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Lasisi Elenu Popular social media skit maker Lasisi Elenu has announced the death of his mother Grace Afolabi, who was sick for some years. The comic actor made this known via his Instagram account. He wrote: “So this is truly how it feels to lose someone so precious to you. …

The Federation International of Football Association, FIFA, has suspended Russia from the 2022 FIFA World in Qatar scheduled for November this year. The Gianni Infantino-led FIFA expelled the Eastern European Country following its invasion of Ukraine. Joining the World Soccer body in announcing the expulsion of Russia, the Union of …

The chances of the Presidential aspiration of Anyim Pius Anyim and other Presidential aspirants from the South East brightens as supporters of aspirants from other zones now canvass for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction. Anyim, a leading contender from the South-east is aiming to flag the ticket of the …

 The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Professor Mansur Auwalu Bindawa as a Non-Executive Commissioner on the Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. “The Nomination of Professor Mansur Anwalu Bindawa is Confirmed as New Non-Executive Commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission,” a …

Minister Of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed The Federal Government on Tuesday said it will scale up the level of implementation for donor-financed projects in the country. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this at a retreat for members of the National Assembly …

Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministers The Federal Government is collaborating with Air Peace and Max Air to begin the evacuation of about 2,000 Nigerians who escaped from Ukraine to neighbouring countries. The evacuation is scheduled for Wednesday, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. Onyeama in an interview …

House of Reps Nigeria’s House of Representatives has rejected a proposal to give life pension to Senate President, Speaker of the House and their deputies. When the proposal came up for vote at plenary on Tuesday, 193 members voted against it, while 162 voted in favour and three members abstained. …

Sunday Asefon, the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said that the association protest over the recent strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be worse than the EndSARS struggle if nothing is done to end the strike in few days. Asefon spoke …

Mele Kyari, NNPC GMD The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), has confirmed the exit of International Oil Companies (IOCs) from Nigeria, while maintaining that it would continue to develop the country’s gas resources despite the development, which it attributed to the global push for energy transition and net carbon …

From left— Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, at the reconciliation meeting. The two prominent Yoruba monarchs, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, today, met with Nigeria’s Minister …