Russia has started sending men who refuse to pay child maintenance to the front lines in Ukraine. Sochi, a city in Russia is responding to pressure from ex-wives and sweeping up men dodging maintenance payments, ordering them to the front, revealed leading Putin TV propagandist Margarita Simonyan. Then the money to pay alimony is taken…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it would launch a national domestic card scheme on January 16, 2023. The scheme will be launched through the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) in partnership with the Bankers Committee. A statement by the CBN spokesperson, Osita Nwanisobi, said the scheme would accelerate financial inclusion and deliver lower…
23-Year-Old Miracle Daniel Emerges One Of The Winners Of 2022 Face of Nigeria Model A Kogi State born Miracle Ikojo Daniel has emerged one of the winners of 2022 Face of Nigeria Model. The 2022 edition which was the 7th in the series took place at National Merit House Maitama Abuja recently. The 23-year-old graduate…
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has banned billboards owners in the state from accepting advert campaign projects from the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC)The ban was disclosed to newsmen on Tuesday night in Benin City by a member of the Billboards’ Association in Edo, Mr. Ibrahim Momoh. Momoh noted that the governor even threatened to confiscate…
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has told presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar not to expect the party in Rivers state to campaign and vote for him in the 2023 elections for perceived disrespect by Atiku towards him and the party in Rivers. The governor while inaugurating Rivers State PDP Campaign Council…
Rishi Sunak will become the UK’s next prime minister tomorrow after meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace in the morning. At the start of the day, outgoing PM Liz Truss will hold her last cabinet meeting before she is expected to make a departing statement outside Number 10 at 10.15am. Ms Truss, who became the…
An ex-convict, Mercy Orija, has reportedly raped a 12-year-old pupil, Janet Fakeye, to death in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The suspect reportedly went into hiding shortly after he committed the offence at Fehintoluwa Community Development Association in Idiya, Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that Orija, who was convicted for assaulting a Point-of-Sale operator…
The presidential candidate of Accord Party, Prof Chris Imumolen has said if Nigeria was a company, it would have been sold along with its entities to service the debts it’s currently owing. While decrying that over a hundred percent of the country’s revenue is being used to service debts, the presidential candidate said the next…
Today, the threshold of victory is quaking in the scrabble world in far away Lusaka, Zambia and the reverberation is being felt globally as Enoch Nwali is crowned the 14th Africa Scrabble Champion, having consistently led the pack from the blast of the whistle till the finishing point. Some exceptional stuff of genius. Perhaps, when…
NIGERIAN indigenous Shipowners under the aegis of the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN) has warned that except the Nigerian Government addresses the lack of capacity confronting indigenous shipping, foreign vessels might dominate freight carriage of crude oil at the $19bn Dangote Refinery when the facility becomes operational by mid 2023. Speaking with the Nigerian…