President Bola Tinubu will again meet with labour leaders on Thursday to reach a consensus on a new minimum wage just as the Association of Local Government of Nigeria demanded a new revenue formula in favour of the 774 local government areas in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told…
Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Ayodeji Balogun, better addressed as Wizkid, has been nominated in seven categories in the Africa Arts Entertainments Awards, AAEA. The awards is to recognise and celebrate the achievements of music artistes across the African continent. Wizkid is competing in several categories, including AAEA Best Continental Male Artiste and AAEA Continental Artiste of…
The Super Falcons have been scheduled to play Canada’s women’s team in a friendly game. In a tweet on its X page on Monday, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced that the match will be played on Wednesday behind closed doors at the team’s base in Seville, Spain. The match will be held as final…
In a shocking incident, former US President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. The 78-year-old was grazed by a bullet that “pierced the upper part of [his] ear”, according to Trump himself. The attack occurred when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire…
First ever African, Nigerian born, Professor Olusola Adesope has emerged as the new Superintendent General of the Apostolic Faith Church, after 118 years of its establishment. The announcement was made by the Superintendent General of the Apostolic Faith Church, Reverend Darrel Lee during the morning devotional service on Sunday, July 7, 2024 at the church’s…
Prof. Wole Soyinka has narrated how former President Olusegun Obasanjo allegedly threatened him for opposing his bid to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations, an action Prof. Soyinka said to have confirmed the vindictive nature of Obasanjo against anyone that goes against his interests. “The first thing l must emphasize is that I’m very…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, on his 65th birthday. The President felicitated Obaigbena in a statement issued on Sunday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. Tinubu noted the enterprising spirit of the media mogul and prayed for greater achievements for the renowned publisher. The President also commended Obaigbena’s philanthropic…
Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi, has been holed up in the “protective custody” of Kogi state government since he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello, who handpicked Ahmed Usman Ododo as his successor, has been enjoying protection from the security agents attached to the state since the aborted…
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the assassination attempt on the former United States President, Donald Trump. There was an assassination attempt on Trump at a political rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Pennsylvania, US. Trump had escaped by the whiskers, saying, “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my…
Chief (Mrs.) Laide Soyinka, the eldest wife of the first African Nobel laureate, an iconic playwright and renowned writer, Professor Wole Soyinka, has unleashed the untold stories behind the making of the world’s celebrated Kongi. According to her, the moment she ever felt proud of her husband, was when the famous professor received the highly…
