Popular Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, has shared how she was raped 5 times. She recalled the first incident was when she was just 14. She spoke throughout the latest episode of her YouTube series titled ‘Bare it all with I.Y‘ The actress explained she determined to share her story to encourage others who’ve had a similar experience to speak up …
Nigerian musicians, Burna Boy and Wizkid received Grammy Awards for categories they were nominated in. This was introduced by the Recording Academy on Sunday evening. Burna Boy gained the Best Global Music Album category after being a nominee for a second consecutive year. The album “Twice as Tall” was nominated alongside albums corresponding to FU Chronicles by Antibalas, Agora by …
The President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, Friday afternoon emerged winner of one of the six FIFA Council seats allotted to Africa. The election, which held during the forty-third General Meeting of CAF in Rabat, Morocco, saw the Delta-born football administrator polling forty-three of the accessible fifty-one votes to become the third Nigerian ever to occupy …
Popular comedian, Debo Adebayo, known as Mr. Macaroni, has called on youths within the nation to get their PVCs and take voting seriously in 2023. The comedian in a post on his verified Twitter page stated all politicians within the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are identical and united in corruption. The comedian told youths …
The Niger Ministry of Education has directed the closure of all public secondary schools for two weeks to enable the state government asses security threats and its impact on schools. The schools would be closed between Friday, March 12 and Friday, March 27, according to the state Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Hannatu Salihu. The commissioner is famous that the closure …
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has warned traders to desist from trading along road corridors or threat getting their goods confiscated. Chairman of the FCTA Ministerial Taskforce on Traffic Administration, Mr Ikaro Attah, gave the warning during an inspection of Nyanya Market and busy road corridors on Wednesday in Abuja. Read Also: Insecurity: FCTA begins demolition of 2,400 Shanties on …
Women from Umuleri in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, yesterday, of their numbers, protested half-naked over what they described as grabbing their land by the state authorities under the pretext of building an airport within the state. The women accused the state governor, Willie Obiano, and top authorities officials of partitioning their land for private use. They …
Assailants yesterday hacked the village chief of Osewu community in Toto Local Government area of Nasarawa State, Abubakar Omazi and 16 others within the area to loss of life. A resident, who identified himself as Yahaya, stated the incident happened at 6 am. He stated the assailants invaded the community in their large number with sophisticated weapons and attacked some …
A new State Coordinator has been appointed by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), to head its Ondo state office. She is Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani. A seasoned and cerebral media ad public relations professional, she began her educational pursuit at the Community Primary School, Idedu Amokwe, between 1970 and 1975. Upon completing her primary school studies, Mrs. Ani proceeded to …
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday stated the state would start the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine at the weekend. Sanwo-Olu, who stated this when he received the country representative of the World Health Organisation, Dr Walter Mulombo, on the State House, Alausa, noted that the committee arranges for the vaccine administration was within the final stage of …
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged President Muhamadu Buhari to get foreign mercenaries to help in the fight against insurgents. The House on Wednesday made the decision following a motion moved by Abdulkadir Rahis from Borno State on the recent spike in Boko Haram’s assaults on Maiduguri. A modification by Mansur Sorro from Bauchi State urged the federal government …
Angry youths of Ihitte-Uboma LGA in Imo State have taken to the streets of the Isinweke community to protest the alleged killing of an indigene of the area by a suspected policeman. It was gathered that the protesting youths had set on fire, the LG council headquarters in Isinweke, the Ihitte-Uboma Divisional Police Headquarters and a court building in the …
A convicted internet fraudster, Akinrinmade Adeniyi, who was sentenced to three months imprisonment in Abeokuta, is to forfeit his car, a laptop and a cellphone to the Federal Government. The Economic and Monetary Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, stated it secured the conviction of Adeniyi on Tuesday for impersonation. He was discovered guilty of the charge preferred against him …
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has disclosed that the organized labour will embark on an indefinite strike if the bill to change the law on minimum wage is allowed to pass. The bill sponsored by Garba Datti, which has scaled second reading within the House of Representatives has been referred to the House Committee on …
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of additional 6,000 soldiers to Zamfara in an effort to bring lasting peace to the state. The state governor, Bello Matawalle, made the disclosure on Tuesday in a statewide broadcast on the current security challenges within the state. The governor additionally said the federal government had given an ultimatum of two months within …
Hauwa Saidu Mohammed, Popular Kayan Mata merchant and Nigerian sex therapist, AKA Jaruma, has reacted to reports that Kayan Mata is responsible for the alarming rate of divorce in Nigeria. Recall that in a quest to determine the causes of the increasing rate of divorce within the Federal Capital Territory Abuja and other states, gathered that desperate and chronic single …
Nigerian media personality, Uti Nwachukwu has condemned Prince Harry’s choice of abandoning his family for Meghan Markle. Prince Harry had stepped down his Royal responsibility and relocated to the US along with his wife, Meghan Markle after she accused his family of being ‘racist’. Their recent interview with Oprah has been debated online for the last 24hours, as Meghan revealed …
A suspected drug trafficker, Hassan Bishi Taiwo, has been arrested by operatives of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) command of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with three parcels of cocaine hid in a false bottom created in his suitcase. Preliminary investigations revealed that Hassan, who was intercepted at the E-Arrival hall of the MMIA, upon arrival onboard …
Armed bandits have allegedly kidnapped forty-nine individuals in Rafi and Wushishi Local Governments Areas of Niger State. It was gathered that the bandits rode on bikes and parked distant from the village, whereas they walked to the village and unleashed assault whereas they had been quick asleep. It was gathered among the bandits have been left behind to look at …
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Chairman Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha and members of the PTF will on Monday in Abuja receive doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Director Press, Office of the SGF (OSGF), Mr. Willie Bassey, stated this in a discover on Sunday. The development was coming …
