The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi has confirmed that three persons died and six others were injured in an accident in the state on Thursday. Mrs Stella Uchegbu, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, confirmed this to…
A civil servant, Joy Okafor on Friday told a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, that a photographer, Ayodeji Festus, who paraded himself as a Nigeria Customs Service officer, swindled her of N1.9 million. Okafor made the allegation while testifying…
The Directors’ Guild of Nigeria (DGN) on Friday charged 60 newly inducted members to add value to Nigeria’s movie industry. Reports state that the inducted directors were endorsed into the filmmaking guild at various levels of associate and full membership.…
Award winning actress and fashion model, Cicely Tyson, has died at the age of 96. Cicely was first discovered by a photographer and went on to become a very successful fashion model. In 1951, she made her acting debut in…
A school teacher, Rebecca Meina, on Friday prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve her marriage, on grounds that her husband, Matthew attempted to poison her. Meina, who resides in Karu, FCT, in divorce petition said:”my husband and…
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has officially pulled out of the Nigerian Army in a parade at Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja, on Friday. As part of the military tradition in honouring a retiring Chief of…
Investigations into the Jan. 16, oil spill around the Funiwa offshore facilities off the Bayelsa Atlantic coastline, has taken regulators and environmentalists beyond Chevron’s facilities to nearby `Auntie Julie platform’. The team, which had on Jan. 23 visited communities affected…
Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Yelwa, the pioneer Managing Director, Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPADEC) on Friday pledged to fulfill promises made to host communities 48 years ago. The new MD disclosed this in an interview with Journalists shortly after a…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the sack of a lawmaker representing Ibaji Constituency of Kogi, Atule Egbunu, on the ground of unlawful nomination by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment,…
An Abuja-based research institute, Africa Polling Institute (API) has listed popular comedians Broda Shaggi, Mark Angel Comedy, Mr Macaroni and Taaooma as Nigeria’s top skit comedians and digital content creators. Lasisi Elenu, MC Casino, Nedu Mallam Musa, Woli Agba, Omo…
