News as it breaks
An EndSARS memorial has been planned at the Lekki area of Lagos tomorrow (Thursday). This is to commemorate the killing of citizens at the Lekki Tollgate on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. According to a flier shared by entertainer, Folarin Falana aka Falz the Bahd guy, on his Instagram page, the…
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party’s (LP), Mr. Peter Obi , is in mourning following the death of one of the party’s Zonal Chairmen in Kaduna State, Mallam Lawal Garba. Garba lost his life in a fatal road car crash along the Kaduna-Zaria road on his way back home…
Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso has said endorsing a presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections will further polarize the Northern region. Kwankwaso made this assertion as he declined an invitation to attend a programme organised for presidential candidates by the Arewa joint…
The Labour Party has demanded the immediate release of its Senatorial Candidate in Ebonyi South, Hon Linus Okorie, who it believes was kidnapped on his way home on Sunday night. According to the party, Okorie was allegedly abducted by the personnel of the South East Vigilante outfit, Ebubeagu. National Chairman…
Cross River state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade on Sunday flagged off the first dry run for the 2022 Carnival Calabar, marking the return of the Carnival since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. This year’s Carnival has “Agro-Industrialization” as the theme. Flagging of the event, Ayade said that the theme…
WITH barely four months to the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian Elections Debates Group, NEDG, in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, Sunday, disclosed of organizing a presidential debate for presidential candidates on economic policy and citizens’ concerns on November 16, 2022. This was contained in a statement…
Multiple award-winning rapper Drake has placed a staggering bet on FC Barcelona and Arsenal to win their respective league games on Sunday. Drake staked a staggering 833,333 Canadian dollars on Arsenal’s away fixture with Leeds United and Barcelona’s titanic clash with Real Madrid which could land him a whopping 3,900,002…
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal said his administration has spent N14b billion to award scholarships to 46,000 indigenes in the state from 2016 to 2022. The governor stated that the beneficiaries of the scholarships were among 77 that successfully graduated with first class degrees in Indian tertiary institutions. The News…
Affected traders and marketers in Balogun Market, on Martin Street, Lagos, have sent a letter of appeal to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of and the state House of Assembly, on the need to investigate the constant fire incidents in the market. The marketers, who stormed the Lagos State House…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was the centre of attraction at an event after he offered his seat to Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The dramatic incident took place at an event organised to celebrate the national award given to the President of the African Export-Import Bank, Prof. Benedict Oramah.…
