Helicopter crash
11 Feb 2024
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has described the death of the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, as a big loss to the Nigerian banking industry. Wigwe died along with his wife and son in a helicopter crash in California near the Nevada border, United States of America. In a statement on…
Latest
3 mins ago
Members of the Omoluabi Progressives, a political group of a former governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, said they had agreed to quit the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement signed by the group’s organising and publicity secretary, Oluwaseun Abosede, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday…
6 mins ago
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Enitan, on Sunday, visited the founder of the Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola SAN, to persuade him to drop the criminal defamation case filed against a human right lawyer and author, Dele Farotimi. Before Ooni arrived at about 9:00 pm on Sunday from Ile…
7 mins ago
Security was unusually tight on Monday morning at the Lagos State House of Assembly ahead of the day’s plenary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a large number of security operatives were sighted at strategic positions at the assembly complex very early in the day. The security operatives included officers of the Nigeria…
23 mins ago
Almost 200 Kenyan women were murdered in gender-based violent incidents in 2024, nearly double the previous year, monitoring groups said Monday.
54 mins ago
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State said the move to dialogue with terrorists was suggested by the people of the state, who pleaded for an end
59 mins ago
Nigerian music legend Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face or 2Baba, has taken down all posts and videos related to the rumoured divorce from his wife, Annie Idibia. The singer, who confirmed the reports himself, made the sudden move to delete the content on Monday, leaving fans and followers puzzled. The controversy started on Sunday,…
1 hour ago
The All Progressive Congress (APC), Osun State chapter, has accused the former governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, and his Omoluabi Progressives Group of serving as agents of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). APC spokesman, Kola Olabisi, stated that the Osun APC is not bothered by the exit of Aregbesola’s group from the party,…
1 hour ago
Higher US tariffs under President Donald Trump could accelerate a slump in the value of China's currency, complicating recent efforts by Beijing to kickstart a rebound in its struggling economy, analysts warn.
1 hour ago
After many years of its absence, the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Monday, appointed an eight-member board of the Imo State Road Maintenance Agency (IROMA). IROMA was set up by the then administration of Chief Ikedi Ohakim (2007-2011) to maintain the roads in the 27 local councils in the state. Commissioner for Information, Public…