Buhari celebrates music maestro King Sunny Ade at 76

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, celebrated internationally renowned artist and King of Juju Music, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye aka King Sunny Ade, who turns 76. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari lauded the veteran artist for advancing Nigerian music on the world stage, being the first Nigerian […]

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Otedola’s daughter says ‘guys want my dad not me’

Florence and father, Femi Otedola Popular disc jockey, Florence Otedola aka Cuppy has stated most guys she crosses paths with are not really interested in her. Cuppy, during a chat, said many guys back in Nigeria have shown her they want her father, the billionaire business mogul but not her. The 29-year-old entertainer said she […]

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Low turnout as Oyo primary schools’ pupils resume for new session

Adeniran, left, during the monitoring of resumption of Oyo State primary schools’ pupils for the 2022/23 academic session on Monday, September 19, 2022 Govt urges parents: Send your children back to school Sets 50% benchmark for pupils’ promotion Oyo State Government on Monday decried the low turnout of pupils in public schools, as schools resume […]

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Ondo primary schools resume new session amid vandalisation reports

SUBEB members, Hon Saka Yusuf Ogunleye and Princess Ademulegun Brown inspecting one of the vandalised primary schools in Akure, while monitoring the resumption of Ondo State primary schools pupils for the new academic session on Monday SUBEB invites police, security agents to wade in, stop further looting Appeals to Deji of Akure to intervene By […]

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World leaders, 4 billion audience bid Queen Elizabeth farewell

About four billion people on Monday viewed the televised proceedings of the state funeral held for Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Elizabeth Alexandra Windsor, officially known as Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8, 2022, at age 96. The event had been projected to smash other TV records, one of which was the opening ceremony […]

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Cooking gas price increases by 101% in one year — NBS

The average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,397.68 in July to N4,456.56 in August. The assertion was made by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its Cooking Gas Price Watch issued on Tuesday in Abuja. It noted that the price in August indicated a 1.34 percent increase on a month-on-month basis […]

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Sanusi urges FG, ASUU to resolve lingering strike

Ex-Emir of Kano and former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Alhaji Lamido Sanusi, as a key speaker at a session on “Transforming Education through Grassroots Innovation: A Localised Teacher-Led Approach’’ on the margins of the 3-day Transforming Education Summit at the ongoning UN General Assembly in New York Ex-Emir of Kano and former Governor […]

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INEC faults claim it failed to register 7 million voters

INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission has described as misleading, the claim that it denied over seven million Nigerians the opportunity to complete their online pre-registration during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The electoral umpire noted that most of the affected citizens failed to either complete the online enrolment or appear […]

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