Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has won the Best African Music Performance category at the 67th Grammy Awards. She secured the award with her song Love Me JeJe, beating Tomorrow by Yemi Alade, MMS by Asake featuring Wizkid, Sensational by Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, and Higher by Burna Boy. Tems received three nominations at this year’s Grammys, bringing her career total to eight. She was […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has advised citizens to avoid all but essential trips to Uganda and other countries with confirmed Ebola Virus Disease cases. The advisory followed the January 30 confirmation of the outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola virus in Wakiso, Mukono and Mbale City by the Ugandan Ministry of Health. The NCDC Director-General, Dr. Jide Idris said the agency is reinforcing surveillance […]
Workers of Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in Oyo state have threatened to withdraw their services beginning Wednesday, February 5, 2025, over the continued delay in the implementation of the approved minimum wage for the institutions. The workers made the threat known in a statement signed by the Chairman of, Joint Action Committee (JAC), Tertiary Institutions in the state, Dr Kola Lawal. The statement reads in parts: “It is on […]
The Federal Government, has donated the sum 30million Naira to the family of the national flag designer, the late Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, almost two years after his demise. The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Issa-Onilu, accompanied by the Oyo State Director of the agency, Olukemi Afolayan, made the official presentation of the cheque on behalf of the Federal Government at the Elebu, Ibadan, Oyo State residence of […]
The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, in collaboration with the National Moon Sighting Committee, has announced that there were no confirmed reports of the sighting of the crescent moon marking the beginning of Sha’aban 1446AH. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the committee stated that no moonsighting reports were received from various committees nationwide. It reads, “As a result, Thursday, January 30, 2025, will be observed […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has resolved to hold a nationwide anti-telecom tariff hike protest Tuesday, February 4, as part of its mobilization against the planned 50 percent telecom tariff hike. The nationwide protest was agreed on at the ongoing National Administrative Council, NAC of NLC It is aimed at sounding a note of warning to the government that workers would resist the planned hike as it would worsen the […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, on Wednesday, paid a condolence visit to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. The chairman of the forum, Gov. Bala Mohammed led his colleagues on the condolence visit to Makinde in his private residence at Agodi GRA, Ibadan. Mohammed, the governor of Bauchi State, expressed the forum’s heartfelt sympathy to Makinde, describing his late […]
The federal government has announced its plans to implement the National Single Window (NSW) in its bid to reduce the cost of doing business across tha nation’s ports by at least 25 per cent. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adeboyega Oyetola disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday. Speaking at the stakeholders’ forum on the establishment of the NSW in Lagos , Oyetola said the implementation of the Single […]
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has warned against the practice of top bureaucrats in the National Assembly Service Commission to remain in office even after the expiration of their years of service. Akpabio spoke when the outgoing Chairman and members of the National Assembly Service Commission were in his office on a courtesy visit. He also tasked the Commission to do everything possible to use the powers conferred on it […]
The Alaafin-elect, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has extended his heartfelt condolence to Governor Seyi Makinde over the passing of his beloved brother, Sunday Makinde. The deceased, the monarch stated, was a man of exemplary character, renowned for his kindness, piety, and unwavering dedication to the family. His life, he noted, was a testament to service, devotion, and love, leaving behind a legacy that will forever remain an inspiration to all who knew him. […]
