The Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, has condemned the brutal attack on Oloka village, the killing of civilians and rangers within Old Oyo National Park, and sympathizes with the families of the forest guards In a statement signed by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, Alaafin described the […]
The Federal Government has announced a policy aimed at reducing education costs for parents and improving learning outcomes through the use of reusable, high-quality textbooks in schools across the country, allowing siblings to share textbooks. The move, which is part of education reforms targeted at repositioning Nigeria’s education sector aims to ease the financial burden […]
Afrobeats superstar, Davido, has announced that his long-awaited collaborative project with American R&B icon Chris Brown is set for release next year. The award-winning Nigerian artist disclosed this in a recent interview with Billboard Arabia, opening up about his philosophy toward cross-cultural musical partnerships. He emphasised a preference for organic, natural creative connections over forced or […]
Nigerian actress and filmmaker, Bolaji Ogunmola, has slammed the United Nigeria Airline for a “series of flight disruptions” that have left her stranded in Ekiti, severely impacting the first day of production for her new film. Ogunmola shared an emotional video on Instagram, revealing that she was scheduled to fly to Lagos on Wednesday. According […]
Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, and her husband, Ivara Esege, have lost one of their twin sons, Nkanu Nnamdi following a brief illness. Her representative, Omawumi Ogbe disclosed this in a statement, saying the author’s family expressed sadness over the boy’s death and requested privacy “during this difficult time”. “We’re deeply saddened to confirm the […]
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has kicked against impeachment proceedings on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, initiated by the Rivers State House of Assembly, warning that such action could destabilise the State. This was disclosed in a statement released by the party, saying it had taken note of “unfortunate developments” arising from […]
The members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have begun impeachment proceedings against the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Deputy Governor, Ngozi Odu. This is as members presented notice of accusations of gross misconduct against Fubara and Odu during plenary, presided over by the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins […]
Police authorities have confirmed the bandit attack that occurred at the National Park Service, NPS office in Oloka, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to the spokesman for the Oyo State Police Command, Ayanlade Olayinka, the incident claimed the lives of five National Park Officials. “Yes, there was an attack by yet to […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, to steer clear of political affairs in Rivers State. Wike’s warning followed comments attributed to Basiru, who had cautioned the APC National Vice Chairman (South-South), Victor Giadom, against what he described as disrespect […]
Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan, has announced the release date for the second season of his epic series ‘Anikulapo’. In a recent Instagram post, Afolayan shared a picture of the first season of the series, revealing that the second instalment would premiere on Netflix on January 30. “Anikulapo series season 2 coming on 30 January on @naijaonnetflix. […]