Birthday to Tiwa Savage as she Turns 43 Today. Tiwa Savage Listen (born 5 February 1980) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and performing artist. Born in Isale Eko, she relocated to London at the age of 11 for her secondary education. Five years later, she began her music career doing backup …
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Census: NPC takes delivery of 100,000 digital devices
The National Population on Friday inspected and took delivery of 100,000 Personal Digital Assistant devices for the 2023 population and housing census. Speaking during the handover ceremony in Lagos, NPC boss, Nasir Kwarra, said the PDA device as the major medium for the digital census, would determine the success of …
Read More »EFCC Arrests Actress Over Spraying & Stepping On New Naira Notes
EFCC Grills Actress Over Spraying, Stepping On New Naira Notes Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress and cosmetologist, for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offcence contrary to Section 21 (5) of …
Read More »FUEL, CASH SHORTAGE: Oyo Police Command Confirms One Dead as Hoodlums Invade Apata to Loot
Oyo Police Command Confirms One Dead as Hoodlums Invade Apata to Loot, Fuel The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed death of an individual identified to be a member of a vigilante group following an invasion by some hoodlums who besieged Apata axis of the Oyo State capital, Ibadan, under the …
Read More »Three Major Shifts In The Presidential Campaign By Farooq A. Kperogi
In the last few days, three major things happened that are quietly changing the direction of the presidential race: Three unanticipated, barely perceptible, but nonetheless significant and potentially seismic shifts are happening in the presidential race, which are confounding attempts to predict the outcome of the presidential election. The shifts …
Read More »Police Arrest Two Suspects For Possessing And Selling Counterfeit N1000 Notes
Police Operatives serving in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command, on Thursday, February 2, arrested one Joseph Chinenye aged 39 and Onyeka Kenneth Ezeja aged 29, both male and respectively of Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South LGA and Onicha Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA, for allegedly being in possession of suspected counterfeited …
Read More »See Nigerian Biloniar Set To Acquire Sheffield United In A £90 Million Deal
Nigerian billionaire Dozy Mmobuosi is ‘closing in on a £90m takeover of Sheffield United’ with the promotion-chasers under a transfer ban after struggling to keep up with payments to Liverpool for £23.5m Rhian Brewster *Sheffield United are reportedly close to being bought by a Nigerian billionaire*But the takeover is believed …
Read More »Two Storey Building Collapses In Abuja, 2 Feared Dead, 40 Trapped
Two people have been feared dead and over 40 others suspected to be trapped under the rubbles of a two storey suspended building which collapsed on Thursday at 7th Avenue, Gwarinpa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. At least, seven people were said to have been rescued. Director, Department of Development …
Read More »Tinubu’s Outburst Pays Off As CBN Further Relaxes Cashless Policy
The outburst of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) last week in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital is already yielding positive results, party leaders informed DAILY INDEPENDENT on Thursday. Tinubu while speaking during the presidential campaign had alleged that the current fuel scarcity in …
Read More »Two Men Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Raping 14-year-old Girl In Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl. The convicts, Salau Adams (21) and Odeleye Tobi (21), were arraigned on May 13, 2022, on one count of rape. The charge read, ?The defendants on February 28, 2022, at Awo Ekiti in …
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