Author: Olakunle Oke
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Lagos State Government has signed a strategic agreement with Niger State, a sub national entity with the largest agricultural farmland in the country towards enhancing food production and security. Governors of the two States signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Lagos on Wednesday for a cooperation geared towards exploring their comparative advantages in order […]
The Police Command in Jigawa says suspected robbers killed three persons in Birninkudu Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations (PPRO), DSP Lawan Shiisu, on Wednesday in Dutse. He said: “Yestarday (Tuesday), at about 8:00 p.m., information received from Iggi village that three gunmen were sighted on […]
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, stated on Wednesday that the insecurity level in the country has reduced drastically since President Bola Tinubu took office on May 29, 2023. Akpabio made this statement while contributing to a debate on a motion regarding the recent killings in Benue State. He noted that while the latest attack was […]
The daughter of Dr Herbert Wigwe, the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Tochi Wigwe, gave an emotional tribute to her father on Wednesday night. Tochi, along with several other friends and relatives, shared their condolences for the 57-year-old during the Night of Tributes at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The funeral rites for […]
It listed the timeline for the closure, asking users to take needed action. “Users are encouraged to withdraw NGN, trade their NGN assets, or convert NGN into crypto prior to the discontinuation of these NGN services,” Binance said in a statement. “From 2024-03-08 08:00 (UTC), any remaining NGN balances in users’ Binance accounts will be […]
African Development Bank (AfDB) chief Akinwumi Adesina says the future of the Nigerian youths does not lie in Europe, North America or anywhere else but in the West African country, here in the continent of Africa. The former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture stated this when he bagged the prestigious 2023 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership […]
Philip Shaibu, said the Court’s decision will determine the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the governorship election scheduled for September 21, 2024. n Tuesday, the PDP National Working Committee, led by the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, issued a Certificate of Return to Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate for the upcoming Edo governorship election. […]
Ghana celebrates 67 years since gaining independence from its former colonial rulers, the British, today, March 6, 2024. After 83 years of British colonial rule, Ghana gained independence, becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve freedom from Britain. The country’s inaugural President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, proclaimed Ghana’s liberation from colonial rule as a significant […]
Funke Akindele’s ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ has left Nigerian cinemas after a record-breaking run that culminated in a total gross of ₦1.4 billion. The comedy film follows five poor brothers who must dabble in a life of crime in a desperate bid to save their ill mother’s life. After 11 weeks, according to data released […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is planning to set up an oil trading arm, likely based in London, to help run crude and products supply for his new refinery in Nigeria. According to Reuters, the move would reduce the role of the world’s biggest trading firms, which have been negotiating for months to provide the refinery […]
