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Tragedy struck at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi, following the death of a 200-level student, Ogboji David Chukwuebuka, who slumped on campus. It was gathered that there was a football competition in the school organized by the Directorate of Sports of Student Union Government, SUG, of Read more…

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Wednesday lashed out at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, for accusing him of renting crowds for thanksgiving. Wike made the remark while expressing regrets for helping Fubara to become the governor of the oil-rich state. Addressing a crowd Read more…

A Nigerian politician, Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, who currently serves as a member of the Nigeria House of Representatives representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency and the son of the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has reacted after an X user said that the family should sue Arise TV, Read more…

Vaughan, who hails from Delta State, reportedly died in Warri on Tuesday after a protracted battle with illness. Popular Nigerian filmmaker, Frank Igho Okpokoro Vaughan, has reportedly passed on. Vaughan, who hails from Delta State, reportedly died in Warri on Tuesday after a protracted battle with illness. The sad news Read more…

A family member, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, announced the death of the veteran unionist in a statement on Tuesday. A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ali Ciroma has died. Ciroma died at the University of Read more…

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Ward attendants at the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja, Kogi State, embarked on a peaceful protest on Tuesday over the death of one of their colleagues, Salamatu Aliu of postnatal Ward. NATURENEX learnt that the deceased was rushed to the hospital for Read more…

In a blunt interview on TVC TV, The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike argues that being an “elder statesman” should not be defined by age or previous positions held, but by integrity. He highlights an incident in the last election, where he was accused of supporting a Read more…

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Labour Employment and Productivity and Vice Chairman, Committee on Federal Character, Senator Diket Plang, has dispelled the insinuation that there was a plan to impeach the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. Plang, who said there was no one thinking along that line, pointed out that Read more…

UGHELLI — A leader of the Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, (names withheld), has opened up on what led to the killing of 17 soldiers, and a yet-to-be-ascertained number of natives in the community on March 14. He explained that a leader from Okoloba Read more…

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of students travelling along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State. The incident happened on Monday. 2. A women leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hajia Maryam Suleiman, has slammed Kaduna State Governor, Uba Read more…

A lecturer at the Department of Physical and Health Education of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, has been brutally murdered on campus. It was gathered that Abdulkadir was killed on Sunday, March 31, when the attackers snuck into his office, stabbed him with a knife and hit Read more…

A Northern group, Arewa Think Tank, has said that the Northern region of the country cannot stop President Bola Tinubu’s second term bid for the 2027 presidential election because according to the group North does not need political power, but infrastructural and educational development by a leader who cares for Read more…

A Public Affairs Analyst, Kayode Komolafe, has, during an interview on The Morning Show, an Arise Television programme, maintained that he would not fault the former Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, if he decides to leave the party; as he noted that he would even advice Read more…

Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has suggested that he might leave the party if the ongoing crisis within it persists. Obi believes the turmoil within the party has been deliberately caused to divert attention away from important national issues, which he is committed to addressing. The Labour Read more…

On Tuesday, the 19th of March, 2024, news broke out that Dr. Adaora Umeoji had been appointed the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc., making her the first female to occupy such a position in the bank’s history. As was expected, mixed reactions trailed the Read more…

In their initial testimonies and subsequent interrogations, the suspects said the attacks were prepared in coordination with “a man who introduced himself to them under a pseudonym,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement.  The Russian Investigative Committee revealed on Friday, that suspects in the terrorists attack on the Crocus Read more…

Popular Actor Confirmed Dead Chance Perdomo, an actor best known for his role as Andre in the popular Amazon Prime Video series, Gen V, has died. TV Line reports that Perdomo, also known for his work in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, died as a result of a motorcycle accident. He Read more…

Prophet Odumeje, the Indaboski has made headlines again after a clip of his upcoming song with famous Nigerian artist Flavour emerged online. Prophet Odumeje and Flavour have been photographed together several times recently, but a new video of them in the studio reveals that they are up to something. This comes Read more…

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has said hunger and famine await Nigeria if farmers are denied access to farms by bandits and terrorists. Obi, who was reacting to publications and the international agency’s warning on the matter, said the alarm Read more…

Former presidential aspirant of the Labour Party, LP, Faduri Oluwadare Joseph, has challenged the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to vacate the party if he can’t unite members. Two factional groups, respectively led by Julius Abure and Apapa Lamidi, had been claiming supremacy over the national chairmanship. Also, the Read more…

USD is being traded at ₦1,310 in Black Market (Lagos) today, Friday, March 29, 2024. USD has been traded at ₦1440 when Black Market opened this week on Monday, March 25, 2024. This makes it -14.39% decline for United States Dollar against Naira this week. When we look at this month, USD was traded at ₦ at the beginning of Read more…

Louis Gossett Jr., a star of film and television who made history as the first Black man to win an Academy Award for supporting actor for his performance in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” has died at age 87, according to a statement from his family. “It is with our Read more…

Taking to his Instagram page on Friday, Primeboy shared a copy of the petition filed against Wunmi Nigerian  singer, Ibrahim Owodunni, also known as Primeboy, has filed a petition against Wunmi, the widow of late Afrobeats star, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. This comes after Wunmi, during an Read more…

The Nigerian Army have released a full list containing names and photos of eight suspects who are linked to the murder of 17 Soldiers in Okuama, Delta State. Among the suspects mentioned in the list is a young man identified as Reuben Baru who went viral a week ago over Read more…

The Head of Administration at WAEC Headquarters, Omifenwa Tajudeen Tunbosu, presented the documents to the tribunal yesterday. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has submitted copies of the statement of result and certificate belonging to Gov Hope Uzodimma of Imo state before the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja. The Read more…

That Dr. Adaora Umeoji is brainy and beautiful are reflected in the several information and messages that have been passed around since her announcement as the new Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank. Someone even described her as the most certified banker in Nigeria based on the fact Read more…

The incident occurred when a drunk driver collided with his “official armoured state vehicle” on Thursday evening, according to the police. By Jake Clifford On Mar 29, 2024 0 Share Advertisements Former president hit by drunk driver. A former president has been hit by a drunk driver, News Week Nigeria Read more…