The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to assert control over regions where Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, imposed a sit-at-home order in the South-East. He spoke as the Anambra State Commissioner of Police,…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Thursday celebrated his wife, Folu Adeboye on the occasion of her 75th birthday. Daddy G.O in his birthday message expressed his deepest love and admiration for her. He wrote; “My dearest Foluke, On this special day, as we celebrate your…
The Management of Osun State University, UNIOSUN, has suspended one Ahiante Victory Ehiremen, for allegedly luring her Lagos-based Whatsapp boyfriend to Ikire and robbing him of N1.5m. Announcing the suspension on Thursday in Osogbo, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Clement Adebooye during a press conference said the suspension, which is indefinite, was in…
Barely six hours after a Federal High Court ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to either arraign or release suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, from its custody, the DSS said last night it had charged the top banker to court. The Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who gave the information in…
The President of the United States, Joe Biden says his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin has already lost the war he started against Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Putin ordered the Russian troops to invade Ukraine about 500 days ago, but the US president claimed they are short of weapons to continue the war. Biden said…
••• Set next week for confirmation hearing The Osun State House of Assembly Ad-hoc Committee has concluded the screening of nominees in the list sent to the Osun State House of Assembly on 4th July 2023 by the Governor, Sen. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke. This was contained in a statement made available to Journalists by…
Amid the rising cost of flour, sugar, yeast and other raw materials, the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCON) has announced plans to increase bread prices nationwide by 15 percent. Mansur Umar, the national president and Jude Okafor, the national secretary of AMBCON, disclosed this in a statement. The increase, effective from…
The Police on Thursday said they have arrested a suspect over the Oct. 21, 2022 attack on the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the General Overseer, Omega Fire Ministeries along Benin-Auchi road. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this at a media briefing in Abuja. Adejobi said the suspect was a member…
Hollywood actors were poised to go on strike Thursday, joining writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years after last-ditch talks failed, with nearly all film and television production likely to grind to a halt. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), which represents 160,000 performers including A-list stars, said negotiations late Wednesday had ended without…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says about 12 million households will get N8,000 over a period of six months to ameliorate the hardships faced by Nigerians as a result of subsidy removal. In a letter to the House of Representatives read by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas during plenary on Tuesday, Tinubu said it was designed to enable…
