Former Minister of Agriculture and President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said that the restructuring of Nigeria should be driven by economic and financial viability. In a public lecture titled ‘Toward a New Nigeria From Federal Fatherism to a Commonwealth’ and delivered virtually from the base of the African…
A woman believed to be a commercial sex worker has been arrested by the police in Ebonyi state for allegedly trying to sell her baby for N40,000. The 32-year-old woman identified as Victoria Chukwube, was arrested while trying to sell her four-month-old baby boy to raise money to start a business of selling drinks. Ebonyi state police…
At least 67 inmates have died in prison riots across Ecuador as inmates used blood and knives to attack each other. The violence was said to have broken out over a power dispute between criminal gangs, according to local media. In a tweet, Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno said gangs had carried out “simultaneous acts…
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekwazu, has said that a new variant of COVID19 has been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries. Ihekweazu who disclosed this on Monday, February 22, at the press briefing of the presidential Task Force on COVID19, said the new strain, B.1.2.5 which is different from…
Salihu Yahaya, an ex-aide of former Governor of Adamawa state Boni Haruna, has been arraigned before an Upper Area Court III in Yola for allegedly calling his former wife, Maryam Tabah, an adulterer. Maryam Tabah had accused her ex-husband of spreading lies of her being an adulterer after they seperated. She alleged that Yahaya who she was married to…
The GAGE Awards 2021 has finally opened its portal for voting of digital practitioners who have emerged from the 20 categories. After 2 long months of intense nominations, the final lists of nominees in the various categories have been released. Announcing the commencement of voting, the Convener of the GAGE Awards, Mr Johnson Anorh, disclosed…
A Nigerian professor, Edwin Okey Chikata Ijeoma, who previously renounced his Nigerian citizenship, has been expelled from South Africa over bigamous marriage. Ijeoma, a professor of public sector economics at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in the Eastern Cape had his citizenship revoked by the Ministry of Home Affairs after he fraudulently relied…
Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has said that negotiating with bandits is not a sign of failure. Governor Matawalle said this on Monday, February 22, while receiving three repentant bandits who surrendered their weapons and embraced his administration’s peace deal. “It is not a failure or thing of failure for someone to initiate…
A Nigerian pastor, Bishop Iyobosa Atoe and his wife, Rev. Mrs .B. Atoe, of Jesus Reigneth Chapel Inc, Edo state, have welcomed their first child after 25 years of marriage. Mrs Atoe gave birth to a daughter, who they named Holy Ilelosamiuwa Diamond. The dedication of Baby Diamond was held on Saturday, February 20, 2021,…
The nomination of the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors, was on Tuesday February 23 confirmed by the senate despite criticisms. Though Senate Minority Leader Enyinaya Abaribe faulted this by questioning the nomination and confirmation of the ex-service chiefs when the Senate had on three different occasions called for their sack and also wondered why the petitions…
