Nigerian Frontline comedian, Atunyota Akpobome popularly known as Alibaba, has said that some of Nigeria’s 36 states should be local government areas. The veteran comedian stated this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday. He said some of the states were created by the military to appease some…
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said the statement credited to Senator Abdul Ningi in the media has damaged the integrity of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The representative of Bauchi Central Senatorial District said the National Assembly passed two budgets for 2024. In an interview with BBC Hausa,…
Actor Yomi Fash-Lanso has stated that he wants to be addressed as a Nigerian actor and not a Nollywood actor. The 55-year-old said this in recent interview in which he also clarified that he does not identify as a celebrity, but rather as a person dedicated to the craft of acting. Despite being a movie…
The Super Falconets of Nigeria sealed their place in the final of African Games 2023 with a commanding 2-0 victory over Uganda in Cape Coast, Ghana. The Ugandans put up a resolute performance in the match, keeping the Falconets at bay until they conceded two goals in the last 16 minutes of the encounter. Okah…
Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson, has stated in a movie that she has two favourite Nigerian singers who can tell her anything and she would listen to them. In the clip from a film she acted with Yvonne Jegede which was sighted on social media, the mother of four noted that she would only listen to…
Famous Nigerian singer David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has stated that Grammy-winning Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo opened global doors for a new generation of African artists like himself. He noted that the ‘Wombo Lombo’ crooner has represented the continent so well on the global stage over the years. Relishing his recent collaboration with…
Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigerian former track and field athlete who holds the distinction of becoming the first Nigerian to win an individual track and field medal at the Olympic games, has been included in a 16-man Local Organizing Committee ahead of the 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF) to be held in Ogun State, by the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun….
Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, is the current Balogun of Ibadanland, head of the military line of the Olubadan system. He is set to become the next Olubadan of Ibadan following the death of Oba Moshood Olalekan Balogun, the late Olubadan of Ibadan. Owolabi Olakulehin hails from the Ibadan Northeast Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State….
Bimbo Oloyede is a veteran Nigerian TV journalist and producer. As a newscaster, she was a mainstay on NTA Network News from 1976 to 1980. Oloyede’s father was M.E.K. Roberts, a former deputy inspector general of police, she spent much of her adolescent life in England where she studied drama and theatre arts. When she returned to…
The North-East Chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), said it has observed with shock, that a ranking senator, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, allegedly stooped so low to profile northern senators and by implication, the northern people for planning to stage what he described as “a civilian coup” against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. CNG,…
