Makinde presents N70m Prado Jeep to Fuji music star Saheed Osupa

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has presented a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SUV to popular Fuji musician, Akorede Babatunde Okunola, popularly known as Saheed Osupa. The grey-coloured exotic automobile is reportedly worth a staggering N70 million. Osupa revealed this in an Instagram post where he was captured behind the wheels of his […]

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Tinubu yet to fix census date, disregard recruitment advert, NPC tells Nigerians

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu receives in Audience, the chairman of the National Population Commission, Mr Nasir Isa Kwarra and his delegation from the Commission at the State House, Abuja on Thursday… Credit: Twitter/DOlusegun President Bola Tinubu has not fixed a date for the conduct of the upcoming Population and Housing Census in Nigeria, according to […]

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Zimbabweans vote in tense poll as president seeks new term

Opposition leader for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Nelson Chamisa (C) casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential and legislative elections in Harare, on August 23, 2023. – Zimbabweans on August 23, 2023, began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP) Zimbabweans on Wednesday voted […]

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Made-in-Nigeria phones: Another good idea, awful execution

For a country like Nigeria with her huge potential, and enterprising people in the haste of real development, it remains pathetic that despite higher ranking among countries in the world with huge mobile connections today, manufacturing of mobile phones in Nigeria has remained a mirage, as over 99 percent of mobile devices in the country […]

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Niger: New twist in crisis as Russian mercenaries arrive

Wagner group in Mali with arms, ammunition Abdulsalami raises dialogue hopes, briefs Tinubu The arrival of Russian mercenary group Wagner in Mali with soldiers, arms, and ammunition, has introduced a new twist into the crisis over the military coup in Niger Republic. The Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, a few days after appearing in a […]

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Tinubu can’t govern without data

By Oluwayemisi Oyeronke Alaba There has been a welter of strong negative public opinions against the seeming flip-flop attitude of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over some of his planned policies targeted at addressing multi-dimensional poverty in the country. First, he mooted the idea of giving eight thousand Naira to 12 million poor households in Nigeria […]

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Kwara Assembly confirms 18 commissioner-nominees

Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of 18 persons as Commissioners as sent to it by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. This followed their screening and consideration at the assembly’s Committee of Whole during Tuesday’s plenary. The move was in line with Section 182 Sub-Section 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the […]

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Golden girl, Tobi Amusan, romps into semifinals

American psychologist working on defending champion World 100m women’s hurdles record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, raised the country’s hope for medals, yesterday when she easily qualified for the semifinals of the event at the ongoing World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Amusan, who was competing for the first time since her clearance from alleged anti-doping infractions […]

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Budapest fans root for Tobi Amusan’s successful World title defence

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan celebrates setting a world record in the women’s 100m hurdles final during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 24, 2022. (Photo by Jewel Samad / AFP) For a majority of athletics followers here in Budapest, the participation of Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan in the ongoing 19th World […]

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APC USA rally support for Tinubu, urges unity of purpose from ministers

The All Progressives Congress chapter of the United States of America (APC USA) has called on Nigerians to support the policy direction of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration. Prof. Tai Balofin, Chairman of APC USA, reassured Nigerians of President Tinubu’s commitment to good governance and effective leadership. “We stand united behind President Tinubu, confident […]

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