archiveJuly 2024

  Onyeka Onwenu passed on after performance at birthday party   Tragedy struck at a private birthday celebration in Lagos as renowned Nigerian singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu, affectionately known as the ‘Elegant Stallion,’ passed away shortly after performing. The music icon, aged 72, reportedly collapsed at the event and...

  retrieves vehicles from Ex-Amotekun Field Commander. The Asset Recovery Committee set up by the state government has commenced retrieval of state assets illegally carted away by top officials of the previous administration. The Committee under the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye started field operations yesterday after...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen on Tuesday, July 30, told planners of the nationwide protest that the government has heard their concerns and was making efforts to address them. He, therefore, appealed to the Nigerian youth to shelve their action in the interest of the country and...

  Activist and human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has urged the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, to withdraw soldiers deployed across the Federal Capital Territory and other cities ahead of the proposed hunger protest. The had reported the increased presence of security agents, including military personnel, within...

  Mr. Simon Ekpa, a controversial Biafra agitator, has claimed responsibility for the killing of four police operatives in Owerri, Imo State, south-east Nigeria. Gunmen attacked and killed four police operatives and a civilian along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway in Owerri, Imo State, at about 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Aside from...

  another 128 people had been hospitalised for treatment after their rescue Landslides in India triggered by pounding monsoon rains struck tea plantations and killed at least 93 people Tuesday, with at least 250 others rescued from mud and debris, officials said. The southern coastal state of Kerala has been...

  Zenith Bank Plc is heading to the Capital Market to raise N290 billion through a combination of a Rights Issue and a Public Offering in compliance with the revised minimum capital requirements for Nigerian commercial banks introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Offer will open on...

‘ Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba nation agitator, has kicked against the nationwide hunger protests planned for August 1. Igboho whose agitation centres around separation of the Yoruba from Nigeria, in a statement issued on Monday night, ironically accused planners of the protest of trying...

Desirous of enhancing the reliability of Nigeria’s identification system, the National Assembly has begun the processes to re-enact a new law for the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to reduce bureaucratic hurdles and streamline its registration process. Kayode Adegoke, the Head of the Corporate Communications Unit of the commission said...

There is tremendous excitement in the air as the first female Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe clocked 60 years on Sunday July 28, given her outstanding performance in the nation’s financial services sector that had earned her respect amongst banks’ top CEOs....