alive after being buried under rubble in the earthquake that hit Turkey, the vice president of his football club has told the media. Atsu, who plays for Hatayspor, was reported missing in Turkey’s Hatay province following the magnitude 7.8 quake and its aftershocks that brought down thousands…
A civil society group in Edo State, Edo Civil Society Group led by Comrade Agho Omobude on Tuesday blocked the main entrance of the Central Bank of Nigeria in Benin City over the scarcity of the naira notes which has brought suffering to millions of Nigerians. As a result of the protest, vehicles coming into…
A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has remanded over 20 persons arrested in connection with a meeting by members of the Atiku Support Organisation in the state correctional centre. They were arraigned on counts of conspiracy, cultism, and unlawful gathering. Chief Magistrate Collins Ali after refusing bail application by the…
Former Nigeria’s President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has lost his uncle, Elder Omieworio Afeni. Elder Afeni died in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital at the weekend after a brief illness. He was the younger brother to Jonathan’s mother. A statement signed by Ikechukwu Eze, media adviser to Jonathan, noted that the former President had been in…
