In preparation for Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day celebration, the late Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, who designed the Nigerian flag and 10 other heroes will receive the Citizenship and Patriots Award from the Federal Government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Nigeria got her independence from Great Britain on October 1, 1960 and would mark its 63rd independence…
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Wednesday, insisted that there was no going back on the proposed indefinite strike by the organizer labour. Recall that the Trade Union Congress, TUC and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday, said the country’s economy would be shut down from October 3 to further press for its demands…
The Federal Government on Monday said no world leader had been invited for the 63rd independence anniversary scheduled for October 1. This decision was taken in line with the government’s option for a low-key celebration. George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said this during a press conference in Abuja. “Low keyed…
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink has announced its first human trial of brain chip implant. Musk said in the post-Wednesday that its study called the Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface (PRIME Study), is officially seeking patients since it received approval from an independent institutional review board and a hospital site. Neuralink received permission…
A former media aide to former governor Ayodele Fayose, Lere Olayinka, has knocked the mother of the late singer Mohbad, for allegedly abandoning him and his sister for about 15 years. Olayinka, who took to his Facebook page, claimed that after leaving the duo for all those years, she only surfaced after the late singer’s success…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has invited the Department of State Services (DSS) to join the police in the probe of circumstances surrounding the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (aka Mohbad). A statement issued on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said the government had noted the developments that…
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has issued a direct and urgent directive to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, instructing him to initiate a swift and comprehensive investigation into the tragic passing of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the development known in a…
The federal government has invited the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for more talks over its planned indefinite strike. On September 1, Joe Ajaero, NLC president, announced that the labour union would go on a two-day warning strike from September 5. Ajaero also said the labour body would be left with no option but to declare…
Professor Wole Soyinka, the literary icon, has categorically said that Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, did not win the 2023 presidential election as he is claiming. According to Soyinka, Obi only came third in the election, not even second. It will be recalled that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, on Wednesday, upheld…
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos), in different notices to customers, said the national grid collapsed at about 12.40 am today. Ndidi Mbah, spokesperson for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), also confirmed the development. “It is a system collapse, but we are trying to restore it,” she said. This is the first time the electricity national…
