Following the death of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Personnel Lance Corporal Ogah Bercy, attached to the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), who died of complications from snakebite in her toilet at the NAF Base Bill Clinton Drive Abuja, the social media space has been filled with numerous questions all pointing to how snakes and […]
The Principal of Auga Community Grammar school, Mr Joshua Adeyemi his vice, Mr Ifedayo Yesufu and three N Power Teachers have been abducted by gunmen. The victims were abducted along Auga-Ise Road while travelling in a Toyota corolla car on Thursday. A pregnant teacher among them, Mrs Blessing Okeke, was said to have been […]
Zeetin Engineering, an engineering company, is setting up a multi-billion naira factory in Idu Industrial area of the federal capital territory (FCT) to produce electric cars. Speaking with journalists on Thursday, Robert Azibaola, promoter of the company, said he has invested about N3.5 billion in setting up the place. Azibaola said, so far, he […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says Nigerians should expect gigabytes in a second, smart cities, self-driving cars, robust telemedicine, and others with the deployment of the fifth-generation (5G) technology in Nigeria. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC) of NCC, stated this while responding to questions during a webinar, titled: “Unlocking 5G Potential in […]
The Nigeria Labour congress, NLC has rejected the Federal government’s planned fuel subsidy removal describing it as a ‘penny wise pound foolish’ gamble. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, had on Tuesday announced at a World Bank event in Abuja that petrol would sell for between N320 […]
Mr. Emmanuel Uti, lead counsel to Chief Ayiri Emami, on Wednesday disclosed that the embattled Ologbotsere of Warri has met his bail conditions. Ayiri was on Wednesday arraigned at Magistrate Court 2 in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State for alleged theft of two royal crowns valued at N2 billion. The popular […]
A group of Bayern Munich fans are putting pressure on the club to end their controversial Qatari sponsorship deal amid claims of human rights abuses. Bayern signed a five-year sponsorship deal with state-owned Qatar Airways in 2018 which the German media claim is worth around 20 million euros ($22.5 million) per year to the […]
The box office takings of the Chinese patriotic film “The Battle at Lake Changjin” hit 5.69 billion yuan ($891 million) on Wednesday, putting it in position to become China’s highest-ever grossing film, data from online movie ticket booking platform Maoyan showed. The box office takings by Wednesday had hit the same level as the […]
France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was found guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of a former international team mate over a sex tape on Wednesday and sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term. The Versailles court also fined him 75,000 euros ($84,170) and ordered him to pay former team mate Mathieu […]
Scores of protesting women drawn from the states of Niger Delta on Tuesday shutdown official activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) at its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The protest, according to the women, was to demand the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a substantive board for the interventionist […]
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