Protesters, yesterday, stormed major streets of Sagamu, Ogun State, to express their anger and displeasure over the hardship experienced as a result of the scarcity of naira notes. They barricaded the Ijebu-Ode/Sagamu Interchange section of the Lagos-Sagamu-Benin Expressway with bonfires, leading to traffic gridlock which left hundreds of travelers stranded for hours. The mob, made…
Serdar Hüseyin Yildirim, president of the Turkish Space Agency, provided his own narrative of the two terrible earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria, killing hundreds and leaving wreckage. Yildirim unequivocally stated that satellites generate earthquakes from space-dropping rods on the ground, generating tremors with disastrous repercussions. Yildirim notably stated his views in a speech at…
Russian president Vladimir Putin is expected to give a major speech today ahead of the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, officials in the Kremlin said. Mr Putin will address members of both houses of the Russian parliament in Moscow and seek to reassure Russia’s political and military elites on the Ukraine conflict in…
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president and presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made several claims on the economy while speaking at the presidential dialogue series organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). Some of his claims were checked and here is what we found. CLAIM 1: “More than 23 million Nigerians are out…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo has expressed her concerns over her state of origin, Rivers state, as the 2023 general election draws near, IGBERETV reports. In a post shared on her Instastories this morning, Hilda wondered if her state is still a Christian state or now a confused state because of the ‘’greed and grip”…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has stepped up investigations with a view to arrest and prosecutes the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over allegations of terrorism financing and fraud, Daily Trust reports. This is even as the military is said to be providing soldiers to protect the CBN governor both…
Two prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State have disowned the state governor, Samuel Ortom, over his choice of candidate for the Saturday presidential election in the state.Former Minister of Power and Steel, Professor Iyorwuese Hagher, and former Minister of Interior, Senator Abba Moro, on Monday, at a town hall meeting organised by…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it has adequate supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol that would serve Nigerians from mid-February to March, IGBERETV reports. Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCC, Garba Deen Muhammad said the plan is part of its concerted efforts to sustain the supply of…
Was Omojuwa hacked? Twitter influencer, JJ Omojuwa has been trending on social media after posting a campaign paraphernalia of Peter Obi on his Twitter handle. Recall that JJ Omojuwa was one of the arrowheads of the Buhari campaign in 2015, advocating for good governance after almost every Nigerian believed that Jonathan had failed. He became…
A pregnant woman in Kano, Shema’u Sani Labaran, has died in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital over alleged negligence from doctors as a result of the new naira policy crisis. The late woman’s husband, Malam Bello Fancy, said her death was as a result of delay in transfer made to the bank and that the doctors didn’t…