Tensions have flared between award-winning Afrobeats singer Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu and socialite Pascal Okechukwu, Cubana Chief Priest. The rift began when Burna Boy referred to the socialite as the “Owerri Rick Ross” in a post widely interpreted as a jab at the celebrity barman, a close friend of Davido. In the post, Burna Boy…
Best graduating female students of Joseph Ayo Babalola University would be receiving N50 million as an endowment fund from Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu. Tinubu made the declaration on Friday, December 6, at the 15th convocation ceremony of the university in Ekiti State. Represented by the First Lady of the State, Olayemi Oyebanji, Nigeria’s number…
The Lagos State Police Command, Onikan, has arrested a domestic staff, Salaudeen Abubakri for bolting away with his new employers Range Rover SUV in Lagos. The suspect, who was on Tuesday paraded before newsmen at the Zone 2 Police Command by the public relations officer in charge of the Zone SP Umma Ayuba, claimed that…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the leadership of the National Assembly members for fixing what it described as the running cost of lawmakers. Joined in the suit were the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. The group claimed the duo failed to end “the…
The China Development Bank (CDB) has approved a $254.76 million loan to support the construction of the Kano-Kaduna railway project in Nigeria by the President Bola Tinubu-led government. In a statement released on Tuesday, the bank said the funding would facilitate the smooth implementation of the infrastructure project. The construction is being handled by the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed that more than 94 per cent of the cash in circulation in the country is outside the control of deposit banks, marking a significant year-on-year increase of N1.59 trillion in the amount of currency held outside banks. Data from the CBN’s money and credit statistics shows that a…
The Kukah Centre, on Wednesday, expressed concerns that some Nigerians have developed a habit of expending their hard-earned money on beer, pepper soup and other unhealthy lifestyles even in the face of economic hardship. The Executive Director of the centre, Rev. Fr. Attah Barkindo, raised the concerns at a one-day Strategic Dialogue on Nutrition by…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted a revised list of nominees for the Governing Board of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) to the Senate, along with nominations for the South East Development Commission (SEDC), as part of his commitment to regional development. The revised NWDC list names Alhaji Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi as the new…
A Palestinian TV channel affiliated with a militant group said five of its journalists were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on their vehicle in Gaza, with Israel’s military saying it had targeted a “terrorist cell”. A missile hit the journalists’ broadcast truck as it was parked in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza,…
About 100 fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly lost their lives during a clash in the Lake Chad region. According to a report by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the clash occurred early this month in Toumbun Gini, Abadam…