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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 of supporters, Wike had said […]

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, lay Oseni out of his

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 was confirmed to journalists by

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 Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno

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 medical attention on Sunday evening

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 candidate who would not live

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 there were variables for his

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 in Bomadi Local Government Area,

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 Sani, accusing him of disloyalty

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 the slain lecturer multiple times

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 the region. This was even

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 that the former Anambra Governor

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 Party has faced various challenges

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 development as members of the

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 City Hall near Moscow have