Florence Otedola, also known as DJ Cuppy, a popular disc jockey and daughter of Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola, has made history as the first Nigerian to host an opening session at the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. Cuppy moderated the Youth Action Day at the 2024, UNGA, themed “The Summit of the Future – Youth […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, has announced the time it will commence the collation of results for Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. In a statement from the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner Anugbum Onuoha, the collation would kick off by 10 am. The collation will take place at INEC head office in Benin, Edo capital. […]
Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has described the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the most dangerous institution in Nigeria. Davido made the allegation in a series of posts on his X handle amid the ongoing gubernatorial election in Edo State. The Afrobeat singer urged Edo residents to be ready to follow […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded over 73.67 per cent of the results from the Edo governorship election onto its Result Viewing Portal. Reports confirmed that 3329 results out of 4,519 polling units where elections held in the state have been uploaded. Recall that Anugbum Onuoha, the Resident Electoral Commissioner ,REC, in Edo, had […]
Josh Maja scored the winning goal as West Bromwich Albion extended their unbeaten run in the Sky Bet Championship courtesy of a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Plymouth Argyle. Maja netted the decisive goal two minutes after the hour mark. It was the Nigeria international’s sixth goal of the campaign. The Baggies have now claimed five […]
The region, still recovering from a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake, has been hit by what officials describe as “unprecedented” rainfall. The Japan Meteorological Agency ,JMA, issued its highest-level life-threatening alert for Ishikawa, warning that the heavy downpour would continue until midday on Sunday. More than 40,000 residents across four cities have been ordered to […]
Burna Boy and Odumodublvck have been nominated for the 2024 edition of the BET Hip Hop Awards. Reports confirmed the award organizers released the full nomination list. Megan Thee Stallion led this year’s nominations with 12 nods while Kendrick Lamar followed with 11. Burna Boy and Odumodublvck both bagged one nomination each in the ‘Best […]
As of Tuesday, the country administered 300 doses of the vaccine to high-risk individuals in a border region with the Democratic Republic of Congo ,DRC. Director-General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control – Africa CDC- Jean Kaseya,, confirmed the commencement of the campaign, stating the urgency of curbing the outbreak. The Rwandan Ministry of Health […]
FMDQ data showed that the foreign exchange transactions turnover declined to $87.51 million on Thursday from $139.48 million recorded the previous day. This represents a $57.97 million decrease in FX transactions turnover on a single day. The development led to the depreciation of Naira to N1544.02 per dollar on Thursday for N1539.65 exchanged on Wednesday. […]
Israeli police and domestic intelligence said the man was twice smuggled into Iran and received payment to carry out missions. In a joint statement, they said the suspect was a businessman who had lived in Turkey and had Turkish contacts who had helped get him into Iran. The announcement comes at a time of soaring […]