The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has tied the knot with his fifth wife just five days after marrying his fourth one. The monarch married Olori Princess Aderonke Ademiluyi, in an elaborate royal wedding on Thursday, October 20, at his palace in Ile-Ife, Osun state. The videos from...
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What is Greatness? In every life God created there’s a deposit of greatness. For Joseph, that deposit was the gift of dreams. Your key to greatness might usher you through crisis before bringing you to greatness. The deposit of greatness can be submerged, exchanged, drowned, stolen or dimmed. Greatness...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the party is intact, refuting claims that some aspirants who lost at the presidential primaries have left. Adamu said this when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He said: “To the best of our...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State have continued to record cross defections of members ahead of the 2023 General Elections. APC, in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Thursday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser, New Media to Sen....
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is set to arraign at least 50 public officers allegedly found to have breached their codes of office. Mr Atekojo Usman, Special Adviser on Media to Justice Danladi Umar, Chairman of the Tribunal, stated on Thursday in Abuja that affected officers would be...
Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, said on Thursday in Abuja that President Muhammadu Buhari delivered on his housing promise and created more than 29,300 jobs in the process. Fashola made the declaration at a programme to mark the 2022 World Habitat Day with the theme: “Mind...
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has queried the partnership between Nigeria and Ethiopia on the Nigerian Air project. The lawmakers, who raised their concerns at a public hearing on Thursday in Abuja, said that they were determined to protect national interest. Rep. Preye Oseke (PDP-Bayelsa) said that...
At least 100 people were killed in Chad on Thursday as thousands of people defied a protest ban and took to the streets of the capital to denounce the transitional military government’s failure to turn power over to civilian rule. Police used tear gas to break up the demonstration...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the has announced the sale of Polaris Bank to a new core investor, Strategic Capital Investment Ltd. (SCIL). A statement signed by Mr Osita Nwanisobi, Director, Corporate Communications and posted on CBN website on Thursday, said the sale was concluded after a...
The Kwara State University (KWASU) says it has gotten approval for the commencement of MBBS Medicine and Surgery and 23 other programmes by the National Universities Commission (NUC). A statement issued by Dr Saeedat Aliyu, the Director, University Relations, on Thursday in Ilorin, said the approval was contained in...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday sentenced one Olasunkanmi Fapohunda to three years imprisonment over offences bordering on internet fraud. Fapohunda, 23, a laundry man and an indigene of Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State, was prosecuted on a count charge by the anti-graft agency, which he pleaded...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) Plc, in conjunction with Bankers’ Committee will soon float a national card scheme to improve the payment system in Nigeria. Mr Premier Oiwoh, Managing Director, NIBSS, said this at a Bankers’ Committee press briefing on Thursday. He...
Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Housing, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, says Lagos State is a choice place for investors and investees in the real estate sector. Benson-Awoyinka said this while delivering a presentation at the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Lagos State Chapter’s...
The Federal Government says the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 clearly provides for a healthy and environmentally conscious workforce and safe workplace for business to thrive in the oil and gas industry. Mr Farouk Ahmed, Authority Chief Executive (ACE), Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said this...
The WHO says more than 500 million people are estimated to develop heart diseases, obesity, diabetes or other non-communicable diseases because of physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this in a report that highlighted the high cost of physical inactivity in its first-ever...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, lead All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and members of the National Working Committee (NWC) when he inaugurates the party’s 2023 Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) at the State House Banquet, Abuja. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC),...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state has approved the appointment of Barrister Simon Malgwi as his Special Adviser (SA) on Legal and Administrative Matters. Until his appointment on Thursday , Barrister Malgwi was the Head of Service (HOS) , Borno state whose 35...
The remains of reality TV star, Patrick Fakoya aka Rico Swavey, who died on October 13, has been laid to rest. A funeral mass was held for him at the Methodist Church of the Trinity, Tinubu Square and then his body was moved to the Ebony Vaults, Ikoyi, Lagos, where he...
I arrived at GITEX 2022 in Dubai with the hope of waylaying Professor Ali Ibrahim Pantami for an exclusive interview on politics, alongside the challenges, excitements, disappointments, and accomplishments of his ever-inspiring exploits in public office, particularly since his appointment as the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy. Pantami...
Lagos State Police Command has said that participants of the EndSARS memorial arrested on Thursday at Lekki tollgate have been released. In an interview with Channels Television, Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin said the police only arrested a few troublemakers who were kept in their custody on the...