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Evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine begins Wednesday as Gbajabiamila meets minister The House Representatives said on Monday that it would give every needed support to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin the evacuation of Nigerians back from Ukraine. The Speaker of the House, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, again re-enforced the position of the legislature when he invited the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, to his office in Abuja on Monday for a meeting on the plight of Nigerians caught in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The first batch of the air-lifting is now scheduled to take place on Wednesday this week, according to the minister. The evacuation, earlier planned for Monday (yesterday), was rescheduled for Wednesday to give enough room for the ministry, the House and the Nigerian foreign missions in Ukraine, Poland and Russia to complete the formalities of moving Nigerians from inside Ukraine to safe borders with neighbouring countries. Gbajabiamila, while commen...

PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS FOUNDER OF COMPLETE SPORTS, SUNNY OJEAGBASE President Muhammadu Buhari sends condolences to family, friends and professional associates of founder and Executive Chairman of Complete Communications Ltd, Dr Emmanuel Sunny Ojeagbase, whose vision and diligence transformed sports reporting and inspired a generation of media entrepreneurs. President Buhari commiserates with his wife and longtime business partner, Pastor (Mrs) Esther Ojeagbase, who worked with her husband in publishing, ministry and charity, bringing out many titles which include Complete Football magazine, Complete Football International (CFI), International Soccer Review (ISR) and Success Digest. The President affirms that  Ojeagbase, who worked for the Daily Times,  Concord newspapers and The Guardian, before pioneering sports news publication in Nigeria, 1984, was also a teacher and preacher of the Word of God, and he lived by the tenets of the Holy Bible, greatly motivating others to gro...

Oba Saheed Elegushi Loses Only Son The entire Ikateland and the Elegushi household have been thrown into deep mourning after Oba Saheed Elegushi, Ikusenia II, the Oba of Ikateland, lost his only son. The young lad, who recently clocked a year and seven months old, is his first and only son from his second wife, Queen Hadiza Elegushi, nee Tanko The toddler who was born on August 21, 2020, in London, was the heir apparent to the Elegushi throne before his death.  

VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, CHIEF LARRY WILLIAMS IS DEAD. Veteran Nollywood actor, Chief Lari Williams, has died at the age of 81 following a long illness. Williams, who was famous for his roles in hit soap operas such as Village Headmaster, Ripples, and Mirror in The Sun, died peacefully on Sunday at his home in Ikom, Cross River State. This was disclosed in a statement made available to our correspondent by the family. During his lifetime, Williams was a poet, playwright and celebrated actor both in live theatre and on screen, earning him a prestigious national honour; Member of the Order of the Federal Republic in 2008. Chief Williams was the first president of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria and had a career that spanned over five decades. After studying Journalism at the London School of Journalism, he proceeded to study English at Morley College and then drama at the Mountview Theatre School and Stratford E15 Acting School, England to become a professional actor. “He will be greatly mi...

COAS COMMISSIONS NEW NA ULTRA MODERN OPERATIONS CENTRE ...commends Ambassador Buratai for foresight The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya today 28 February 2022 commissioned newly constructed Nigerian Army (NA) ultra modern Operations Centre, situated at the Army Headquarters Complex. The new Centre will coordinate and control all NA operational engagements across theatres of operations nationwide.  Gen Yahaya expressed gratitude to the former COAS, who is currently Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Ambassador, Lt Gen(rtd) Tukur Yusufu Buratai for his foresight in conceiving the project, adding that the new Operations Centre will serve as a Command Centre, situation room, as well as operational briefing center for the NA.  Gen Yahaya used the medium to express appreciation to the President, Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari for his untiring support to the NA. He averred that the Nigeria Army is better poised to fig...

Unfortunate Incident In Front Of Agulu People’s Union Town Hall On behalf of Agulu People's Union and the entire Agulu community, we sympathize on the unfortunate incident which occurred on Sunday, the 27th Feb, 2022 at the army checkpoint in front of Agulu Town Hall which led to the death of one victim. We hereby express our deep sympathy to the family of the victim. We therefore wish to appeal to all citizens of Agulu, the members of the family of the victim and the general public to remain calm and exercise restraint for the interest of peace in our dear town. We wish to state that the circumstances that led to the death of the victim is highly regrettable and unfortunate and we pray for the repose of the soul of the victim while we pray God to also give the bereaved family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss. The Union wishes to assure all citizens that we shall continue to do the needful in ensuring that there is a conducive environment for people to go about their n...

Nigeria begins evacuation of citizens from Ukraine  The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is expecting another batch of about 200 Nigerians into the city of Budapest later today.  A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, said officials of the Nigerian Embassy, had received 130 Nigerians safely at Bucharest, Romania where they have been provided accommodation and are being documented, while arrangements are ongoing to bring them back home. The statement further said officials at Budapest, Hungary have also received and accommodated 74 Nigerians safely, where they are being documented for subsequent travel arrangements back to Nigeria. Also in Warsaw, Poland, the statement disclosed they have received 52 Nigerians and 23 are being processed at the Polish Government Reception Point at Hala Kijowska, near the border of Korczowa-Krakowiec.  The statement emphasised that the camp is well organised with beds and beddings,...

