Popular Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola, has revealed why she’s unmarried at 54. Speaking during a recent interview with her colleague, Emmanuel Ehumadu, Akintola disclosed that she’s still single because her soul mate died. She emphasised her reluctance to enter marriage with someone not fully invested in lifelong vows. The veteran actress said: “He died…I don’t…
Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, billionaire businessman and father of popular music star David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has claimed that he generates 15 per cent of Nigeria’s electricity. Speaking at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church’s General Conference Annual Council 2024 on Tuesday, Adeleke revealed that his ventures generate 15 percent of Nigeria’s electricity supply. He disclosed…
“… I warned against state capture in 2019” Professor Pat Utomi, former presidential aspirant, a professor of political economy and management expert is worried by Nigeria’s state of affairs and wants urgent action to halt the country’s slide to economic abyss. Utomi, who is currently on Woodrow Wilson’s fellowship in the United States and won’t…
Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday at the Ondo state governorship rally reaffirmed its united front for the party amidst recent removal and counter-removal of national officials from the party. Governor Adeleke who is the Chairman of the Ondo State Governorship Campaign Council told the party faithful…
The Confederation of African Football has announced that the second leg of the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 qualifier fixture between the Super Eagles and Libya, scheduled for Tuesday, will not take place. This follows the Nigerians’ boycott of the fixture in protest against what they described as the inhumane treatment they suffered in…
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has warned its customers about a surge in fraudulent activities involving meter replacement agents. In a disclaimer posted on its X platform on Monday, the IBEDC management said the company has received numerous reports of individuals posing as IBEDC staff and attempting to deceive customers into paying for unauthorised meter…
His Excellency Comrade Dr Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu, on Tuesday flagged-off the construction of 6.4 kilometer township dualisation in Argungu town, which is expected to gulp over N7.23 billion. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Argungu, Argungu Local Government Area, Gov. Idris said the money covered road construction, drainage system and installation of solar street…
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for September 2024 rose to 32.70 per cent after slowing consecutively in the previous two months of July and August. This was according to the latest Consumer Price Index report from the National Bureau of Statistics. It is a marginal increase of 0.55 per cent from the August 2024 figure of…
The Federal Government has said the petition by Yoruba nation agitator, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as “Sunday Igboho”, calling on the United Kingdom to consider the Yoruba nation was not endorsed by the UK government. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Eche Abu-Obe, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum and Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, announced that the PDP governors have settled the factional crisis affecting the party’s National Working Committee. He said this on Tuesday when journalists approached him at the Private Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The Chairman of…
