Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has lost his mother. Mrs Jane Dolapo Balogun died at around 1.30 am on Friday in a shocking event that has thrown the entertainment industry into a state of mourning. The late Mrs. Balogun, was a pillar of support in her son’s successful music career. Meanwhile, the…
At least 28 civilians were killed earlier this week in violence in several villages in southwestern Niger, close to Mali, a local official source said on Friday, a toll that could be higher according to a security source. “For the moment, at least 28 people have been killed, but the toll could be higher,” a…
A British nurse, Lucy Letby (33 years), who wrote a note stating “I am evil”, was on Friday, August 18, found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest England where she worked. Reuters gathered that Letby was convicted of killing five…
Osun State Chapter of Traditional Religion Worshippers Association has described the ban on traditionalists’ activities in Iwo by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi as a rude joke which holds no water, stating that the annual Isese Festival will hold in the town on Sunday, August 20, 2023. Oba Akanbi, in a viral video,…
•••orders his apologies to Ibadanland, affected landlords The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Friday, ordered the immediate suspension of one of his Mogajis, Chief Olawale Oladoja, Mogaji Akinsola, following his dastard activities in the Akinsola Village in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. The community came into the limelight on Thursday, following…
Former Big Brother Naija ‘Pepper Dem’ housemate, Natacha Akide, aka Tacha, has tipped Ilebaye to win the N120 million grand prize at the ongoing All-Star edition of the reality show. She said she wants the Kogi-born model to win just to spite some people. On her Twitter handle, Tacha wrote, “Na this kyn problem I…
Google intends to train 20,000 Nigerian youth, mostly women in digital skills and provide a grant of 1.2 billion naira ($1.6 million) to help the government’s create one million digital jobs in the country, its Africa executives announced on Tuesday. Nigeria Vice President, Kashim Shettima told Google Africa executives during a meeting in Abuja, that…
The Osun state government has disclosed plans to distribute rice palliatives in order to ease fuel subsidy removal crisis. The government said that it will issue a template for the distribution of rice palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel Subsidy removal. According to Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed in an audio broadcast on Thursday noted…
The Country Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, has urged the Federal Government to apply relevant laws to prosecute bandits for their atrocities committed against humanity. Cristian made the call during a press briefing preparatory to the commemoration of World Humanitarian Day in Maiduguri on Friday. She noted that it…
Daniel Bwala, an aide to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, has said that some of the positions President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assigned to his ministers are mismatched. Tinubu had on Wednesday assigned 45 portfolios to ministers-designate who will be sworn in Monday. But Bwala,…
