The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has called President Bola Tinubu to wake up because Nigerians are in pains due to the current economic hardship. Primate Ayodele urged Tinubu to create markets across Nigeria where foods are sold at subsidized rate to alleviate the pains of Nigerians. Speaking in Lagos yesterday,…
The death of the co-founder of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, left a vacuum that was filled on Monday by the appointment of a new Group Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Bolaji Agbede. Agbede was described by AccessCorp as the most senior founding executive director of the company. Although her appointment is yet to be confirmed by the…
The special investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu has asked the international criminal police organisation (Interpol) to place three suspects on its watchlist over an alleged fraud of $6,230,000. The suspects are Adamu Abubakar, Imam Abubakar, and Odoh Eric Ocheme. The federal government had filed extradition charges against the trio for allegedly forging the signature…
Ayotunde Richard, a gospel singer and former member of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries (MFM), has filed a suit against the General Overseer of the church, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, over an alleged breach of his fundamental human rights. Other respondents in the case are Davidson Olaniran Adejuwon Esq; Superintendent of Police Tawose Ayoleyi Ajayi…
An officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Rilwan Kasumu, has rejected a N4 million bribe offered by some drug peddlers in the Ilogbo area of Lagos State. Kasumu, a Superintendent of Police, is the officer in charge of Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State command. On Tuesday, the police team arrested Esther Newman Obiekezie at her…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it is pleased to announce that the interconnect debt dispute between MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. (MTN) and Globacom Limited (Globacom) has been amicably resolved. A statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, said in accordance with the resolution, the disconnection approval granted to MTN for the disconnection…
Following the outbreak of protests in parts of the country over the rising cost of living, the Federal Government has set the machinery in motion to tackle the economic crisis in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, who spoke to correspondents after the meeting, said government is concerned about the protests,…
There was a mild drama in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Tuesday as some women stormed the office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, protesting the prolonged power outage. The women from the Mile 2 and Mile 3 axis of Diobu, Port Harcourt barricaded the PHED office near the Isaac Boro Park…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has expressed his strong condemnation towards the recent trend of killing traditional rulers in Nigeria. It will be recalled that some communities have been stripped of their royal fathers recently following an assault by some criminal elements. Three traditional rulers have…
Jimi Solanke, an iconic figure, known for his multifaceted talents, breathed his last on Monday morning after a brief illness while en route to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital. He was a Nigerian folklore musician, film actor, dramatist, poet, and playwright, renowned for his mastery of storytelling as a cultural custodian who skillfully preserves and promotes…
