Court orders FRSC to reinstate suspended employee and pay full entitlements

24 Jan 2023

The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo has ordered the Federal Road Safety Corp to immediately reinstate its suspended employee, Mr. Abochi John, 53.  In 2016, John was charged with receiving a stolen phone.  The court ordered the commission to pay John all of his salaries, allowances, and entitlements that were withheld during his […]

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25 DEAD AFTER RUSSIA MISSLE ATTACK ON DNIPRO APARTMENT BUILDING

17 Jan 2023

Russian missiles kill 19 in Ukraine’s Odesa region The number of dead has risen to 25 after a Russian missile attack that hit a high-rise apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday, according to official figures. By Sunday afternoon, 73 injured people had been rescued from the rubble of the partially […]

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Gunmen attacks INEC facility in Enugu

17 Jan 2023

Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has reported another attack on one of its facilities in Enugu South Local Government Area, Enugu State. The commission said one of the policemen deployed to the location was also killed and another injured. The attackers, who could not gain entry to the main building, razed the security gate house around […]

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Former actor Papa Ajasco has passed away

15 Jan 2023

Femi Ogunrombi, a seasoned Nollywood actor popularly known as Papa Ajasco, has passed away. On Sunday, a theater professional named Husseini Shaibu tweeted a confirmation of Papa Ajasco’s passing. Shaibu wrote, “I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with @NATIONALTROUPE and one-time stand-in for the ‘Papa Ajasco’ character on the […]

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Armed men shot at NDLEA operatives

11 Jan 2023

Armed men, Monday night, opened fire on operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Awolowo road, in their bid to prevent them from arresting the driver of a truck loaded with several bags of Cannabis. The armed men suspected to belong to a yet-to-be-identified security agency also smashed one of the operational vehicles […]

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Buhari commissioned Yobe Airport to be named after him

10 Jan 2023

Yobe International Cargo Airport in Damaturu, built for many billions of naira, was officially opened under President Muhammadu Buhari. President of the Senate Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Minister of Power Abubakar Aliyu, the governors of Yobe and Borno states, among others, accompanied Buhari when he arrived in the state from Yola.  The Yobe’s airport will now […]

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Chris Brown performing in Texas and speaking Yoruba while singing a Davido song goes viral

09 Jan 2023

A recent video of American musician Chris Brown, aka Breezy, performing at a concert in Texas and singing a song he wrote with Davido has gone viral.  Many Nigerians were interested in the international music sensation in the popular footage when they heard and saw him perform the song with Yoruba lyrics.  Breezy sang a […]

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General JTE Chukwu, a former spokesman for the Nigerian Army, passes away in Abuja

08 Jan 2023

Brigadier General JTE Chukwu, a retired member of the Nigerian Army, has passed away. On Thursday, the former director of Army Public Relations passed away in his Abuja home.  When Lieutenant General Tuku Buratai was serving as the Chief of Army Staff in February 2018, Chukwu was selected to serve as the military branch’s spokesperson.  […]

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Actress Uche Ogbodo marries Bobby Marris, her younger partner, in a traditional ceremony

07 Jan 2023

In a traditional ceremony, Uche Ogbodo, a well-known Nigerian actress and red carpet host, wed her younger partner Bobby Marris, who is also the father of her second child. On January 5th, a low-key traditional ceremony was held in the actress’s hometown. However, images and videos from the wedding have surfaced online.  Uche also declared […]

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