Usman Isa 
Jigawa State government has postponed secondary and primary school resumption by one week for the National Census Exercise. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Education Science and Technology Wasilu Umar Ringim issued to newsmen. The statement said the extension is a result of the forthcoming National … Read more
The Nigerian military is content, according to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), and no coup is being planned. Speaking on Friday, Tukur Gusau, the director of defense information at DHQ, expressed disapproval of claims that the Nigerian military had welfare problems. Gusau continued by saying that the widely-circulated study urged the military to meddle with the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed his reaction when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan telephoned him after the 2015 election. Buhari spoke on Friday at a farewell meeting with his media support group, the Buhari Media Organization (BMO) The Nigerian leader called on citizens to walk on the path of duty “if we really want to see the … Read more
Truck drivers on Saturday accused security operatives of regularly harassing and extorting them on the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt expressway. The drivers made the accusation at Ofeme Umuahia while protesting the alleged shooting of their members, a driver and his motor boy, by security men at a roadblock. The drivers, who blocked the two lanes of the … Read more
Former West Ham United striker Frank McAvennie has described Chelsea stars Raheem Sterling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as ‘terrible players.’ This follows their lacklustre performances for the Blues in the ongoing 2022–23 campaign. Sterling, one of the brightest players at Manchester City until his move last summer, has failed to live up to the expectations of … Read more
Some Nigerians aggrieved with the outcome of the 2023 general elections on Friday besieged the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to protest the outcome of the just-concluded polls. The group, under the aegis of Free Nigeria Movement marched on major roads of Maitama in Abuja, singing solidarity songs with placards that showed … Read more
The zoning of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South-East has been rejected by the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), which has thrown its support behind Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. According to xanderetch, the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee chose Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restored Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume as non-Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited NNPCL. The Court voided the sack of the businessman and set aside the removal done on January 17, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari on the ground that the action of the President … Read more
Popular Ghanaian singer, Jane Afia Awindor, better known as Efya, has said she co-pioneered the genre now known as Amapiano with Wizkid’s official disk jockey, DJ Tunez. She revealed this while featuring as a guest on the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast hosted by Adesope. According to her, she and DJ Tunez started the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has again weilded the big stick, terminating the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) with immediate effect. His action comes barely few days the President unceremoniously fired the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of National Agency for Science … Read more