Boko Haram Attack Yobe Community, Kills Nine
Boko Haram has reportedly killed at least nine people in an attack on Gaidam LGA in Yobe State. The community was reportedly invaded on Wednesday around 9.30pm According to sources, the insurgents came on foot and moved straight to a drinking joint located at Kwari ward, and started shooting sporadically and killing the victims who […]
Rethink Your Subsidy Payment, It Does Not Favor The Poor, World Bank Tells Nigeria
World Bank has advised Nigeria to rethink its subsidy payment on premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol. The Bank president, David Malpass said this on Wednesday at the opening press conference of the 2022 IMF-World Bank spring meeting. The national assembly has approved President Muhammadu Buhari request to budget N4trilllion for subsidy in […]
Nigeria Signs Hosting Agreement With Global Tourism Conference
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the 1st Global Conference on Cultural Tourism and Creative Industry, to be held in Lagos from 14-17 November 2022, will be a trailblazing event. The Minister gave the assurance in Madrid on Tuesday when he signed the hosting agreement for the event with […]
Disband EFCC, ICPC, If You Know You Are Not Ready To Fight Corruption- Wike Tells Buhari
Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike, says the presidential pardon granted to the former governors of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye and Taraba Jolly Nyame by the federal government suggests that there is no need to have anti-corruption agencies in the country. Wike believes that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices […]
ASUU Cant Delay You If You Enroll With Us- Bowen Woos Rema
Bowen University in Iwo, Osun State has told singer Rema that Academic Staff Union University (ASUU) won’t delay his education if enrolls in the school. The private university was reacting to a comment put up on Twitter by the ‘Bouncer’ crooner “ASUU can’t delay you if you’re enrolled in Bowen University,” it wrote. ASUU can’t […]
GAC Endorses Sanwo Olu For Second Term
The Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), the highest decision-making body of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, has endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state, for a second term in office. Gboyega Akosile, spokesman to Sanwo-Olu, announced the development in a post on his social media handles on Monday. According to Akosile, the decision was […]
GMOs: Groups Commend Senate As It Pledges To Enforce Strict Regulation In Nigeria
Reacting to Food Farm News made available to the public on Tuesday the 5th, of April, 2022 that the ‘Senate insists on GMOs thorough regulation’[1] groups including GMO-Free Nigeria, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and others have applauded the Senate for considering […]
Lagos Shuts Down Chrisland Schools Over Sex Scandal Involving A Minor
Lagos State Government has directed that all Chrisland Schools within the state be closed after a sex video of minor students of the school went viral. Sources said the parents of the girl in the video insisted she was raped. The state government said it is investigating the allegations. “The attention of the Lagos State […]
My 10-year-old Daughter was raped during Chrisland School trip to Dubai, mother claims
A mother of Chrisland student says her 10 years old daughter was raped during a trip to Dubai organized by the school. Pupils from the school located in Victoria Garden City were in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) , to participate in the World School Games between March 10 and 13, 2022. But on […]
Groups want FG to checkmate Shell, divesting IOCs in the Niger Delta
The Environmental Rights Action and environmental and climate justice groups have urged the federal government to ensure that communities are included in the discussions on International Oil Companies (IOCs) divestment from oil fields in the Niger Delta. They also want Shell and other companies operating in the Niger Delta to implement the full terms of […]
