Tinubu’s son gifts Davido N2m as musician raises N171m in 24 hours
Seyi Tinubu, the son of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has joined the list of celebrities and fans that have donated money to Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido. Tinubu’s son donated N2 million to Davido ahead of his 28th birthday. Scanning through the screenshots uploaded on Instagram by Davido, The Star...
NDLEA to CAN, JNI: Make drug test mandatory for intending couples
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is pushing for religious bodies to make drug test as one of the criteria for intending couples before marriage. Its chairman, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), on Thursday in Jos, met with the Plateau Chapters of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI) to collaborate on ways to curb...
NCC to revive telecom Special Numbering Service segment
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is making move in ensuring sustainability, profitability and fair competition in the Special Numbering Service (SNS) segment of the nation’s telecommunications sector. This move informed the decision of the Commission to hold a Stakeholders’ Forum on the ‘Determination of Call Termination Rate for Special Numbering Service Providers in Nigeria.’ The forum, held at the Conference Room,...
FG hails U.S. for removing Nigeria from religious freedom blacklist
The Federal Government has hailed the United States for removing Nigeria from its list of countries with religious freedom concerns, calling the decision fair and just. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in a statement issued in Paris, France, on Thursday by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, reiterated that Nigeria does not engage in religious freedom violation or have a...
Nigeria’s economy contracts, grows by 4.03% in Q3, 2021 – NBS
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has declared that the nation’s economy contracted in the Third Quarter of 2021. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate contracted from 5.01% of quarter two of 2021 to 4.03% in quarter three (Q3). The NBS, however, stated that the contraction of Q2 and Q3 of 2020 has resulted to positive growth as recorded consecutively...
Yoruba Nation: FG has recruited jobbers to infiltrate our ranks – Prof Akintoye
The Leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), Prof. Banji Akintoye, has raised the alarm that the Federal Government has recruited some political jobbers cum reactionaries masquerading as Yoruba Nation Agitators to blackmail him in order to sabotage the Yoruba Nation Struggle into a paralysing end. The Ado-Ekiti born renowned Historian said credible intelligence...
127 prisoners to sit for NECO exams in Enugu
About 127 inmates of Enugu Custodial Centre are expected to sit for the November/December National Examination Council (NECO) senior secondary certificate examination (external), an official has said. Mr. Monday Chukwuemeka, the Public Relations Officer of the state command of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Enugu on Thursday. Chukwuemeka said that the NCoS...
NUT to Kaduna teachers: Don’t participate in El-Rufai’s competency test
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has directed its members in Kaduna State not to participate in the competency test being organised by the Nasir El-Rufai-led state government. The Deputy National President of the union, Mr. Kelvin Nwankwo, gave the directive in Kaduna on Wednesday, during a meeting with teachers in the state. Nwankwo explained...
Lagos Assembly summons MDAs over Auditor-General’s report
The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of state government to clear grey areas as contained in the state’s Auditor-General’s 2020 financial report. The Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts (State), Mr. Saka Solaja, made this known when the State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency led by Mr. Bisoye Odusote appeared before the committee on...
Months after dumping PDP, governor marks party’s secretariat for demolition
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are at loggerheads over the plan to demolish the opposition party’s secretariat. The governor came into office on the PDP platform through judiciary and has since dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Now, the Matawalle’s government through the Zamfara Uban Regional and Planning Board (ZUREP) has marked...
