A 20-year-old Ijaw student from Rivers State, Miss Alaba Ann Tam Danagogo, is the 2021 overall best scholar at the Syracuse University in New York, the United States of America (U.S.A). Alaba was Students’ Speaker (valedictorian) for 2021 and she was selected as a Senior Class Marshall …
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has asked the presidency not to involve his state in the planned grazing reserve. The governor made the statement while reacting to a statement credited to Mallam Garba Sheu, a media aide to President Muhammad Buhari. Shehu had earlier said that the …
A plane crash that occurred in Kaduna State on Friday claimed the Chief of Army Staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru. Attahiru was not alone on the ill-fated aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force that crashed around 6pm on Friday. List of the flight crew and other persons on board. LT GEN I ATT…
A military Beachcraft 350 aircraft has crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday, claiming all eight souls onboard including the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. A statement by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Inform…
I often ask myself whether, if I were Igbo, I could ever forgive Nigeria for what we have done to them. Femi Fani-Kayode, former aviation minister, has slammed AGF Abubakar Malami, who recently compared ban on Fulani herdsmen to Igbo spare parts dealer. Femi Fani-Kayode said, "It i…
Actress, Tonto Dikeh, has said that rapists should either face the death penalty or be castrated. In an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “In Nigeria, cases of rape are fast assuming a threatening dimension that requires urgent intervention. Rape, like other forms of violence aga…
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly for the approval of a fresh 2.343 trillion naira external loan. The money is meant to part-finance the budget deficit of 5.602 trillion Naira in the 2021 budget. President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawn read the letter during pl…
A Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been arrested by the FBI over $350,000 employment fraud during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Abidemi Rufai & Governor Dapo Abiodun A Nigerian citizen, Abidemi Rufai, was arrested Friday evening at JFK Airport in New Y…
Any attack on the South-East is an attack on the Yorubas. The leader of the Pan Yoruba secessionist movement, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has warned that the Yoruba people will join forces with their South East brothers to repel any further attack by the Nigerian Arm…
