The Vice President of Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar V.G. Edwin, has expressed frustration over the boycott of Dangote Refinery’s products by local marketers. During an X (formerly Twitter) space hosted on Wednesday, he revealed that despite the refinery’s efforts to supply affordable petroleum products, many traders in Nigeria have refused to purchase from the refinery,…
A first-class Osun State monarch, the Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, is dead. His death was announced in a statement, signed by Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, today, Thursday 12th September, 2024 in Osogbo, the state capital. Before Fasuyi’s confirmation of the monarch’s passage, there was anxiety over the health of Oba…
A Zonal Superintendent of the Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Sam Olu-Alo, has urged elected politicians, traditional rulers, and religious leaders from the South-West region to tell President Bola Tinubu the bitter truth about the current hardship facing Nigerians. In a statement released today, Olu-Alo, who is the CAC Zonal Superintendent, Grace and Mercy Zone, Essien…
The Presidency has on Tuesday blamed the current state of the nation’s refineries, including Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries on the opposition by labour to federal government plans to sell them to Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola. Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy, revealed this, while reacting to…
Veteran Nollywood filmmaker, Shina Sanyaolu, is dead. The deceased was a popular film producer and director in the Yoruba genre of the Nollywood industry. The cause and details surrounding his death remain sketchy as of the time of this report. The President, Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, confirmed Sanyaolu’s…
Popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, famously known as Davido, has headlined Ethiopia New Year 2017 party. The country celebrated its New Year 2017 on Tuesday September 10, seven years behind the rest of the world. Davido’s associate and talent manager, Ubi Franklin, updated his fans on how the celebration went on his Instagram page….
The Federal Government has asked the private sector to partner with it for the economy to reap the benefits of the country’s limitless pool of talent. The Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, made the call on Wednesday in Lagos. Speaking with corporate entities, members of the art community and other…
Nigerian actress, Abiola Adebayo, better known as Biola Eyinoka, has spoken up about her experience as a secondary school dropout and how it reshaped her outlook on life. In an interview with Seun Oloketuyi on Nollywood on Radio, Biola discussed how, despite enduring financial struggles and missing out on several admissions due to a lack…
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has lamented that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is becoming indifferent, insensitive and unresponsive to the plights of Nigerians. Adams in an open letter titled ‘President Bola Tinubu, time is going’, also said the present administration has disappointed Nigerians adding that the citizens can no longer…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has described the flooding in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, as a national calamity. The flood incident on Tuesday displaced many residents in the Fori, Galtimari, Gwange, and Bulabulin areas of Maiduguri. The flood followed the collapse of the Alau dam, which has been at full capacity for the past few…
