Stephen Kenechi
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Lagos, LA, Nigeria
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#NigeriaElections2023: APC, PDP get zero votes as Obi wins his polling unit
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) has won the presidential election in his polling unit in Anambra state. → Read More
FULL LIST: Simon Kolawole, Waziri Adio make Roving Heights bestseller list
‘Fellow Nigerians, It’s All Politics’, a book by Simon Kolawole released last October, is listed among Rovingheights' top titles of 2022. → Read More
MOBILISATION FEE: How police charge poor Nigerians N30k, N50k before probing reported cases
Nigeria's grim poverty profile -- with the World Bank projecting the number of poor citizens to hit 95.1 million in 2022 -- makes access to justice for many low-income earners herculean. This is worsened by the police force's many extortionist practices → Read More
Police confirm death of Davido's son, pick up staff for questioning
The Lagos police command has confirmed the death of Ifeanyi Adeleke, the son of Davido, the Afrobeats singer.Speaking with TheCable Lifesty → Read More
TEASER: RMD, Bisola Aiyeola, Mercy Aigbe star in 'Palava'
'Palava', a Nollywood film starring the actors Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD), Bisola Aiyeola, and Mercy Aigbe, has gotten a teaser. → Read More
Tobi Adegboyega: my church took more knives off UK's streets than Met Police
Tobi Adegboyega, the founder of SPAC Nation, says his church took more knives off UK's streets than the Metropolitan Police. → Read More
Baba Ijesha jailed 16 years for sexual assault
An Ikeja special offences court in Lagos has convicted Baba Ijesha, the embattled actor, of sexual assault involving a minor. → Read More
Nigeria needs shock treatment and benevolent dictator, says Ajimobi's ex-aide
Bolaji Tunji, a former special adviser to Abiola Ajimobi, says Nigeria needs is a "benevolent dictator" to transform the people. → Read More
UK shuts Tobi Adegboyega’s church over '£1.9m fraud'
Salvation Proclaimer Ministries Limited, a London-based church group better known as SPAC Nation, has been wound up by a UK court. → Read More
Netflix announces 'Squid Game' reality show with $4.56m prize
Netflix has announced a reality show based on 'Squid Game', the South Korean survival drama.‘Squid Game’ tells the story of a contest where → Read More
Dissecting Helen Paul's professorial claim from obscure faith-based varsity in US
On Monday, Helen Paul, a Nigerian comedienne and actress, announced that she has been promoted to the position of a professor in a university in the United States. → Read More
Lagos student dies after being 'flogged by teacher over homework'
A secondary school student in Lagos identified as Emmanuel Amidu has died after allegedly flogging by a teacher over homework. → Read More
I will reposition Abia for economic prosperity, says PDP governorship hopeful
Lucky Igbokwe, the Nigerian music executive, is vying to become the governor of Abia state. Igbokwe, who is the chairman of 2Flame Entertainment, spoke about his ambition in an interview → Read More
Didi Ndiomu: Why late army chief Ibrahim Attahiru should be immortalised
Didi Ndiomu, chairman of the Ibrahim Attahiru Foundation, says Nigeria must immortalise Ibrahim Attahiru, the late chief of army staff. → Read More
MUDDLED (I): Shallow police probes, corruption frustrate Nigeria's student deaths cases
Over the past two years alone, there have been a couple of questionable deaths involving secondary school students across Nigeria. → Read More
Strike: Senate will intervene in FG, ASUU face-off, says Lawan
Ahmad Lawan says the senate will intervene in the lingering dispute between the FG and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). → Read More
Fire guts TB Joshua’s tomb shelter
Fire has destroyed the tomb shelter of TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), in the Agodo area of Ikotun, Lagos. → Read More
INTERVIEW: Chioma Onyenwe on the economics, politics of African filmmaking
Chioma Onyenwe, in our conversation, points out that her works lie in the intersection of culture, history, and identity. → Read More
‘Rape’: Lagos shuts Chrisland School, warns public against distributing child porn
The Lagos state government has warned members of the public to desist from distributing footage of the pre-teen students of Chrisland Scho → Read More
KWASU lecturer wins NCC research grant for smart grid development –
Abdulwaheed Musa, a lecturer at the Kwara State University (KWASU), has been awarded a research grant by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The lecturer, who is from the department of electrical and computer engineering at KWASU, proposed a research on smart grid interoperability and energy efficiency systems. The NCC, in a letter signed by Kelechi Nwankwo, head of research and… → Read More