The Imo Government has said it has no hand in the gruesome attack on the Akokwa country home of the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA), on Thursday in Abuja threatened to prosecute a cartel involved in illegal street naming in the nation’s capital.

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African countries to expand and diversify their participation in international trade to explore the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). 

Some parents in Kuje Area Council of FCT have called on the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Kuje Area Council to reach a workable resolution to enable primary school pupils resume classes in the area.

Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, wife of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, says the state generates 2.2 million cubic meters of untreated domestic wastewater daily.

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has donated food and non-food items to some oil-producing communities affected by the flood disasters in Imo.

A Bayelsa-based nournalist, Mr Nengi Owei-Ilagha was on Monday docked in the Federal High Court Yenagoa for allegedly making defamatory posts against Mr Emmanuel Chiefson on Facebook.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) has restated its commitment to ensuring hitch-free and transparent 2023 elections in Sokoto State.

Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, who was a stand-in character for Papa Ajasco in the popular 1996 Sitcom has passed on.

Dr Shaibu Husseini, a theatre practitioner, journalist and lecturer announced the death of the veteran, on his Twitter page on Sunday.

“I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with @NATIONALTROUPE and one time stand in for the ‘Papa Ajasco’ character on the popular @waleadenugaprod Comic Series ‘Papa Ajasco’ Mr. Femi Ogunrombi is DEAD,” he tweeted.

Mr Mayowa Adenekan, a Digital Journalist and Talent Manager while also sharing the news on the social media said that the late actor was a the stand-in actor when the first Papa Ajasco character pulled out.

“Veteran actor Femi Ogunrombi AKA Papa Ajasco is dead. I see a lot of people using images of the first papa Ajasco Mr Abiodun Ayoyinka, but the one that died is Mr Femi Ogunrombi, the one that took over the character when Mr Abiodun Ayoyinka pulled out of the show. May his soul RIP,” he said.

Ogunrombi, a multi instrumentalist, Music Teacher, Composer, Actor, Producer and Director of Music/Film studied music and drama at Obafemi Awolowo University in the early

He founded and conducted a choral group called The Ayoro Voices. This group was the cultural image of OAU between 1980 and 1983 respectively.

In 1994, Ogunrombi joined the National Troupe of Nigeria as Music Instructor. By 1998, he rose to the position of Director of Music. He inaugurated and conducted the National Choir and In 1998, he left the government to pursue his own music business.

In 2006, Ogunrombi joined the popular TV comedy programme as Papa Ajasco. Papa Ajasco and Company was created by Wale Adenuga Productions. Ogunrombi at the same time became the Coordinator of Studies for Adenuga’s PEFTI film Institute.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Committee in Rivers says all is now set to commence the party’s open-air campaigns in the state.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Dr Ibrahim Kana, has assured serving, retired and families of deceased military personnel of Federal Government’s commitment to ensure improvement in their welfare and well-being.

Nigeria and Spain have expressed commitment to deepen bilateral relationship and partnership in investments and development of Nigerian gas resources for global energy market.

As part of efforts towards putting an end to open defecation, the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development says it will ensure Nigerians practice the “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet” policy.

The abducted Edo Area Customary Court President, Mrs. Prescious Aigbonoga, has regained her freedom.