The remains of High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the Founder of DAAR Communications, would be buried on 22nd June, 2023 at his residence in Agenebode, Edo State. This was disclosed by the Dokpesi family of Agenebode, according to the burial arrangements released by the Dokpesi family of Agenebode. Dokpesi, the owner of AIT and Ray Power…
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will on Monday, June 12, hear a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeking to dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the state, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor. The adjournment by the three-member tribunal led by…
Six students drawn from various secondary schools will represent Nigeria at the 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) in Disneyland, Florida, United States. The yearly event, which attracts students from over 150 countries, is designed to test students’ capabilities in the use of Microsoft software. A statement by the organiser of the Microsoft Office…
A United Kingdom-based film Promotions, Alexes, on Thursday, gifted a car to a popular Yoruba actress, Tobola Olayinka, popularly known as Iya Gbonkan in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The PUNCH reports that Iya Gbonkan had, in recent times, called on well-to-do in Nigeria to buy her a car as she was tired of going…
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has expressed concern on the continuous incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Senator Sani, who spoke on Thursday while featuring on Channels Television programme, stated that he had stayed in a prison for a long…
African Director, International Association of World Peace Advocates, IAWPA, Dr John Metchie, has called on the main opposition leaders, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and others to heed the call by President Bola Tinubu to put political differences behind and join hands with him to…
Nigerian singer Simi Kosoko has narrated how she was almost denied entry into the passport office because of how she dressed. She made this known in a video shared on her Instagram page on Thursday. The mother of one revealed that she was not allowed to go in because she was told she was indecently…
Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised Nigerians to consider electing a female president for the growth and development of the country. Sahel Standard gathered that Obasanjo gave the charge at the 5th edition of the Egba Dialect Debate and Choral Competition for Secondary Schools in Ogun state. “From my own view, if we want…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has, on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), pursuant to Sections 29(2)(b) and 31(2)(e) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017), approved the composition of the Ebonyi State Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Ebonyi State Chapter of…
The 9th Oyo State House of Assembly has surpassed all previous records of past achievements in the annals of the State legislature. The Speaker, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin disclosed this at the valedictory session of the House held on Thursday. Hon Ogundoyin said the 9th Assembly has not only broken the previous record on the number…
