The Government of Sokoto State has announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the State for one week. The schools are supposed to resume today and tomorrow (Sunday and Monday) for boarding and day students. The suspension was made known in a statement by Malam Ibrahim Iya, spokesperson of the…
Big Brother Naija, BBNaija organisers have revealed that the application for season 7 of the popular reality TV show will be opened soon. IK Osakioduwa, the host of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, AMVCA, made this known at the movie award ceremony organized by DSTV, held on Saturday night. The eighth edition of the…
24 hours after the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State by Muslim extremists, the federal government is yet to react. President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have yet to comment on the matter. The 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education was burnt alive by her colleagues on Thursday. She…
A former minister of education and BBOG convener, Oby Ezekwesili has withdrawn from speaking at the conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) scheduled to hold in Sokoto. Mrs Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal on Friday via Twitter, saying she would be boycotting the event in protest against the killing of a student Deborah Samuel in…
Northern Christian Elders Forum has demanded justice on behalf of slain Deborah Samuel, a 200-level Christian student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. Recall that she was killed by a mob for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. The group in a statement released by its Chairman Ejoga Inalegwu on Friday, May 13, demanded the arrest…
Popular Nigerian music producer, Michael Ajereh aka Don Jazzy has reunited with his ex-wife, Michelle Jackson. The reunion took place in Lagos after almost 18 years apart. The Mavin Records boss shared a video of their meeting on his Instagram story late Thursday, where he hailed Michelle as a “Naija girl.” Recall that Michelle, who is…
A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu has boasted that he’s the only presidential aspirant contesting for his party’s ticket. Tinubu is a member of the All Progressives Congress. Tinubu said he’s not bothered by the number of those aspiring for the APC sole ticket, ahead of the party’s primaries. The APC…
Popular Nigerian singer/songwriter, Simi has disclosed that her daughter, Adejare says ”wild” things when she wakes up. The mother of one said this on Twitter, adding that she needs to create a series on the things Deja says anytime she wakes up from sleep. According to Simi, Deja says random things and she loves it….
The Lagos State Police has given clarification on reports that the lady who claimed she slept with a dog and got paid millions later died of infection. Police on Friday clarified that the report that the girl died of infection is false. In a statement titled: “RE: BREAKING: Girl Captured in Viral S#x Video with…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the former President picked up the ruling party’s membership card at his ward in Otueke, Bayelsa state. “A dependable source in Jonathan’s camp” said the former president had registered with the APC at his…
The many students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have, on Thursday, taken to the Ife-Ibadan express road as they protest school closure resulting from the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The PUNCH reports. The students who converged at their campus gate this morning marched down to the major…
The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmad has reportedly tendered his resignation. According to reports, his alleged resignation is not unrelated to the president’s directive on Wednesday that members of his cabinet and political appointees seeking any elective position must resign. The President had ordered that the ministers…
An order by the Federal Government for all appointees to resign affects the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and many others. The order directed serving ministers in the cabinet, heads of government agencies, ambassadors and other political appointees with political ambitions in 2023 to resign from the government. A circular, dated…
Airtel Nigeria has lamented that it has lost revenue following an order of the Federal Government to bar all outgoing calls of all Subscriber Identification Module cards not yet linked with the National Identification Number. The order became effective on April 4, 2022. According to Punch, Airtel Nigeria said it has suffered serious revenue loss…
Ayo Makun, the Nollywood actor and comedian, popularly known as AY, has opened up on his alleged beef with his colleague, Basketmouth. In an Ask Me Anything session he recently organised on his Instagram page, AY claimed that he didn’t have issues with Basketmouth but that the latter had an “uncontrollable superiority complex.” AY noted that he…
A Nigerian man simply identified as Kosi has been called out on a micro-blogging platform with allegations that he is a paedophile. Another Twitter user with the handle @nesctween shared screenshots of his alleged Snapchat conversation with a girl said to be a 17 year old. He begged to see the girl’s nudes in the…
A member of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) has conceived a set of triplets after 17 years of marriage. Mrs Olabisi Akapo and her husband, Austin Akapo welcomed their children, two boys and a girl, last year. The church Facebook pages shared new photos of the mother and her triplets on Sunday, May 8,…
Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide has revealed what he knows about the purchase of the N100 million All Progressives Congress presidential form for Goodluck Jonathan. He wrote: The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth on Jonathan Picking An APC Presidential Form So yesterday there was a lot of hullabaloo on social…
National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that despite the high number of Presidential aspirants, not everyone can be president. The Presidential hopeful also distanced himself from making fake promises to Nigerians. Tinubu said he was not one of those aspirants who make fake promises to Nigerians, stressing…
A Fulani group that purchased the nomination form for the immediate past President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been disowned. The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) disowned the group on Tuesday. We had reported that some members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Rearers’ Association had yesterday purchased the 2023 presidential form for Jonathan….
