MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telecom operator, has stressed the urgent need for the telecommunications sector to return to profitability to sustain its operations. The Chief Executive Officer of MTN, Karl Toriola, made this known on Monday during a tour of MTN’s facilities by Fellows of the Media Innovation Programme in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The MTN…
Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been nominated as the winner of the 2025 Founders Sunhak Peace Award to be presented by the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation in Seoul, South Korea. In a statement signed by Ikechukwu Eze, Special Adviser Goodluck Jonathan, The ex-Nigerian leader becomes the third person and the first African leader…
The Lagos State Police Command has declared activist Omoyele Sowore wanted over an alleged plan to incite public disorder and block major roads in the state. Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, announced this on Monday at the Iyana-Oworo section of the Third Mainland Bridge, saying the command is closing in on Sowore and others accused…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has reactivated the portal of Jamiu Basola, a Civil Engineering graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, after he was previously flagged for possessing a fake admission. Basola, who graduated in 2024 with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.41, said he sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
The Special Adviser to the Taraba State governor on Political Matters and Special Duties, Josiah Kente, has said that the growing call for Governor Agbu Kefas to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was a strategic move aimed at accelerating the state’s development and integration into national politics. In a statement issued on Tuesday…
Content creator and former fiancée of Oluwadolarz, Ifeluv, has fired back at his cryptic post suggesting that people are respected when wealthy but disrespected when not. The controversy erupted after Ifeluv publicly announced the end of their relationship, accusing Oluwadolarz of infidelity, financial irresponsibility, and neglecting their four-year-old son. In response, Oluwadolarz shared a post…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky. Daily Trust had reported how the crossdresser was nabbed in Lagos on Monday morning. In a statement, Public Relations Officer of Immigration, DCI Kenneth Udo, said Okuneye is a “person of interest”. He added that Bobrisky was…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will conduct an additional mop-up examination for candidates who missed their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board revealed that an estimated 5.6% of candidates missed their exams, and in order to accommodate them, it will organise a special mop-up exercise, extending the opportunity…
In its ongoing efforts to clean Nigeria of internet fraud and other acts of corruption, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested four Chinese and 104 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja. The information contained in a Statement signed by the Commission’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale says…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the release of funds for the payment of pension arrears, salary increases, and other entitlements owed to retired military personnel, following two days of peaceful protests at the Federal Ministry of Finance by military veterans. Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, announced the development on Friday, expressing…
