The former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has showed his unwavering support to Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon on Wednesday. Onakoya, the coach and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, on announced his plan to play chess continuously for 58 hours without losing a game starting from 10am on April 17 to 8pm on April 19 in […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has granted businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief priest, N10 million bail with two sureties in like sum. Cubana was arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts of spraying and tampering with Naira notes during a social event in Lagos, contrary to the provisions of the Central Bank Act of 2007. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
Twenty-nine suspects have been arraigned on Wednesday before the Chief Magistrate Court Iyaganku Ibadan for their involvement and roles in aborted invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat on Saturday, April 13. The suspects were arraigned on seven count charges bothering on treasonable felony, unlawful society, illegal possession of firearm, conduct likely to cause breach of peace. The offence according to the Investigative Police Officer, Bakare Rasaq, is contrary to and punishable […]
The federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment says it has begun disbursement of the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme to verified applicants after an in-depth selection process. Under the scheme which will be facilitated through the Bank of Industry, government said it would be disbursing three categories of funding totaling N200bn to support manufacturers and businesses across the country. In a progress report posted on the trade minister’s official X […]
The police have launched a manhunt for Mrs. Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, a suspected sponsor of the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Ibadan by some Yoruba Nation agitators. The manhunt for Mrs. Onitiri-Abiola, a widow of the prominent politician, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, followed her broadcast in a viral video in which she claimed responsibility for the violence that jolted the governments of the six Southwest. It will […]
The owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, Elon musk has confirmed plans to charge new users to post on the social media platform. While replying to a post about the X policy on new accounts he said the plan is the only solution to curb the issue of bots on the platform. He noted that the proliferation of fake accounts occupies the available space for usernames, leading to the unavailability […]
The Federal Government has complied with the demands of domestic crude oil refiners and other operators in the sector after it declared on Monday that indigenous refineries can now buy crude oil in naira or dollars. It also declared that the total crude oil and condensate reserves in Nigeria increased to 37.5 billion barrels as of January 1, 2024, with a life index of 68.01 years. The chief executive of […]
Security has been beefed up following the invasion of masked uniformed men at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan over the weekend. A combined team of security operatives has been stationed at the two major entrances leading to the state Secretariat Agodi Ibadan . People are being thoroughly searched before they could gain entry to the secretariat complex, while the liberty flyover bridge leading to the state secretariat was […]
The national grid has collapsed again. The electricity generation on the system collapsed from 2,583.7Mega Watts at 2am today to 64.7Mega Watts around 3 am. This makes it the sixth collapse in 2024. Nigeria generates an average of 4,000Mega Watts of electricity for an estimated two million citizens across the country. Data from the Independent System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, showed that only one electricity […]
