
Take urgent steps to control Nigeria’s population growth, Reps tell FG
- Tomi Akinsanya
- February 1, 2022
The lower chamber of the national assembly, House of Representatives has called on the federal government to take steps to urgently control the country’s population growth. The resolution was passed by the lower chamber during plenary session on Tuesday following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Chinedu Obidigwe, a lawmaker from Anambra state. In June […]
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Burkina Faso will return to democratic rule when conditions are right: Military
- Omolara Adesegun
- January 28, 2022
Burkina Faso’s new military regime, led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, says the West African country will return to constitutional order when conditions are right. “When the conditions are right, according to the deadline that our people will define in all sovereignty, I commit to a return to a normal constitutional order,” Mr Damiba said. He […]
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AFCON 2021: BBNaija Angel throws jibe at the Ghanaian Goalkeeper
- Tomi Akinsanya
- January 19, 2022
Former Big Brother Naija housemate Angel Smith populary known as Angel has taken to social media to shade Ghanaian National team goalkeeper, Joseph Wollacott. Angel posted on her Instagram page shortly after Ghana lost to Comoros 3-2 at the ongoing African Cup Of Nations (AFCON), and it was a cheeky jibe. According to her, Joseph […]
Read Full StoryBuhari receives Mali coup leader’s envoy
- Tomi Akinsanya
- January 6, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, urged the transitional government in Mali to do everything within the tenets of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore constitutional order in the country. The President gave the charge when he received briefings from a Special Envoy of the Malian Transitional President, Col. Assimi Goïta, at […]
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Nigeria’s Inflation Rate May Be Among World’s Highest In 2022 – World Bank
- Ayoola Olumide
- January 3, 2022
Nigeria may have one of the highest inflation rates in the world in 2022, the World Bank has disclosed. Following increasing prices diminishing the welfare of Nigerian households, the international finance institution projected that the West African country might have one of the highest inflation rates globally and the seventh highest among Sub-Saharan African countries […]
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Whitemoney becomes a Senator in Liberia; assigned official car (video)
- Tomi Akinsanya
- December 21, 2021
Big Brother Naija winner, Whitemoney was made an honorary member of the Liberian Senate during his visit to the West African country. He was also assigned an official government car after he was made an honorary senator. The man who conferred the honor on him took into cognizance the fact that Whitemoney will not always […]
Read Full StoryNigeria only African country barred from 2022 US Visa Lottery
- Omolara Adesegun
- October 16, 2020
Nigerians have been barred from taking part in the United States’ visa lottery in 2022. This was contained in a 19-page document published on the US website. The document is titled ‘Instructions for the 2022 diversity immigrant visa programme (dv-2022)’. “In Africa, natives of Nigeria are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa programme,” it […]
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