The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke on Thursday, flagged off the distribution of instructional materials for public secondary school students in the state. The governor while speaking during the flag off ceremony held in Osogbo, disclosed that his administration saw the urgent need to give out the materials after a Need Assessment Survey…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set July 4 as the date for a national election that will determine who governs the U.K., choosing a day of good economic news to urge voters to give his governing Conservatives another chance. “Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future,” Sunak said as he…
The Federal Government has placed a ban on money rituals and glamourising of vices in Nigerian movies. The Executive Director/CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Dr Shaibu Husseini, disclosed this at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood in Enugu today. Movie producers, directors, and actors drawn from different parts of…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne, has explained why the company is investing a whooping sum of $6 billion in energy projects in Angola over Nigeria. Pouyanne, who spoke with panellists of the Africa CEO in Kigali, Rwanda, said the inconsistency in policymaking decisions led to the diversion of the project from…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, remanded a 46-year-old man, Mutiu Balogun, in a correctional facility over alleged killing of a 70-year-old man. Balogun, whose address was not provided, was charged with murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Olasinmibo Sanusi-Zubair, did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction. Sanusi-Zubair directed the…
Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has revealed that he is now an ambassador for the Nigeria Police. This is coming days after he was arrested by the police for refusing to pay the debt he incurred when he purchased G-Wagon from a car dealer in Lagos State. In a recent Instagram post,…
The Anambra State Police Command have arrested an 18 years old man, Anichede Akachukwu, AKA Star B, who is said to be a notorious cultist and leader of a armed robbery gang. A statement by the spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspect is notorious for conducting robberies in Asaba,…
17 out of 25 lawmakers of the Cross River State House of Assembly have impeached the Speaker, Elvert Ayambem today Wednesday. The impeachment follows a vote of no confidence on the flood of the Assembly. Effiong Ekarika representing Calabar South 1 moved the motion, and this was supported by Omang Omang of Bekwara state constituency….
A new trend has swept across Nigeria in recent days, with people of all ages tapping on their phone screens in pursuit of financial gain. Tapswap, a popular clicker app, has taken the country by storm as users tap repeatedly on the icon in the centre of the Telegram Tapswap bot screen to mine coins….
A group of Nigerian students have been thrown off university courses and ordered to leave the United Kingdom after they struggled to pay tuition fees on time. The Teesside University students have said the devaluation of the naira has made it difficult for them to pay their tuition fees, leading to a breach of visa…
