The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, Sunday Bisi has assured that election into the local government councils would be conducted soon. Bisi made this known while featuring on a radio programme on Monday in Osogbo. The Osun PDP Chairman maintained that the Adeleke-led administration was prepared to conduct fresh election…
A Federal Road Safety Corps officer in Osun has been captured hitting a motorist who confronted him for allegedly damaging his car windscreen in Osun State. The video was shared by a Twitter user on Tuesday. The video was captioned, “FRSC officer slaps motorist who confronted him for allegedly breaking his windscreen in Osun State.”…
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,”…
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…
