Popular actress, Nkechi Blessing, has described her suspension by the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria as ‘the joke of the century’. TAMPPAN had suspended Blessing and another actor, Kehinde Adams, aka Lege Miami, for fighting dirty on social media over the recent arrest of their colleague, Olanrewaju James, aka Baba Ijesha, who was alleged to have ...
May, 2021
April, 2021
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24 April
Buhari restores ownership of OML 123, others to NNPC
In line with the current administration’s commitment to the rule of law, fairness and enabling a stable business climate for investment, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the restoration of the leases on OMLs 123, 124, 126 and 137 to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC which is in production sharing contract with Addax Petroleum, a company wholly owned by Government ...
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15 April
Four killed in fresh Taraba attacks
Barely two days after gunmen killed one person at Ikyaior village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, gunmen Wednesday night killed four persons in separate attacks in the area. A local resident, Mr. Msuuve Aondoakaa, told our correspondent on the phone that gunmen numbering about 20 invaded Tor-Iorshagher village about 9:30 pm, killing one person and injuring several ...
October, 2018
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29 October
Leicester city owner, 4 others die in helicopter crash
The Leicester City owner, Pilot and 2 others confirmed dead in helicopter accident outside the stadium. The owner of Leicester City FC died when his helicopter crashed outside the stadium, the club has confirmed. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger were killed when the aircraft crashed at about 20:30 BST on Saturday. Witnesses said ...
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29 October
Shocking! How 188 Perished in plane crash
The story of the Leicester boss horrible helicopter to many still seems like a tale never to be true even after the incident has been confirmed, few hours later, shocking news of a newly design Boeing plane was also thrown in the air. The Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger plane with 188 people on board crashes into the sea shortly ...
December, 2017
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18 December
Fidelity Bank Partners Lagos on Revenue Collection
Fidelity Bank Plc said it has deployed innovative solution for the collection of internally generated revenue (IGR) in Lagos State. Working in conjunction with the state government, the bank stated that itdeveloped the tax collection/payment solution via its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel. A statement from the bank recently explained that the solution was in response to some of the challenges faced in making tax payments and ...
August, 2016
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3 August
Adeboye’s marriage teachings cause controversy
The ongoing annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, on Tuesday, received enormous publicity. The publicity, however, came in a controversial manner. The General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, in a message on marriage, stirred a widespread debate on social media, with thousands taking to the Internet to protest or support his positions on the categories ...
June, 2016
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10 June
Avengers threaten secession as militants bomb NNPC
The attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta continued Thursday evening with the bombing of a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Sources told one of our correspondents that the incident happened at 7:40pm around the Shalomi Creek in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. ...
May, 2016
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13 May
President Buhari, Cameron and Corruption By Reuben Abati
“We have got the leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain… Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world”,UK Prime Minister David Cameron was caught on tape telling the Queen ahead of the anti-corruption summit organized by the UK Government, this week, which was attended by Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari. This diplomatic gaffe rubbed ...
February, 2016
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20 February
Sanusi To Buhari: You Don’t Know Economics, Naira Is Devalued!
Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II believes Naira has already been devalued – Sanusi’s remarks comes against the backdrop of President Muhammadu Buhari refusal to devalue the currency of Nigeria – Sanusi says FG needs clarity of thinking in the handling of the foreign exchange policy The argument about devaluation of naira is misunderstood because the naira has already been devalued, ...