A Nigerian couple has welcomed their baby girl after 14 years of waiting. A Facebook user, Helen Dooshima Ioryue, made this known on her page on Thursday. Sharing pictures of the couple, she wrote, “Indeed our God is a protocol breaker. He has blessed the family of Mr &Mrs. Michael Sheshi with a bouncing baby…
Former Nigerian Super Eagles assistant coach, Ben Duamlong, 70, has bagged a first class in Painting at the University Of Jos. Duamlong made the list of 112 students who bagged first class out of 20,532 students that graduated from the university in 2023. After retiring as a football coach of the national team in 2014,…
Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, on Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to the former President, Muhammadu Buhari, at his residence in Daura, Katsina State. Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Imo state governor; Hope Uzodinma, were among those that visited the former president. Credit: Facebook | Buhari Sallau
A Lagos state High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Wednesday adjourned till July 13 for the adoption of final written addresses by prosecution and defence counsel in the ongoing trial of an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25, 2022. Justice Ibironke Harrison…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his Chief of Staff. Femi Fani-Kayode, one of the President Tinubu ally confirmed the appointment in a twitter post on Thursday. He simply wrote: ” Congratulations to my friend and brother of over 40 years, the Hon. Speaker of…
A human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has described as “pure political vendetta”, the recent raid by the police on the Ibadan residence of the former Chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System, Lamidi Mukaila, popularly known as Auxiliary. In a statement on Thursday, Olajengbesi, who is the Senior Partner at Abuja-based law firm, Law…
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Thursday admitted in evidence bundles of electoral documents from 6 states of the federation that emanated from the February 25 elections. The documents which consisted of forms EC8A which are polling units results were tendered by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi,…
… urge rollout of gas-powered buses, palliatives … demand halt to oil swap deal The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to discontinue subsidies on not just the Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol but on all petroleum products. This call follows the re-emergence of queues at the various fuel stations…
Music star, Kizz Daniel, has confirmed the birth of his third son while also revealing his relationship status with his fiancee. He made this known while being interviewed by American On-Air-Personality, Angela Yee, in a podcast that went viral on Thursday. He said, “I have three sons now.”When asked about his engagement, he said, “What?…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked the claim that it has devalued the naira. A statement signed by Acting Director Corporate Communications, Isah AbdulMumin, said the dollar traded at N465/$1 contrary to reports. The statement partly reads, “We wish to state categorically that this news report, which in the imagination of the newspaper is…
