The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Saturday said it arrested 16 officers for alleged indiscipline and breach of service regulations. The military said investigations showed that the grievances of the arrested officers were linked to repeated failure in promotion examinations and perceived career stagnation. According to a statement by Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General…
Charly Boy, the ace Nigerian singer, has claimed the son of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), won an international world brain competition. Charly Boy claimed in a tweet on Wednesday. “Nnamdi Kanu’s son has shocked the world by becoming the first child ever to win English, Mathematics, and Russian…
Non-state actors in the agricultural sector have disclosed that one in five Africans goes hungry each day, while two out of every eleven Nigerians lack adequate food. The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, National Focal Person, Onijighogia Emmanuel, revealed this on Friday in Abuja, while moderating a workshop for non-state actors on the Maputo to…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, challenging the legality of the six-month suspension handed to Senator Natasha Uduaghan-Apoti, representing Kogi Central over alleged misconduct. The suit, which was instituted by one Ovavu Illiyasu and nine others, was thrown out by the trial judge,…
American climber Balin Miller has died at the age of 23 while attempting a climb in Yosemite National Park, his family confirmed on Thursday. Miller was on El Capitan, the park’s iconic 3,000-foot granite wall immortalized by Alex Honnold’s Free Solo, when the fatal accident occurred during his ascent of the “Sea of Dreams” route….
A Dangote Cement truck has crushed five people to death at the Alapoka axis of the Papalanto–Ilaro Road, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the accident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The TRACE spokesperson noted that the…
Adekunle Mustapha aka Sego The Obidient movement has raised the alarm over recent remarks from Adekunle Mustapha, also known as Sego. Mustapha is the Lagos state chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). In a viral video, Sego seemingly threatened to deal with anyone who votes against the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Clergywoman Toluwani Odukoya, pastor of Fountain of Life Church, has confirmed the end of her marriage to Olumide Ijogun after several years together. The pastor announced that her marriage, which began in 2012 and produced three children, two daughters and a son, has ended after several years together She disclosed her YouTube channel in a…
Chief Jite Odeworitse Tesigimoje, billionaire CEO of GIM Brown Marine from oil-rich Ugborodo community of Delta State, is not just a businessman with vast interests across the West African sub-region; he is also one of Nigeria’s most unapologetic ambassadors of polygamy. He stirred more controversy recently when he took his 19th wife in a lavish…
A former Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has dismissed claims by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan that his principal was once nominated by Boko Haram to mediate peace talks with the Federal Government. Shehu refuted the claim in a statement titled ‘Boko Haram did not nominate Buhari as their mediator’…