Former Group Managing Director, Diamond Bank Plc and two-time governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has opined that handing the Igbo Nigeria’s presidency would not solve the problem of Nigeria, as some fundamental structural problems must be handled for an egalitarian society to be institutionalised. The…
Former Kwara state governor, Abdulfatad Ahmed and his wife, Omolewa, have welcomed a baby boy. Toyin Saraki, the wife of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, shared the good news on social media. She wrote ”Heartiest congratulations to my Dear Sister, former Kwara First Lady @AhmedOmolewa and HE @AbdulfataAhmed on the birth of their baby boy!…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has said that he will not be taking the COVID19 vaccine. Nigeria on Friday, March 5, launched the COVID19 vaccination program after the Federal government received 3.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID19 Vaccines on Tuesday, March 2. Governor Bello who has never hidden his disbelief about…
There was a fire incident at the Nigerian Army Headquarters complex in Abuja today, March 2. Confirming the incident, the Nigerian Army Director of Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerimah, attributed the cause of the inferno to faulty electrical installations. The statement reads “Electrical fault sparked a minor fire incident at the Army…
The Emir of Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Salihu Tanko, has died. Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani- Bello, released a statement on Tuesday, March 2, to mourn him while describing his death as a great shock and a loss to the Kagara Emirate and the North Central state…
The United Nations has confirmed Boko Haram’s attack on its aid facilities in northeastern Nigerian town of Dikwa in Borno State. In a statement released on Tuesday March 2 by UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, it was gathered that the insurgents directly targeted the facilities. Kallon said the premises of several aid agencies and a hospital…
Fulham midfielder, Kevin McDonald has revealed he is putting his career on hold to have a transplant amid a long battle with chronic kidney disease. The Scotland international has been suffering from kidney disease for around 14 years now and has been under doctors’ orders throughout a playing career which has included 500 professional…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday March 2, declared Zamfara state a no fly-zone. National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) conveyed the President’s directive while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of National Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The NSA who disclosed that the President also approved a ban on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office on Tuesday, March 2, secured the conviction of four internet fraudsters before Justice Mohammed Abubakar of a Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State. A statement released by the commission gave the names of the suspects as Olawale Ibrahim Damilare, Goodluck Sambo Olatayo, Mathew Anuoluwapo Awoniyi,…
Armed bandits have killed six people in Igabi and Kauru local government areas of Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Homes Affairs, Samuel Aruwan in a statement issued on Tuesday March 2, said armed bandits barricaded the Birnin Yero-Tami road, Igabi and killed one Hussaini Suleiman Dari. One Dahiru Saidu was left…
