Workers have stormed various offices of electricity distribution companies to protest over the Band A tariff hike. The workers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have thronged the offices of the DisCos on Monday, preventing workers from resuming work for the day. In Lagos, the workers were sighted…
A video of Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham hailing colleague Kehinde Bankole after winning the “Best Actress” award at the African Magic Viewer’s Award, AMVCA, has gone viral. In the viral video, director and past winner Toyin Abraham congratulated her colleague and friend Kehinde Bankole on her recent victory at the AMVCA. Toyin Abraham was seen…
Nollywood veteran, Richard Mofe-Damijo famously known as RMD has recounted how he met his first wife and how the marriage came to an end. RMD, in an interview, disclosed that his union with his first wife started in 1989 and ended in 1996. He noted that people don’t know much about his first wife because…
Some Nigerians have taken to the microblogging platform X to express their displeasure after Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, was snubbed in all nominated categories in the 10th African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, AMVCAs. The AMVCA is an annual award organised by MultiChoice which recognises outstanding achievements in the television and film industry. The event was…
Nollywood Actress, Kehinde Bankole has emerged as the Best Lead Actress at the 2024 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA). Bankole’s win came off her lead role in the movie ‘ADIRE’. Evelyne Ily (Mami Wata) and Funke Akindele (A Tribe Called Judah). Other contestants in the category include: Segilola Ogidan (Over the Bridge), Lucie Debay (Omen) Omowunmi…
The Catholic Bishop of Yola, Stephen Mamza, has taken a swipe at mushroom churches springing up with no apparent spiritual intent but for commercial quest. The Bishop who is the immediate Adamawa State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, said during a special Mass in Yola that, “Even the holy spirit will find…
Elders and leaders of Rivers across political party lines have called on the state Governor Siminalayi Fubara, to shelve any plan to tamper with structures at the House of Assembly quarters located along Aba Road in Port Harcourt. The elders comprising past and present members of the National Assembly, local government chairmen, and opinion leaders…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 136 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over its failure to withdraw the patently unlawful ‘Circular’ directing all banks and other financial institutions to deduct from customers’ account a ‘cybersecurity levy’.” The CBN had last week directed banks to implement…
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan stormed to a big win in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational on Sunday. Amusan clocked a season’s best of 12.40s to win the race. The 27-year-old beat Jamaica’s Danielle Williams, who ran 12.46s, while Christina Clemons of the United States of America was third in 12.54s. Amusan has…
As Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, marks his 64th birthday and is installed as Asiwaju of Ede-land on Monday, a former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; Chairman, Osun Council of Obas, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde; Africa’s richest woman and a business mogul, Mrs Folorunso Alakija are among…
