Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has backed the six weeks ultimatum given to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), by some federal lawmakers to find a solution to terrorism or be impeached. Soyinka spoke on Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during an interactive session organised to celebrate the 50th ...
Read More »WeForGood, IHS Nigeria Boost Youth Enterprises with $250,000 Grant
WeForGood, IHS Nigeria Boost Youth Enterprises with $250,000 Grant A Lagos based non-governmental organisation, WeForGood International, through the support of organisations such as IHS Nigeria, has disbursed N104 million to viable eco-friendly sustainable enterprises owned by young African entrepreneurs between 18 and 35 years. This was disclosed last weekend in Lagos ...
Read More »LIRS Set To Launch Whistle-Blower Initiative August 5
LIRS Set To Launch Whistle-Blower Initiative August 5 The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is set to launch its Whistle-Blower initiative, a state-wide project, introduced to provide a platform for employees, stakeholders and the general public to report any observed violation, misconduct, or unethical behaviour across the state ...
Read More »Suspected Ritualists Kill 65-Year-Old Woman, Remove One Eye
Osun State Police Command on Tuesday said the corpse of a 65-year-old woman, declared missing in Ilesa, was found on her farm with one of her eyes plucked. SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson in a statement, explained that the daughter of the deceased reported the discovery of her ...
Read More »Biden Reacts As US Army Kills Osama Bin-Laden’s Deputy In Afghanistan
The United States army has successfully conducted a counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan leading to the killing of the emir of al-Qa’ida: Ayman al-Zawahiri. The US President, Joe Biden, announced this in a national address. Biden claimed that al-Zawahiri served as deputy and number 2 to Osama Bin Laden, the ...
Read More »2023: Atiku Makes Fresh Appointment
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has made a fresh appointment. Naija News reports Atiku appointed Ms. Lynne Bassey as Special Assistant on Gender Issues and Women Advancement. The appointment is in furtherance of his commitment ...
Read More »JUST IN: veteran Juju Musician, Ebenezer Obey loses son
Olayinka Olalekan, son of veteran musician Ebenezer Obey, has died at age 48. According to The Nation, Olayinka died on Friday. The cause of his death is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. The deceased was interred on Saturday. With more than five ...
Read More »Tinubu, Lawan, Dangote, others storm Maiduguri for Shettima’s daughter’s wedding
Fatima, daughter of the 2023 APC vice presidential candidate and former Governor of the state, Senator Kashim Shettima, married Sadiq Ibrahim Bunu, son of former FCT Minister Ibrahim Bunu, in a grand ceremony in Borno on Saturday. President Muhammadu Buhari was represented by the Chief of Staff to the ...
Read More »How 62-Year-Old Woman Paid N10m To Gistlover To Drop Apostle Suleman Story – Mr Jollof
Popular Nigerian comedian, Mr Jollof has alleged that a 62-year-old woman on behalf of Apostle Johnson Suleman paid a popular blogger the sum of N10m to shut down his s3x scandal. Recall that Naija News earlier reported that the blogger had released a list containing names of some ...
Read More »Tinubu congratulates Daniel Okoh, new CAN President
Tinubu congratulates Daniel Okoh, new CAN President All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, extends his personal congratulations to Rev. Daniel Okoh, on being the newly-elected president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Rev. Okoh was elected on Monday to succeed the highly respected Rev. Samson Olusupo ...
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