The South East spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Dr Josef Onoh has hit out at stalwart of the Labour Party (LP) Kenneth Okonkwo for his recent ‘premiering’ on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Okonkwo had among other things asked people not to vote for Tinubu, alleging that the APC presidential candidate was incoherent in his statements and blasphemed…
Sharif-Aminu is asking the apex court to declare that the offence of blasphemy is not recognised in Nigerian law. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to death by hanging in 2020 after being convicted of blasphemy, has approached the Supreme Court of Nigeria to challenge his conviction. This was seen in court documents filed by his…
Facts emerged on Thursday over the grounding of the campaign aircraft of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Head of Media of Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Mr Diran Onidade, had in a statement decried the development, expressing surprise at the yet “to be explained grounding of its…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and the Vice-President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election has congratulated the former Vice-President and the PDP ‘s Presidential candidate in the forthcoming election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as he clocks 76 years.Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Friday…
AUTHOR: Busola Aro The cabinet members of Malawi have reportedly rolled out adverts to congratulate President Lazarus Chakwera on the approval of $88.3 million loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Idriss Nassah, a Malawian, communications and advocacy campaigns expert, disclosed this in a Twitter post on Thursday. On Monday, the IMF approved the disbursement…
PRESS STATEMENT ARISE NEWS PRESIDENTIAL TOWNHALL MEETING: ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU WON’T ATTEND Our attention has been drawn to an advertisement by Arise News in connection with a Town Hall meeting scheduled for 4 December. WE are surprised that the TV station listed our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a participant, when there was…
The Nigeria Immigration (NIS) has cautioned Nigerians on the dangers of irregular migration, so as not to waste their future. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr Isah Jere, gave the warning in Abuja on Thursday at a news conference. Jere, who was represented by Mr Tony Akuneme, the NIS Public Relations Officer said the service was…
The reigning Miss Face of Humanity (MFOH) Nigeria, Amb. Rita Chika Ezenwa, better known as Queen Nerita is set to represent the country at the upcoming Miss Face of Humanity in Canada next year. Miss Face of Humanity was founded by Terence Kings in 2017 and started locally in Toronto, Canada. Over the years, the…
Nigerian pastor and relationship coach, Kingsley Okonkwo, has stated that women were not created to take care of themselves, IGBERETV reports. He made the statement on his Twitter handle. His tweets read; “Women were not created to take care of themselves “Really women should be taken care of because they take care of everyone else…
A 400-level student of Federal University, Kashere (FUK), Gombe State one Nalkur Zwalnan Lar of the education department on Wednesday night hanged himself to death outside the school campus. According to sources, the deceased committed suicide at Santuraki quarters near a telecommunications mast. It was gathered that he killed himself after finding out on resumption…