NLC protesters have forced their way into the National Assembly complex, breaking down the gate. The protest by the Organised Labour against the “anti-people” policies of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration is getting intense as protesters, on Wednesday morning, broke down the first gate of the National Assembly complex and forced their way into…
There are five Nigerian states commonly mistaken to be Hausa but they have their own languages. Although these states speak Hausa as a form of regular pidgin, they have their languages. Nigeria has 400 ethnic groups and 450 languages, many people are grouped under three broad groups, Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba, even though they aren’t…
The new military rulers of Niger, who took over the government in a coup a few days ago, have detained at least one hundred and eighty (180) members of the ousted democratically elected administration. The previous ruling party said this on Monday. The president of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism, Foumakoye Gado, Mines…
The Director General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, Adewale Oyerinde, on Monday, said the depleting number of industries in the country are unable to employ the high turnout of graduates churned out annually. He also said the unstable educational system caused by threats of strikes and other challenges negates the ability to produce graduates…
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, directed the authorities in all federal institutions of higher learning to avoid arbitrary increase in sundry fees payable and where possible defer further increase so that parents and students don’t face too much difficulty. While the National Association of Nigerian Students welcomes the directive, the Academic Staff Union of Universities,…
Soni Irabor, the award winning media guru, veteran broadcaster, first class advertiser and his wife, Betty Irabor recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Soni Irabor, who grew up in Benin, had his youth in a fairly large family. Few years ago, he said about his youth: “I went to school in Benin and I enjoyed…
Famous for the Kabiyesi role in The Village Headmaster, Nigeria’s longest running television soap opera shown on NTA from 1968 to 1988 that stars Justus Esiri and Femi Robinson. Dejumo Lewis is a famous Nigerian film, actor, filmmaker, and as well as director. He has been in the industry for more than two decades now….
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in a bold move strategises how to create a content hub, first of its kind, to boost the Africast ’23, coming up this year. The commission calls it the first Nigerian Television and Film content hub. The commission made this known in a press conference last week. The content HUB,…
The National Open University of Nigeria says inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service are among its best-performing students. This was as the institution advocated more opportunities and flexible academic programmes for prison inmates and officials of NCOS. The Coordinator of the NCoS-NOUN Special Study Centre, Controller of Corrections, Francis Enobore, said these, according to a…
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has announced plans to hold its first-ever international film festival in Miami, US. Emeka Rollas, the AGN national president, spoke at a media briefing on Tuesday in Lagos. Rollas said the film festival will hold from November 9 to 11. He said the festival is aimed to create a…
