President Bola Tinubu has approved N126.5 billion for the delivery of a total of 100,000 houses nationwide in 18 months. This was disclosed by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa, during the groundbreaking ceremony for 3,112 housing units as well as the launch of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates, in…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, arrested 14 (fourteen) suspected internet fraudsters in a training center of potential internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. The operatives, acting on intelligence, arrested the suspects in a three-bedroom apartment allegedly serving as a training centre…
The Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has announced the passing of Dr. Herbert Wigwe, CFR, the Company’s founding Group Chief Executive Officer and former Group Managing Director of its flagship subsidiary, Access Bank Plc (‘the Bank’). Dr. Wigwe died alongside his wife and son on Friday, February 9, 2024, in a…
Jones Oladeinde Arogbofa, a former chief of staff to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is dead. Arogbofa, a retired brigadier-general, slumped and died on Saturday in Abuja. Arogbofa, who retired from the Nigerian Army in 2004, was the chief of staff to Jonathan between 2014 and 2015. The deceased, aged 72, was a native of Oka…
A chopper transporting Herbert Wigwe, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings has crashed and killed him as well as his wife and son were in the helicopter when it crashed in California near the Nevada border, as well as Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group). Gathered that…
Dr. Cairo Ojougboh A former member of the House of Representatives who represented the Ika Federal Constituency of Delta State, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, is dead. The politician, who was a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, was said to have passed away on Wednesday evening while watching the AFCON semi-finals match between Nigeria and South…
We are in the month of love people! (sorry single pringles). Cupid has already started moving about with his bow and arrow looking for hearts to shoot down. Everywhere you turn in the month of February screams L.O.V.E. It’s in your face, ears, mouth… You can feel it, touch it, even smell it. Ah, love! The…
In a heartwarming display of generosity, the Worship for Change Foundation, a non-profit organisation, has donated a total sum of ₦33 million to four schools dedicated to caring for children with disabilities. Worship For Change 1: l-r: Trustee, Worship for Change Foundation, Gboyega Aboderin; Founder, Joy in Africa Foundation, Asaba, Joy Okonjor; Her Husband, Henry…
Rivers women protest blackout There was a mild drama in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Tuesday as some women stormed the office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company protesting the prolonged power outage. The women from the Mile 2 and Mile 3 axis of Diobu, Port Harcourt barricaded the PHED office near the…
By Friday Omosola A little over one year after veteran Yoruba actor Ebun Oloyede, aka Olaiya Igwe, went naked in a campaign video for President Bola Tinubu, he has toed Kwam 1’s footsteps, decrying the level of hardship in the country. Recently, Kwam 1, in an Instagram video, lamented the suffering endured by Nigerians since Mr Tinubu…
