The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that a lot of “fake marriages’’ are taking place between Nigerians and foreigners in the country. Muhammad Babandede, Comptroller General of the agency, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, saying that male foreigners…
Private depots crash petrol price to N136.5 per litre (Nation)
President Muhammadu Buhari, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday earned the accolade of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) that said that private depots which used…
Deadline approaches for 2018 Nigeria Prize for Literature and Science competition
The deadlines for the 2018 edition of the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited-sponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature and Science competitions is around the corner. While the literature prize, which opened on February 13, will close on March 29, deadline for the…
Miabo Enyadike set to “Inspire” with solo exhibition
Miabo Enyadike, who has taken part in several group and solo exhibitions in different parts of the world, will hold a solo exhibition in Nigeria titled Inspire. The exhibition opens on Friday March 23, 2018 at MILIKI on 7B Etim Inyang Crescent,…
Dickson submits PDP reconciliation committee report
The National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by the Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has submitted its report to the National Working Committee (NWC) led by the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, at…
Residents panic as hoodlums kill UNILAG worker, undergraduate (Punch)
Residents of Abule Ijesha community, Yaba, Lagos State, say the neighbourhood is not safe until the police arrest hoodlums who killed a senior member of staff of the University of Lagos, Akoka, and a final year student of the institution.…
I’m saddened about what happened in Dapchi – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he was saddened when he heard the news of the adoption of the Dapchi school girls. After meeting with stakeholders in Damaturu, Yobe State, the President Wednesday proceeded to Dapchi, where he reassured parents…
Zenith is Nigeria’s biggest bank
Zenith Bank Plc has clearly affirmed its position as the largest Tier-1 bank in Nigeria. This emerged on on Monday with the release of its full year 2017 results. The bank’s audited accounts presented to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)…
Kaffy, Pinkidebbie hail Ude for attempting dance world record
Kafayat Shafau-Ameh a.k.a. Kaffy, who broke the world record for Longest Dance Party at the Nokia Silverbird Danceathon in 2006 and Debbie Odumewu (Pinkidebbie), who holds the world record for the Longest Dance Marathon by an Individual, have been to…
Education will set you free, Obi tells students
The former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has told Nigerian students to focus on their education, since that is the greatest weapon to liberate people and society from ignorance, slavery and prepare them for competition in the world. He gave…