The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has warned that a rise in food prices is imminent. The farmers told Nigerians to prepare for doubled food prices from August. The prices of staple menu like beans, rice and garri may jump by as high as 50 per cent from next month, they warned. According to Read More…
The Uyo Correctional Centre has turned back a Lagos-based human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong sentenced to one month imprisonment on Wednesday morning by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Obot allegedly without trial. The prison authorities, according to Effiong, declined to incarcerate him, on grounds of Covid-19 protocols. Effiong has been updating Read More…
The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature released the shortlist of 11 drawn from 287 books in the running for the 2022 edition of the prize, focused on poetry. The literature prize is sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) with a cash award of $100,000. The 11 books on the longlist, in alphabetical Read More…
The Naira on Tuesday depreciated at the Investors and Exporters window, against the dollar, exchanging at N431. The figure represented a decrease of 0.90 per cent compared with the N427.17 it exchanged to the dollar on Monday. The open indicative rate closed at N427.30 to the dollar on Tuesday. An exchange rate of N444 to Read More…
Nigeria has notified the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of her desire to stage the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2025. The country last hosted a major international football tournament almost 13 years ago. Cameroon hosted the delayed edition last January with Cote ‘d Ivoire scheduled to stage the next edition next year. CAF Read More…
Former President Donald Trump returned to Washington for the first time since leaving office Tuesday, and hinted at running for office again in 2024. He vigorously repeated his false election claims that sparked the January 6 insurrection at the nearby Capitol. “It was a catastrophe, that election. A disgrace to our country,” he said, insisting Read More…
Former United States President Barrack Obama has picked Tems, Burna Boy, Pheelz, and BNXN as the four Nigerian music stars who made his 2022 summer playlist. Obama annually releases a list of his favourite songs from across the world. For summer 2022, the 44th US president put out his latest song list in a Twitter Read More…
Birmingham, UK was held spellbound when reggae music merged with classical syncopations on Tuesday, 26 July. The show featured Bob Marley’s grandson, Skip and Chineke! Orchestra, led by Nigerian-British double-bassist Professor ChiChi Nwanoku. Three generations of Bob Marley’s family were at the show in Birmingham on Tuesday – 50 years after the singer’s first performance Read More…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s investments in young residents are set for a boost with the proposed launch of the Lagos State School Sports Intervention programme (LASSIP). The Director of Public Relations, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Titi Oshodi-Eko said the launch would help to reinvigorate school sports system. Oshodi-Eko said that LSSC would flag off the Read More…
‘Last Last’ a hit song by Grammy Award-winning Nigerian, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has climbed up the chart to number 77 on the Billboard Top 100. The song debuted on the chart at number 86, a week ago. The song samples the hit track of Toni Braxton’s song titled “He wasn’t Man Read More…
