Michael Jackson’s black “Bad” jacket that the singer wore on his first solo tour is going up for auction in November and could fetch up to one hundred thousand dollars. Julien’s Auctions said on Friday that the jacket, which Jackson signed on the back with a silver permanent marker, was worn throughout the singer’s “Bad” […]
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Former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday, narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja why President Muhammadu Buhari wants to jail him. Testifying as the 15th Defence Witness, DW-15, the erstwhile PDP spokesman, said his trial was a calculated attempt by All Progressives Congress, APC-led government to silence […]
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WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, October 24, 2018/ — Speaking at the World Bank meeting in Bali this month Jim Yong Kim, the World Bank President, said that African leaders have approached him and said that they need more support to provide baseload power in their countries. He said that these African leaders are […]
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Ahead of 2019 Presidential elections, spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC Lagos chapter, Joe Igbokwe, has said none of the candidates is capable of defeating the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, boasting that his achievements will stand him out among other contestants. He stressed that since assumption of office, Buhari has continued to improve the […]
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PDP Vice Presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi; the senator representing Abia North in the National Assembly, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa and the first executive chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, are among the people to be conferred with honorary doctorate degrees by Gregory University Uturu at its 3rd […]
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The 2018 average life expectancy for Nigerians is now 55 years, a global data shows. According to the latest World Health Organisation, WHO, data published for 2018 life expectancy in Nigeria, a male given birth to in Nigeria in 2018 is expected to live approximately 54.7 years while a female is expected to live approximately […]
Read More Prof. Frank Onyezili, a senior lecturer with the Biological Sciences Department of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, has committed suicide. Sources close to the professor told newsmen, on Wednesday in Makurdi that the deceased was found dead on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Mrs. Roseline Waku, the Director of Protocol and Information of the university, who […]
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, will begin a two-day visit to Nigeria on Thursday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spokesperson, Dr Tope Elias-Fatile, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Fatile said Faki would be received with members of his delegation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, […]
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Nigerians on Twitter have expressed divergent reactions to Tiwa Savage’s feature in the music video for Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid’s ‘Fever video’. Wizkid released the much anticipated visuals for the hit track, to rave reviews, on Wednesday and it has gathered over 70, 000 views. However, Tiwa Savage’s feature has caused frenzy on Twitter, with […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Wednesday granted the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose, bail sum of ₦50 million, bond, with one surety in like sum Justice Mojisola Olatoregun granted Fayose bail with two sureties in like sum, who must issue N50 million bond in a reputable bank as well as […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Thursday denied the report on social media that he threatened that Nigeria would send missile to Israel if the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu was not released to Nigeria for the continuation of his prosecution. The Minister also said that the […]
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The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has said that the people of the state are tired of being led by one man. Agbaje, therefore, said that voters in the state “are gearing up for a change,” vowing that the PDP would win the 2019 governorship in the state. […]
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