Agege LG renames Old Ipaja Road after Bola Tinubu

Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi the Executive Chairman Agege Local Government Area has renamed the popular Old Ipaja Road in Agege, after Sen. Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State. Egunjobi announced…

Breaking: Fire guts Onitsha plastic market

An early Friday morning fire has destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira at Amobi plastic market, Onitsha in Anambra. A witness, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency…

Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 1.4km Agege Flyover

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday inaugurated the 1.4km Dual Carriageway Flyover Bridge in Pen Cinema Junction, Agege. Speaking at the inauguration, Sanwo-Olu said that the flyover would…

Pictorial: Buhari decorates new service chiefs, promises support

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has today decorated the newly appointed service chiefs. The event which took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja happened days after the…

You have few weeks to perform, Buhari tells new service chiefs

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, told the nation’s new service chiefs that they only a few weeks to secure the country. Buhari said he expected that…

Iwa Akwa: Understanding the culture behind the Igbo rites-of-passage ceremony

Iwa Akwa is an age-long cultural tradition within Igboland that indicate that a boy is now a man. Coming of age ceremonies and rites of passage for men are common…

Amadioha vs Sango: A brief history of the Nigerian gods of thunder

You know all about Thor, the Norse god of thunder but do you know about Sango and Amadioha. Let’s find out their differences and similarities. Before we even heard about…

BREAKING: COVID-19 PROTOCOLS IN PLACE AS EKWEREMADU GETS BURIED

THE late Enugu commissioner for transport is being buried in his hometown, Mpu, Aninri local government area of Enugu state. Our correspondents on ground observed that every COVID-19 protocol as…

Jonathan, Obasanjo, six other ex-Presidents inaugurate Elders Forum to promote democracy, good governance in West Africa

Former Presidents Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and six other former West African leaders on Thursday joined forces to establish a mechanism targeted at preventing and resolving election…

PFN honours Osinbajo, Ugwuanyi with ‘Defender of the Faith’ awards

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), yesterday, at the opening ceremony of its two-day 16th Biennial Conference in Enugu, conferred Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu…