By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Spotify, an online music streaming platform, has launched its ‘Detty December’ hub with playlists for December as a celebration of the vibrant festive season in West Africa and South Africa. Spotify’s Head of Music in Sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu, made this known in a...
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A two-term member of Edo House of Assembly, Mr Ojezele Osesua, has dumped Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Congress (APC). Osesua, representing Esan South-East Constituency, announced his defection on Monday in Benin at a news conference held at the APC state secretariat. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday described the October 2020 EndSARS protest period as one of his toughest moments as a leader. Sanwo-Olu made this known during a chat with 30 fellows of the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy, in Ikeja. “One of my toughest moments as a leader...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has said his administration is determined to reduce maternal and child mortality in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Yusuf made the declaration while launching the second phase of the 2024 Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNCH) Week at Kumbotso...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto state Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has flagged off the distribution of 2024 dry season fertilizers to farmers across the state. The governor while speaking in Wamakko village, headquarter of Wamakko LGA, divulged that, each of the 23 LGAs in the state will be given...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Commissioner of Police, Benue State Police Command, CP Steve Yabanet, has assured the Benue people of his commitment to protect lives and property during and after the yuletide. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Benue State Command Sewuese Catherine...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has reaffirmed his commitment to enhancing the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the Holy Land for better performance. The Governor made the pledge during the presentation of the 2024 Hajj report by the Amirul Hajj team, led by the Chairman...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Joint Assembly of Christian Lawyers and Journalists (JACLJ) has commended Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, for his decision to create the Sayawa Chiefdom and site its headquarters in Tafawa Balewa town. In a statement released after their meeting on December 21, 2024,...
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has said that Nigerians should expect a reduction in the pump price of the product within the week. Last week, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the Dangote Refinery reduced the ex-depot price of petrol to ₦899...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Abuja Resident Doctors have issued a two-week ultimatum to the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, warning of a hospital shutdown if their demands are not met. The President of the FCTA Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) George Ebong, stated this in a statement issued on...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to release the detained Singer, Darlington Achakpo, popularly known as Speed Darlington, within 48 hours. Justice Musa Liman made the order in a ruling on an ex-parte motion moved by Achakpo’s counsel, David...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has urged the federal government to speed up the reconstruction of the collapsed dyke at Alau Dam, which resulted in Maiduguri Metropolis and its surrounding LGAs being flooded. The Alau Dam is situated in the Alau community of Konduga, a...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for support for the victims of the tragic stampedes that occurred during palliative distributions in Ibadan, Abuja, and Okija. In his Christmas message issued on Monday in Abuja, Jonathan also urged authorities to implement measures to prevent such incidents in the future. Jonathan...
A man who drove a car into a crowd in Changde City, central China’s Hunan Province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Monday for endangering public safety by dangerous means. On Nov. 19, Huang Wen crashed a car into a crowd in Dingcheng District of Changde...
Mozambique’s disaster management agency announced that the death toll from Cyclone Chido has risen to 94. The cyclone had made landfall in northern Mozambique a week ago and Mozambique’s institute for natural disasters on Thursday had given the death toll at 73. The Indian Ocean archipelago Mayotte bore the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised concerns over what it described as “increasing number of Lassa fever cases and fatalities, a significant public health risk.” The NCDC Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, revealed this on Monday in Abuja, saying that 1,154 confirmed cases and 190...
There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court in Abuja as a suspect begged to retake his plea after pleading guilty to the two-count charge read to him. The suspect, Adun Adewale, also known as “Coachbanter,” was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite on alleged cybercrime offence against...
BY JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The new Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu, has taken over the affairs of the commission from the outgoing Acting Executive Secretary Dr Chris Maiyaki. Maiyaki handed over to Ribadu Ion Monday in Abuja I’mat a big event...
Abia Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of eight persons with two others injured in a road traffic crash that occurred along the Bende-Ohafia Road. A statement by the Sector Commander, Mrs Ngozi Ezeoma, on Monday in Umuahia said that the crash...
Some suspected hoodlums on Saturday attacked the palace of Etsu Lokoja, Chief Emmanuel Dauda-Shelika, Nyamkpa IV, burning properties within the premises, including a vehicle. The palace, located on plot 306, New Layout, Lokoja, was allegedly attacked by hoodlums at about 1:00 am on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria...