Month: October 2022

Reports have it that Twitter under Elon Musk’s thumb may charge $20/month to approve a user’s request for a verification badge. The world’s richest man, Musk, recently bought the social media platform for a whopping $44 billion. According to reports, […]

The Lagos State PDP Governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), said he would end all excesses of transport unions and motor park touts if elected governor in 2023. He stated this while speaking at the formal presentation of the PDP […]

Awards and more recognitions have continued to come the way of Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Ogun State. The latest award came from Soft Heart Foundation, a non-governmental organization, that decorated […]

An NGO, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), has urged the Jigawa Government to declare a State of Emergency because of flood that had wrecked havoc across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The ActionAid’s Resilience Coordinator, Mr Anicetus Atakpu, […]

Nigerian Government is pioneering a voluntary billion dollars’ worth Carbon Market on the continent. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He […]

What is in it for us? When it comes down to brass tacks, this is the question tugging at the heart of zonal political interests in Nigeria. The national integrants think in favour of group interest and protection. How will […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined world leaders in congratulating Brazil’s newly elected President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on winning a hard-fought, divisive runoff election. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide in a statement on Monday in Abuja, […]

Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says the security situation in Nigeria does not warrant travel advisories and terror warnings from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). While the US authorized the evacuation of non-critical staff in […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Feb. 6 for the mention of a suit filed against the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, and former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick. The matter, which […]

Lagos residents faced an increase in the costs of transport fares on Monday as some driver withdrew their services. Along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, a trip from First Gate bus stop to Orile, which used to go for ₦150, the minibusses […]