List of Oscar winners in main categories
Here are the Oscar winners in key categories for the 94th Academy Awards, handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday. Deaf drama "CODA" won for best picture, Will Smith and Jessica Chastain took home acting awards, but "Dune" was the overall big winner with trophies in six categories including best original score and best cinematography. Best picture: "CODA" Best director: Jane Campion,...
ASUU strike: NANS takes protest to streets, highways
Nigerian students have declared their readiness to shut down major streets, highways and other public facilities on Monday in protest of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), had on March 16, 2022, at the expanded meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC),...
VIDEO: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on Oscars stage
Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife, in a moment at Sunday's gala that immediately went viral and left stunned viewers questioning if it had been scripted or genuine. Rock, presenting the best documentary prize with a short comedy routine, had cracked a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith's...
APC leadership: Stop the false narrative
By ISMAIL OMIPIDAN When a piece of information is dished out, most times we don’t bother to crosscheck before feasting on it and making it go viral. This is one of the challenges of the social and new media era. My intervention this afternoon is, therefore, to help unsuspecting Nigerians have understanding of the issues at stake on the just-concluded national...
PDP mocks APC: Your chairman facing N15bn fraud trial
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the imposition of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu as the National Chairman of the ruling party. The PDP berated the ruling party over a man who was “arraigned in court on 149-count charge of alleged fraudulent award of contracts and stealing of public funds estimated at N15 billion, as...
Buhari to APC leaders: Don’t give party tickets to ‘highest bidders’
Ahead of primaries for the 2023 general election, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned the new National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to be influenced by “highest bidders”. Buhari urged party leaders to always promote internal democracy and equal opportunities for all members of the party. The president spoke at the 2022 APC National Convention in Abuja...
Full list: Behold 78 newly elected national officers of APC
After months of uncertainties, the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday elected its zonal and national officers at the March 26 National Convention. The new national officers led by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman, emerged through consensus arrangement. Six aspirants including former Governors George Akume, Abdulaziz Yari, Tanko Al-Makura; Saliu Mustapha; Senator Sani Musa, and Muhammed Etsu stepped down...
Airport attack: Nigeria no longer safe for citizens — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said no place is no longer safe in the country, following the attack on the Kaduna International Airport by suspected terrorists. The Star had reported that the suspected terrorists attacked the airport and killed one officer on Saturday. The attack was confirmed by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Affairs, Samuel Aruwan. However, the main opposition...
Explosion kills POS operator in Kaduna
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated around Yazufa Junction, Hayin Danmani in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the explosive device was detonated on Saturday after it was planted in a motorcycle belonging to one Mohammed Hassan, a POS operator in Igabi LGA. The explosion led to the injury of one Hassan at the...
Suspects: Why we swallowed 165 wraps of cocaine
Two drug traffickers, Elvis Uche Iro, 53 and Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, 42, have excreted a total of 165 wraps of cocaine following their arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for ingesting the illicit drug. The drug traffickers excreted the drugs while under observation in the NDLEA custody. The...
