Salute to Dr Kenneth Kaunda at 95
Kenneth Kaunda, first President of the Republic of Zambia was 95 yesterday. Let Africa celebrate the last surviving of the titans of his era. Kaunda trained as a Lawyer and together with freedom fighters like Harry Nkumbula, Nsonge Mbikusitha and others, secured Independence for Zambia (formerly northern Rhodesia) in 1964. He authored ZAMBIA SHALL BE […]
Akeredolu Accuses NANS Leadership of Demanding Personal Gratification
“The National President of the National Association of Nigerian Students’ (NANS) came to Ondo state with his executives for personal gratification and not to defend interest of students”, the Special Assistant to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Youth and Students Affairs, Banji Adewumi has revealed. Adewumi stated this while recounting what transpired during […]
Police to Recruit Clerics, Lawyers, Teachers, Others as Officers
The Nigeria Police has announced its plan to recruit men and women of integrity in various fields of endeavour as officers working for the force. The plan was disclosed to Punchng.com by the spokesman of the force, Frank Mba. Mba said the move became necessary due to the paucity of personnel to fight the intractable […]
Pastor Conspires with Woman to Kill Husband after Impregnating Her
A Benin High Court has sentenced to death a housewife Eniobong Isonguyo and her pastor for the murder of her husband, Victor Gabriel Isonguyo, who was a senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), in Benin. Eniobong Isonguyo. The pastor Udoka Ukachukwu is the head of the church the couple attended. The court presided […]
Dana Air Joins Call for Stem Cell Donors for Cancer Patient
Dana Air has joined the search and call for donors of stem cell for a patient diagnosed with cancer of the blood. Astrid, 41, a Nigerian- German mother, is in need of a stem cell transplant to survive a disease she was diagnosed with in September 2018, after visiting the doctor for sore throat. Speaking […]
Buhari, Tinubu Debunk Rumours of Rift, Break Fast Together
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening hosted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to Ramadan breakfast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, thus debunking rumours of a strained relationship. The President’s Personal Assistant (Photograph), Mr Sunday Aghaeze, in a pictorial report made this known in Abuja. The News Agency of […]
Man Beats Wife to Death over Sex
A chief magistrates’ court in Ebute Meta, Lagos State on Friday remanded a 31-year-old man, Godspower Johnson, in prison custody for allegedly beating his wife to death during a fight over sex. The presiding Chief Magistrate O. O. Olatunji, ordered that Godspower should be kept at the Ikoyi Prison, for the next 30 days pending […]
JAMB Asks Candidates to Check 2019 UTME Results Scores on their Mobile Phones
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) today released the results of 1,792,719 candidates out of the 1,886,508 who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations in April. The Board directed candidates to send ‘RESULT’ to the short code, 55019, on their handsets to check their scores, adding that they did not need to patronise a […]
Veteran Filmmaker, Eddie Ugbomah, Is Dead
A veteran filmmaker, Eddie Ugbomah is dead. Adebayo Thomas, director general of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) broke the news on Saturday. Thomas is also the chair of the Chief Eddie Ugbomah Medical Fund Committee. Ugbomah, who received a national honour from the federal government for his works, died at 78 after […]
Chris Attoh’s Wife Shot Dead In US
Bettie Jenifer, wife of the popular Ghanaian actor, Chris A Chris Atto, has been shot dead in the United States of America. Bettie Jenifer of Bowie, was shot in the head by an unidentified gunman who approached her at the parking lot of her office building in Maryland on Friday evening, NBC Washington is reporting. […]
