Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has supported a couple, Mr and Mrs Celestine Uzodike who gave birth to Septuplet in Okija with the sum of N15million The Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon Ify Obinabo who visited the couple on Thursday, made the revelation. She visited the couple at Obijackson Women and Children Hospital, Okija, where they Mrs Uzodike delivered the children. She presented a cheque of the sum to the couple during...
Nasir El Rufai, the Kaduna State Governor, on Thursday said that contrary to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives, the old notes of N1,000 and N500 remain legal tender in the state. In a national broadcast on Thursday morning, President Buhari ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to circulate the old N200 notes alongside the new N200, N500, and N1,000 notes from February 10 to April 10, 2023. However in a broadcast to the people of...
The Imo state traditional council honoured President Muhammadu Buhari with a chieftaincy title in Owerri yesterday. The chairman of the traditional rulers’ council, Eze Imo, Dr Emmanuel Okeke, supported by other monarchs in the state, conferred the ‘Nwanne di na mba’ (a relation in another land) title on the president. President Buhari was in the state to campaign for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. The president thanked the traditional council for...
Adamawa State Police Command has commenced an investigation to unravel circumstances leading to the killing of a teen and the removal of some of his organs by yet-to-be-identified suspected ritualists. The lifeless body of a boy who is about fourteen years old was found dumped in Rumde ward behind Yola North Local government Secretariat in Jimeta, Adamawa State with his throat, tongue, and eye removed. The victim is believed to be a pupil of one...
Pastor Uche Aigbe of House on the Rock, Abuja, who mounted the pulpit during Sunday’s church service carrying an AK-47 rifle is being investigated by the Nigeria Police Force. In a tweet on Monday a few hours after the news went viral on social media, the force public relations officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said, “We have commenced investigation into this.The PPRO FCT will make an official statement as soon as possible.” In a follow up tweet,...
At the Labour Party’s grand finale campaign rally in Lagos on Saturday, 11 February 2023, the vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed entertained the crowd with a rendition of a cover of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s 1976 afrobeat hit, ‘Yellow Fever’. Baba-Ahmed, known for his calm demeanour, was fueled by the energy of the crowd and he teased the party’s teeming supporters, “I know this is the era of P-Square. “This is the era of the yuppies. Most...
Nigerian artists Burna Boy, Tems, Asake, Fireboy DML, Ruger and others won 12 categories of the Soundcity MVP awards on Saturday night. The event which was held at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre in Lagos was hosted by South African actress Pearl Thusi and featured electrifying performances from Gyakie, Arya Starr, Bad Boy Timz, Seyi Vibez, Ruger, and Black Sherif. Burna Boy won the ‘African Artist of the Year’ award, confirming his self-acclaimed African giant...
Pope Francis has announced the establishment of the Catholic Diocese of Aguleri and appointed Bishop Denis Isizoh the Diocese’s first Bishop. The erection of the new Catholic Diocese in Nigeria and the appointment of the pioneer Bishop of the new Episcopal See was made public by the Holy See Press office on Sunday, February 12. The Diocese of Aguleri has been curved from the Archdiocese of Onitsha, making it suffragan of the Metropolitan See of...
The latest epidemiological data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) shows that 763 persons were infected with the disease country in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of January 1, 2023. According to the data Lagos led with 188 cases, followed by Abia (58), Bayelsa (45), Imo (45), Ogun (40), Ondo (40) Rivers (37), and Delta (31), while Edo (27), Anambra (25), FCT (23), Kwara (21), Nasarawa (17),...
A video shared on TikTok shows some Nigerians who arrived very early at an ATM gallery to withdraw cash dutifully holding morning devotion. This is coming as Nigerians continue to find it difficult to access cash for their daily needs following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign and the deadline for naira swap. In the video, the bank customers were singing praise and worship and a man, who presumably was leading the devotion, was...
