INEC Announces Dates For Collection of PVCs
The Independently National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed dates for prospective voters to collect their permanent voter cards (PVC). In a statement on Friday, Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, said the commission met on Thursday and deliberated on a number of issues, including the dates for PVC collection. […]
Irate youths set Osun monarch’s palace ablaze
The Palace of Aree of Iree in Boripe North Local Council Development Area of Osun State, was on Thursday evening, vandalised and set on fire by angry youths in the town. The palace was said to have been burnt by youths who were not pleased about the arrest of the Aogun of Iree, Chief […]
Adulthood na Scam!
By Toyin Falola Nobody go ask if you don chop Nobody go send you free money If you no get na you sabi Adulthood na scam! Lade Nigerians have always been able to express their thoughts and views in the most straightforward and humorous ways. They accomplish this in terms […]
Bayelsa Is More Than Oil – Tinubu
Hundreds of Bayelsa State people and residents defied the downpour on Thursday to receive the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential campaign train led by the Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Yenagoa. Tinubu, who spoke to the mammoth crowd at Ox- Bow Lake Pavilion, venue of the rally, described Bayelsa as more than oil. […]
Practitioners launch Public Interest Lawyering Initiative in Nigeria
Lawyers, civil society, and media executives converged on Benin, the Edo state capital on Wednesday November 30, 2022, for the launch of the Public Interest Lawyering Initiative for West Africa (PILIWA) Nigeria chapter. The initiative which was founded in 2016 has a membership that cuts across nine West African countries including Cote d’ Ivoire, Ghana, […]
Don’t Tamper With Our Campaign Materials Again, Bayelsa APC Warns Gov. Diri
Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government under Mr. Douye Diri to never again tamper with its campaign materials. APC in a statement on Wednesday by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, revealed that on Tuesday night officials of the Bayelsa State Government in […]
10 countries to participate in Calabar Carnival, says Commissioner
No fewer than 10 countries are expected to participate in the 2022 Annual Calabar Carnival, according to Mr Eric Anderson, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Development, Cross River State. He said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that after a two-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the carnival […]
Court Remands Medical Doctor In Ikoyi Prison Over Alleged Rape
A special offences and domestic violence court in Lagos has remanded Femi Olaleye, managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, in Ikoyi prison pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions. Olaleye was arraigned by the Lagos state government on Wednesday. The medical doctor pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of defilement of a child […]
APC Presidential Candidate, Tinubu, Holds Rally in Bayelsa
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be rallying in Bayelsa State on Thursday, December 1. The Yenagoa rally is in continuation of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s campaign trail around the country to gather support for his 2023 presidential bid. On arrival in the state, Tinubu, his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, […]
FIFA honours Nigerian journalist Kunle Solaja for covering nine World Cups
Mr. Kunle Solaja, Nigerian journalist and publisher of Sports Village Square, has been honoured by FIFA, in collaboration with the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), for his coverage of nine World Cup tournaments. The ace sports journalist was celebrated alongside 81 others in a ceremony held in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Solaja and South Africa’s […]
