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NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has criticised former Anambra State governor and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, saying he lacks the moral standing to speak on poverty in Nigeria. In a personally signed statement titled “Factually Addressing Mr. Peter Obi’s Criticism of Nigeria at Johns Hopkins University,” Sanwo-Olu accused Obi of contributing to the poverty problem he now criticizes. Obi’s Comments at Johns Hopkins During a lecture at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, Peter Obi had compared Nigeria’s poverty trajectory with that of China and Vietnam, stressing that while Nigeria had the…
Full list of winners at 17th Headies awards has emerged. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the 17th edition of the Headies awards was held on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos, celebrating the music industry’s brightest stars. Big winners of the night included Zerry DL, Tems, Flavour, Rema, and Davido. This Nigeria news platform understands that the star-studded event attracted major names from entertainment and politics, including Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Also seen on the red carpet were Tanzanian singer Juma Jux and his wife Priscilla, actress Nancy Isime, Bamike Olawunmi-Adenibuyan (BamBam), socialite Cubana Chief Priest, and…
Headies Awards Ceremony has stalled as guests express frustration at the Landmark Event Center venue. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that it’s past 8pm (WAT) Sunday night and the much-talked-about Headies Awards ceremony was yet to begin contrary to official announcements put out by the organisers. This is as a cross-section of guests and other music enthusiasts present at the Landmark Event Center venue were yet to be allowed inside the hall where the award presentations and other side attractions will take place. Also, the Red Carpet event preceeding the Headies Awards did not hold as scheduled at 7pm. A social media user on X @UnlimitedEniola…
Fulani Herdsmen have been given 48-hour ultimatum to vacate Benue Community. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the chairman of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, James Melvin Ejeh, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to vacate all farmlands. The directive was issued by Ejeh during a stakeholders’ meeting held on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the council secretariat in Obagaji. The meeting brought together traditional rulers, Fulani community leaders, youth representatives, and security officials to address growing concerns over herders’ activities on farmland as the planting season approaches. Obochi Solomon, the Chief Press Secretary to the Agatu LGA Chairman, quoted Ejeh as…
Police have confirmed that nine people were killed and several others injured after a driver plowed into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday night. The driver has been taken into custody following the incident on East 41st Ave. and Fraser Street. In a statement on their X account, the police said, “Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic incident.” Police did not immediately provide a possible motive, but have identified the suspect as a 30-year-old man from Vancouver. They however insisted that they are “confident that this incident was not an act…
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Uche Nwosu, has insisted that the presidency cannot return to the North in 2027 because former President Muhammadu Buhari completed eight years in office. Nwosu stated this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. According to the former Chief of Staff to Imo State government, the southern part of the country should be allowed to complete its eight-year tenure, just like the North did under Buhari. Nwosu said, “It is unfair and unjust to say power should return to the North in 2027. “I am not in support of that. I…
Senator Bernie Sanders has condemned the Trump administration’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan of the Milwaukee County Court in Wisconsin. The FBI accused Dugan of intentionally misdirecting federal agents away from her courthouse, allowing Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal alien, to evade arrest. In his statement, Sanders declared that the arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee “has nothing to do with immigration.” The lawmaker accused President Donald Trump of moving the United States “toward authoritarianism,” and “illegally usurping Congressional powers.” Sanders said the president is suing media organisations that he dislikes and attacking universities whose policies he disagrees with. The ranking…
How to Create 2025 JAMB Profile & Get a 10-Digit Profile Code can be accessed below. NewsOnline Nigeria brings to you the step by Step Guidelines on Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) Profile Account Creation, Getting of JAMB Profile Code and Password Recovery Guidelines. This is to inform all candidates who wishes to use or have access to any of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB e-facility services that they are required to create a profile on the Boards e-facility portal. Online Services like JAMB Change of Course/Institution, JAMB Correction of Data, JAMB Regularization, JAMB Admission Letter Printing, JAMB Admission Status Checking, JAMB CAPS: Admission Acceptance or Rejection, JAMB UTME/DE…
No fewer than 281 people were severely injured after a large explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday. DAILY POST reports that the blast occurred as Iran began a third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Oman, although the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. “The source of this incident was the explosion of several containers stored in the Shahid Rajaee Port wharf area. We are currently evacuating and transferring the injured to medical centres,” a local crisis management official told state TV. State TV, while citing…
Ebonyi State Police Command has evacuated the corpses of a man and his son at Ebebe Junction area of Abakaliki metropolis. The command’s spokesman, SP Joshua Ukandu, made this known, saying that the evacuation was carried out on Friday. Ukandu, however, said that the command was yet to get the full details of what led to the deaths of Mr Light Nwodor, and his son, Miracle. “When I was called by an individual about the incident, I quickly called the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the area. “They swung into action and the dead bodies have been evacuated. The police…