As Nigeria continues to search for solutions for the pervasive insecurity in the country, especially kidnapping and banditry, experts in the security space have expressed divergent opinions on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s…
Author: Sonia Onoja
Suicide: Nigeria Betrays Amarachi Ugochukwu, Even in Death, by Tony Eluemunor
I will never forget the sad and saddening picture of the late Amarachi Ugochukwu, the 32-year old staff of Globus Bank, Ikorodu, Lagos, who committed suicide on 8 January 2024. She had…
Nigerian govt speaks on Shell asset sales
The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources said the Nigerian government is not averse to Shell asset sales. Nneamaka Okafor, the special adviser on media and communication to the Minister of State for…
Northern Elders Reject Relocation Of CBN ‘Key Departments’ To Lagos
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed deep concern about the reported plans by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to relocate major departments from the Abuja headquarters to the former headquarters…
CAN to FG: Nigerians won’t pay ransom if they’re safe
The Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria( CAN), Kaduna State chapter, Rev Joseph John Hayab, has said it would only be wrong to pay ransom, if the government would secure the people….
Court to Emefiele : You can travel out of Abuja, not Nigeria
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the permission for the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to travel out of Abuja. But the court ruled that he…
More trouble for Emefiele as Nigerian Govt amends fraud charges
More trouble appears to be in the offing for former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele as the Federal Government has again amended the charges filed against him….
‘Johnny’ got leaked, I didn’t officially release the music – Yemi Alade
Nigerian Afropop singer, songwriter, and actress Yemi Eberechi Alade, known professionally as Yemi Alade, stated in an exclusive interview that her blockbuster song ‘Jonney’ was leaked. During the exclusive interview, the interviewer…
Stolen assets worth £6.9m will return to Nigeria
It comes after Jersey’s Attorney General served a forfeiture notice to the Royal Court in Jersey in November. The court ruled the money, deposited in a Jersey bank account, was likely stolen…
Nigerian soldier commits suicide in Ogun over ‘unpaid allowances’
An operative of the Nigerian Army, attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Boyi ThankGod, has allegedly shot himself in the head and died immediately. A source in the Army,…