The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last general election, Mr Peter Obi, on Tuesday, insisted that he was not desperate to be Nigeria’s President, but that he desired the country to work. Obi spoke in Abuja while reacting to his award as the ‘Leadership Politician of the Year 2023’ at the…
The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service has sealed two shopping malls- ShopRite and SPAR over alleged non-remittances of purchase tax to the government. This was made known in a statement signed by the service spokesperson, Nnamdi Eneh, on Tuesday morning following the enforcement drive. It stressed that the malls would remain closed until the issues…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed March 13 to hear the motion filed by the detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, seeking his unconditional release from Defence Intelligence Agency (NIA)’s custody. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date following the Federal Government’s failure to produce Bodejo in court for arraignment after the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that approximately 70 percent of financial crimes in Nigeria are connected to banks. Chairman of the leading anti-graft agency, Ola Olukoyede, shared this information during his address in Abuja at the 2023 Annual Retreat and General Meeting of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks…
Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, on Monday, accused former President Muhammadu Buhari of being responsible for the current economic hardship being faced by Nigerians. Mutfwang specifically said that “we sold our future under the last administration.” The governor spoke on Monday during the swearing-in of 22 Special Advisers and heads of government agencies at…
The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, has said that the late comic actor, Tolani Oyebamiji, known as “Sisi Quadri”, died at a time he should be reaping the fruits of his labour.Musawa, in a statement through her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Nneka Anibeze, expressed shock following the sudden demise…
Aluko-Olaseni passed away after an eight-year battle with cancer. Reacting to the sorrowful news, the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, in a post via its X account, on Saturday, expressed sadness over the death of the former goalkeeper. We are sad to hear of the passing of former Super Falcons Goalkeeper, Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni after an eight-year…
According to multiple reports from sources close to him, veteran comedian John Ikechukwu Okafor passed away at Evercare hospital. Mr Ibu Biography John Ikechukwu Okafor, famously known as Mr Ibu, is a Nigerian actor, producer, writer and comedian. He was born on 17 October 1961 in Enugu State. Mr Ibu is 62 years as of…
Busts another drug cartel in Lagos, arrests members with 17.4kg cocaine, heroin, meth; over 3.1million pills of opioids recovered in Kano, Lagos, Borno raids Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage while attempting to board an…
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday held a closed-door meeting with former President, Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Daura. Shettima after the meeting said the federal government will deploy new strategies to fight armed banditry, kidnapping and other security challenges faced in different parts of the country. The VP noted that the federal government will…
