Rema, the Ozeba crooner, has noted that he ranks among Afrobeats greatest artistes. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the Calm Down hitmaker clarified his earlier statement about Nigeria’s top four…
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Lagos constructs 1,290 classrooms in six years
The Lagos State government has constructed about 1,290 classroom blocks and rehabilitated 386 blocks of classrooms in six years. This is aside from the approximately 208,000 composite pieces of furniture that address…
Bishop calls for sustained economic policies, security
The Bishop of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN), Rev. Nelson Malau, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to sustain the current economic policies that have led to reduction in…
Natasha’s kinsmen appeal to Tinubu, IGP, Ododo for intervention
The kinsmen of the embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in the Ochiga-Ihima community, Kogi State, have pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to wade into the Akpabio/Natasha crisis in the Senate. They also…
Taiwan probes two Chinese influencers over ‘unification’ comments
Two Chinese influencers living in Taiwan are under investigation over their comments “advocating unification” with China, a Taipei immigration official said Tuesday, days after the agency ordered a third Chinese influencer to…
Court orders Oba Otudeko to appear for N12.3b fraud arraignment
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Oba Otudeko to appear in court over an alleged N30 billion loan fraud. The order was delivered by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the federal…
Former Lagos PDP guber candidate, JANDOR, rejoins APC
Former Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, also known as JANDOR, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was disclosed yesterday at a briefing,…
They move in, mess it up, call it smelly – Lagos govt
The Lagos State Government has slammed the member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ushie Uguamaye, for stating that “Lagos is smelling.” In a chat with our correspondent, the Director, Public…
Obasanjo knocks Tinubu’s administration, labour union leaders over poor minimum wage
Former Nigerian President who ruled the country between 1999 and 2007, Olusegun Obasanjo, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and labour union leaders over the minimum wage. In his recently published…
At Eko Atlantic, FirstBank recreates another first-mover advantage
Thirteen decades after it first set up shop in Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, inspired by its parent company (FirstHoldCo) chairman, Femi Otedola, has set the standard again as it commences…