The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed Ghana’s former Electoral Commission Chairperson Charlotte Osei as deputy head of the sub-regional body’s pre-election mission to Nigeria ahead of the country’s 2019 polls. The mission is led by Mohammed N’fah Alie Conteh, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone and will stay in […]
Africa’s richest woman Mrs Folorunsho Alakija is set to become the owner of the most expensive building in West Africa, if not Africa. Famfa Towers is currently being built on Alfred Rewane Road in Ikoyi Lagos. The 22-floor edifice will set the billionaire oil mogul back a whooping N60billion or $165million but at a networth […]
Civil society, native doctors, communities and electricity consumers came together in their numbers to protest in Benin city, Edo state against the purported plan to renew the operational license of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). The Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Civil Society Organizations (EDOSCO), Osaze Edigin said the peaceful demonstration which will […]
The body of the missing army general, Retired Major-General Idris Alkali has been found. General Alkali’s remains were discovered in an abandoned well in a mining village, Guchwet in Shen of Jos South LGA of Plateau on Wednesday. The leader of the search and rescue operation, Brigadier General Umar Mohammed, while announcing the development, told […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority, Hassan Tampuli is in Lagos Nigeria to participate in the 2018 edition of the Oil Trading and Logistics Downstream Conference, (OTL2018). The conference brings together industry players from across the world to discuss common interests in the Petroleum sector and how they can leverage on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
