Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has made her debut in a movie produced by award-winning, and proudly Nigerian movie producer, Kunle Afolayan. The movie, Citation, is created to correct one of the greatest ills – rape and sexual molestation – which affects the educational system and indeed... Read more
The Newly-posted Controller of Corrections (CC), Rivers Command, Alex Odita, has taken over the mantle of leadership at the State Headquarters in Port Harcourt. A statement on Tuesday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC Juliet Ofoni, said Odita assumed duty on Monday after taking over from Assistant Controller... Read more
The Anambra State Government has congratulated Nigeria’s Federal Government on its handling of relations with Ghana and the reelection of Dr Akinwunmi Adesina as the African Development Bank (AfDB) President and enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to work more vigorously for the victory of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next... Read more
The Federal Medical Centres Yenagoa and Yola have underwritten the cost of surgical procedure to separate a set of Siamese twins born to an indigent couple in Nembe, Bayelsa. Dr Dennis Alagoa, Chief Medical Director of FMC Yenagoa said while receiving the babies on arrival at Bayelsa International... Read more
Rivers Government is to construct two new hostels to accommodate 900 students each at the Nigerian Law School, Yenagoa. This was made known in a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt by Mr Paulinus Nsirim, Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications. According to the statement, the State... Read more
The rehabilitated Akanu Ibiam International Airport was, on Sunday, reopened for use, with the Minister for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, hinting that the airport would be among the Airports that may be put up for concessions. Sirika also announced that with the official commissioning of the Enugu Airport, local... Read more
Mali’s new military rulers said Thursday that former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was detained during the country’s coup on August 18, had been freed. The announcement came on the eve of a summit by Mali‘s neighbours, who are to decide whether to ratchet up pressure on the fledgling junta.... Read more
Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wesdneday, raised the alarm that the “politically-motivated” Southern Kaduna killings had turned into ethno-religious conflict, urging an end to the mayhem. Deploring the needless bloodletting, the Sultan also condemned the inflammatory remarks by some... Read more
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has facilitated the return of a Nigerian nurse who was abducted by the Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and held in captivity since the beginning of 2020. The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Col. Muhammed Dole, disclosed this in... Read more
The Oyo State Police Command has paraded Sunday Shodipe, the prime suspect arrested in connection with the multiple killings in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. The Commissioner of Police, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, who paraded him alongside other suspects on Wednesday, said the suspect went back to Akinyele... Read more
