After years of intensive training, tech giant and Meta owner, Mark Zuckerberg, has been promoted to the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt rank by legendary MMA coach, Dave Camarillo. Recall that earlier this month, Zuckerberg was spotted training with FC Champions Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski ahead of a possible cage fight with Twitter owner, Elon Musk. Taking to Facebook…
Professor Kole Omotosho, a Nigerian author, has died in South Africa, his place of residence. He was 80 years old. A family source confirmed that the late professor of English had been sick for some time before he passed away on Wednesday. He had lived in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa for many years. The family statement reads:…
The fresh hike in the price of fuel announced on Tuesday came barely two months that President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of subsidy. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) increased the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol to N617 per litre on Tuesday with mixed reactions from Nigerians. Meanwhile,…
China has taken a step to promote cultural diversity and linguistic exchange by producing its first Yoruba textbook titled ‘Ede Yoruba’. The textbook is meant for students of the Beijing Foreign Studies University, where Yoruba is now being taught as a foreign language. Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo are the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria….
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 13 Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities in Ilorin, Kwara State. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement on Thursday by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren. According to Uwujaren, the 12 male and one female suspects were arrested on July…
Mr Ben Llewelyn-Jones, the departing British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, said on Wednesday night he would miss the high energy, confidence, self-belief, and culture of Nigerians. This was said by Llewelyn-Jones during the British High Commission’s farewell reception for him in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Llewelyn-Jones is leaving Nigeria…
20-year-old Nigerian Lady wins global award for being able to speak 11 foreign languages fluently, celebrates achievement. Favour Chisimidi who is a language prodigy can speak fluently in Korean, Swahili, Shona, Indonesian, Filipino, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, English and Igbo Language. She learned to speak all the languages without leaving the shores of Nigeria. According…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today, resubmitted former President Muhammadu Buhari’s $800 Million loan World Bank loan request to the Senate, to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. On May 10, 2023, just 19 days after the end of the administration of Buhari, he sent the same request to the National Assembly. The Ahmad Lawan-led Senate…
Ecobank is urging First Bank Holdings to reject the acquisition of 4.7 billion shares by a former Chairman of the bank, Dr. Oba Otudeko. The bank allegedly raised an alarm in a letter written by its Legal Counsel, Kunle Ogunba & Associates, in which it stated that the business magnate, through his affiliated entities, owed…
Oyo State Magistrate Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has ordered skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly known as Trinity Guy, to remain in Prison till August 31. It will be recalled that, the Oyo State police command had in June summoned the Trinity Guy following his controversial prank video with a minor. He was later…