Gov. Ugwuanyi invites Enugu State leaders of Tricycle, Tipper, Motorcyle unions to a security meeting on Tuesday  Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has invited the state leaderships of Association of Tricycle Riders Transport Union (ATRTU), Tipper Union and the Nkanu East and Nkanu West Local Government Area branches of Motorcycle Transport Union to a security meeting on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Steve Oruruo, disclosed that the meeting will hold at the Government House, Enugu, at 2:45pm. The statement stressed that "All invitees to this meeting are expected to be seated by 2:45pm on Tuesday, the 1st of March, 2022 at the Government House, Enugu".  Full text of the statement reads: "The leaderships of the following Associations are hereby invited to a security meeting with His Excellency, the Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Tuesday, 1st March 2022, at Government House, E...

Nigerian citizens has staged a protest at Ukraine embassy in Abuja on Monday 28th of February 2022 over the abandon of fellow Nigerians and the invasion Of Ukraine by Russia. They lamented on the condition faced by there people in Ukraine and how they were refused to enter Poland. In there cloth it was written “stop the war” they protest that they want the war to stop and let there be peace again. More photos below.   

Shoemaker, Omale Ojima aka OJ Best has died. OJBest went viral after tweeting at Vice President Yemi Osinbajo about his products and making shoes for him.  This had also attracted patronage from top politicians, including Dino Melaye, the former senator. OJ had ventured into shoemaking after many years of being unemployed despite being a graduate. The tweet read, "PAINFUL EXIT!! Call to Glory, the CEO of OJBest footwear is dead." Credit: Twitter| Ojbest5, akandeoj His death was announced on his Twitter handle on Sunday evening.  The tweet read, "PAINFUL EXIT!! Call to Glory, the CEO of OJBest footwear is dead." More photos below. 

Cameroonian armed security operatives have encroached and seized farmlands from Nigerians in border communities, SaharaReporters learnt. Some residents of Kwaja, a border community in Adamawa State, have cried out, urging the Nigerian government to recover their land from the Cameroonian authorities. The residents have vehemently protested, saying they were denied access to their farmlands. Their protest message says, 'Maintain ICJ position’, ‘We agreed to the 1932 Thompson Marchand Declaration’, We request for Protection from Nigerian Government'. The community alleged that Cameroonian officials on 14 February, 2022 erected demarcation signs in Kwaja, Kinga, Jugrma, Fajawa Girziya villages in the Mubi South Local Government Area, known for the cultivation of Irish potatoes. Native ReportersCameroonian Forces Encroach Into Nigerian Territory, Seize Farmalands From Nigerians  Cameroonian armed security operatives have encroached and seized farmlands from Nigerians in border comm...

£45,000 Internet Fraud: Court Summons NCoS Officer over Disappearance of Defendant A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, February 28, 2022, subpoenaed an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Deputy Superintendent of the Correction (DSC) J.O. Oyaleke over his failure to produce in court, one Otuyalo Oluwadamilola, a defendant who is being prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC and remanded by the court for his involvement in cybercrimes to the tune of £45,000 (Forty-Five Thousand Pounds Sterling). Oyaleke, was served with the “summon” on February 25, 2022 to come and testify about the whereabouts of the defendant. The officer who is attached to Justice Uche Agomoh’s court and charged with the responsibility of producing any defendant remanded by same court failed to produce the defendant on the 2nd of December, 2021 which had been slated for commencement of trial. When asked by the court about the whereabouts of the defendant, Oyaleke told ...

PHOTOS: THE COUNTRY DIRECTOR OF WORLD BANK, NIGERIA, SHUBAHAM CHAUDHURI PAYS COURTESY CALL ON GOVERNOR BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU AT LAGOS HOUSE, IKEJA, ON MONDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2022   PIX 1 L-R: Country Director of World Bank, Nigeria, Shubaham Chaudhuri receives plaque from Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a courtesy call on the Governor, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, 28 February 2022. PIX 2 L-R: Lead Specialist, World Bank, Nigeria, Professor Foluso Okunmadewa; Country Economist, World Bank, Nigeria, Bertine Kamphius; Country Director of World Bank, Nigeria, Shubaham Chaudhuri; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Folasade Jaji, during a courtesy call on the Governor, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, 28 February 2022. PIX 3 L-R: Country Director of World Bank, Nigeria, Shubaham Chaudhuri; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Deputy, Dr. Obafe...

PRESS RELEASE IGP RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION, ORDERS SPECIAL PROMOTION, MONETARY REWARD The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, today Monday February 28, 2022, met with Police Constable (PC), Mary Yetunde Aina (aka Iron Abbey) who won the World Boxing Foundation (WBF) International Super Bantamweight title belt at East Sussex, London in his office, at the Force Headquarters, Garki, Abuja. With four (4) wins and three (3) knockouts, she won the championship bout based on unanimous decision on Friday, February 18, 2022, as the first Nigerian and African Female to achieve the feat.  The IGP, while receiving the WBF Champion, in company of the Force Management Team and the Force Sports Officer, DCP Patrick Atayero, commended her bravery, gallantry and steadfastness. The IGP who was elated at the uniqueness of her achievement, awarded her a special promotion to the next rank of Corporal and a monetary reward. The IGP also extended a m...