Films get nominations Tunde Kelani and Jade Osiberu’s film, Ayinla, has joined 44 others to make the nomination list of the 2021 Africa Movie Academy Awards(AMAA). Somalian hit film, The Gravediggers wife, and Funke Akindele-Bello’s ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ also received multiple nominations. ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ received the most nominations with 10, including nominations in […]
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Mastercard Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to addressing unemployment in Nigeria by providing access to dignified and fulfilling jobs for 30 million young people under its Young Africa Works strategy, 10 million of which will come from Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Country Head, Mastercard Foundation Nigeria, Chidinma Lawanson, during a panel session themed, […]
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A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on October 27, 2021, shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (C) visiting the ministry of oil to follow up on latest issues caused in the fuel distribution system. – Iranian authorities blamed a mysterious cyberattack for unprecedented disruption to the country’s fuel distribution network. (Photo by Iranian Presidency […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party concluded its elective national convention in the early hours of Sunday, with the newly elected National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, declaring that the party is back to take back power from the All Progressives Congress. This is just as members of the next National Working Committee were declared by the Governor of […]
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US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after receiving a booster of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on October 30, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP) The first woman and first person of color to become US vice president, Kamala Harris made history on […]
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Obafemi Awolowo Train Station, Moniya, Ibadan. Photo: Gbenga Akinfenwa Among other things, the revival of the Lagos-Ibadan Train Service (LITS) has been described as a major milestone towards revitalising the country’s moribund railway system. But Gbenga Akinfenwa, who went on a train trip from Lagos to Ibadan, reports that notable glitches, sharp practices and other […]
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FIFA on Friday escaped a soccer coach’s lawsuit challenging a bribery conviction and coaching ban handed down by the organisation’s judicial body, after a Manhattan federal judge found that the Swiss dispute has no jurisdictional ties to New York. United States (U.S.) District Judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, axed the August 2 complaint filed by Samson […]
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This undated file photo handout released by the Afghan Taliban undated handout photograph released by the Afghan Taliban on May 25, 2016 shows, according to the Afghan Taliban, the new Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada posing for a photograph at an undisclosed location. – Haibatullah Akhundzada has made his first-ever public appearance, officials announced on October 31, […]
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Mimiko. Photo: Wikipedia The declaration of the immediate past Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Thursday, rejoining the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has since been raising a lot of dust within the party. Chairman, PDP Governor’s Forum and Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, had led three other governors to […]
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*National Chairman – Iyorchia Ayu (Unopposed) *Deputy National Chairman (North) – Umar Damagum (Contested) *Deputy National Chairman (South) – Taofeek Arapaja (Contested) *National Secretary – Samuel Anyanwu (Unopposed) *National Treasurer – Ahmed Mohammed (Unopposed) *National Organising Secretary – Umar Bature (Unopposed) *National Financial Secretary – Daniel Woyegikuro (Unopposed) *National Women’s Leader – Professor Stella Effah-Attoe […]
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