According to Irabor, the debts the country owe to men and women who serve in the armed forces cannot be paid fully. The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, says that providing security for a diverse country like Nigeria is not an easy task, but insists it is not an impossible one…
The management of the Lekki Deep Seaport has announced that Rimbaud has become the first transshipment vessel to berth at the port. Making this known in a series of tweets on Friday, the port management said the ship operated by CMA CGM, has a Length Overall of 270m, a breadth of 42.8m and 6,900 Taus…
The Ondo State Police Command on Thursday paraded the three suspects arrested in connection with the alleged killing of a naval officer, Sub. Lt. Samuel Akingbohun. The suspects also disclosed how the naval officer was killed. Akingbohun was allegedly killed by the suspects during an argument between the deceased and an okada rider in the…
Leaving everything you own to a multi-millionaire football player would not be everyone’s idea of a good cause, but one Brazilian fan has just done that. The anonymous fan could not think of a more deserving recipient of his worldly goods than Neymar Jr. of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). He said that beyond a love for…
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has maintained his position as Africa’s richest man, despite a fluctuating Nigerian currency against the dollar, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Dangote’s wealth was valued at an impressive $15.6 billion in the recently released daily top billionaire lists on Tuesday, placing him at the pinnacle of African billionaires…
The corpse of Nigerian boxer, Jeremiah Okorodudu who represented Nigeria at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, has been seized by a private hospital in Lawandon, Lagos, where he died on Wednesday night, June 28, after battling a foot ulcer that left him bedridden for weeks. Okorodudu’s wife, Adenike told Punch that the hospital is…
Oil marketers in the country say the pump price for petrol could rise above N700 per litre. According to Mike Osatuyi, National Controller Operations, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, the projection is expected to come into force in July. He insisted that the prices could rise above N700 in the north once independent marketers…
Experts have recovered presumed human remains from what is left of the Titan sub that imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, with the death of five people, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday. “United States medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered,” the agency…
The late King of Pop, Michael Jackson will reportedly be tried for allegedly molesting choreographer Wade Robson when he was a child. According to reports, the California Court of Appeal has cleared the way for Robson to make his case after he alleged that the late musician molested him at the Neverland Ranch when he…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Sidikat Odunkanwi professionally known as Iyabo Oko, has reportedly passed on yesterday evening. Her daughter, Bisi Aisha, announced this on Facebook today, saying that the actress died on Wednesday evening. “May ur soul Rest In Peace mummy”, she wrote. Actress Foluke Daramola-Salako also confirmed her death. On her Instagram page, Daramola-Salako wrote:…
