President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday travel to Qatar for the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Buhari’s trip to Doha, the capital, follows an invitation by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The once-in-a-decade conference under the theme, “From Potential to Prosperity”, will be held from…
Nollywood actress, Ruth Eze, is of the opinion that there is no genuine friendship in Nollywood. In an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “In my experience, Nollywood is full of wicked and unbelievably evil people that wake up every day to wish their fellow humans bad. Someone that one has never offended would go…
The Lagos State Government, on Saturday, expressed opposition to exhuming the remains of a student of Chrisland Schools, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, who died under mysterious circumstances. Her death occurred amid the school’s inter-house sports activities on Thursday, February 9 at the Agege Stadium. According to a statement by the Director Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry…
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has sent a congratulatory message to Nigeria’s President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to justify his election by delivering the dividends of democracy to all the people. Noting that Tinubu’s victory would bring some measure of pride to those who made sacrifices in the struggle for the June 12,…
Abdullahi, one of the sons of late former Head of State, Sani Abacha, is dead. This was revealed on Saturday by his sister, Gumsu Sani Abacha. Gumsu broke the sad news in a Twitter post. According to her, Abdullahi died in the early hours of the day.
The Nigeria Police Force says it has paid all allowances of police officers deployed for the presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement on Saturday, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi debunked allegations that the Force had yet to pay its staff on election duties. Adejobi described it as astonishing to read reports…
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a Prophet, Anwana Peter Essien, to 21 years in prison for r3ping his 10-year-old stepdaughter. The 37-year-old Prophet, a native of Afaha Ise in Ibiono Ibom Local government area, was convicted of r3ping the JSS One student on August 9, 2019. The incident occurred when…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Nigeria will be witnessing severe flooding this year as indicated by predictions from relevant agencies. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, the Director-General, NEMA, predicted on Wednesday during a two-day Experts’ Technical Meeting on 2023 Climate-Related Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Strategies in Abuja. He mentioned that the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet)…
Comedian AY Makun has praised Labour party presidential candidate Peter Obi. Even though Obi lost to Tinubu in the election, AY praised him for his courage, hard work, and ambition and expressed his pride in Peter Obi’s plans for the future of the country. He wrote; ”@peterobigregory From the very day you honoured my open…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sacked two of its staff over alleged “gross misconduct”. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s head of public affairs and protocol, revealed the identities of the dismissed staff in a statement on Wednesday. JAMB said Bilyaminu Ishaku and Andrew Anebi Candidus were dismissed from the board’s office in Makurdi, Benue…
