Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu on Thursday hosted the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. President and Okonjo-Iweala held a closed-door meeting where they discussed trade related matters with discourse centred mainly on national, continental and global relevance. This is coming two weeks before the expiration of…
A 33-year-old man, identified as Chinazum Nwaubani, is in police custody for hacking a 14-year-old girl to coma in Obete Nchina Village, Ntighauzo community in Obingwa council area of Abia State for refusing his sexual advances. This was even as the father of the victim, Mr. Chijioke Anaba, alleged that the Police at the Eastern…
Honorable Lawrence Olujide Adewale (MBA), an aspirant for Oluyole Federal Constituency Come 2027 has congratulated Chief (Dr) Florence Ajimobi on her nomination as Ambassador by President Bola Tinubu. Hon. Adewale described the development as a step forward for Nigeria and Oyo state All Progressive Congress (APC). He described the former Oyo first lady as an…
The Oyo State Ministry of Education and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Oyo State chapter, have dismissed reports that a teacher was beaten to death by students in Ogbomoso, describing the viral news as false and a complete misrepresentation of facts. According to a statement by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Oyo State Governor,…
Nigerian singer, Joeboy, lost a N3million bet after Arsenal beat Real Madrid 3-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. Seven hours before kick-off, Joeboy posted a betting slip with the caption, “Cashing out on Arsenal tears tonight!” The Controller crooner could have won N10,345,000 if Madrid has won at…
Veteran Nigerian singer Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face or 2Baba, and Edo State lawmaker Natasha Osawaru have welcomed their first child together, a baby boy. Speculation around the birth surged earlier on Friday after Osawaru was spotted at a hospital, prompting talk that she was in labour. Hours later, the politician confirmed the news…
Armed men suspected to be bandits on Friday stormed a family residence in Isanlu in Yagba East local government area and abducted a woman and her two children while the husband who tried to escape was shot. Tribune Online gathered that the husband, in an attempt to escape abduction, sustained gunshot injuries. The attack, according…
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday said four lives were lost in multiple road accidents that occurred in Ikeji-Arakeji, a town along the Ilesa/Akure expressway in Osun State. Also, 20 other commuters were said to have been injured in the accidents which involved three vehicles. In a 2-minute 5-second video recorded at the scene…
A Nigerian woman who was denied asylum in Britain eight times has finally been granted the right to stay after deliberately joining the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The 49-year-old Nigerian woman (unnamed), became involved with IPOB “to create a claim for asylum”, a judge said. The woman came to the UK in 2011 and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the nomination of Engr. Abdullahi Garba Ramat as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). He also make two other appointments to key commissioner roles within the agency. The appointments were announced on Thursday through a statement signed by the Special Adviser…