Man City hold off Liverpool to win sixth EPL title
Manchester City won the English Premier League (EPL) title following a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium on the final day of the league. The win on Sunday sees Pep Guardiola’s Man City successfully defend their EPL title, making it the Abu Dhabi-backed side’s sixth league title. Matty […]
EFCC arrests ‘advert executive’ over ‘offensive’ billboard message featuring commission’s logo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested one Baron Nnamdi, identified as an outdoor advertisement executive, over political messages that appeared in two billboards in Enugu, bearing the logo of the commission. Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, said this in a statement issued on Sunday. Nnamdi, the alleged […]
Fayemi: If I’m elected president, I’ll make north-central Nigeria’s top tourism destination
Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti governor and presidential hopeful, says if elected president, he will make the north-central zone Nigeria’s top tourism and mining destination. Femi Ige, spokesman of the Fayemi campaign organisation, quoted the governor as saying this when he met with All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates in Makurdi, Benue state. The presidential […]
‘Let Kano swing my way’ — Lawan begs APC delegates for votes
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates in Kano state to vote for him in the party’s presidential primary election. The presidential hopeful pleaded with the delegates when he met with them in Kano on Saturday night. Lawan said there is no propaganda that will convince anyone […]
Gombe governor: If Amaechi becomes president, Nigeria will be a better place
Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe state, says if Rotimi Amaechi, presidential hopeful, becomes president, Nigeria will be a better place. Yahaya said this on Saturday when he hosted Amaechi at the government house in Gombe. The governor said the former transportation minister has shown capacity to deliver on any assignment. “Going […]
Abia PDP guber hopefuls reject delegates’ list, say congresses were not held
The governorship hopefuls and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia have asked the national working committee (NWC) to take immediate action to prevent an “impending implosion” of the party in the state. In a statement dated May 20, 2022, the governorship hopefuls and chieftains in Abia said no ward congresses […]
Uche Ojinmah elected NMA president
Uche Rowland Ojinmah, consultant dermatologist, has been elected president of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA). He was elected at the annual delegates’ meeting of the association which was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Saturday. He secured a total of 319 votes to defeat his opponents: Okoro Kenneth Johnson who polled […]
Deborah: Soyinka calls for sacking of national mosque Imam over comment on ‘Muslims’ redlines’
Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, says Ibrahim Maqari, Imam of the national mosque, should be sacked from his position over his comments on “redlines” of Islam. On May 12, Deborah, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state, was killed by a mob over alleged blasphemy. Amid this development, Maqari […]
INSIDE STORY: How women are tackling poverty through shea butter business in Niger
Many see shea butter as a pale solid fat with an unbearable stench, but women in Kodo – a village in Bosso LGA of Niger – occupy themselves with its processing every day. They produce cosmetics, cooking oil and medicinal mixtures with shea nuts. For them, it is not just a business they do […]
Soludo offers N10m reward for information on killers of Anambra lawmaker
Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has offered N10 million as reward for anyone with useful information on the murder of Okechukwu Okoye, lawmaker representing Aguata II constituency. Okoye was kidnapped on May 15, alongside Cyril Chiegboka, his campaign director, in Aguata. On Saturday, the lawmaker’s headless body was found in Nnobi area […]