Celebrity pencil artist, Alesh Akeem, on Thursday, March 31, 2016, met the founder of sport betting platform, NairaBet, Otunba Akin Alabi, and presented a pencil portrait of his to him as a birthday gift. The portrait was presented NairaBET founder at the Youth Enterprise conference themed: ‘The Internet Entrepreneur’, which took place at Eko Hotel…
Are you in love with an Igbo girl and planning to marry her? Then this is for you! Igbo girls, a sect of Nigerian girls from the south-eastern parts of the country, are one of the most beautiful and intelligent women in the world. However, they have other unique quirks which impact their marriages considerably.…
Federal Government has intervened in the crisis rocking the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, met with aggrieved members and factions of the union in Abuja on Thursday and sued for peace. At the end of the meeting, all parties agreed to work together as one…
Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos, Steve Ayorinde, has clarified reports suggesting that the monthly environmental sanitation in the state has been abolished. Ayorinde pointed out that the statement credited to the State’s Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, was taken out of context. According to the ace journalist, the state government only…
According to reports reaching us, one of the three clerics kidnapped in Kaduna few days ago has been found dead. However, two others were released alive by their abductors. One March 21, 2016, President of HEKAN Church in Nigeria, Rev Emmanuel Dzzigau; his vice, Rev Yakubu Dzarma, and one Pastor Anthony Anto were kidnapped in…
The Emir of Gusau in Zamfara, Ibrahim Bello, has reacted to rumours of his purported death being peddled across the state. Bello, in a broadcast on Zamfara State-owned radio station on Thursday, informed residents of the state that he was still alive. He urged them to disregard the rumour because it has no iota of…
Following the news of student harassment by a UniAbuja lecturer that broke out yesterday, TheNews.NG decided to reach out to parties involved we were able to speak on phone with both Mr Samuel Olorunfemi Adam and Miss Kemi Obaditan. Mr Samuel Olorunfemi Adams side of the story: We got a phone call phone Mr Samuel…
Henceforth, roadside trading will not be allowed at the popular Oyingbo market in Yaba, the Lagos State Government has said. The state government on Thursday stormed the market and stopped traders from displaying their wares by the road sides and in the open. It was learnt that the government took this step after traders at…
Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, in partnership with the Cycology Club, Patricks Speech and Languages Centre, The Centre for Children Development, Parents of children living with Autism and other non-governmental organizations, are organizing a walk and cycling campaign around the Lagos metropolis on Saturday, April 2, to mark the 2016 World Autism…
The recruitment of 10,000 policemen nationwide will commence on Friday, April 1, 2016, as earlier planned. In 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the exercise at the National Security Summit held in Abuja. The Police Service Commission, PSC, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja warned its staff against compromising the recruitment process. In the media…