Famous Canadian singer Celine Dion is set to earn $2 million (approximately N3 billion) for a one-off comeback performance at the 2024 Olympics. It was reported that the singer will earn $2 million for her performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on Friday, July 26, 2024. This news follows the singer’s…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has addressed the upcoming nationwide protest slated for August 1, 2024, labeling it as a political maneuver. This statement was made during a press briefing following his inspection of the Apo-Karshi Road project, a venture initially commissioned in 2011. The protest, which has gained traction on…
Lagos drug cartel, 57-year-old Alhaji Sulaiman Jimoh, populary known as Temo, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at his enclave after an initial resistance from him and his horde of hoodlums. In the last two years, the NDLEA had intercepted large consignments of illicit drugs worth billions of…
Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Mariam Sani Abacha and her son, Mohammed Sani Abacha, have dragged the President, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and two others before the Court of Appeal in Abuja seeking recovery of an alleged unlawfully revoked property of former Head of State, Late General Sani Abacha. The property located in…
At least 58 of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have expressed their support for incumbent Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to serve a second term. This backing came to light during a WTO General Council meeting on July 22, as noted in a statement by the world trade body. “The African…
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mele Kyari has challenged the President of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals Company, Alh Aliko Dangote to provide evidence of his involvement or any member of staff of the national oil company operating a blending plant in Malta. Kyari said this in a post…
A bill introducing amendment to the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019, has been passed by the Senate. The amendment bill introduces N70, 000 as the new minimum wage, as against N30, 000. The new bill also includes provision of three years for the review of the National Minimum Wage every three years from the existing…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has finally tendered a public apology to Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi Central, for his recent remarks in plenary after being dragged on social media. Akpabio had told Akpoti-Uduaghan not to speak like she was in a “night club” after she spoke without being recognized by the Senate President. Akpabio’s…
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately launch an independent audit of the Dangote Refinery and NNPC transactions. Ezekwesili stated that this is necessary to provide the public with the true state of affairs, insisting that it is in the national interest to do so. In a statement…
The Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said Nigeria will never experience peace and development because of growing injustice against Igbos. Igbo is an ethnic group dominant in Nigeria’s south-east. The spokesperson of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chiedozie Ogbonnia, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. “Ohanaeze Ndigbo stands on a firm wicket based on…
