In a remarkable celebration of honesty, Miss Ngozi Mary Kekwaru, a Customer Care staff of Eko Hotels in Lagos, was recently honored in Rivers State for returning $70,000 that a guest had forgotten. The recognition of her exceptional integrity came in the form of being unveiled as the Ambassador of Emohua Local Government Area,…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has lambasted the DSS over the continued detention of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. This comes after Bawa spent 50 days in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Recall that the DSS had arrested and…
Nigerian entrepreneur and investment banker, Atedo Peterside, has said that the closure of Niger Republic airspace will increase the cost of flights from Nigeria to Europe. The military junta in Niger Republic over the weekend, closed the country’s airspace, warning that any attempt to violate it would meet with an “energetic and immediate response”. This…
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended the General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA) Adenike Adekambi, following the d£ath of Doctor Vwaere Diasoat the General Hospital, Odanl Lagos Island on Tuesday, August 1. According to a statement released by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Olumide…
Omoyele Sowore, the popular rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, has said that the Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, was not cheap before the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. Sowore in a post on his Facebook page Saturday night said the term “subsidy removal…
Twitter users have reacted to the photo of an Igbo man who married a foreign woman at the Ikoyi Marriage Registry. This is coming a few days after one Mazi Uchenna Odu, advised his fellow Igbo men to avoid court weddings at all cost. However, Twitter user, @Abingwa1 posted a photo of an Igbo…
The Senator representing Ogun West in the National Assembly, Solomon Adeola, has lost hid aide. The senator, on Saturday lost his senior aide, Mr Adeniyi Sanni. It was learnt that the lifeless body of Adeniyi was found with gunshot wounds dumped at Toyota bus stop in Oshodi area of Lagos State on Saturday morning….
In what will come across as a really startling development, Satmak Silas Gideon, a Nigerian medical doctor, has sadly died. He passed away only six weeks after his wedding in Jos, Plateau state capital. The deceased was reportedly found dead in his neighbour’s apartment in the wee hours of Wednesday, August 2, after returning from…
Bosun Tijani, one of the ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu, has apologised to the Senate over his tweets from four years ago. Tijani tendered the apology during his ministerial screening at the Senate on Saturday. While addressing the Senate, he said that he tweeted out of frustration. The ministerial nominee said, “Distinguished senators,…
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested an officer attached to the Police Mobile Force, 43 Squadron, Gombe State, in connection with the killing of Olafuro Peterside. Peterside was shot and killed by the officer at a popular bar in Elekahia, Port Harcourt, in the local government area of the state. It was reported…