Nigerian-New Zealand mixed martial arts fighter, Israel Adesanya has disclosed that he loves Nigerians but then the country is corrupt. Truetells Nigeria learnt that this is as the martial arts fighter described Nigeria as a “very corrupt place”. He said even though he loved Nigerians, the red flags in the country are too many. Adesanya claimed that Nigerian…
Former Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation in Borno State, and member-elect for Chibok constituency in the state House of Assembly, Nuhu Clark dies in India. In an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information, and Culture, Babakura Abbajatau, said the deceased died in India on Monday while undergoing treatment. Abbajatau said that…
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed a tragic fire incident at a complex housing five fully detached warehouses beside Nigerian Breweries, Iganmu, Apapa area of Lagos State. The state agency revealed in a statement that properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed during the raging fire on Wednesday morning. In a statement made available to…
An appeal filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. Truetells Nigeria reports that APM was seeking to disqualify Obi from the presidential election held on February 25, 2023 In the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1414/2022,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that winning 25% of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja is not a condition for the declaration of a candidate as the winner in the presidential election. INEC made the clarification in a statement filed by its lawyers before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC)…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the presidential election petition tribunal to strike out the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President-elect. Truetells Nigeria reports that in its petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023, Livy Ozoukwu, lead counsel to Labour Party and…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has been detained and interrogated for hours by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London on April 7, 2023. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Obi-Datti media…
Lagos Marriott Hotel Ikeja Wins Sub-Sahara Africa Award. For its excellent guest satisfaction index, gross operating profit and improvement in its total sales, the Lagos Marriott Hotel, Ikeja has been announced as the best hotel in Sub-Sahara Africa for the 2022 business year. This award was conferred on the company by Marriott International at…
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Smart Africa Digital Academy announce the digital upskilling of 100 policy makers and regulators across 19 African countries on the topics of emerging technologies to promote and boost digital transformation across Africa through education and capacity building. Signed in September 2022, the collaboration aims at enhancing digital skills of…
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Dauda Biu has commended Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) for the adoption and implementation of safety standards in the Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme (RTSSS) in the company’s operations. Mr. Biu, who stated this in Abuja when he hosted a team from the Dangote Cement Plc,…
