Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
Diri sends 24 Commissioner-nominees to Assembly for confirmation (Full list)
Governor Douye Diri has sent the names of 24 Commissioner-nominees to the Bayelsa House of Assembly for confirmation.
Broadcast Code, an Illegality perpetrated by Lai Mohammed – NBC Chairman
Chairman of the Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, has described the 6th National Broadcasting…
US Visa restriction: Nigeria meets two demands, Buhari hopeful of reversal
Nigeria is making progress to reverse the United States suspension of the issuance of “immigrant visas” to Nigerian passport holders,…
Obasanjo’s challenge: Youths must squeeze out old generation from power
Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has charged Nigerian and African youths to be ready to squeeze out the old generation…
Shocker: Jilted husband axes wife to death, hangs self
A jilted man has axed his estranged wife to death and then hung himself in a bizarre manner in Zimbabwe.
Stallion’s Bajaj storms Nigerian cities with ‘Keke’ rally
Stallion Bajaj has revealed in Lagos, Nigeria that the firm will be flagging off what it described as the “First…
Ecobank Nigeria launches Business Banking App – Omni Lite App
Ecobank Nigeria has launched an Application for Businesses, known as Omni Lite App, targeted at enhancing the banking experience of…
HEFAMAA urges health facilities to renew registration online
The Executive Secretary, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, Dr. Abiola Idowu, has urged health facilities yet to complete…
Buhari unveils 17-Storey NCDMB building, vows to boost infrastructure
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja pledged to spend more on infrastructure across the country, focusing on finishing projects…
Folarin Coker’s death, A great loss to Lagos – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the passing of the late Chief Nathaniel Folarin Coker as a great loss…
Why I chained my son with animals – Kebbi father
The Police Command in Kebbi has arrested Aliyu Umar, father of the 12-year-old boy chained for two years in an…
Water scarcity hits Lokoja
Residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and environs have been hit by acute water scarcity.
Sexagenarian to be stoned to death for rape in Kano
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mati Abdu, to death by stoning for…
Lagos begins Agric-YES Summer School for public school students
Lagos State Government will on Monday, August 17 begin the 2020 Agricultural Youth Empowerment Scheme (Agric-YES) Summer School Programme for…
PSG in great comeback to beat Atalanta, zoom into Semi-final
Paris Saint-Germain, PSG came back from a goal down to beat Atalanta 2-1 to reach Champions League semi-final.
Former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington is dead
Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington has died at the age of 90.
Two Lebanese arrested attempting to smuggle $890,000 out of Nigeria
Two Lebanese, Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohmmed, have been arrested for attempting to smuggle $890,000 out of Nigeria,…
Paedophile Ugochukwu Obiakor to rot in jail 25 years for defiling minor
An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 36-year-old Paedophile, Ugochukwu Obiakor, to 25 years imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old…
International Youth Day: Lagos charges youths on community participation
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday celebrated the international Youth Day with a call on youths to key into the…
Edo poll: TB Joshua opens up on purported prediction of winner
Founder, Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Prophet T.B Joshua has opened up on his purported prediction of winner of…
Magu: We didn’t mistakenly transfer N573m into Omale’s account – FCMB
First City Monument Bank, FCMB, has debunked reports that the sum of N573 million was mistakenly transferred into the account…
COVID-19: Lagos charges religious leaders to follow guidelines
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday charged religious leaders in the state to strictly follow COVID-19 guidelines to prevent the…
I will quit PDP if NWC removes party structures from Ayade – Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has threatened to quit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if the National Working Committee, NWC,…
The making of Nigeria’s top jeweler, Sherifat Mohammed
Beautiful wife and mother, Sherifat Mohammed who is the Chief Executive Officer of BOZ Jewelry has entrenched herself as a…
3 Corps members, 19 undergraduates, 10 others arrested for Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Tuesday arrested 32 "Yahoo boys" for alleged involvement in internet…
Succour as Sanwo-Olu supports indigent Lagosians with finance
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday brought succour to some families in the State through “Sanwo-Olu Listens”…
Former PM News Editor, ‘Lanre Babalola dies at 57
Former Editor of PM News, Olanrewaju Rasak Babalola is dead. He died on Monday at the age of 57 after…
Obasanjo speaks again: I don’t care what people say about me when I die
Nigeria’s former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he does not care what people say about him when he die.
We’ll scuttle APC’s plan to rig Edo election, Wike boasts
The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo Election, Governorship, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State…
Northeast governors to Buhari: Boko Haram recruiting more members
Northeast governors on Monday told President Muhammadu Buhari that Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting more members to take over the…