President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the entire Igbo nation has resolved to support the President Bola Tinubu-led government. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, in his palace yesterday, Chief Iwuanyanwu, while appealing to the monarch for a renewed relationship between the Igbo and Yoruba in Lagos, said, “During the election, we, Igbo didn’t vote for Bola because we were told it was our turn. “Bola was very good to us when he was governor. He treated Ndigbo very well. During the time of the governorship, Igbo in Lagos came…
Author: Lilian Azuh
The leadership of the Kaduna State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers says travellers in the state have reduced by over 50 per cent as the Yuletide approaches. The state NUTRW Secretary, Malam Bature Suleiman, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Suleiman said the development was due to the high cost of transportation fare which was occasioned by the increment of fuel pump price. “People no longer travel but only prefer to send messages to their loved ones. Sadly, if you go to our motor parks now, you will see…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the Managing Director of Faris Construction Company Limited, Salisu Suleiman, and his company on one count of misappropriation of N21 million. He was arraigned on Friday before Justice Hadiza Suleiman of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano. The charge reads: “That you, Salisu Suleiman being the Managing Director of Faris Construction Company Limited and Faris Construction Company Limited on or about June 15, 2021, in Kano, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N21,000,000 being payment for the supply of 125,000 litres of Automotive Gas…
Waje With three singles, including the smash hit Kolo, currently rocking and ruling the airwaves, fast emerging female RnB singer and actress, Aituaje Ebele Vivian famously known as Waje, is sensationally poised to reign supreme in the Nigerian music industry. The Social Work graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), rose to national prominence a couple of years ago, when she featured in the monster hit song, Do Me, by P-Square. She later did a remix of Omoge Mi, another popular song from the duo, which she christened Bobo Mi. The Edo State-born, fast-emerging diva whose mother is from Onitsha, Anambra State, further…
President Bola Tinubu celebrates his friend and ally, former President Muhammadu Buhari, an icon of truth, justice, and patriotism on his 81st birthday. President Tinubu extols the peerless leadership credentials and feats of the former President, recalling his meritorious service to the nation at various times as Head of State and as President. Reeling out former President Buhari’s unparalleled record of infrastructural provision, comprising several new international airports, multiple standard-gauge railway lines, new seaport development, dozens of new dams, power stations, oil and gas infrastructure, expressways and mega-bridges, in addition to establishing Nigeria’s first ever national social investment and protection…
The member representing Chibok, Domboa, and Gwoza at the House of Representatives, Ahmed Jaha, has said no fewer than 87 Chibok girls are still in captivity. Boko Haram terrorists attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok and kidnapped 276 girls on April 14, 2014. 57 of the schoolgirls escaped immediately after jumping from the trucks on which they were being transported. Also, others have been rescued by the military. However, Jaha, while commending the Federal Government for recovering some of the girls noted that 87 are yet to regain their freedom. He spoke at an event organised in Abuja…
Jaiye Kuti Still basking in the euphoria of Spider, her latest TV soap, which is set to make a debut on network stations soon, emerging screen goddess and darling of several soaps, Jaiye Kuti, revealed in this interview why she is so much excited about the family oriented project. Interestingly too, Kuti, who originally trained as a professional secretary, is also a critic, striving to restore values in homes and public places, with her acting career that has spanned close to a decade. Effervescent Kuti is, however, of the opinion that in order to impact positively with laudable projects like Spider and several…
There’s no end in sight to the scarcity of cash across the country even as Point of Sale (POS) agents have jacked up their charges by 100 per cent, checks by Daily Trust have shown. The scarcity of cash has persisted in recent times despite the Supreme Court judgement which ordered that the new and old notes should remain legal tender. But the judgement has not addressed the raging cash scarcity as banks have limited withdrawal for customers while Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) rarely dispense cash. In Lagos, one of our correspondents visited several ATMs which were not dispensing. However, the POS…
The police in the United Kingdom have relaunched an appeal over the tragic death of some Afrobeat fans during a concert held by Nigerian superstar, Asake. The ‘Lonely At The Top’ crooner’s concert at the O2 Brixton Academy, in the UK, on December 15, 2022, was marred by the deaths of a 33-year-old mother-of-two, and security worker Gaby Hutchinson, 23, While were fatally injured when ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert, leading to a stampede. A year after the tragic event, a 22-year-old female victim remains in hospital in a serious condition following the incident, according…
An official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps , Shem Obafiaye, who became popular because of the ‘Oga At The Top’ phrase in 2013, has attained the rank of Deputy Commandant General. A decade after the Channels Television interview where Obafiaye playfully struggled to disclose the NSCDC website, he, and two officers, Fasiu Adeyinka and Raji Ibrahim, have been appointed Deputy Commandants-General of the NSCDC by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo Announcing the promotion on Friday, Tunji-Ojo wrote on X, “As the chairman of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), I decorated the…