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  • Supreme Court rejects bail request of convicted Senator Nwaoboshi

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Supreme Court rejects bail request of convicted Senator Nwaoboshi

    The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an application for post-conviction bail brought by Peter Nwaoboshi, a serving senator jailed for seven years on money laundering charges. The Court of Appeal in Lagos had, in a […]

  • Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Govt diverts traffic for 10 weeks

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Govt diverts traffic for 10 weeks

    The Lagos State Government has said it would divert traffic at the Old Tollgate bus stop down to the Berger section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for 10 weeks, Saturday reports. The traffic diversion would commence […]

  • I experienced racial discrimination even inside US church – Ex-OAU don

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on I experienced racial discrimination even inside US church – Ex-OAU don

    A retired professor of Microbiology and ex-Dean of Students at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Olu Odeyemi, speaks to ALEXANDER OKERE about the high points of his career and his foray into politics You attended the […]

  • My wife’s donation of kidney shocked me — Eedris Abdulkareem

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on My wife’s donation of kidney shocked me — Eedris Abdulkareem

    Rapper and singer, Eedris Abdulkareem, has said that even before his wife, Yetunde, donated a kidney for him, he had always known that she could do anything for him. Speaking against the backdrop of the […]

  • MASSOB condemns continuous killings in S’East by unknown gunmen

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on MASSOB condemns continuous killings in S’East by unknown gunmen

    The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has condemned the killing of people across Southeast states by unknown gunmen. The group made this known in a statement signed by the […]

  • Buhari commends ICPC on tracking constituency, executive projects

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Buhari commends ICPC on tracking constituency, executive projects

    President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC for its Constituency and Executive Project Tracking initiative, CEPTi. According to a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Azuka […]

  • Varsities can’t be forced to close for elections – INEC

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Varsities can’t be forced to close for elections – INEC

    The Independent National Electoral Commission says it doesn’t have the power to compel universities to declare holidays in order to enable students to vote during the forthcoming general elections. The media aide to the chairman […]

  • Losing wife 11 days after wedding my worst experience – Niger man

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Losing wife 11 days after wedding my worst experience – Niger man

    A 31-year-old civil servant from Niger State, Idris Daja, who lost his 25-year-old wife, Maryam Liman, 11 days after their wedding, speaks to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI about his grief Tell us a bit about yourself. My […]

  • I’m alive by God’s grace –Buhari

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on I’m alive by God’s grace –Buhari

    The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday in Daura, said being the chief executive of a diverse country such as Nigeria must have been by the […]

  • Nigeria lost N4.2tn to 2022 flood – Minister

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigeria lost N4.2tn to 2022 flood – Minister

    Nigeria lost N4.2 trillion due to the 2022 floods which ravaged various parts of the country. The flood in various parts of Nigeria led to an estimated economic loss of $9.12bn (N4.2tn as at Friday’s […]

  • First Bank opens Saturday/Sunday for depositors of old currency

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on First Bank opens Saturday/Sunday for depositors of old currency

    First Bank of Nigeria, on Friday, called on all her customers to deposit their old currency. In a circular sent to all its branches nationwide and seen by Media Talk Africa, in Kaduna, it directed […]

  • Court sacks Senator Akpan, orders refund of salaries

    By Ifunanya | January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Court sacks Senator Akpan, orders refund of salaries

    A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked Senator Bassey Akpan as the Senator representing Uyo Senatorial district in the Senate for defecting to the Young Progressives Party, YPP. The presiding Judge, Justice Fadima […]

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