Year: 2024

Meta said Friday it was lifting restrictions on US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, ending measures put in place after his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol in 2021. It said that “former President Trump, as the nominee of the Republican Party, will no longer be subject to the heightened suspension penalties.”…

The StatFin Database defines “low-income earners or persons at risk of poverty” as “those whose household’s disposable money income per consumption unit is lower than 60 per cent of the equivalent median money income of all households.” For many citizens, an unforeseen paucity has become their present reality as they grapple with the rise in…

Many are feared trapped as a two-storey residential building located in Phase Two, Site Two in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory collapsed on Saturday. The building, it was gathered collapsed around 7 am. Details about the incident are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. The spokesperson for the…

Produced in partnership with Netflix, House of Ga’a, directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters will premiere on Netflix on July 26, 2024. Netflix has released the trailer and premiere date for the highly anticipated Nollywood film, House of Ga’a. It will premiere on the streaming platform on July 26, 2024. This period film about the life of…

Ace Nollywood actress, Binta Ayo Mogaji has recalled her experience during the birth of her first child. Mogaji spoke about motherhood when she featured on a yet-to-be-released podcast. The actress once dated Jibola Dabo, her colleague who she shares a child with. She later got married to Victor Ayodele Oduleye, the retired soccer player and…

Spain and Barcelona winger, Lamine Yamal has disclosed that photos of him as a baby with legend Lionel Messi were deliberately kept private to prevent comparisons with the Argentine icon. During the tournament, images of Messi bathing Yamal, alongside Yamal’s mother, have surfaced and quickly went viral, sparking a frenzy among football fans. These photos,…

The Presidency has inaugurated the Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit saddled with the responsibility of finding a lasting solution to the food security crisis and the rising cost of food items in the country. The unit which will be chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, comprises some state governors, representatives of local governments, development partners,…

The Chief Magistrates Court in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has adjourned proceedings on the DNA application filed to determine the paternity of the son of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. This followed the collapse of settlement talks between the Aloba family and the respondent – the late Mohbad’s wife, Wunmi. According to…

The Plateau State Government has expressed sadness over a school building which collapsed in Jos, the state capital, on Friday. 17 persons have been confirmed dead and over 120 persons trapped at the Saint Academy building located in the Busa Buji community. The e school building collapsed around 8.30 am on Friday when the students…