A pastor of a Pentecostal Church in Nnewi, Anambra State, identified as Pastor Prosper Igboke, has committed suicide as he jumped down from a two-storey building in Nnewi. It was reported that Igboke jumped down from the building and died instantly after he was jilted by his lover, whom he had spent so much money…
Damini Ogulu, the Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, who is also known as Burna Boy, has equalled Davido’s record of highest peaking African album on the Apple Music United States chart. Davido set the record with his fourth studio album, ‘Timeless,’ which peaked at Number 2 earlier this year. Burna Boy’s new album, ‘I Told Them,’…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has clarified that Nigeria did not apply for membership of BRICS, that is the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa bloc. According to Channels Television, Shettima spoke on Friday on the sideline of the BRICS Summit held in South Africa hours after the economic bloc said it was admitting…
“I regret sending Happi Boys to Cyprus, I regret everything I did for them”l, flight ticket alone for each of them was 2million” “Why do you want to discourage me, if I decide to close down the free hospitals, free schools, nobody will arrest me because I owe nobody anything “
The federal government has gained N1.9trillion in taxes from from Google, Netflix, Facebook, and other foreign companies operating in the country in 15 months. This was revealed by the National Bureau of Statistics. NBS said the figure includes both Company Income Tax and Value Added Tax. The Federal Inland Revenue Service noted that the…
GIOTV reports that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product has slowed down. The growth slowed to 2.51 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter of 2023. This growth rate is lower than the 3.54 per cent recorded in the second quarter of 2022 According to the Gross Domestic Product report published by the…
On Friday, there was a protest by students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in response to the unexpected death of Ayomide Akeredolu, a student in their institution who was in 500-level The grieving students barricaded the busy Akure-Ilesa highway, causing heavy disruption to vehicular movement and a prolonged traffic jam that lasted…
Spanish Women’s World Cup winning midfielder, Jenni Hermoso, has said she did not consent to being kissed by the country’s federation chief Luis Rubiales, after he refused to resign Friday following an outrage over the incident. In a statement released by women players’ union Futpro, Hermoso and 80 other players said they would not…
A bride, identified as Rebecca Oyedotun, slumped and died on her wedding day in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The tragic incident happened on the eve of the deceased bride’s wedding while having her bridal shower with her friends. According to the father of the dead bride, Evangelist Oyedotun of C&S Reformed Church, Isale-High School,…
The military leaders who took over power in Niamey on July 26 have ordered the French ambassador, Sylvain Itte, to leave Niger Republic within 48 hours, according to a statement from Niger’s foreign ministry. The decision comes after the ambassador “refused to respond to an invitation” for a Friday meeting and following actions by…