Nigeria-born UFC fighter, Israel Adesanya has expressed his love for his fellow Nigerians. The mixed martial artist, however, noted that the country is a ‘very corrupt place’. The ‘stylebender’ said this while speaking on a Hotboxin podcast. Adesanya added that government and some of its people are always looking for ways to siphon money from…
Fleeing gunmen have killed an Inspector of police in Imo State identified as Augustine Ukegbu. Ukegbu was killed at his village at Umuoshike Ogbor in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state when he went home to celebrate Easter with his family, several police sources confided in our correspondent. One of the sources,…
Global audit and tax advisory firm, KPMG, has projected that Nigeria’s unemployment rate is expected to rise to 40.6% as compared to 2022’s 37.7%. KPMG detailed this forecast in its International Global Economic Outlook report – H1 2023 on Tuesday, where it stated that “unemployment is expected to continue to be a major challenge in…
•Commission replies PDP candidate’s petition•FCT has no special status•‘Obi’s petition should be dismissed’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar did not meet the constitutional requirements to be declared winner of the February 25 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The commission urged the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to dismiss the…
Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has said the appointment of acting national chairman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after Senator Iyorchia Ayu stepped aside was irrelevant. He berated Ayu over the party’s poor showing in the 2023 presidential election. Wike, who stated this during a media chat with selected journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday,…
A former Director of Voter Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, on Tuesday, said electronic collation of results for the 2023 general elections was not compulsory. Osaze-Uzzi, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the prescribed mode of collating results is manual. Former Director of Voter Education and…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss all the petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. INEC had declared that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election. The commission declared that the…
Okoli Ahize Chizoputam Killed By Students in OAU ‘Maximum Shi Shi’ Over Phone Theft Allegations As shared by Chymake Baron Chymaker: OAU: 500-level Student Tortured To Death A 500-level Civil Engineering student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize Chizoputam, has been killed over alleged phone theft on campus. THE WHISTLER gathered that Chizoputam, 28,…
The Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has suspended the operations of livestock guards and the state para-military agency saddled with the enforcement of the state open grazing for a period of two weeks to allow all herdsmen with livestock in the state to leave. Ortom disclosed this at the end of the state security council…
Hi Nairaland! Infinix is set to bless her fans this easter period with the biggest and highly anticipated campus party #InfinixStormX 6.0 . The event is just around the corner, and the annoument was made on their official page with an electrifying lineup of talented artists who will take you on a #FastAndFun Experience. Brace…