Tears flowed freely in Uga, Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State, as the remains of Chikaima Ejezie (9), Chimziterem Ejezie (8), and Chimdirim Ejezie (5)—siblings brutally murdered and stuffed inside a freezer—were laid to rest on Saturday. The tragic incident occurred on February 1, 2025, in Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area, when unidentified assailants…
Thirty-five lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly in favour of Mudashiru Obasa’s removal as Speaker have arrived in the Lagos State High Court for the hearing of a matter brought by the latter. Obasa had gone to court to challenge his removal by at least 36 of his colleagues on January 13, 2025….
Marketers of petroleum products in Nigeria have reportedly written to President Bola Tinubu to complain that the drop in price of Dangote Refinery’s diesel to N900 per litre, is negatively affecting their businesses. Devakumar Edwin, Vice President, Dangote Industries Limited, disclosed this on a Twitter Spaces session organized by Nairametrics. “Petroleum product marketers in Nigeria…
Veteran actress Ayo Mogaji has advised women over 40 to prioritise motherhood, even if it means having children outside wedlock. In a candid interview with Oyinmomo TV, Mogaji shared her wisdom, urging women who have reached the 40 landmark to have children even if marriage isn’t imminent. She said: “For women who are 40 and…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, arraigned a music promoter, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod, (a.k.a Eezee Tee) before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos ThankGod, alongside his company, Eezee Global Concepts Limited, is standing trial on an amended…
The Nigerian Women Crusade for Good Governance (NWCGG) representing 100 women groups has tendered an unreserved apology to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Senate over the allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The apology was tendered during a briefing in Abuja on March 11, 2025. Speaking on behalf of the groups, Dr. Mrs Cecilia Ikechukwu…
The Kogi government has restated its commitment to implementing the ban placed on compulsory customised textbooks and notebooks in schools in the state. The state’ Commissioner for Education, Mr Wemi Jones, made this known during a stakeholders’ meeting with the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) on Friday in Lokoja. The meeting was…
Comrade Ojetola Babatunde Yussuf ‘Toyyem’ have welcomed National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, stakeholders, cadres, senators and all comrades to the southwest pre-convention. The programme which is scheduled to hold on Saturday 31st of August, 2024 will host students leaders from Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun and Oyo states. Welcoming students’ leaders, Toyyem said the…
Former presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, has revealed that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari rejected a proposed N10 million monthly food budget and turned down the purchase of new cars upon assuming office in 2015. Shehu made the revelations in his newly launched memoir, According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience, unveiled on Wednesday in…
Over 80 civil society organizations have called for constructive reflection and collective action on Nigeria’s 2024 Paris Olympic performance. The groups, under the aegis of the Civil Society Network for Good Governance, made this disposition during a press conference on Tuesday, 13th August 2024, in Abuja. The President of the group, Barr. Kamal Adefila, said…