The Federal Government and the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday exchanged words over a report by the National Bureau of Statistics in which it was stated that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.4 per cent in 2021-the highest in seven years. The GDP report, released by the National BureauContinue Reading
The Police Service Commission says embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari remains suspended and not dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by the Commission’s Spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani. The police commission also suspended cops of the Intelligence Response Team who were indictedContinue Reading
Actress Tonto Dikeh has gone the extra mile to get her young son, King Andre an extraordinary birthday gift. The film star welcomed her son with ex-husband Churchill Olakunle six years ago and on each birthday has made it a point of call to gift him something different and bigger.Continue Reading
At least five persons on Thursday were hospitalized following a fire outbreak at the Lagos campus of the Nigerian Law School, located at Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island. According to eyewitnesses, the incident led to commotion among occupants who ran in different directions for dear lives. An eye witness, simplyContinue Reading
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.4 percent in 2021, the strongest since 2014. The figure is the first annual growth above 3 percent since President Muhammadu Buhari won the 2015 election. In 2014, the economy grew 6.3 percent. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this in its fourth-quarterContinue Reading
The Concerned Citizens (CC) and the Concerned Peoples Democratic Party League (CPDPL) has called on Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC), Yusuf Usman, Chief Operating Officer (COO) in charge of Gas and Power, Tombomieye Adokiye, Chief Operating Officer (COO) in charge of Upstream, MustaphaContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has lambasted a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tonye Princewill for accusing the government of Governor Nyesom Wike of wooing operators of illegal refineries popularly known as “Kpofire” in the state into the PDP. A statement issued by Tambari SydneyContinue Reading
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Social Development Secretariat (SDS) has arrested a 48-year-old beggar, Hadiza Ibrahim with N500,000 and 100 dollars. Malam Sani Amar, Director, Social Welfare Services of the secretariat, confirmed the arrest yesterday, in Abuja. Amar said Ibrahim, an indigene of Kaduna State, had been apprehended byContinue Reading
A woman referred to as ‘The New York patient’ for the sake of privacy, has reportedly become the first female to be cured of HIV. The development was said to have been announced on Tuesday at a ‘Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections held virtually. According to NBC News, theContinue Reading
Prince Andrew, after years of public humiliation over sexual abuse allegations that rocked the British royal family, is sparing himself a U.S. courtroom showdown by settling with his accuser. The second son of Queen Elizabeth II has consistently denied Virginia Giuffre’s claim that he was one of several men toContinue Reading
