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Nigeria national honours award medal The Federal Government has said due to circumstances beyond its control, the Thursday June 1 date earlier fixed for the collection of the instruments National Honour Award for the recently announced 340 recipients is no longer feasible. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had days before vacating …

Prof. Wole Soyinka The Nobel Laureate (Literature), Professor Wole Soyinka, is presently in Brazil, participating in the Back to Black Festival which started on 25 May 2023. The event’s “Portrait of Africa” panel is moderated by Carolina Morais, Professor Soyinka and Bahian. Musician Mateus Aleluia spoke eloquently about many aspects …

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Department of State Security Service (DSS) to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos. The President gave the directive when reports that DSS officials stormed the EFCC office located on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, …

EFCC boss, Bawa Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba said President Bola Tinubu needs to dismantle the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in his bid to have a successful anti-corruption war. Agbakoba stated this while speaking in an interview on The Morning Show of Arise Television on Wednesday. …

Osun State High Court on Tuesday, May 30, sentenced owner of Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, to d£ath by hanging for the m¥rder of Timothy Adegoke. Adegoke, a former postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, was m¥rdered inside his hotel room at Hilton Hotels in November …

Few hours after the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th president, diehard supporters of Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice President and rival candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Reno Omokri and Daniel Bwala, have abandoned him by committing to the new administration. Tinubu who was sworn in on Monday …

Popular microblogging platform, Twitter has gotten rid of the verification badge on the account of the former Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo. This comes as Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima were sworn into office on Monday as the 16th President and Vice President respectively. Since Elon Musk took over …

Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to ensure a Lagos State that is the economic engine of Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu made the pledge on Monday in his speech after he was sworn-in for a second term in office. The governor was sworn-in by the …

The death of Raymond Dokpesi, the renowned Nigerian media mogul and founder of DAAR Communications Plc, has been confirmed by his family. the broken news of Dokpesi’s death earlier on Monday, which a family source said resulted from a stroke suffered by the media mogul. Known for his pioneering contributions to …

Chairman, DAAR Communication, Raymond Dokpesi Raymond Dokpesi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and founder, DAAR Communications plc, has died at the age of 71. A family member confirmed on Monday, saying the media mogul died at a hospital in Abuja. According to the family source who doesn’t want …