A Nigerian man has been arrested in London for allegedly destroying official cars at the Nigerian High Commission. The man, identified as Jeffrey Apkovweta Ewohime, was at the High Commission to collect his international passport, which had expired since November 2017. According to reports, Ewohime initially caused problem at the…
Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a courtroom and died, officials say. A top figure in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi had just addressed the court from a cage at a hearing on charges of…
Aisha Buhari, wife to President Muhammadu Buhari, has announced that her official title is now the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. When the president was inaugurated in 2015, Aisha’s office was referred to by the presidency as the “Office of the Wife of the President”. She explained…
Harsh economic conditions has obviously made thousands of Nigerians to make up their minds to leave the country for greener pasture. US President, Donald Trump‘s administration first proposed the social media visa rules in March of 2018. According to reports, anyone who lies about what they have been up to…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the April 3, 2019 judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which recognised Ned Nwoko as the senator representing Delta North District, Premium Times is reporting. Peter Nwaoboshi, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) who is currently representing Delta North had…
MacKenzie Bezos, the ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, has pledged to give half her fortune to charity. The novelist has signed the ‘Giving Pledge’, joining Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates. Other notable names on the list of donors include Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson and WhatsApp co-founder Brian…
Accompanied by their wives, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo took oath of office a few minutes ago to usher in their second term in office. Osinbajo was the first to climb the podium alongside his wife, Dolapo to take oath of allegiance and oath of office of…
A gay teacher, Murtala Mode, has been arrested by the Sokoto State police, following the confession of some of his students that he has serially raped them at their Almajiri school in Arkilla. The victims, aged between 4 and 15, also said the teacher collects money from some external homosexual…
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 29th as a public holiday in Nigeria to mark the 2019 presidential inauguration. According to Premium Times, Georgina Ehuriah, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior made the announcement in a statement on Monday. In the statement by Ms Ehuriah, the Minister…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2019 Appropriation Bill into law. He assented to the bill on Monday, a few weeks after the National Assembly passed the 2019 Budget. This was done in the presence of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; the…
