2023: INEC Delists 1.1m Newly Registered Voters

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has delisted 1.1 million newly registered voters ahead of the 2023 general elections.  INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in a statement on Tuesday. “As Nigerians are aware, the cleaning up of the register of voters using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) is ongoing since …

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You Can’t Overtake Without Overtaking, So Overtake —Esther Osaji 

This rising star Esther Osaji has broken the bounds with her audacious tune titled OVERTAKE, that is rocking the air waves and breaking the internet, especially the  jaw dropping music videos that defines another level of Gospel Jams. This pulsating groove gives a victorious touch to every line and will lift you beyond any downcast emotions you are going through. Feel …

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Gen. Buratai commissions projects at Buratai Institute for War and Peace, Nigerian Army University 

As a mark of honour and respect, His Excellency, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), former Chief of Army Staff, on Wednesday, 7 September 2022, commissioned two projects at the Tukur Buratai Institute for War and Peace (TBIWP), Nigerian Army University Biu (NAUB), located at Buratai town.  The projects, a modern storehouse and a souvenir shop, were in honour of …

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FirstBank hosts Financial Market Dealers Association (FMDA) quarterly meeting 

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that it will host the Financial Markets Dealers Association’s (FMDA) quarterly meeting scheduled for 5pm on Friday, 16 September 2022, at Federal Palace Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event themed “Nigeria Macroeconomic Developments and Outlook: IMF View” will have its keynote address delivered by Ari Aisen, IMF Resident Representative for Nigeria.  In a statement issued by the …

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African Researchers hold Symposium on Africa’s Development

A group of African researchers under the name Alafarika for Study and Consultancy had recently on August 26 and 27, 2022 organized a virtual symposium titled “Knowledge Creation and Dissemination in Africa”, which researchers in African affairs from Morocco, Nigeria, Mali, Mauritania, Egypt, and the Central African Republic participated to come up with model for African Development. The participants commended …

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Thomas Tuchel: Chelsea sack manager following Champions League defeat

Chelsea have sacked manager Thomas Tuchel following Tuesday’s night’s Champions League defeat by Dinamo Zagreb. The 49-year-old former Borussia Dortmund and Paris St-Germain boss leaves Stamford Bridge after 20 months. Owner Todd Boehly has placed Tuchel’s coaching staff in temporary charge until a replacement is found. A club statement said the owners believed it was “the right time” to bring …

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Breaking: Lagos Assembly Passes Bill On DNA, Forensic Centre

A bill for a law establishing the Lagos State Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid (DNA) and Forensic centre to support criminal investigations, law enforcement, preservation of evidence for the judicial system and for other connected purposes has been passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly. The bill was passed by the House after it scaled the third reading at plenary on Monday …

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I Killed My Parents For Insulting Prophet Muhammad – Nigerian Man In Police Cell Admits

Munkaila Ahmadu, who killed his parents in Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, said he did so because they uttered blasphemous comments against the Prophet Muhammad.The 37-year-old singer had killed both his parents and injured two other people with a pestle in Zarada Sabuwa village in the Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, northwest Nigeria. According to Premium …

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