A rights group, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), on Sunday donated 20 bags of rice to indigent widows in Abakiliki, the Ebonyi capital, for Christmas celebration. The group also organised a party for the widows as part of the activities it lined up for this year’s Yuletide celebrations.The state Chairman of CDHR […]

Following the exclusive rights obtained by Western Lotto Nigeria Limited to sell and promote Ghana Games in Nigeria and its seeking of a Federal High Court order to stop the sale of the games by others, lottery operators in the country are at daggers drawn with some of them claiming that the agreement between Western […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Ahead of the governorship election in Edo State slated for 2020, a former governorship aide, Hon. Roland Igbadumhe has harped on the need for the electorate to look beyond the two major parties- The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Hon. Igbadumhe who served as Senior Special Adviser […]

The Kogi State Government has assured residents and commuters of their safety in the state during the Yuletide, insisting that measures are in place to ensure security of all. In a statement in Lokoja, Saturday, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Communications Strategy, Kingsley Fanwo said the State Government will not soft-pedal […]

…3 postgraduate students among those rusticated By Joseph Erunke No fewer than 100 students of the University of Abuja have been expelled by the university’s Senate for their involvement in examination misconduct. Those expelled, according to a statement, Sunday, by Dr. Habib Yakoob, Head, Information and University Relations, of the institution, “comprise 72 undergraduate and […]

By Juliet Ebirim Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has appointed a former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ) Delta state council, Comrade Norbert Chiazor Special Assistant on Media. Chiazor served as director Media and strategic communication, to Hon Prince Ned Nwoko senatorial campaigns in the 2019 elections and also rallied media publicity for Nwoko’s […]

Amidst laughter, tears and goosebumps, Fireboy appreciates his loyal fans at a private rendezvous, following from the success of the release of his deputy album. At the private rendezvous, where fans had to come to meet with him; he appreciate his loyalist with share hugs, Karaokes and more. READ ALSO: Wande Coal, Fireboy, others shutdown […]

By Joseph Erunke The Nigerian Army said it has extended its earlier deadline for the ongoing operations in the South East, South-South and Benue State by two weeks. The ongoing special operations are Operation Atilogwu Udo 1 for South-East; Operation Crocodile Smile IV for South-South and Operation Ayem Akpatuma II for Benue State. The Army, […]

Edo State government says the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,  did not only pick the governor, the deputy governor and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), he compiled the list of the state’s commissioners in his living room in 2016.

By Babajide Komoloafe The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reviewed downward electronic transfer and ATM fees as well as card maintenance fees. The new charges were contained in the latest Guide to Charges by Banks and Other Financial Institutions just released by the CBN According to the CBN, bank customers will now pay N10 […]