The National Executive Committee of the Egbe Omo Ilaje Worldwide has urged the National Assembly to reject the inclusion of Ilaje land in the proposed Ijebu State. The socio-cultural group's president-general, Mr. Iwamitigha Irowainu, expressed this stance at a press conference on Friday in Lagos. Irowainu, accompanied by other indigenes of the Ilaje community in present-day Ondo State, said the ...

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the contentious poll begins across the state. The governor cast his vote as early as 8 a.m. on Saturday morning amid tension over possible unrest. DAILY POST reports that the election is currently being held as scheduled despite advice from the Attorney General of the Federation, ...

GistReel Five Ghanaians have allegedly been kidnapped in Nigeria in connection with a Ghanaian nurse who promised them job opportunities abroad. This was revealed in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, by a user who shared a video related to the incident. The video, spoken in a Ghanaian language, made it difficult for a larger audience to understand. However, the post included a description ...

Fifty years ago, on February 21, 1975, the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) was established through Decree No. 3 of 1975, creating an institution dedicated to preserving, promoting, and advancing Nigeria’s cultural heritage. Since its inception, NCAC has played a crucial role in fostering the arts, crafts, literature, theatre, film, music, fashion, cuisine, and festivals that ...

The coach of Serie A club, Atalanta, Gian Peiro Gasperini, has no doubt incurred the wrath of football fans around the world with his scathing criticism of Africa’s best player, Ademola Lookman, who recently missed from the penalty spot in the UEFA Champions League knockout play-off fixture against Club Brugge. Atalanta eventually lost the match 1-3. After the team’s defeat, Gasperini ...

The federal government has spent not less than N291.5 billion in a bid to conduct a headcount of the country’s citizens and non-Nigerians living in the country within the last decade without success. The amount cited above excludes other technical and material assistance received from regional bodies and international donor agencies worth millions of dollars for the purpose of a ...

The Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force are set to conclude the 2022/2023 recruitment of Police Constables into the Nigeria Police Force. Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, Police Service Commission, in a statement, said medical screening is scheduled to commence from February 26 and end on March 12, 2025. Applicants, who took the Computer Based Tests (CBT) on 5th ...

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential torchbearer in the 2023 presidential election, has said Nigeria has deteriorated since former military head of state Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) left office in 1993. In a post on his X, the former Anambra State governor commented on the launch of Babangida’s long-awaited autobiography, 'A Journey in Service.' He argued that Nigeria was better off ...

The Abia Police Command says it has commenced an investigation into the alleged manhandling of an elderly man in Umuahia by three operatives and a civilian Task Force member. The state's Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement issued in Umuahia and made available to reporters on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three ...

My husband has been like this since we started dating. I thought becoming his wife would change things a little bit but nothing has changed. If anything, it’s gotten worse than I thought it would be. He’s a great guy in bed. I would give him that. He knows where to touch and where to wander and where to tread.My problem with him is after-care after we’ve had great intimacy. To me, intimacy ...

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, daughter of the late Chief Moshood Kolawole Olawale (MKO) Abiola, has tackled the former military ruler General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, saying that his recent admission that her father won the controversial June 12, 1993 election isn't news. Abiola-Costello reacted to Babangida's confession in his recently launched autobiography, ‘A Journey In Service,’ in which he ...

Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of 29 correctional centres, also known as prisons, from urban areas across the country.Nigerian home decor ideas The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known on Friday, February 21 during the unveiling of some operational vehicles for the Nigerian Correctional Service. Back in July, Tunji-Ojo said the FG’s plan to ...

The Imo Government has read a riot act to hoteliers and operators of nightclubs to desist from enabling the use of hard drugs on their premises. This is contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to Governor Hope Uzodimma on Narcotics and Illicit Drugs Monitoring, Chief Ezechukwu Obonna, made available to newsmen in Owerri on Saturday. According to Obonna, the state government has ...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has revealed that none of the 31 submitted requests for state creation met the constitutional requirements. Kalu made this disclosure on Friday, February 21, during a two-day retreat for committee members in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, where lawmakers ...

A Chinese team has found a new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission because it uses the same human receptor as the virus that causes COVID-19. The study was led by Shi Zhengli – a leading virologist known as the “batwoman” due to her extensive research on bat coronaviruses – at the Guangzhou Laboratory along with researchers from the Guangzhou Academy of ...

Lady shares how her family discovered that her 76-year-old mother was pregnant. The story was shared on the video-sharing platform, TikTok by a netizen identified as Ammielewis. According to her, her mother had been feeling slightly unwell, and when she was taken to the hospital, it was discovered that she was 12 weeks pregnant. The news left their family in shock and her mother, she revealed, ...

GistReel A young Nigerian vendor has lost the chance to receive N500,000 after singer Zlatan Ibile discovered an old tweet where she mocked him during his early career struggles. The incident unfolded after Zlatan announced a giveaway on his X platform, pledging N500K each to support small business owners who consistently advertise their work online. In his post, Zlatan wrote: “This is for the ...

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of attempting to silence her by reassigning her seat to an obscure position in the red chamber. In a telephone interview with Human Rights Radio’s Berekete TV on Friday and monitored by SaharaReporters, Akpoti-Uduaghan decried the move, calling it an effort to suppress her voice in parliamentary ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has returned $132,362.43 and N78,566,324.81 to victims of fraud from America, Spain, and Switzerland. Ola Olukoyede, EFCC Chairman, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, explaining that the funds were recovered from local fraudsters. He stated that handing over the funds to foreign victims was part of the EFCC’s commitment to ensuring justice and ...

GistReel Lady shares how her family discovered that her 76-year-old mother was pregnant. The story was shared on the video-sharing platform, TikTok by a netizen identified as Ammielewis. According to her, her mother had been feeling slightly unwell, and when she was taken to the hospital, it was discovered that she was 12 weeks pregnant. The news left their family in shock and her mother, she ...