Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, also known as Burna Boy, will perform at the 66th Grammy Awards alongside other artistes. The Recording Academy made the announcement on Monday morning Burna Boy, the ‘City Boy’ crooner, will perform at the Grammys alongside Luke Combs and Travis Scott. The Recording Academy shared the news on their official X…
Ogun State Police Command on Monday said that its operatives on Sunday arrested 30-year-old Olubunmi Ajayi for attempting to drown her five-month-old baby, Imole Anifowose, in RSS River, Sagamu. One Olusola Sonaya, who was around the river, was said to have assisted in rescuing the baby after her mother threw her into the water. This…
Former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Danjuma Ali-Keffi (rtd), weekend, called on President Bola Tinubu to probe the air crash that killed former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru. Ali-Keffi, who made the appeal in an interview with THISDAY, alleged that the crash was linked to…
Lagos State government yesterday announced a ban on the usage and distribution of styrofoam and other single-use plastics with immediate effect. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who announced this in a statement he personally signed, said the decision was reached, following the menace which the single-use plastics, especially the non-biodegradable…
More details of how 12 kidnapped victims at the Zuma 1 area of Bwari Area Council on January 2 were rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army, the joint security team on Saturday night from the hands of deadly armed bandits have emerged. The FCT Police Command in a statement by SP Josephine Adeh said:…
Bayo Omoboriowo, the ex-official photographer of former President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday dispelled long-held rumours that his former principal became the “Jibrin of Sudan” after his health battle and lengthy medical treatment in the United Kingdom in 2017. 36-year-old Omoboriowo was a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief breakfast programme. He said there was…
Osun state government has attributed the huge number of out of school children in Osun state to years of neglect of the education sector inherited from Oyetola administration, listing upcoming recruitment of 6000 teachers as part of the administration’s three pronged approach to redressing the situation In a rebuke of a statement credited to the…
The authentic princes and princesses from Igbajo town in Boluwaduro Local Government area of Osun State have berated the statement made by the people parading themselves as members of the Owa Oke-Ode ruling houses of the ancient town towards the nullification of the selection process of Adegboyega Famodun as the Owa of Igbajo land by…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a research satellite Saturday, a minister said, putting it into a higher orbit in a new milestone for its aerospace programme that has faced Western criticism. The United States has repeatedly warned Iran against such launches, saying the same technology can be used for ballistic missiles, including ones designed to deliver…
Sierra Leone’s former president is in Nigeria for medical treatment despite being due to stand trial for his alleged role in a coup attempt last year. Upon his arrival, Ernest Bai Koroma was met by Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, the President of the ECOWAS Commission. Koroma was given permission to leave by the High Court…
