The federal government said last night that the only viable way to evacuate Nigerians out of war-torn Sudan was by road. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema, disclosed this in an interview on Channel Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Recall that Nigerians based in Sudan, including over 5,500 students, have been calling on the government…
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has approved the reinstatement of Emir of Yandoto, Aliyu Maraca to the throne of Emir of Birnin Yandoto. Recall that Marafa was derobed for conferring a traditional title of Sarki Fulani in July 2022, on a bandits leader, Ado Aliero , “as part of the peace building effort by…
Italy’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stefano De Leo, has said insecurity anywhere in the world, especially in Nigeria, can only be tackled by addressing the causes. De Leo expressed this view in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja weekend. Responding to a question on what the Italian government was doing…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc has explained that the onstream of its three new 33KV feeders would improve electricity supply to its customers in Gwarinpa, Life Camp, Kubwa, and other parts of Abuja, the nation’s capital. The utility explained that the completion of construction on the 33KV feeders and the installation of auto reclosers at…
•••Indebtedness to GenCos hits N202.6bn Power generation to the national grid dipped below the 4,000 megawatts mark over the weekend leaving customers across the country with limited electricity supply. Checks on data provided by the National System Operator, NSO, an independent arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that only 18 of the…
Tobi Bakre and Olarotimi Fakunle play two of the lead characters–Obalola and Kazeem respectively– in the newly released and critically acclaimed movie, Gangs of Lagos. They tell TOFARATI IGE about their experience making the film and other issues Gangs of Lagos, project of many firsts for me –Tobi BakreTobi Bakre, aka Obalola, recounts his experience…
Popular music producer and the Chief Executive Officer of Mavin Records, Michael Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, says that the most disappointing act in his career was when he was caught on camera smoking cigarettes. Don Jazzy stated this during an interview with a former Big Brother Naija contestant, Doyinsola David. He said, “I…
As my piece, “Ademola Adeleke and the Osun mandate thieves” hit town, I received a reaction via Whatsapp questioning my integrity. The writer, a legal practitioner, wanted to know why I was deceiving the people. I found the accusation so strange and so upsetting that I immediately left the venue of the wedding party where…
The first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mrs Jumoke Akindele-Ajulo, has delivered a baby. She was said to have delivered the baby at the age of 54. Akindele, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was in the Assembly between 2011 and 2019, became speaker in 2014 and was removed…
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has on Sunday urged Nigerian students trapped in Sudan to remain indoors while it continues making arrangements for their safe evacuation from the troubled country. A statement from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Khartoum, signed by H.Y Garko for Charge D’ Affairs on Sunday advised the…
