NIGERIANS TO PAY 60% MORE FOR CALLS, DATA – MINISTER The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said Nigerians will have to pay 30-60 percent more for calls, data, and other services in the telecommunications sector. Tijani disclosed this in a recent interview with Channels Television. According to him, the telecommunications sector is entirely about investment to spur …

FG TO SPEND N8BN On ORIENTATING NIGERIANS ON PAYMENT OF ELECTRICITY BILLS The Federal Ministry of Power is proposing to spend N8 billion to orient Nigerians on prompt payment of electricity bills in 2025. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this while defending the ministry’s budget before the National Assembly joint committee on power on Monday, January 13. According …

PASSENGER DIES ABOARD AIR FRANCE FLIGHT FROM PARIS TO BOSTON Massachusetts State Police have launched an investigation into the death of a passenger on Air France Flight AF334, which departed from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) bound for Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). The passenger suffered a medical emergency shortly after takeoff on Tuesday, Aviation A2Z reports. The incident has …

TINUBU GOVT TO GRANT PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS, INAUGURATES ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Federal Government has announced plans to grant presidential pardons to convicts serving prison terms across Nigeria’s correctional facilities. To facilitate this, the government on Wednesday inaugurated the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, chaired by Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) The committee …

DOGS ATTACK, KILL NIGERIAN WOMAN IN ITALY A 27-year-old Nigerian woman, Patricia Masithela, tragically lost her life after being mauled by a pack of starving dogs in Latina, Italy. The incident occurred late Monday night while Patricia was visiting a male acquaintance at his abandoned villa in the Lazio region, according to Mirror UK. Her screams filled the night, alerting …

NGOZI EZEONU, VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS, SLAMS UPCOMING ACTRESSES – HOW CAN YOU COME HERE WITHOUT BRA? – Veteran Nollywood actress, Ngozi Ezeonu, has slammed two upcoming actresses over their choice of outfit for an audition. The movie star was one of the judges sitting at the audition table when two ladies wearing crop tops and leggings came for the audition. …

GROUPS URGE SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW JUDGMENT IN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLARS CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE A consortium of civil society organizations have appealed to the Supreme Court to review it’s judgment in a multi-million dollars contractual dispute between an indigenous company, Owigs and Obigs Nig. Ltd and the Zenith Bank Plc.The groups anchored by the Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative, Independent Public …

WHY I WILL NOT HELP TINUBU’S GOVT – EMIR SANUSI The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said he would not help President Bola Tinubu’s government to correct the administration’s policies affecting the citizens. Emir Sanusi said the current government has no people with credibility who could explain to Nigerians why their policies have caused hardship. He stated this …

WIKE BAGS THISDAY NEWSPAPER, ARISE TV MINISTER OF THE YEAR The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, has been honored as the Thisday Newspaper and Arise Television Minister of the Year 2024. The announcement was conveyed in a letter dated January 14, 2024, signed by Mr. Eniola Bello, Managing Director of the Thisday Arise Group. According to the …

DEPUTY CHIEF WHIP OF HOUSE OF REPS, ADENWUNMI ONANUGA, IS DEAD The Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Adewunmi Onanuga is dead. Onanuga’s demise was announced in a statement issued by the House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi, on Wednesday evening. “It is with profound sorrow that the House of Representatives announces the passing of Rt Hon Adewunmi Onanuga, who, …

AGAIN, SECURITY OPERATIVES ARREST MAHDI SHEHU Security personnel, believed to be from the Department of State Services (DSS), have activist Mahdi Shehu. Daily Trust gathered that Mahdi was picked up by plainclothes security operatives at his clinic in Unguwar Dosa around 11:00 a.m. There has been no official statement from security agencies regarding the arrest of the Kaduna-based activist and …

WIKE’S PARTICIPATION IN APC GOVT REASON FOR PDP CRISIS – EX-PARTY PUBLICTY SCRIBE Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan, has said that the involvement of Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister, in the governance of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has created room for the collapse of the PDP. Ologbodiyan claimed that there were attempts …

INVESTIGATE IMPEACHED LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, OBASA – PDP, LP TELL EFCC The Lagos State chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have called on anti-corruption agencies to investigate the recently impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa. Their demands came a day after Obasa was removed from office amid allegations of …

POPE FRANCIS RECOUNTS GROWING UP IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, SAYS I REMEMBER MY SINS AND I AM ASHAMED Pope Francis reveals his “mischievous” youth in an autobiography published Tuesday, in a book that also touches on his childhood, immigration and ordering pizza. In excerpts of “Hope: The Autobiography” provided by publishers, the pontiff recounts episodes from growing up in a multicultural neighbourhood …

LIEUTENANT COLONEL PATRICK CHUKWUMA ‘KADUNA’ NZEOGWU Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuma ‘Kladuna’ Nzeogwu was killed on July 29, 1967 near Nsukka, in Enugu state. He was trapped in an ambush near Nsukka while conducting a night reconnaissance operation against federal troops of the 21st battalion led by Capt. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi. Nzeogwu who was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by the Biafran Army was killed in action and his corpse was …