Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, a pioneer in Nigeria’s entertainment sector and the creator of the esteemed AMAA Awards, has passed away. After being in a coma since Saturday, she reportedly passed away at St. Nicolas Hospital in Lagos. While her coworkers and close friends, some of whom visited her in the hospital, refused to believe the news Read More…
Yemi Alade, Nigerian Afro Pop artist, has been named as Spotify’s ‘EQUAL Africa Artiste’ for January. Spotify is an internet streaming service. In a statement released on Monday in Lagos, Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa, said this. According to her, the Spotify EQUAL Africa programme aims to give female artists the Read More…
The Lagos State Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party (LP) has urged party members and supporters to take to the streets to rally support for the party’s candidates. It said that voters across the state are looking out for LP. The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Shokunbi, issued the directive while providing an Read More…
Gunmen with AK-47s seized more than 30 persons from the Tom Ikimi rail station in Igueben, Edo state, Nigeria, on Saturday. The attack is the latest evidence of escalating insecurity in Africa’s most populous country, challenging the government ahead of a February presidential election. Armed herders assaulted Tom Ikimi station at 4 p.m. on Saturday Read More…
A police report says that in the early hours of today, hundreds of people pretending to be Yoruba Nation agitators upset normal social and business life in the Ojota area of Lagos. In a statement issued by police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, through his Twitter handle, police from Alausa Division and the Rapid Respond Squad Read More…
Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Lagos State Commissioner of Education, has challenged students and children across the state to build on their past achievements in the coming year. A statement released by Adefisayo on Sunday urged students to be prepared for the start of the second semester of the 2022–2023 academic year on Monday. For her, this Read More…
A lot of hope has been placed on the country’s February 25, 2023, general elections. It actually seems that the country’s continued existence depends on them. Already, some foreign observers have dispatched advanced teams. However, amidst all these, a 93-year-old statesman, scanning the horizon, advises that the elections be postponed by six months if the Read More…
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived; it is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead”. — Nelson Mandela When Cardinal Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger was elected the 265th Pope on 19 April 2005, he was the Read More…
Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has urged Nigerians to keep praying for the peaceful and successful conduct of the general elections in February. Obasa offered the advice in his New Year’s speech delivered on Sunday in Lagos. The speaker emphasised the importance of continuing to pray for Nigeria, Read More…
Tens of thousands of mourners entered St. Peter’s Basilica in a constant stream on Monday to pay their respects to retired Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of his three-day state burial. Benedict passed away on Saturday at the age of 95, in the remote Vatican monastery where he had been living since his shocking Read More…
