President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Friday on a working visit to the former seat of government as Nigeria prepares for a low-key 65th Independence Anniversary. This is contained in a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga late Friday. According to Onanuga, the President moved to Lagos after attending the coronation of…
A recent study from the US analysed the health data and sex lives of 14,542 men and women. It found that women aged 20 to 59 who had sex less than once a week had a 70 per cent higher risk of dying within five years compared to those who had sex more than once…
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a dismissed soldier, Corporal Stephen Iweh of the Nigerian Army’s 6 Battalion, Ibagwa in Abak, to death by hanging for the murder of a traveller who had offered him a lift. Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Bassey Nkanang held that the prosecution proved beyond…
Nigerian influencer and content creator, Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, popularly known as Mandy Kiss has broken her silence after facing backlash and a petition for her arrest following her shocking announcement to attempt a marathon s3x act with 100 men in 24 hours. The controversy began when Mandy Kiss declared plans to stage the stunt in Lekki,…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused Dangote Refinery of unjustly terminating the appointment of 800 Nigerians in its workforce. The labour union, in a statement on Friday by its General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, accused the refinery of engaging in anti-labour practices. It also alleged that the management of…
Immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, insisted that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, must follow due process if he wishes to return to the ruling party. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Friday,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners Chapel) and Senior Pastor of Faith Tabernacle, on his 71st birthday. In a goodwill message on Friday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President joined Oyedepo’s family, congregants, staff of David Oyedepo Ministries International,…
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dissolved the Rivers State Pensions Board with immediate effect. The governor said the office of the State Accountant General will handle the functions of the Board until a new board is constituted. This was contained in a Government Special Announcement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday evening by…
The former Student Union President of Federal School of Statistics, Ibadan Campus, Mr Ganiyu Kazeem Abiodun has declared intention to run for the school Alumni Association President. Ganiyu, fondly call Olubara is the interim Vice President of the association, and the former Union President of the school during 2005/06 session. Declaring his ambition, Mr Ganiyu…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the economic difficulties experienced by Nigerians in recent years as the “pain of a painful surgery,” assuring citizens that recovery and growth are now within reach. He made the remarks during the coronation of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, at Mapo…