Italy’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stefano De Leo, has said insecurity anywhere in the world, especially in Nigeria, can only be tackled by addressing the causes. De Leo expressed this view in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja weekend. Responding to a question on what the Italian government was doing…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc has explained that the onstream of its three new 33KV feeders would improve electricity supply to its customers in Gwarinpa, Life Camp, Kubwa, and other parts of Abuja, the nation’s capital. The utility explained that the completion of construction on the 33KV feeders and the installation of auto reclosers at…
•••Indebtedness to GenCos hits N202.6bn Power generation to the national grid dipped below the 4,000 megawatts mark over the weekend leaving customers across the country with limited electricity supply. Checks on data provided by the National System Operator, NSO, an independent arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that only 18 of the…
Tobi Bakre and Olarotimi Fakunle play two of the lead characters–Obalola and Kazeem respectively– in the newly released and critically acclaimed movie, Gangs of Lagos. They tell TOFARATI IGE about their experience making the film and other issues Gangs of Lagos, project of many firsts for me –Tobi BakreTobi Bakre, aka Obalola, recounts his experience…
Popular music producer and the Chief Executive Officer of Mavin Records, Michael Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, says that the most disappointing act in his career was when he was caught on camera smoking cigarettes. Don Jazzy stated this during an interview with a former Big Brother Naija contestant, Doyinsola David. He said, “I…
As my piece, “Ademola Adeleke and the Osun mandate thieves” hit town, I received a reaction via Whatsapp questioning my integrity. The writer, a legal practitioner, wanted to know why I was deceiving the people. I found the accusation so strange and so upsetting that I immediately left the venue of the wedding party where…
The first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mrs Jumoke Akindele-Ajulo, has delivered a baby. She was said to have delivered the baby at the age of 54. Akindele, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was in the Assembly between 2011 and 2019, became speaker in 2014 and was removed…
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has on Sunday urged Nigerian students trapped in Sudan to remain indoors while it continues making arrangements for their safe evacuation from the troubled country. A statement from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Khartoum, signed by H.Y Garko for Charge D’ Affairs on Sunday advised the…
Nigerian songstress, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has slammed critics of her fashion sense. The “Bloody Samaritan” crooner has always come under heavy scrutiny from social media users over her skimpy dresses. However, in a recent interview with Kiss FM, London, Ayra Starr said her critics don’t have the right to tell…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a widower, Ariyibi Olaseinde and a divorcee, Silifat Tunrayo Akanbi, with cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, in Lagos. The duo who were going for Lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia were caught with 14.4kg cocaine hidden in lace and Ankara fabrics. This…
