A group, Like Minds Forum of Nigeria has criticised the Senate for withholding the confirmation of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, as a minister, describing it as procedurally wrong and politically defective. The Forum including some political appointees who served in the El-Rufai administration, observed that the process of El-Rufai’s confirmation as…

Controversial Nigerian artiste, Naira Marley, has joined the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s War Against Drug Abuse advocacy campaign. This was made known in a post shared on the agency X, (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday. The agency while sharing the pictures wrote, “Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen.…

A suspected Nigerian drug kingpin, Ogbaugu David Uka alias Pastor Davison alias Iwu, was arrested in Hyderabad, India for possession of ecstasy pills.  Telangana State Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TSNAB) along with Film Nagar Police, Hyderabad City apprehended Ogbaugu, on August 16, 2023.   A total of 264 ecstasy pills worth Rs 10.56 lakhs were recovered from…

The Enugu State Police Command confirmed on Tuesday the arrest of three people involved in the viral video of a young lady being beaten, stripped, and having her hair forcefully shaved. This was made known in a statement signed by the State Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, and shared on the command’s X (formerly…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is planning a policy reversal in the downstream sector of the oil industry as his government considers reintroduction of subsidy for premium motor Spirit also called petrol, to cushion the effects of economic hardship in the country, IgbereTV has learned. According to TheCable, impeccable presidency sources said there is yet no…

Former Paris Saint-Germain star, Neymar has denied reports circulating in the media that he joined Saudi Pro League because of money. Recall that Neymar joined Al Hilal on a two-year deal and will be earning £129.4 million per year, an average of £2.5m per week salary. With a lot of years to still play for,…

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, Cross River State, who was accused of s3xually h@rassing students has reacted to the allegation.  Recall that in videos shared online, some students who embarked on a protest were seen holding up placards that read “We are tired of sucking big…

A final-year student of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Mbah Ezinne, has been found d£ad in her room.  The lif£less body of the Department of Anatomy student was found in her apartment on July 31, 2023, after she was not seen in church. One of her brothers, Mbah Samson, on Monday, August…

This was revealed in a report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday, August 15. This is the seventh consecutive rise in the country’s inflation rate this year. The increased inflation rate was attributed to an increase in contributions of some items in the basket of goods and services at the divisional…

The military coup that overthrew Mohamed Bazoum as president of Niger stated on Monday that he might be charged with high treason. A spokesperson for the junta, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, revealed this on state television. The junta had, according to Abdramane of Reuters, “assembled the necessary elements to prosecute the ousted president for high treason…