The top three trending people in Nigeria in the first half of the year are Peter Obi, Vladimir Putin and Bianca Ojukwu, according to Google Nigeria. The online search engine giant disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. It translates to more than a billion Read More…
Security operatives chasing a Yahoo boy have reportedly shot dead a pupil and injured four others in Ogun State. The deceased was identified as an SS2 student while a passerby was said to be among those injured by stray bullets fired by the security operatives. The deceased, a 17-year-old student of Unity High School, Ago Read More…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, in a ruling that Read More…
A 31-km redline passengers rail service from Oyingbo, Lagos State to Agbado in Ogun State is set to commence in the first quarter of 2023. Disclosing this during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the rail project between Ogun and Lagos States, the Secretary to the Ogun State Government (SSG) Tokunbo Talabi, noted Read More…
Lagos State Government has declared September 5, the resumption date for the first term of the 2022/2023 academic session in an effort to harmonise the calendar of public and private schools.The government made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance in Lagos State Ministry of Education, on Thursday Read More…
Heavy gunfire has been heard at the main military base outside Mali’s capital Bamako. The shooting began at around 5am local time on Friday but eased after about an hour. Afterwards, helicopters were seen heard circling above the base in the town of Kati, where mutinies in 2012 and 2020 led to successful coups. The Read More…
The Police in Lagos have busted a fake Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registration centre in Ikeja and arrested five suspects. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) raided the fake CAC centre and arrested five suspects Read More…
Singer, Davido has defended Osun State Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke from a Twitter user who claimed that his uncle would loot the state’s funds. Adeleke emerged victorious in last Saturday’s gubernatorial election, defeating the incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Gboyega Oyetola. Reacting to this, a Twitter user, with the handle Atiyuski, alleged that Read More…
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain’s next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson. International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt was knocked out in the final round of balloting Read More…
The Minister Of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has described false a report claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered him to hand off negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He made the clarification Wednesday while speaking with State House reporters. Ngige said: “The truth of the matter is, Read More…
