Prof. Athahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has recommended that the one-year National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) should not be made mandatory. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the NYSC 50th anniversary celebration in Abuja on Monday, he said if any activity should be mandatory, then it should be only…
PIONEER National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bisi Akande, yesterday, lamented that failure of successive governments to have a development plan for critical sectors of the economy is responsible for the country’s underdevelopment. Akande said this at a lecture in honour of Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo State. The former Osun State governor,…
Popular Nigerian chef Hilda Buci has broken the old longest cooking hours previously held by Indian Chef Lata Tondon who made meals for 87 hours, 45 minutes and 00 seconds. The chef at the time of writing this report, had cooked for 87 hours and 50 minutes and still cooking. As the famous chef goes…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control Sunday warned users/consumers against the use of PrimeZen Black 6000mg, a male performance enhancement capsule, recalled from the market. NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement, said Volt Candy was voluntarily recalling the one lot of PrimeZen Black 6000mg capsule alongside its 2000mg due to…
The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed his support for Hilda Bassey Effiong, better known as Hilda Baci, the Nigerian chef on a mission to break the Guinness World Record for cooking. The chef has been getting massive support, especially from Nigerians, since she started her cooking project “Cook-a-thon”. Thousands flooded her Instagram live session…
Two businessmen who were arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for cocaine ingestion have both excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody. The traffickers, Onoh Ebere, 49; and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47, were intercepted at…
Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat maestro, Fela Kuti, has explained why he slapped a police officer in uniform. Sahel had reported how the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, ordered the arrest of Seun after he was captured assaulting the police operative on duty. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a…
A member of the Revenue Committee appointed by Governor Ademola Adeleke and state coordinator of Atiku Business Support Group, Alhaji Taofeeq Amobi has congratulated members and leaders of PDP for the emphatic victory the party enjoys during the election and court battles. The House of Assembly aspirant in Iwo state constituency specifically salute the Senator-elect…
Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election has congratulated the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke on his 63rd birthday anniversary. In a congratulatory message on Saturday personally signed by him, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said the joyful disposition of Governor Ademola…
Former Lagos State Governor and the Chairman of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, General Muhammadu Buba Marwa (Rtd) on Friday eulogised Governor Ademola Adeleke for performing creditably well since he assumed office as Governor of Osun state. Speaking while presenting the Champion’s Governor of the Year Award to Governor Adeleke at Eko Hotels, Marwa…
