Yearly Archives

2019

How APC, PDP ‘shared’ states

The 2019 general elections might have come and gone, but the ‘sweet and sour’ tastes it left on both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot be forgotten in a hurry. Both…

INEC ad-hoc staff protest over unpaid allowances

Some ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who participated in the recent general elections in Lagos yesterday staged a protest to demand payment of their allowances. The aggrieved staff were those of the…

Suspended CJN, Onnoghen resigns

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen has resigned from office. A senior lawyer in suspended CJN’s defence team in his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) told The Nation that Onnoghen put in a…

Why men die before women – WHO

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report says men are more likely to die earlier than women. The “2019 World Health Statistics” published on the WHO website on Thursday, said that where men and women faced the same disease, women…

Mr Ibu debunks report he is down with stroke

Popular Nollywood comic actor, John Okafor, a.k.a Mr Ibu, has debunked news reports which say he is currently down with stroke. In a video published on Instagram on Thursday night, the 56-year-old actor, who is seen embracing his wife,…