There are mixed reactions as staff of the University of Osun State, Oshogbo made a banner to celebrate the exit of their Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Labode Popoola. Popoola whose five-year tenure as VC of the UNIOSUN ended on November 4, 2021, was met with jubilation from staff who descibed the professor as a not-so-good individual. In…
Nigerians have been assured that the introduction of 5G network will not make calls and data more expensive. The assurance was given on Thursday by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The regulator gave the assurance at a Stakeholder Engagement Forum on 5G Spectrum Auction on Thursday. Responding to a question, the NCC said the fact…
The real reason behind soldiers arresting and detaining Nollywood actor, Chinwetalu Agu has been made public by the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Army’s high command said it arrested and detained Agu for adorning himself with the flag of a proscribed group capable of sparking controversies that could endanger the safety and security of lives and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that the people in a selfie with Anambra billionaire, Obi Cubana are not members of its staff. The selfie shows the socialite, real name Obinna Iyiegbu, and a dozen people, posed in a selfie picture. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Friday said the…
As part of an economic stimulus plan aimed at blunting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan will distribute 100,000 yen ($880) in cash, vouchers or a combination of both to people who are 18 years or younger. The economic stimulus package, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, is planned to be created by the…
Senator representing Gombe central, Danjuma Goje was attacked on Friday, November 5 shortly after arriving in the state. Goje was said to have landed at the Gombe Airport in Lawanti at about 10:40 am for a wedding Fatihah, but thugs were said to have blocked the Gombe-Bauchi Highway near the International Conference Centre, set bonfires on the road, and denying…
A popular Ghanaian YouTuber has reportedly died after a car he was traveling in crashed into a tree in Dorset, England, Sunday, October 31. Douglas Tandoh, 26, died on Sunday morning after a car he was a passenger in drove off the road near Dorset’s Monkton Wyld neighborhood and crashed into a tree, according to…
It has been reported that the dead bodies of the Managing Director, Fourscore Heights Limited, Mr Femi Osibona, and his friend, a United States of America-based Nigerian businessman, Wale Bob-Oseni, have been recovered from the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. It was learnt that their bodies…
Months after confessing to killing a job seeker in Akwa Ibom state, Uduak Frank Akpan has now made a u-turn denying that he killed the young lady, Iniubong Umoren. This comes after the first accused person pleaded not guilty to the case. Akpan is standing trial over the murder of Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy,…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic human rights organization, has reacted angrily to a video footage making the rounds where a Muslim was said to have denied employment in the collapsed 21-storey building in Lagos for being a Muslim, according to Daily Post. A Muslim engineer identified as Sikiru Adebowale, who went for a…