A UK-based Nigerian lecturer, Dipo Awojide, has narrated how a Secondary school WhatsApp group admin absconded with the group’s money to the UK. He said the group admin absconded with N1.8m members of the group contributed to renovate a school since November 2021. He further added that the man is now pleading for time to…
Elon Musk has bought microblogging platform Twitter for $44 billion. Twitter on Monday confirmed it is selling the platform to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. Announcing Twitter takeover Musk said: “Free speech is…
No fewer than four children have lost their lives in Ondo State after they were electrocuted at the Oke-Aigo axis in the Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of the state. The tragedy occurred after a newly installed power cable fell on a container which was being used as a shop. According to eyewitnesses, the children were…
On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, Google celebrated Nigerian playwright, director, actor, choreographer and designer, Emmanuel Gladstone Olawale Rotimi, on his 84th posthumous birthday. Ola Rotimi was born in 1938 and grew up in a family of artists. He used his art to reflect on Nigeria’s rich culture, diversity, and local traditions. Some of his most…
Several cabinet ministers and the central bank governor in Sri Lanka have resigned as protests erupt over fuel scarcity and economic hardship. For weeks now, shops have been forced to close because they can’t run fridges, air conditioners, or fans. At gas stations, soldiers are stationed to calm customers who line up for hours in…
I deplore and condemn the barbaric killings and vicious barbarism that has been unleashed against a mainly defenceless and helpless civilian population in the Ukraine. Yet the bitter truth is that all that President Volodymyr Zelensky has to do to stop the relentless slaughter of his people is to state clearly and categorically that the…
Following the petrol scarcity and collapse of the National grid which plunged the country into darkness, President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to Nigerians. In a statement released on Wednesday March 16, by his media aide Garba Shehu, the President said the federal government is working round the clock to attend to the issue. On petrol…
A nurse at the Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Omobola Kayode, on Tuesday, told a coroner inquest that she did not see the video and photos of late Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), that went viral on social media. The news of Sylvester’s death went viral following a social media post by his cousin, Perry Oromoni, who alleged…
All assets of Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has been seized in the United Kingdom. This comes after UK slammed Russia with new sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans over the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Also affected are billionaires Igor Sechin and Oleg Deripaska, both seen as allies of Vladimir Putin. Prime Minister Boris…
The governor of Mykolaiv, Vitaliy Kim has announced that Ukrainian forces have retaken control of Mykolaiv airport, according to Reuters. “Ukrainian forces have retaken Mykolaiv airport, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim,” tweeted The Kyiv Independent, a Ukraine media outlet. “The airport is ours! The horde was defeated. Planes cannot fly yet, but nevertheless that…