Nigerian singer and songwriter, Lawal Ismaila popularly known as Cash Wale, has opened up on his passion and drive towards making good sounds. Cashwale who is signed to Cashgang Ent and managed by Flyest Entertainment and Sports Management is a Civil Engineering graduate at the University of Lagos The artiste said that music is as …
Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, has promised to rebuild the Police Area Command and the Divisional Police Headquarters buildings in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The buildings, alongside Okitipupa LGA Secretariat, Okitipupa Oil Palm Company and others were burnt on Oct. 22, 2020, by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protests …
The Defence Headquarters has denied media reports that four persons were killed by soldiers and their bodies dumped in a pond in Jos during clampdown on looters of private properties in the state. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, described such reports as malicious and mischievous. Enenche explained …
Gboyega Oyetola By Shina Abubakar Following the agreement between government and labour unions in Osun, the State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the new minimum wage for workers in the state effective from November 1 this year. The Governor also lifted ban on annual salary increment effected 8 years ago and lifted embargo on promotion …
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has received global accolades for her Humanitarian role during the Covid-19 crisis in the country earlier in the year. The Minister was presented with the EuroKnowledge Leadership and Humanitarian Award for her significant contributions to the nation’s humanitarian needs during the peak of …
By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has dismissed reports that it has shut down its COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Idu, saying the centre is still in operation. Acting Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat HHSS in the FCT, Dr Mohammed Kawu disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He said contrary …
African media giant, MultiChoice Group disclosed on Thursday that French pay-television giant Groupe Canal+ has continued buying up its shares, so much so that its stake has doubled to 12% in the past month. MultiChoice disclosed on 5 October that Canal+, which is owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi, had acquired 6.5% of its equity. …
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government will do everything possible to discourage “physicians’ brain drain” from the country. Ehanire said this on Friday in Abuja after inspecting work on the new cancer centre at the National Hospital, Abuja. “I have heard the challenge of doctors …
The winner of Big Brother Season 5, Agbeleshe Olamilekan popularly known as “Laycon” paid a courtesy visit to the Billionaire Philanthropist and Antarctica explorer Prince Ned Nwoko in Abuja. The former shared his experience in the Big Brother House, the lessons and how he intends to use his newly acquired fame to positively impact society. …
A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate. By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin The Spiritual father and Chairman of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church worldwide, Ayo ni o, Most Reverend Samuel Abidoye has called on the federal government not to delay implementation of demands for a new policing system in the country and several others …
By Demola Akinyemi The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) has generated the sum of N4,015,178,972.55 (Four Billion, Fifteen Million, One Hundred and Seventy-Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred and Seventy- Two Naira, Fifty-Five Kobo Only) out of a quarterly budget of N6,499,393,323.99 (Six Billion, Four Hundred and Ninety-Nine Million, Three Hundred and Ninety-Three Thousand, Three Hundred and …
The winner of Big Brother Season 5, Agbeleshe Olamilekan popularly known as “Laycon” paid a courtesy visit to the Billionaire Philanthropist and Antarctica explorer Prince Ned Nwoko in Abuja. The former shared his experience in the Big Brother House, the lessons and how he intends to use his newly acquired fame to positively impact society. …
A former aspirant for the Delta State House of Assembly seat in Ethiope East Local Government Area, Mr. Rex Ogboru, has called on youths to restrain themselves from further protests, adding that their voices have been heard and that the presidency has assured Nigerians that there would be police reforms following the disbandment of the Special …
By Ikechukwu Odu, Nsukka The Acting Provost, College of Education, Nsukka, Dr Okwudili Nwosu, yesterday, cautioned the 118 students who were matriculated into the College to shun cultism and other vices capable of endangering their lives in order to graduate from the institution. The provost while restating the zero-tolerance stance of the College for cultism, enjoined …
By Dennis Agbo The Enugu state ministry of Education has commiserated with the Awgu Catholic Diocese in the state over the loss of 5 primary school pupils and 2 staff through an auto crash on Wednesday. Seven Pupils and staff of Presentation Nursery and primary school Awgu, owned by the Diocese, had lost their lives in …
By Onozure Dania The Management of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) yesterday told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses and Other Matters that the footage of the Oct 20 shootings of the #EndSARS protesters by officers of the Nigerian Army was available. This is just …
A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, before the gunfire. Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It is nightmare time in Nigeria. All over the place it is gloom and doom,but a writer must perforce write. The great French novelist Balzac called himself “the secretary of French society”. It is in that spirit that I …
Jeep stolen from NPA HQ among recovered items •I watched helplessly as hoodlums invaded my shop twice – biz man By Evelyn Usman Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Beecroft, Apapa Lagos, have arrested 41 suspects in connection with the invasion of the Nigerian Ports Authority headquarters, Marina, last week , where vehicles and valuables were …
File: Police station Our lives, family threatened by hoodlums •We lost 23 policemen, 205 police stations burnt —IGP •It was total anarchy— Gov •It’s my worst nightmare —Victim •As others count their losses By Evelyn Usman; Dayo Johnson;Vincent Ujumadu; Umar Yusuf; Demola Akinyemi; Peter Okutu; Rotimi Ojomoyela; Ike Uchechukwu; Shina Abubakar; Femi Bolaji and James …
•Run away convicted criminals on the prowl •As police abandon patrols of highway By Ozioruva Aliu THE effects of EndSARS protest that went violent and resulted in two jail breaks in Edo state have continued to reverberate in several parts of the state as the residents are now gripped with fear and anxiety following an upsurge …
