Nigerian music sensation Ayo Balogun, aka Wizkid, will make his debut at popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival popular known as Coachella in Indio, California. Coachella is one of the largest, most famous, and most profitable music festivals in the United States and all over the world. The 2017 edition of the festival was Read more
Senate President Bukola Saraki has called on the house of assemblies to take a cue from Kwara and pass their own versions of the bill suspending payment of pension to former governors and deputy governors. Kwara State House of Assembly reportedly passed the bill on Tuesday. Saraki, in a statement on Wednesday, commended the speaker of Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again cautioned Nigerians to be wary of investments in cryptocurrency as they are virtual currencies that are not legal tender in Nigeria. The Bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okoroafor, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ripples, Monero, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Onecoin, Read more
The trial of a suspected serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, who was charged with an $8.4 million fraud before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, was on Tuesday stalled due to his absence in court, Premium Times NG reports. Mr. Ajudua is facing trial for allegedly defrauding a former Read more
Agency Reports The United Nations (UN) has expressed outrage at the abduction of 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres, in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mr Stephane Dujarric, “strongly condemns the abduction and attack”. Guterres said he was gravely concerned over Read more
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, yesterday, survived renewed efforts to oust him, as the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party extended his tenure by an additional year, The Guardian NG reports. The extension also covers both elective and non-elective members of the NWC, and the Read more
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki is not among the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the ongoing national executive council meeting of the ruling party. The number three citizen was also absent on Monday night when President Muhammadu Buhari hosted the APC caucus at the presidential villa in Abuja. The meetings, which Saraki Read more
Ensa Cosby, daughter of American comedian Bill Cosby and Camille Olivia Hanks, has died at the age of 44. It was revealed by family spokesman Andrew Wyatt, that Ensa had died from a kidney disease on Friday while awaiting a kidney transplant. A statement on Bill Cosby’s official Facebook page was released on Monday, which read: “The Read more
…asks what makes him think he alone has solutions to problems of Nigeria A former governor of Nasarawa State and Senator representing Nasarawa West District in the National Assembly, Abdullahi Adamu, has revealed the reason he attacked erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo, over a scathing letter he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him not to Read more
Agency Report… UN staff in Geneva are planning a half-day strike on Tuesday, as dozens of ministers and other dignitaries attend high-level events at the organisation’s European headquarters. The strike is over pay cut. “We have tried other forms of protest before, to no avail… They have left us no choice,” Ian Richards, who heads Read more
