Peter Obi, Labor Party Presidential Candidate in the last election has condemned the killing of two staff members of the United States of America Embassy and two policemen in Anambra State on Tuesday. It was reported that the US embassy staff were attacked at Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra while on a humanitarian aid…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has hailed the Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, for breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. Baci has set a new record for a 100-hour marathon cooking. The monarch shared Baci’s photo on his Instagram…
The White House has given an update after gunmen ambushed a US Embassy convoy in Nigeria on Tuesday, killing four people. According to White House, those who died include two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers. The attack took place in the Amiyi/Eke Ochuche communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of…
The federal government has urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) not to go on a 5-day working strike planned for today, May 17. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who admitted that he received a letter from the NARD executive notifying him of the impending industrial action, vowed to implement the…
Nigerian world record breaker, Hilda Baci has been applauded by international news platform CNN. This comes after she was featured following her attempt to break the longest cooking record. In order to break the record, she cooked for four days. The first female to hold the record of cooking for longest was an India chef…
The reason why journalists covering the ongoing trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others were stopped from coming into Court 10 of the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of the proceeding on Tuesday has been revealed. Recall that Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application to the effect by Mr Sunday…
A lady who assaulted a police officer has been arraigned in court and remanded in Kirikiri prison in Ogombo area of Ajah, Lagos state. This was revealed by Lagos state police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin on Tuesday, May 16. Sharing a picture of a woman grabbing a police officer by the Uniform, Hundeyin tweeted;…
58 soldiers from various units in Jos, Plateau state, have been rewarded by the head of Division 3 of the Nigerian Army (NA) for good conduct while discharging their duties. Abdulsalam Bagudu, General Officer Commanding, Headquarters 3 division, Jos, the Plateau capital, presented bicycle and cash gifts to the soldiers on Monday, May 15. Bagudu…
The Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos state has remanded Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer. At his arraignment before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, the prosecution led by S. A Adebese and Morufu Animashaun asked the court to remand the defendant for 21 days pending legal…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has addressed the topic pf petrol subsidy. The government, yesterday acknowledged that the cost of subsidy on petrol between year 2005 to 2021 could be more than N13 trillion ($74 billion) if the economic and opportunity costs of the policy are computed in financial terms. The Secretary to the Government…