By Zainab Iwayemi Nigerian billionaire Theophilus Danjuma has set a new record for philanthropy in the country. The former Chief of the Army Staff gave $1.36 million donation to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan This donation is directed towards the construction of a student hostel in the university. Theophilus Danjuma, a Nigerian billionaire…
…as excited mammoth worshipers cheer in admiration, assure him of their votes Ahead of the forthcoming general elections in Enugu State, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Dr. Peter Mbah, has called on churches to partner with him in his journey to create a better welfare, improve the standard…
A few days after the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announced plans to permanently relocate some key departments from Abuja Headquarters to Lagos, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, will be following suit. According to an internal memo dated January 15, 2024, and signed by the managing director and chief executive of FAA, Olubunmi…
Ahead of the 2023 election, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party and national leader of the Kwankwasiya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso has affirmed that victory is sure and Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubarkar are no threats to him. Speaking in an interview with Punch, Kwankwaso said NNPP is popular across the country and he will…
In response to the rising insecurity and killings in Nigeria, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is set to sponsor a bill to decentralise nation’s policing system. Ekweremadu slammed the current system as “dysfunctional and unsuitable for a federal system”. He gave the indication during an interactive session with Fulbright Scholars,…
The leadership of the Enugu West General Assembly (EWGA), led by Hon. Prince Humphrey Umezurike Onyima Njoku, has frowned at a media outburst attributed to former deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu (Enugu West, PDP) recently in a radio interview with Dream FM Enugu. Ekweremadu, who had promised his constituency that he would step down…
By Titus Chigozie Awka – Press Secretary to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Mr. Christian Aburime has emerged media man of the year 2024. The award was presented to the Press Secretary in Awka by Anambra Media Excellence Awards, AMEA, at its sixth award ceremony. Presenting the award, the Vice President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, South…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in a statement recently signed by the NANS National PRO, Comrade Adeyemi Azeez reiterated their earlier placed ban on Ekiti State first family, retraining Ekiti State Governor, Dr John Kayode Fayemi to in the interest of justice, recuse himself from the recent convocation lecture that was held at…
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama The Federal Government has summoned the envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union in Nigeria over their recent comments on the suspension of microblogging site Twitter in the West African Country. This was contained in an invitation to pressmen issued on Monday morning by…
The governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed, has advised stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to remain neutral in the ongoing feud between presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. The PDP is currently in turbulence as Atiku is having a face-off with Wike, who lost to the former Vice…
