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  • Fishing boat capsizes in South Korea, nine missing 

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Fishing boat capsizes in South Korea, nine missing 

    5th February 2023 South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol Rescue workers were searching by sea and air for nine people missing after a fishing boat capsized in waters off South Korea’s southwestern coast, authorities said Sunday. […]

  • Proprietress gave my daughter 40 lashes – Businessman

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Proprietress gave my daughter 40 lashes – Businessman

    Eromosele Oribhabor and his daughter A businessman from Edo State, Eromosele Oribhabor, tells ALEXANDER OKERE how his nine-year-old daughter was allegedly left traumatised after she was whipped 40 times by her proprietress on the allegation […]

  • China ‘strongly dissatisfied’ over US downing spy balloon

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on China ‘strongly dissatisfied’ over US downing spy balloon

    A handout photo from Chase Doak taken on February 1, 2023 and released on February 2 shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the sky over Billings, Montana. Photo: AFP Beijing on Sunday blasted the […]

  • Ishaku condemns killing of Taraba monarch’s wives, children, vows to fish out perpetrators

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Ishaku condemns killing of Taraba monarch’s wives, children, vows to fish out perpetrators

    Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State has condemned the gruesome killings of the two wives and five children of Suleiman Mohammed, the traditional ruler of Mutum-Biyu, in the Gassol Local Government Area of the […]

  • Ezekwesili gets powerful appointment

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Ezekwesili gets powerful appointment

    Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili has been named the new board chairman of Women Political Leaders, WPL. Ezekwesili succeeds Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, now the board’s Chair Emeritus. WPL seeks to increase the […]

  • Naira redesign was aimed at causing riots to shift election – Wike

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Naira redesign was aimed at causing riots to shift election – Wike

    The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to redesign Naira notes was aimed at causing riots in the country. Wike, who spoke on Saturday […]

  • Cash swap: Gov Buni directs Yobe Microfinance Bank to open branches in 17 LGAs

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Cash swap: Gov Buni directs Yobe Microfinance Bank to open branches in 17 LGAs

    As Nigerians continue to bear the brunt of the scarcity of new Naira notes, Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has directed the state-owned microfinance bank to open its branches in all 17 local government […]

  • Cashless: Poor network stalls sales in Lagos, traders groan

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Cashless: Poor network stalls sales in Lagos, traders groan

    The poor mobile service network at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex that houses three markets in Lagos, on Saturday stalled commerce, as traders complained of inability to transfer cash online. The traders, who spoke […]

  • To vote APC in 2023, you must first hate yourself (II)

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on To vote APC in 2023, you must first hate yourself (II)

    Last week, I opened my case for Nigerians not to vote for the All Progressives Congress this year. I refer to Nigerians who are led by reason, not sentiment; by the facts, not conjecture; by logic, not […]

  • New naira: Obi begs Nigerians to bear with CBN

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on New naira: Obi begs Nigerians to bear with CBN

    The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Sunday morning pleaded with Nigerians to bear with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Government over the scarcity of the redesigned naira notes […]

  • 2023 Hajj: NAHCON distributes slots to 36 states, FCT, others

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on 2023 Hajj: NAHCON distributes slots to 36 states, FCT, others

    The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, said it had distributed the 2023 Hajj allocations to the 36 State Pilgrims Welfare Boards, Agencies, Commissions, the FCT and the Armed Forces. The commission’s assistant director of […]

  • I was confident of marriage despite battling sickle cell –Activist

    By Ifunanya | February 5, 2023 | Comments Off on I was confident of marriage despite battling sickle cell –Activist

    Mrs. Maria Akinfe is a sickle cell disease activist and manages ‘thrivingwithsicklecell’ – an advocacy page on Instagram. In this report, Maria alongside her husband, Mr Babatunde Akinfe, shared how they found and are flourishing […]

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