Two Nigerian girls have placed the nation on the global technology map after emerging winners of the 2025 Technovation Global Summit (Beginner Division) with an artificial intelligence (AI) app designed to tackle drowsy and distracted driving. The prodigies, 10-year-old Akachukwu Blessed Nwachukwu and Ifunanya Gabriella Okoye, both from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, developed Stay Woke,…
The Lagos State Police Command has prohibited the searching of phones by police officers in the state, while also warning against extortion, harassment, violation of human rights and dignity by serving police officers in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, gave the admonition on Thursday during a meeting with Area Commanders,…
Nigerian content creator, Mandy Kiss The Eselu of Iselu Kingdom in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has called on Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to order the arrest of controversial content creator, Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, popularly known as Mandy Kiss, over her planned 24-hour “marathon sex” challenge. Mandy Kiss had recently announced…
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Ladoja at the coronation ceremony with wives The 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has urged President Bola Tinubu to create Ibadan State before 2027. He made the call in his acceptance speech on Friday during his coronation at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, shortly after receiving the Staff of Office…
A Pro-Tinubu group, Tinubu Media Force has congratulated the new Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja. Oba Ladoja was installed as the 44th Olubadan today, 26th of September, 2025. Not by coincidence that Oba Ladoja was born in 1944 and crowned as 44th Olubadan. Speaking on the coronation through the Oyo state TMF coordinator,…
Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery has laid off a number of its Nigerian employees, according to a letter from the company reportedly seen by Reuters and confirmed by officials of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The exact number of affected workers has not been independently verified. “Yes, it is true….
The police command in Ondo has rescued a four-year-old girl, Jesinta Sunday, who was sold for ₦3.7 million in Asaba. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday in Akure, adding that two suspects had been arrested. He stated that the case began on February 3, 2025, when a…
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday afternoon, arrived the Mapo Hall venue of the coronation of Oba Rashidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland in Oyo State. His aircraft landed at 1;45pm and was received by the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, top government functionaries, and notable politicians from the political divide. Tinubu and entourage,…
Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday refused the no case submission filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the terrorism charges filed against him by the federal government. The Judge, while ruling on the application, held that the Department of…
At least five worshippers were shot dead when bandits attacked a mosque during early morning prayers in Yandoto village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attack, which happened on Friday morning, sent a shock wave across the community. Witnesses said the assailants stormed the mosque and opened fire indiscriminately, killing five people on…