Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that his Operation Feed the Nation agriculture initiative would have further improved the country’s food sufficiency if his successors had sustained it. Obasanjo stated this in Ibadan, Oyo State capital during a product launch by a leading beverage company, on Thursday. The former president, however, urged Nigerians to invest…
The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended former Senator from the state, Dino Melaye from the party. Melaye was suspended by the PDP exco in Ayetoro Gbede, Ward 1 following his refusal to honour a summon. The Ward exco explained that Melaye was suspended for anti-party activities and alleged misconduct….
Nigeria’s petroleum marketers have asked Dangote Refinery to unveil the price of its Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) to Nigerians. The President of the Products Retail Outlets Owners Association, Billy Gillis-Harry and the President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN Abubakar Maigandi disclosed this in separate interviews on Thursday. The petroleum marketers were…
The Vice President of Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar V.G. Edwin, has expressed frustration over the boycott of Dangote Refinery’s products by local marketers. During an X (formerly Twitter) space hosted on Wednesday, he revealed that despite the refinery’s efforts to supply affordable petroleum products, many traders in Nigeria have refused to purchase from the refinery,…
A first-class Osun State monarch, the Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, is dead. His death was announced in a statement, signed by Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, today, Thursday 12th September, 2024 in Osogbo, the state capital. Before Fasuyi’s confirmation of the monarch’s passage, there was anxiety over the health of Oba…
A Zonal Superintendent of the Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Sam Olu-Alo, has urged elected politicians, traditional rulers, and religious leaders from the South-West region to tell President Bola Tinubu the bitter truth about the current hardship facing Nigerians. In a statement released today, Olu-Alo, who is the CAC Zonal Superintendent, Grace and Mercy Zone, Essien…
The Presidency has on Tuesday blamed the current state of the nation’s refineries, including Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries on the opposition by labour to federal government plans to sell them to Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola. Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy, revealed this, while reacting to…
Veteran Nollywood filmmaker, Shina Sanyaolu, is dead. The deceased was a popular film producer and director in the Yoruba genre of the Nollywood industry. The cause and details surrounding his death remain sketchy as of the time of this report. The President, Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, confirmed Sanyaolu’s…
Popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, famously known as Davido, has headlined Ethiopia New Year 2017 party. The country celebrated its New Year 2017 on Tuesday September 10, seven years behind the rest of the world. Davido’s associate and talent manager, Ubi Franklin, updated his fans on how the celebration went on his Instagram page….
The Federal Government has asked the private sector to partner with it for the economy to reap the benefits of the country’s limitless pool of talent. The Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, made the call on Wednesday in Lagos. Speaking with corporate entities, members of the art community and other…
