First Lady seeks prayers for Nigeria to overcome security challenges

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has charged Nigerians to pray and keep on praying until the growing security crisis in the country comes to an end. Nigeria is plagued by insurgencies, banditry, and communal conflicts that pose significant threats to the nation. Confronting insecurity ranging from mass abductions of schoolchildren to kidnappings by gangs to banditry as well as violence from Islamic extremist groups remain a paramount challenge for President Bola Tinubu who took office...

Burna Boy to perform at the 2024 Grammy Awards

Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa, who goes by the stage name Burna Boy, is among the A-list artists that would thrill the audience at the 66th annual Grammys Awards. The organisers announced on Monday that the self-acclaimed African Giant would be performing live at the upcoming awards show alongside an exciting slate of performers including Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, and Luke Combs. The 66th annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday,...

Nigeria qualifies for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

Nigeria has become the first African country to book a ticket to the upcoming 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup competition after a 1-0 win against Burundi on Saturday. The 1-0 win in the final leg tie of the qualifying round secured a 2-0 aggregate victory for Nigeria Women’s U-20 national team, the Falconets, following their earlier 1-0 triumph in the first leg in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, a week ago. During Saturday’s game, Burundi...

Enugu Govt Says Trending Video on Demolition of Properties is not Real

Commissioner says Authority (ECTDA) only demolished illegal, uncompleted buildings serving as kidnappers’ den. The Commissioner for Information Enugu State, Mr. Aka Eze Aka has refuted the trending video of the massive demolition of properties at the Enugu Centenary City located at Obeagu/Amechi Akwunanaw in Enugu South Local Government Area, Enugu State. The video recorded and released by a popular content creator known as Untouchable Comedies with 4.5million followers showed pictures of demolished buildings in the...

Tinubu calls for financing mechanism, equitable capital market access for developing countries

President Bola Tinubu has called for financing mechanism, equitable access to capital for developing countries. He stressed that such will provide the much-needed resources for development, thus solving some of the most pressing challenges in the world today. While speaking at the 19th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement at the weekend in Kampala, Uganda, Tinubu, however, pointed out that the developing world is not looking for sympathy or begging, but fair...

Echoes of Dismay and Helplessness over Demolition of Businesses By Anambra Govt

“At Goodwill Junction, businesswomen, their wares, tables, chairs, and umbrellas, were all destroyed and in most instances set ablaze” —Ebuka Onyekwelu Following the exceedingly outrageous videos and pictures of the demolition of petty street businesses by the Anambra State Government on Tuesday, it became overwhelmingly necessary to ascertain if what was shown in the video happened in Awka, Anambra State. Many days later, some people are still questioning if the destruction happened in Awka. On...

Suspension of  Igwe Neni: “Governor’s action unjustifiable, has no basis in Law” – Barr. Enwezor

A revered senior lawyer and two-term member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Chugbo Enwezor, has described the suspension of Igwe Neni, His Royal Highness Igwe Damian Ezeani, by the Government of Anambra State, as unjust and illegal. This, he said when he was featured on Viko Tv’s Politics Now, hosted by Ebuka Onyekwelu. Hon. Enwezor, who seriously supported Prof. Soludo in the 2021 guber election in Anambra State, also asked the...

Osun State Government Sacks Three Traditional Rulers

The Osun State government has nullified the selection of Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Olalekan Akadiri, and declared the stool vacant. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi called on all parties involved to wait for the court to determine a suit on the stool currently pending before the Court of Appeal. A statement explained that government decisions on the stools were contained in six white papers on various committees...

AFCON 2023: Super Eagles shock Cote d’Ivoire with 1-0 win

Nigeria on Thursday stood tall in the face of intense Ivorian pressure to beat the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Abidjan. William Troost-Ekong secured the win for the Super Eagles midway through the second half, in the 55th minute with a penalty kick. The game was Nigeria’s first win at the AFCON tournament. The Super Eagles entered the game under immense pressure following their 1-1...

IGP launches Special Intervention Squad to combat kidnapping in Abuja

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun has stepped up the aggressive posture against kidnapping gangs in Nigeria by setting up a Special Intervention Squad, SIS. The SIS, said IGP Egbetokun, is the Nigeria Police Force’s ‘bold strategy’ to end the menace of kidnappings and killings in the capital city of Abuja. The squad is a team of specially trained mobile police personnel whose mission is to ensure that “every corner of the FCT...

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