Peter Timoth Igbifa, President of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has regained freedom after being “abducted” while on his way to the airport for a trip to Abuja. Igbifa was declared missing, a day after the mass protest the youth body declared over President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in constituting a substantive board for the Niger Delta…
An angry mob has beaten a suspected armed robber to death in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. It was gathered that a three-man gang allegedly attacked a Point of Sale operator along Erepa Road on Wednesday, May 26, and made away with an undisclosed sum of money. According to an eyewitness, the suspected robbers were trying to…
There will be a partial closure of the Eko Bridge for emergency repairs, starting from June 4 to August 13, the Lagos State Government has announced. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement that the repair of the Eko Bridge, from Costain to Alaka in-bound National Stadium, was necessary to…
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar lll has advised the Federal Government to regulate the use of social media in the country. The monarch, however, stated that he is against placing a total ban on social media. He asked the government to take a cue from countries that have successfully regulated it. He spoke on Wednesday…
As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), continues to faces questions over its ban on cryptocurrency transactions in the country, Nigeria will soon create its digital currency, the CBN said on Tuesday, Newspremises can report. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, said this while addressing journalists after a two-day meeting…
The Arogbo Ijaw Patriots (AIP) have condemned the “imposition” of the Oduduwa anthem by Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. The group said the state government forced Ijaws to recite the anthem during the conduct of a promotion examination for senior civil servants. A statement by the Coordinator and Secretary, Fidelis Soriwei and Bibisa Kekemeke noted that…
Iran has banned the mining of cryptocurrencies after a series of blackouts across major cities, Bloomberg has reported. The ban was announced on State TV on Wednesday and it is effective immediately, until September 22. This ban is amidst a growing unease over cryptos energy usage. The ban follows a regional ban placed on Bitcoin…
The Director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Shuaibu Ibrahim, says the scheme is “critical to the unity of the country”. He said the scheme is not a waste of time, adding that its relevance in integration and national cohesion must not be underestimated. The brigadier-general spoke on Wednesday in his office in Abuja….
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Garba Shehu, has given reasons why his principal was absent at the burial of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military personnel. Attahiru and 10 officers died in a plane crash on Friday while on an official trip to Kaduna and were…
Seun Kuti, musician and youngest son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has accused Nigerian politicians of arming bandits with guns. In a trending video posted on social media, Seun stated that if Nigerians want banditry to end, all politicians in the country should write down a list of people they have given guns to’ so…