archiveDecember 2021

Breaking: Uche Nwosu, Okorocha’s in-law, Nwosu abducted Gunmen on Sunday abducted a former governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu. He was kidnapped at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama-Obaire in Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. Nwosu is former Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law. The incident occured during the...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has broken silence after his estranged wife, Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, announced her separation from him through an Instagram post on December 23. The 28-year-old prophetess had in a statement posted on her verified Instagram handle –@queen_silekunolanaomi_ogunwusi – announced an end to her three-year-old...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman's death marked "another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans". Archbishop Tutu had helped bequeath "a liberated South...

  The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.21 per cent and 0.21 nper cent to close the week at 42,262.85 and N22.060 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Main Board, NGX Banking, NGX Insurance, NGX AFR Div Yield, NGX MERI...

  Pope Francis on Saturday criticised people for looking the other way and ignoring problems of others during his Christmas Day message, as he called for an end to war and domestic violence.“We continue to witness a great number of conflicts, crises and disagreements. These never seem to end; by...

  A leading governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, has joined the rest of the world and the people of the state, especially the Christians to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. Akinbade who is fondly addressed as Soludero by his admirers,urged the...

 Most Rev. Ignatius  Kaigama, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese has assured Christians that Christmas assures that God cares about people and will solve their problems no matter how long they have lasted. Kaigama made this known in a statement by the National Director of Social Communications, CSN, Abuja, Very Rev....

The Nigerian Army has released the female soldier, Sofiat Akinlabi, who was detained after being proposed to by a male corps member at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Kwara State. The development was confirmed by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, on...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday announced that 45 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 had so far been recorded in the country, with no death logged. NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, who disclosed the Nigerian Omicron statistics at a virtual media briefing, said the new...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said Nigerians will eventually get the Electoral Act they desired despite the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s to assent to the one initially submitted to him. Gbajabiamila gave the assurance while speaking to journalists after a closed door meeting with...