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FG approves N495m for the procurement and installation of luggage scanners at railway stations
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N495m for the procurement and installation of luggage scanners at railway stations located in Abuja, Kaduna, and Kano states. Ademola Adegoroye, the Minister of State for Transportation, who made the declaration on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting, explained that it was meant to enhance the security of lives and property at the railway facilities. According to him, “The devices to be deployed at railway stations…
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There was no loss of life – LASEMA speaks on building that collapsed in Banana Island
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA has said that no life was lost in the building that collapsed on 1st Avenue in Highbrow Banana Island on Wednesday evening, April 12. The agency in a statement said the building collapsed as a result of a truck that ran into it ”Upon arrival of the LASEMA Response Team at the scene of the incident, a six-storey building under construction was found to have collapsed. Information gathered…
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“All white men should have a Black slave. They are lower class than us,” UK County councilor Andrew Edwards says in leaked audio (Listen)
A Conservative UK politician is being investigated over racist comments after allegedly saying “all white men should have a Black slave”. Andrew Edwards, a County councillor and magistrate in Pembrokeshire, Wales, is also accused of saying Black people are of “lower class” than white people in the audio clip. In the audio recording, a man can be heard saying: “Nothing wrong with the skin colour at all. (…) I think all white men should have…
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“Marry your best friend,” Woman advises as she shares photo she took 20 years ago with a man who is now her husband
A TikToker has gone viral after she shared a photo she took in 2003 with a man who is now her husband. She explained that they met in 2003 during Christmas in the village, then started dating in 2014 and had their traditional wedding in 2015. They welcomed 2 kids, after which he paid for her to complete her education. She called him a “supportive and loving partner” and advised people to marry their friends. Her…
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It was a skit – BBNija Saga speaks on proposal video with Nini
Former Big Brother Naija reality show star, Saga Adeolu has broken his silence on the viral ‘proposal video’ of him and his colleague, Nini Singh. Recall that the romantic-themed photos and videos of the duo recently went viral sparking engagement rumours. Saga has now dismissed the rumours in a recent radio interview, saying the ‘proposal video’ was a skit. According to him, he was shocked when he found out that the video had been leaked.…
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Borno Assembly member-elect, Nuhu Clark dies while undergoing treatment in India
Dr. Nuhu Clark, member-elect in the March 18 2023 elections, for Chibok State constituency in Borno State House of Assembly, is dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased died in India on Monday, April 10, 2023, while undergoing treatment. The Borno State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Babakura Abbajatau, confirmed the development in an interview with NAN in Maiduguri on Wednesday, April 12. Abbajatau said that the state government…
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Ignore bad behaviors and wake up with terrible news headlines – Ezekwesili warns
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said that the country might wake up with terrible news headlines from the rest of the world if it continues to wave off the consequences of bad behavior. She shared this in a series of tweets via her Twitter handle. According to her, Nigerians are becoming less trusting of the judiciary system. She wrote, “A society that habitually ignores consequences for bad behavior will wake up to a day…
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I’m the type of witch that always gets her pound of flesh – Temmie Ovwasa says her stepfather who molested her is now suffering.
Former YBNL princess, Temmie Ovwasa has expressed excitement that her witchcraft has caught up with her stepfather who molested her when she was younger. She said the punishment her stepfather got was not karma but that: “Awon iya mi Osoronga” did it. According to her, she loves it when her demons are having fun “I’m the type of witch that always gets their pound of flesh, with a front-row ticket to watch your demise, I’ll…
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I’m only experiencing what a real family feels like at this age – Singer, Skales says after reconciling with his wife
Nigerian singer John Njenga-Njeng, popularly known as Skales has expressed that for the first in a long time, he is experiencing what a real family feels like Skales and his wife welcomed their first child in March, shortly after he apologized to her over his demonizing comments about her in a diss track last year. The music star, born to a Cameroonian father and a Nigerian mother of Edo State extraction, said he was singlehandedly…
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You engage in tribal politics, wrongly accuse another – Chimamanda Adichie slams APC
Chimamanda Adichie has tackled the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for projecting her as a tribal person. She described Tribesman as an outdated and strange expression that says something about whoever is using it. She said the APC was exactly doing something it accused someone else of doing. Adichie made the statement on Tuesday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s news program. There have been several attacks on the writer since she addressed a letter…
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Kogi Guber: I can understand your pain, you wanted my support to become the party flagbearer in the 2023 Presidential election but I gave it to Atiku – Dino Melaye lashes back at Wike
Former Kogi State Lawmaker and Governorship aspirant, Dino Melaye has lashed back at Nysom Wike of Rivers State for saying he is not fit to be the Governor of Kogi state Wike who addressed journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday claimed that the former lawmaker cannot be Governor of Kogi State adding that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP will lose if Dino is given the ticket Reacting to this, Dino said Wike’s rift with him was birthed…
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Yes Daddy: Obi needs to make some clarifications – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that Peter Obi has to make some clarifications on the leaked audio tape allegedly between him and the General overseer of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo In the audio recording, the man alleged to be Obi asked the other person alleged to be Oyedepo, to help gather votes from the South West for him and said that the 2023 election is a ‘’religious war”. The…
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