Veteran Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke has died, TheHILL can authoritatively report. Okereke’s death was announced by her colleague, Joseph Okechukwu, in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. Okechukwu wrote, “REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words. The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written to the National Assembly seeking amendment to the 2022 supplementary appropriation Act to allow the Federal Government source N500 billion for palliative to cushion the effect of subsidy removal. In a letter read on the floor of the House during Wednesdays plenary by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, the President […]
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday assured the Turkish Government of the readiness of the Federal Government to sustain the bilateral agreement reached between Nigeria and Turkey in the area of education, health and military collaboration to fight terrorism and insecurity. He also promised that The 10th Senate will do everything humanly […]
Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government (SSG); Prince Enobong Uwah, has joined the myriad of highly revered individuals and organisations at home and in the Diaspora, who celebrated the immediate-past Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel on his 57th Birthday today. In a birthday message signed by Otuekong Uwah, who is also the Political Leader […]
By HAPPINESS HENSHAW Immediate-past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has received a torrent of goodwill messages from individuals and organisations in and outside the oil rich State as he clocks 57 years today; the lastest coming from Rt. Hon. Barr. Onofiok Luke In a birthday message signed by the immediate-past Federal Lawmaker […]
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has said it will delist any loan application harassing customers and ask Google to permanently delete such apps from its app store. This was in response to the continued harassment and defamation being meted on Nigerians by these digital lenders. It was also the newest measure implemented […]
Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, will display her world-beating culinary skills in Lagos on Friday, July 14, to raise funds for a widow. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baci’s dishes will be tasted in an initiative by Joseph Edgar, The Duke of Shomolu, to assist widows and empower them to […]
A detachment of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Nigeria Police has arrested a serving lawmaker in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon Edward Irigha-Brigidi. Irigha-Brigidi representing member Nembe Constituency 2 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC was arrested in Azikoro town, a suburb of Yenagoa Saturday night, […]
Tragedy struck on Sunday morning after an 18-seater bus had a head-on collision with a truck in the Agemowo area along Lagos-Badagry Expressway, our paper reliably gathered. TheHILL scooped from The PUNCH that the incident happened around 8 am. All the passengers and the driver of the bus reportedly died. A motor boy in […]
President Bola Tinubu has emerged the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States. Tinubu was elected chairman at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the regional bloc held on Sunday afternoon in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau. “We will take democracy seriously, Democracy is very […]