There was tension in the air on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, when two ministerial nominees failed to recite the National anthem and pledge properly. The nominees, Ibrahim Isa from Niger State and Vivian Nwunaku Okeke from Anambra State mixed up the National Anthem and pledge when the chairman of the senate committee on Foreign Affairs,…
Crisis rocking the Kogi State House of Assembly for a while now seems to have come to an end with the resignation of Momoh Jimoh as Speaker of the House. This has led to the appointment of Ahmed Umar Alfa as the new Speaker. It would be recalled that the House has been immersed in…
An appeal has been made to the Federal Government to immediately disband the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This call was made by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Austin Tam-George, via a statement issued shortly after the cancellation of the rerun election scheduled for July 30. Tam-George noted that…
The unknown gunmen, who abducted a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, over the weekend, have contacted his family. Reports say the kidnappers have demanded for a ransom of N100 million for the release of the man of God. Pastor Olukayode Bajomo was seized on Sunday during church service. The unfortunate incident…
One of the leading financial institutions in Nigeria and Africa, UBA Plc, has been announced as the ‘Best Bank of the Year 2016’. The giant bank in Africa was recognised at the Shybell Media Awards, which held recently in Lagos. Shybell Media a leading online news portal in Nigeria. According to the organisers, this accolade…
After ten years of creating premium music and entertainment content, the publishers of Bubbles Magazine has taken a detour and reinvented it as INFLYT, a travel, tourism and lifestyle magazine given out at airports and other travel hubs. As the name might suggest, INFLYT is an in-flight magazine, provided for travellers across the Nigerian airspace.…
Afrosoul diva, Aramide, will headline the monthly Taruwa Unplugged to be held today Tuesday, July 26, 2016. The event is slated for 6.30pm and several people are expected to grace the occasion. The award-winning musician, who released a new single entitled ‘Funmi Lowo’ last week, will perform alongside her band members who have been rehearsing…
A new flick entitled ‘The Arbitration’ featuring OC Ukeje and Adesua Etomi is set for release in cinemas. The new movie is slated for release on August 12, 2016. This follows the success of ‘Out Of Luck’ by Inkblot productions, which is releasing this new film. ‘The Arbitration’ explores the emotional effects of a work…
The United Bank for Africa, UBA, has debunked reports that it was involved in the recent botched coup in Turkey. Reacting to the reports on Tuesday in Lagos through a statement signed by its Head of Communications, Charles Aigbe, the Bank stressed that, “We remain focused and firmly committed to delivering on our strategy to…
A member of the House of Representatives, Nicholas Ossai, has stressed that there is no way an external body can launch an investigation into their activities because the House has its own mechanism of dealing with any issues. Ossai, who is House Committee Chairman on Ethics, faulted calls for the investigation of Speaker of the…