SPORTS: The top three candidates for the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award are Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois, and Kevin De Bruyne, the European governing body announced on Friday. The winner will be revealed on August 25 in Istanbul at the group stage draw for the 2022–23 Champions League. ...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has demanded an investigation into claims that prison guards in Akwa Ibom tortured human rights attorney, Inibehe Effiong. Effiong was incarcerated for one month after being found in contempt of court. The judgment for Effiong was given by Akwa Ibom's Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot. ...
TAIWAN TENSION: Insisting that the island nation of Taiwan remains a possession of the Beijing led Peoples Republic of China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has made fun of Taiwan for "seeking independence." The Chinese government issued a warning to the government of Taiwan, stating that working with outsiders such as ...
Satguru Maharaj ji, the founder of One Love Family pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to swiftly fire Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labor and employment, Mallam Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, and all members of the negotiation team with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), due ...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), has met with Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as part of his nationwide consultation. Obi claimed that during the visit, he spent important time conversing with Moghalu about governmental matters. The former ...
SELF-DETERMINATION: Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, a well-known historian and the head of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, Ilana Omo Oodua, claims that the Yoruba ethnic group desperately needs its own homeland outside of current Nigeria. Basic Facts Professor Banji Akintoye`s self determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua has written President Muhammadu Buhari ...
OGRAN HARVESTING: Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice are accused of organ harvesting in the United Kingdom and currently facing charges as the case has been charged to the court in the UK and the federal government is unable to step in. According to the Attorney-General of the Federation ...
UNITED NATIONS: August 12th every year is celebrated as the international youth day. This day, was set aside by the United Nations Organisation (UNO) General Assembly to celebrate youths and bring to the front burner issues that affect the youth the world over. The day was chosen by the UNO ...
PDP CRISIS: The governor of River State, Nyesom Wike who has been in running battle with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has denied the suit filed at the Federal High Court Abuja seeking the nullification of the candidacy of Atiku. Notable Quotes While speaking at the ...
ORGAN HARVESTING: A medical expert has raised the alarm that according to the National Health Act 2014, the current legal position in Nigeria is that the law allows organ harvesting or forced trading on human organs without the consent of the affected individual. Basic Facts A medical expert, Prof Philip ...
PDP CRISIS: In a new twist to the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has approached the court for a declaration that he is the rightful candidate of the PDP for the 2023 presidential election and not Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Basic Facts Alhaji Atiku ...
PARTY POLITICS: The All Progress Congress (APC) spokesman in Rivers State is reported to have dumped the party and joined ruling PDP barely two days after criticising Gov. Wike over the handling of a measles crisis in Abua Odua LGA of the state. Basic Facts Chris Finebone visited Gov. Wike ...
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed Force No. 509745 Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri attached to Dolphin Divisional Headquarters, Lagos Police Command for gross misconduct, disobedience to lawful order, and assault on a member of the public captured in a viral video on August 3, 2022. The dismissed officer who, enlisted into ...
2023 ELECTION: The former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, fresh from prison for the offence of graft, after recent pardon from President Muhammadu Buhari`s administration has expressed interest in running for the Plateau Central senatorial seat under Peter Obi`s Labour Party platform. Basic Facts The Labour Party has former ...
2023 ELECTION: The executive governor of Ondo State, Arakurin Rotimi Akeredolu, says he is not choosing between Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party's (LP) presidential candidate or Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate for the 2023 election. Basic Facts Governor Akeredolu is of the All Progressive Congress (APC) ...
CORRUPTION: The counsel to the Economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC), Mr. Rotimi Jacobs told the court Wednesday that the suspended accountant general Idris Ahmed has through a third party sought to meet him to discuss a plea bargain in N109 billion fraud case against him. Basic Facts The counsel ...
IMO KILLINGS: Members of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) have once again denied any involvement in the insecurity in the South East and Imo State in particular, while laying the whole blame on the door step of the state governor – Hope Uzodinma and Asari Dokubo from the Niger ...
OWO CHURCH ATTACK: The Nigerian army has announced the arrest of more terrorists involved in the Owo Catholic terrorist attack in Ondo State, but has till date remained silent on the roles the Amotekun regional security outfit has played in the investigations and arrests, even after two official statements from ...
OIL & GAS: President Muhammadu Buhari has made a u-turn and cancelled his “Ministerial consent” to the Seplat and ExxonMobil deal, which by the federal government`s own admission according the presidential spokesman – Femi Adesina, comes with extensive benefits “to the Nigerian Energy sector and the larger economy.” Basic Facts ...
The condemnation of the Emi lokan musical gyration released by the Pyrate confraternity in their recent event in Lagos, which was sang to portray the health status of the APC 2023 presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on why he should rest rather than stand in for elections in 2023; ...
2023 ELECTION: On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Yoruba elders under the aegis of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), a faction of the Yoruba committee of elders disclosed their support for the All Progressives Congress's presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. They said that the former governor of Lagos State will make ...
TRAIN ATTACKS: On Wednesday afternoon (August 10, 2022) 7 more train hostages were set free from the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train hijack. Clariform reporter have gathered from reliable media sources that "General Idris Garba's son, Abubakar, his wife, and four children" were among the most recent hostages released by the kidnapers. ...
Again, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senate President Ahmad Lawan have been rejected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as candidates for the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming 2023 polls. Basic Facts Both Ahmed Lawan and Godswill Akpabio were previously in the race for the APC presidential primaries, which ...
TRANSPORT: The present hike in the price of diesel in Nigeria is negatively impacting on the operations of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), especially in its capacity to field full capacity of available train coaches in the existing routes. Diesel prices have skyrocketed in the recent time in the country, ...
Is ‘’Nigeria’’ a pejorative? Is it a byword for the abominable? The name of our country has assumed grotesque meanings lately. It has been contorted by a phylum of distraught and overbearing citizens to mean misfortune, pain and suffering. Sadly, ‘’Nigeria’’ is becoming the governing synonym for turpitude and misery ...
RELIGION: The General Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has announced some major changes in the Church. The changes include the retirement of the Church's National Overseer, Pastor Joseph Obayemi and the attainment of “Vatican City Status”. Basic Facts The Redeemed Christian Church of ...
OIL & GAS: The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has contradicted the approval of the shares and asset acquisition deal reached by Nigeria`s Seplat and the ExxonMobil Corporation. Basic Facts President on Monday gave his approval to a deal that allows ExxonMobil to sell the entire share capital of ...
AFRIMA AWARDS: The International Committee of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) says a total of 9,076 entries have been received for possible nominations at the 2022 edition of the awards ceremony. Basic Facts 2022 AFRIMA awards received more entries than the 2021 edition. There is already 2.2 percentage increase from ...
OWO CHURCH ATTACK: In some form of relief to the country, and especially the Christian community in Osun State, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has said that those behind the Owo Catholic Church attack that claimed multiple lives have been arrested. Basic Facts Chief of ...
In an interview with popular on the air personality, Daddy Freeze, a Tanzanian showbiz promoter, who organized an event recently in Tanzania where Kizz Daniel failed to perform gave his own account of what happened. Basic Facts The show's promoter, who identified himself as Stephen Uwa in the interview, claimed ...
