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Search and rescue operations were underway after a US Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of California, the US Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday. One crew member had been rescued and “search and rescue operations are ongoing with multiple Coast Guard and Navy air and surface assets”, the fleet said in a statement. The MH-60S helicopter took ...
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September, 2021
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1 September
PDP leaders visit, beg Jonathan not to leave the party
THE acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Yemi Akinwonmi, on Tuesday, led a delegation of party leaders to visit ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, in his Abuja residence. Those on Akinwonmi’s delegation were Daisi Akintan, former caretaker secretary of the PDP in the South-West and the secretary of ex-officio forum and a member of the National Executive Committee, Mrs Helen ...
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1 September
Forex ban: CBN directs banks to publish names of defaulters
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all commercial banks to publish on their websites the names and Bank Verification Numbers of customers who engage in fraudulent and unscrupulous practices to obtain foreign exchange from banks. In a circular issued by the on Tuesday, the bank outlined the fraudulent practices to include the use of fake visas and cancellation of ...
August, 2021
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30 August
FG panics and debt servicing gulps 91% of nation revenue
The Federal government spent N2.02tn on debt servicing in the first six months of this year. This figure represents 90.58 per cent of the total revenue of N2.23tn generated by the federal government within the period, a development which experts said signified a dangerous trend for the economy. Technical Adviser to the Director General of the Budget Office, Alfred Okon, ...
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30 August
Coal pot and Charcoal, getting popular as alternative to cooking gas
Nigerians are sadly adjusting daily and gradually to the very hard economic situation they find themselves by seeking alternative and easier measures to survive. How much is one kilogram of cooking gas in your area? Survey has shown that most recently it goes for between N400 and N500 per kg. This has chased poor Nigerians away from using cooking gas ...
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30 August
BREAKING!! Bandits Break Into Nigerian Senator’s home, tied, strangle his 36-Yr-old Son
Bandits have killed Abdulkarim Na Allah, son of Senator Bala Na’Allah who represents Kebbi south senatorial district in the National Assembly. The 36-year old pilot who recently got married was tied and strangled at his Malali residence in Kaduna, after which his vehicle and other properties were carted away by his killers. Mr. Abdulkarim Na’Allah, the eldest son of Sen. ...
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30 August
Presidency explains reasons for troubles here & there in Nigeria
The Presidency has come out to analyse and explain the reasons for pockets of attacks, troubles in different places in the country. It also assure all citizens that as a government, the administration is on top of events and is moving ahead with force to crush the perpetrators of the recent incidents of unrest in Plateau State. But to achieve ...
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30 August
P-Square set to come back, reconcile – family source
Exclusive by Desmond Ekwueme A family source has told this writer that there is a great possibility of the PSquare musical group coming back after about two years of breakup. Recall that the group gave “irreconcilable differences” as reason for going their separate ways but recent events may have provided the solution to the differences which they were unable to ...
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30 August
OBASANJO, UDOM, ADEBUTU, AKAN UDOFIA HONOUR SUNDAY MBANG AT 85
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Governor Udom Emmanuel, successful businessmen and philanthropists, Akanimoh Udofia and Sir Kesington Adebutu were among eminent Nigerians that gathered in Lagos to honour and celebrate His Eminence, Prelate Sunday Mbang.Held at the Admiralty Centre, Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos, the event which was organized by Chief Obasanjo also witnessed the launch of Mbang’s book: ...
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30 August
Cooking gas price jumps by 100%
The Federal Government has implemented a 7.5 per cent tax on imported Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, as the cost of the commodity leap by over 100 per cent within a period of eight months. It was gathered on Sunday that the government implemented the VAT on LPG imports about three weeks ago and some dealers were also ...
