Veteran Nigerian actor Pete Edochie is currently trending on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and WhatsApp in Nigeria following the rapid spread of a false rumour claiming that the Nollywood icon had died. The unverified reports alleged that the 78-year-old actor—born March 7, 1947—was rushed to the hospital and passed away, with some posts falsely claiming…
Immediate-past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, said life in Nigeria has become worse under President Bola Tinubu’s administration compared to the tenure of the immediate-past President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi made the remarks at the ongoing #OccupyNASS protest, which entered its second day at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Tuesday. The demonstration,…
Respite is yet to come the way of Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, as she has once again cried out for financial assistance from well-meaning Nigerians. In January, the actress announced that she was ill and needed N25m for brain tumour surgery, even as she was facing eviction. She also accused her industry colleagues of abandoning…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained why he did not join in the recent protest against the National Assembly alongside former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. El-Rufai suggested that he would have joined the protest if he had been in Nigeria. This is even as he stressed that the push…
Isaac Fayose, the younger brother of former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has accused the Igbo ethnic group of being easily influenced by money and political power, alleging that they have abandoned the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Sokoto custodial centre. Fayose made the remarks in a…
No fewer than 2,000 trucks earlier stranded at Nigeria’s borders with Benin and Niger Republics have begun movement following the reopening of the Kamba and Tsamiya border posts in Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the reopening is in line with the directive by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Kebbi Area Controller…
The Corporate Affairs Commission has announced free business name registration for 3,500 small businesses across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Registrar-General of the Commission, Hussaini Magaji, disclosed this in a post on the commission’s X handle on Monday. According to Magaji, the initiative is aimed at reducing the cost of…
The Nigerian community in South Africa has again been thrown into mourning with Sunday’s killing of a member, Emeka Uzor. The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA), the umbrella body of Nigerians living in that country, said this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Monday. The statement was jointly issued by NUSA…
Women in Nigeria spend more than five times the hours men devote to unpaid domestic and care work, according to the Nigeria Time Use Survey 2024 released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday. The survey, conducted in partnership with UN Women, found that women aged 15 years and above spend an average of…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has been dragged to court to make an appearance personally or through representation in a case instituted against him by princes of the town at the State High Court sitting in Oyo Town. The claimants; Ladigbolu Adegboyega, Owoade Tesleem, Adeyemi Adesina and Adeyemi Adebayo — in suit No:…
