Foremost academic and entertainer, Prof Helen Paul, has begged Nigerians to eschew all forms of violence, as the country prepares for her general elections in February. Prof. Helen, who is an ambassador of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is using art as a tool to spread her message nationwide. The Art for Peace election…
Just In: Supreme Court affirms Akpabio as APC’s senatorial candidate By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, on Friday, affirmed the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godswill Akpabio as candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District election billed for February 25. The apex court, in a unanimous…
The Edo State Government on Wednesday said that the two remaining Igueben Train Station kidnap victims have been rescued, while two village chiefs and five others have been arrested in connection with the crime. Over 20 passengers and two Nigeria Railway Corporation staff were abducted on January 7 when gunmen attack Igueben train station in…
APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu A human rights organisation under the aegis of the Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Social Right Advancement and Development Initiative has told Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court in Abuja, that the St. Paul Aroloya Primary School in Lagos which the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress,…
GistHouse, the first Afrocentric audiovisual conversation platform, has announced Micheal Collins Ajereh, also known as Don Jazzy as its “BLACK AFRICAN ICON-OF-THE MONTH”. The maverick beat maker emerged GistHouse’s Black Icon for the month of January 2023, following a selection voting exercise by users and management of the application with consideration for the most outstanding…
• The suspects Photo: BBC A Jos-based pastor, Albarka Bitrus, has been arrested by operatives of the Plateau State Police Command for burning two cars and a bicycle belonging to other clerics whom he claimed hated him. The spokesman for the command, Alabo Alfred, in a statement on Wednesday, said Bitrus disclosed that on January…
Guaranty Trust Bank UK Limited (GTBank UK) has reached settlement with the FCA, accepting findings in relation to historical Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls in its operations in the period October 2014 to July 2019. The Bank has cooperated fully with the FCA investigation and has agreed a penalty sum of GBP7,671,800, which has been…
January 9 Collective, a socio-political group of professionals has called on governments across Nigeria to pay more attention to and increase funding for mental health. The call was made by the association’s Captain, Loye Amsat while declaring open its 11th Anniversary lecture where he noted that the rise in mental health cases was a cause…
Nigerian filmmaker and founder of the African Movie Academy Awards, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, is dead. According to reports, she died in Lagos. Her colleague, Obi Emelonye, confirmed her death via his Instagram He shared her picture and wrote, “Thank you and good night dada Peace . Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, previously Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima MFR (born 30 March) is…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Lagos State, on Monday, heard how a businesswoman’s 17-year-old daughter was allegedly defiled by a pastor, Chris Mcdouglas. The witness said Mcdouglas, a pastor at the Peculiar Generation Assembly Church, Lagos, allegedly had sex with the survivor at the back of his church and in different hotels…
