The Pacesetter Transport Services has announced that the much anticipated interstate services of the company is set to kick off before the end of 2024. The Chairman and Sole Administrator of the Pacesetter Transport Services, Hon. Dr. Dikko Salami, has earlier hinted that the interstate service is due for launch and will see the light…
Portable has taken a swipe at Speed Darlington over his controversial claim of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Darlington sparked outrage on social media after footage of him confessing to having sexual intercourse with the minor surfaced on Tuesday. The backlash prompted swift action from authorities, with the Lagos State Domestic and…
The family of former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari has announced the death of his last surviving wife, Hajiya Saratu Shehu Shagari, at the age of 89. The announcement was made in a statement signed by the eldest son of the former President and Sarkin Mafaran Shagari, Capt. Bala Shagari. He disclosed that Hajiya Saratu…
A group of aggrieved women from Oke-Ere, a community in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Wednesday staged a protest against what they described as the “endless reign of terror” unleashed on their people by armed kidnappers and Fulani herdsmen. In a video sighted by our correspondent, the women, mostly elderly, appeared…
Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed Wednesday after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. He was 31. As Trump remade the Republican Party, Kirk embodied the party’s newfound populist conservatism in the social media age….
Gunmen stormed a hostel in Saulsville, 18 kilometres west of Pretoria, on Saturday, killing 11 people, including a three-year-old child, South African police said. The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have shaken the country of 63 million, South Africa Broadcasting News reports. Police spokeswoman Athlenda Mathe said: “I can…
Celebrity chef and Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, on Friday officially began her attempt to cook the world’s largest pot of Nigerian jollof rice at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. Baci, who in 2023 set the record for the longest cooking marathon, is hosting the “Gino Jollof Festival” in partnership with seasoning and…
Nigerian singer Wizkid, alongside Tems, has been ranked No. 22 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 250 greatest songs of the 21st century so far for their 2020 hit “Essence.” The song, from Wizkid’s album Made in Lagos, is a sultry blend of Afrobeats, Afro-pop, and R&B, and features Tems’ distinctive vocals on the chorus,…
Retired Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, the Rivers State military administrator in the wake of the state of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu, was born on September 27, 1960. Mr Ibas, a native of Nko in Cross Rivers State, was Nigeria’s 22nd Chief of Naval Staff between 2015 and 2021. He served…
A man, Godwin Anuka, who was kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders alongside his wife and two children in the Ubulu-Uku area of Delta State, has been killed in the presence of his wife and children. The Senior Special Assistant on Civil Society and Youth Mobilisation to the Delta State Governor, Harrison Gwamnishu, disclosed this in…