The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has said it will continue to create more awareness on the creativity of its people. Speaking on Wednesday evening during the celebration of the 2024 World Theatre Day, Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Idris Aregbe, said that Lagos would…
Ahmed Ningi, the senator representing Bauchi Central in the Senate, has written the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to demand immediate reinstatement. Ningi stated this in a letter through his lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) He noted that if his suspension was not lifted in the next seven days he would drag the Senate before the Federal…
The secret rift between two foremost warriors in Yorubaland, Aare Ona Kakanfo, Iba Gani Adams and his counterpart, the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has blown open. Despite the peace deal brokered by prominent traditional rulers including, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the two activists have refused to…
President Bola Tinubu has described Nigeria as a giant of Africa plagued with “leadership elephantiasis” under his predecessors, vowing to be different. “Nigeria, as the giant of Africa, had suffered leadership elephantiasis years back. I am determined to change that,” Mr Tinubu said while hosting a delegation from the United States Congress led by Senator…
Drummer Kunle Ayanlowo in a new video drags the living daylight out of his former boss K1 De Ultimate. In the new video, drummer Kunle Ayanlowo who worked with K1 De Ultimate for 32 years refers to the fuji icon as an idiot for referring to him as someone who can’t read or write. This…
Indigenous Yoruba music legends would not be complete without the mention of a talented woman who modernised Waka music, Queen Salawa Abeni, who rose from a housemaid to a famous Waka singer. Born into a polygamous home in Igbogun, one of the mangrove villages that border Ogun and Lagos state, Salawa’s childhood was pretty rough,…
The Ekiti Patriotic Consultative Forum (EPCF), on Tuesday, demanded a public apology to be published in three major national newspapers and a one-on-one apology from former governor Kayode Fayemi over alleged uncouth and disrespectful comments he made against Afe Babalola, SAN. While responding to Mr Babalola’s comments about the “poor performance” of former chief executives…
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the rate of kidnapping across the country, declaring that people involved must be treated as terrorists. Tinubu made this remark on Tuesday at a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal judiciary, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. “We must treat kidnappers as terrorists. They…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described himself as “a mad man for agriculture.” Obasanjo spoke at the 9th International Trade Exhibition and Conference on Agrofood, Plastics, Printing, and Packaging in Lagos on Tuesday. He harped on the need to promote agribusiness for food security, nutrition security, employment, wealth creation, poverty elimination and income generation, particularly,…
Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has disclosed that he had a productive meeting with security agencies on how to curtain bandits and their activities in the North. This comes as the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said Gumi would be invited for questioning over the activities of bandits in the North. The minister…
