Isa Pantami Nigeria’s Federal Government says it would award contracts for the provision of broadband infrastructure in various sectors across the six geopolitical zones on Thursday. The projects set to be awarded were recently approved by the Federal Executive Council, after the presentation by Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications …
Read More »Kanye West returns to Twitter after suspension
Kanye West American rapper, Kanye West now Ye, has returned to Twitter after he was suspended over antisemitic posts and comments. Trying to confirm that his Twitter handle had been unblocked, the rapper in a tweet on Sunday wrote, “Testing, Testing. Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked.” However, the test …
Read More »Updated: Gboyega Aribisogan impeached six days after he was elected
Gboyega Aribisogan Gboyega Aribisogan, speaker of the house of assembly in Ekiti state, has been impeached. Aribisogan was removed from his position and suspended indefinitely on Monday after 17 of the 25 members of the assembly voted in favour of his sack. Thereafter, the lawmakers elected Olubunmi Adelugba as the …
Read More »2023: New Afenifere endorses Kwankwaso in Lagos
Kwankwaso, Idahosa and New Afenifere leaders New Afenifere, a sociocultural group in the Southwest, has endorsed Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the 2023 general election. The former Lagos governor received the endorsement at a meeting with the leaders of the hitherto unknown group …
Read More »FIFA bars Harry Kane from wearing ‘OneLove’ armband at Qatar World Cup
Onelove armband The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), has barred Harry Kane, England captain, from wearing the ‘OneLove’ armband during the ongoing World Cup in Qatar. FIFA has strict rules about apparel that can be worn by players and the armband is not allowed under the code. Unless FIFA …
Read More »ZENITH BANK HERALDS CHRISTMAS WITH AJOSE ADEOGUN STREET LIGHT-UP
It was a great spectacle to behold as the Christmas and Yuletide season came to life at the 2022 Zenith Bank Christmas Light-Up Ceremony, which was held at the Ajose Adeogun Street Roundabout, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The official lighting ceremony, which was performed by …
Read More »Wizkid makes history, wins AMA Afrobeats Award
Wizkid Popular Nigerian singer, Ayo Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, made history as the first African and Nigerian to win an American Music Award. His latest feat was announced on the blue-tick Twitter account of the award organisers on Sunday. The tweet read, “Congrats to @wizkidayo and @temsbaby! “Essence” won …
Read More »KWASU VC, Prof. Akanbi, is dead
Prof. Akanbi The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Mustapha Akanbi, is dead. The KWASU Registrar, Mrs Kikelomo Salle, confirmed this in a statement issued in Ilorin on Sunday. She said Akanbi died on Sunday after a protracted illness. “We urge everyone to remember his immediate and …
Read More »2023: Presidency is no one’s turn, I won’t step down – Kwankwaso
Kwankwaso Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has said it’s a big mistake for any presidential candidate to assume the 2023 presidential election is a birthright. The former Kano governor spoke on Sunday when he was featured on Editors Forum, an initiative of …
Read More »Ex-Diamond Bank CEO, Alex Otti floats new bank, ‘Signature Bank’
Alex Otti Dr. Alex Otti, former group managing director/CEO of defunct Diamond Bank Plc and governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Abia State in the 2023 elections, is set to float a new commercial bank, Signature Bank Limited. We reliably gathered that the new regionally licensed commercial bank will …
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