Over 70 presidential candidates out of 91 political parties that will participate in the 2019 Presidential elections have started presenting their credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission reports from Nigeria reveal. But key contender in the election and incumbent president Muhamadu Buhari is yet to comply with the requirement as he has been accused […]
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Nigeria: President Akufo-Addo graces Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was the guest of honour at the 2018 edition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum in Lagos, Nigeria. The president ceased the opportunity to brief the young entrepreneurs about Ghana’s National Entrepreneurship and Innovative Plan (NEIP) and how it is transforming and shaping entrepreneurship in the country. He said […]
Nigeria: Comic actor Bishop Imeh and wife celebrates 5th wedding anniversary
Actor and comedian, Imeh Bishop Umoh aka Okon and his lovely wife Idara are celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary yesterday. The comedian, Okon who got his nickname from his role as Okon in a movie called Okon Lagos, shared the news on instagram saying: ‘’ This day, 5 years ago I made a choice of a partner […]
Nigeria: President Buhari Signs White Paper that bars public doctors from owning private hospitals
President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the White Paper which among others will bar Public Sector Medical Doctors (MBSS) from Owning Private Hospitals of their own. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chris Ngige disclosed this Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. He said a situation where a Medical Doctor in a Public […]
Nigeria: read the tale of a family of five battling mental illness as narrated by a corps member in cross river state
Some infirmities are greater than some infirmities they say. There goes the tale of a family of five on the streets of Ogoja in Cross River State. A corps member currently serving in Ogoja town shared this story on her Facebook account. Mentally ill people are not rare on any street in Nigeria, but that of a […]
Nigeria: Best students receive ‘brand-new’ goats as awards in Anambra state
The best students of the Santa Mary Nursery and Primary school 2, Nibo, Anambra state, were, yesterday, presented with goats. A goat was given to each student that came first in their respective classes from primary one to six. The move is an initiative of the Ora Goat Project. According to those behind it, the […]
Nigeria: former Ekiti state governor arrested by EFCC a day after he handed over
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria last night laid ambush at former Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose’s Abuja Residence and took him on allegations of corruption while he was in office. The Governor officially handed over yesterday to a new governor and just when he thought he was going home to rest and […]
Nigeria: 56 year old popular actor Kanayo O. Kanayo bags law degeree as he prepares to venture into politics
Popular Nollywood Veteran Actor, 56 year old Kanayo O. Kanayo yesterday bagged a degree in Law, 5 years after he enrolled for the program at the University of Abuja, Abuja. Taking to his Instagram page to share the exciting news, after his last exam, he wrote: ‘Another milestone, another prominence. Thank you friends and Thank God […]
Nigeria: 5 teens engaged in gang-rape of two girls and uploaded onto porn sites freed
Report making rounds on social media, has it that two ladies were drugged and raped while visiting a guy they met on Facebook. One of the ladies identified as ‘Ho Lar Sugar’ was invited to a hotel and she went alongside her friend. According to a report gathered from a Facebook user who posted the […]
Nigeria: Obasanjo’s son defies him, goes all out to support President Buhari’s 2019 re-election bid
In spite of the fact that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is publicly opposed to Buhari’s re-election bid, his son Abraham Olujonwo Obasanjo has openly declared his support and availability to work for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. Festus Keyamo, Director of Strategic Communications, President Buhari Campaign Organisation, confirmed that Obasanjo’s son wrote the campaign organisation on Wednesday to officially […]
Nigeria: First lady orders arrest of her aide over 2.5 billion Naira scam
Nigeria’s first lady Aisha Buhari, has allegedly ordered the arrest of her own Aide De Camp, Sani Baba-Inna, a chief superintendent of police, for swindling her. According to Premium times Mrs. Buhari has allegedly asked the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to arrest and compel Baba-Inna to refund the money that he received as huge donations to the […]
Nigeria: Pregnant woman beaten to death by her husband after 19 days of marriage
A Nigeiran woman with by name Amarachi Emmanuela has been beaten to death by her husband whom she got married to just 19 days ago. The sad part of the matter is that Amarachi Emmanuela was beaten to death despite being pregnant for the same husband. The story was shared on Facebook by a close […]