The Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Dr. Ahmed Audi has ordered the State Commandants of the corps to immediately set up the female squad in all the 36 State Commands and the Federal Capital Territory. Briefing Corps personnel at the National Headquarters, Abuja on Wednesday, June 23, Audi said following the…
Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino has died of renal failure as a result of diabetes. He passed away on Thursday morning, at the age of 61. Aquino’s death was announced by President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman, Harry Roque, and his family, hours after local media reported the former president had been transported to a Manila hospital….
Bank documents has revealed how the Buhari administration provided seed capital for Adamu Garba’s Crowwe social media platform, hoping the firm would help the government dominate internal narratives while squaring an ardent challenge to Facebook and Twitter for the Nigerian audience. Peoples Gazette obtained bank documents that carried a transfer of funds from the Central…
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Christian Edem Eyo, who allegedly killed and beheaded his aunt in Calabar. It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday, June 23, along Inyang Street in Calabar South Local Government Area. According to reports, the suspect killed the woman identified…
Popular Nigerian singer Peter Okoye of the defunct- PSquare, has shamed those who felt who would not progress after the separation. P-Square is the defunct music duo consisting of the twin brothers, Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye. They produced and released their albums through Square Records. In December 2011, they signed a record deal with…
The Kwara chapter of the blacksmiths, welders, iron benders, and metal technicians association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, began a three-day warning strike over high cost of materials. Oyinloye Azeez-Ajani, chairman of the state chapter of the association, disclosed this on Tuesday in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. Speaking to NAN, he said at least 7,500 members…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has warned that any social media platform used to bring down Nigeria will be suspended. The Minister who appeared before house committees on communication, justice, information and culture, and national security and intelligence on Tuesday June 22, added that the ban of Twitter operations in the country is…
Controversial on-air personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, alias Daddy Freeze has said that tithing is a curse for Christians. The media personality took to his Instagram page to counter a post made by televangelist Mike Murdock on tithing. Murdock wrote: “The tithe is a forever seed. The harvest, never, never ends” Disagreeing with the post, Freeze wrote:…
The National Identity Management Commission is proposing N25 billion to procure more servers for the storage of National Identity Number enrolment records. It is to submit its proposal to the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday. The Director General, NIMC, Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, disclosed this on Tuesday while appearing before Senate Public Accounts Committee, which is…
Three people, two male, and one female have been crushed to death by a trailer in Ibadan, Oyo state. The incident which occurred in front of Bova’s Filling Station at the Total Garden area of Ibadan on Wednesday morning, June 23, involved a trailer with reg. nos APP-696-XV belonging to Coca-Cola and a motorcycle with…