The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has hailed the Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, for breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. Baci has set a new record for a 100-hour marathon cooking. The monarch shared Baci’s photo on his Instagram account…
As the present government prepares to hand over to a new administration, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, has expressed satisfaction over the achievement recorded by his ministry and fellow Attorneys-General. Malami recounted the successes attained by the body as well as ongoing plans on Tuesday at the Body of…
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, urged anyone who claims to have seen singer Seun Kuti assaulting a police officer to reach out to him. Hundeyin, disclosed this via his Twitter handle on Tuesday. Sharing a video of the assault, he wrote, “If you are the man in this video or you…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Abuja from London, the United Kingdom, where he had been undergoing dental treatment in the past week. The Gulfstream jet conveying Buhari taxied to the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja On April 30, The PUNCH reports that the President’s NAF 001…
As Nigeria intensifies the implementation pathways for inclusive and sustainable national food systems in the country, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has expressed hope that one day Nigerians would have a country devoid of hunger and malnutrition. “It gives me hope that one day we will have a country devoid of hunger and malnutrition,”…
Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, better known as Hilda Baci, made it to number 1 on this week’s Africa Social Chart released by Top Chart Africa. The Social Charts uses Social Media and Google analytics to determine the most talked about personalities in Africa for the week. The May 8-15, 2023 data shows Hilda Baci…
Private school owners in the country have taken a swipe at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for consistently accusing them of aiding examination malpractice and other sharp practices, particularly in its school-based May June West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE). They said WAEC is not being fair but discriminating in its claim as cases…
Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun has remanded the Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Kuti, in a 12-second video clip that went viral on May 13, 2023, had assaulted a policeman on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The defendant turned himself in at the Lagos…
Chef Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, in a statement on Tuesday, said her team was working on uploading the evidence for review. This was made known on her cook-a-thon Twitter page. The statement said, “Thank you all for all the love and support you have shown throughout this journey towards achieving a…
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE AMERICAN VISA BAN ON SELECTED NIGERIAN CITIZENS FOR “ELECTION RIGGING” AND “UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY” BY CHIEF FEMI FANI-KAYODE, THE SADAUKIN SHINKAFI, FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM AND FORMER MINISTER OF AVIATION, 16th May 2023. Those that have imposed a visa ban on some “selected Nigerians” for allegedly “undermining democracy” and “rigging…
