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Tinubu Appoints Wike Minister of FCT, Others
President Bola Tinubu has appointed immediate past governor of Rivers state, Barrister Nyesom Wike as the minister of the FCT.
Festus Keyamo has been moved to the Ministry of Aviation, Ali Pate Coordinating Minister of Health and Social … Continue Reading
Awesome Things About Uganda, East Africa
1. A Generous and Welcoming People
In Uganda, people are some of the kindest individuals on the continent. Extroverts are known to help others fill their needs, and the country reportedly has the most refugee policy in the world. … Continue Reading
OPM: Apostle Chibuzor Forgives Happie Boys, Restores Scholarship
The founder and General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere has announced that he has forgiven Happie Boys – former security men he had sent on educational scholarship to Cyprus who recently accused him of aborting their … Continue Reading
Rivers Pastor Sentenced to Death for Murder of Mistress and Two Others
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a senior pastor of the Alter of Solution Church, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death for murdering his mistress and two other persons in Oyigbo, Rivers state.
Justice S. Benson, who presided … Continue Reading
Renowned Ghanaian Author, Ama Ata Aidoo dies at 81
Renowned Ghanaian author, playwright and feminist, Professor Ama Ata Aidoo has died at the age of 81.
A statement by the Aidoo’s family disclosed that she died after a brief illness in the early hours of Wednesday.
She lived as … Continue Reading
Seun Kuti: What We Found In His House May be Incriminating – Police
The Police have alleged that icriminating items may have been identified while searching the residence of Seun Kuti, son of late Afrobeat maestro, Fela Kuti.
Benjamin Hundeyin, Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos state, said this while reacting to a … Continue Reading
Four US Embassy Staff Killed as Gunmen Attack UNICEF Convoy in Anambra
Four staff members of the United States Embassy in Nigeria, on a humanitarian mission, were killed on Tuesday in Anambra State, following an attack on their convoy by yet to be identified gunmen.
The incident happened in the Amiyi/Eke Ochuche … Continue Reading
The sad tale of Mrs Boma Amabomu Jumbo – Woman Killed by her former Gateman in Rivers State
A middel-aged woman, Boma Amabomu Jumbo has been killed by one John Danjuma, who was her former gateman, in the Rivers state, the police have confirmed.
Mrs Boma Amabomu Jumbo, a former University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) Director … Continue Reading
Several Workers Trapped in Rubble as 7-Storey Building Collapses in Banana Island, Lagos
Several workers are suspected to be trapped under the rubble of a seven-storey building that collapsed at First Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi area of Lagos, Nigeria.
The collapse occurred when casting was being done on the building. Witnesses say … Continue Reading
2023 Elections: Wike Worked Against Me – Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said that the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike worked against him in the last elections.
The LP presidential candidate made this claim in an interview with Arise TV Monday … Continue Reading