Famous social activist and skit maker, Debo Adebayo, better known as Mr Macaroni, has said Nigerian politicians lack regard for Nigerians. According to him, this is because they have never been accountable to the people. The statement comes after a member of the House of Representatives from Abia State, Alexander Mascot Ikwechegh threatened to make…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has appointed Naim Kassem as its new leader following the death of Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed last month in an Israeli airstrike. Kassem, who served as Nasrallah’s longtime deputy, assumed leadership after Nasrallah’s death and was officially appointed on Tuesday. Since the war began on October 7, 2023, following an…
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has revealed that she used to mimic American rapper Lil Wayne when she was younger. Featuring on ‘The Cruz Show’ on Real 92.3 FM, the Oscar-nominated diva disclosed that she used to “pretend” to be a rapper and Wayne was her role model. “Hip-hop is my…
Mr Justine Shaku, the Chairman, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area in Benue, has said the continuous activities of criminal elements within the council left many schools, markets and primary health clinics closed for more than one year. Shaku told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday on telephone that all social infrastructure within the council…
The federal government has called on state governments yet to comply with the new National Minimum Wage Act and commence payment of the new N70,000 minimum wage to do so. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, made this appeal on Monday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, applauding the states…
The kidnappers of Rev Fr Thomas Oyode, a Catholic priest and Rector of Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary School, Ivanokpodi, in Agenegbode, Etsako East Local Government of Edo State, have demanded a ransom of N200 million. The Catholic priest was abducted on Sunday at about 7 p.m. at the seminary school. Oyode was said to have…
The Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi, has said the pressure on the naira in the foreign exchange market and the removal of fuel subsidy have impacted earlier projections of what the Federal Government would need to complete inherited ongoing road projects nationwide. Umahi stated this on Monday at a press briefing, noting that President…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has vowed to tackle more infrastructure deficit in the nation’s capital. The minister stated that in terms of infrastructure, the territory “will be a different thing”, when the President Bola Tinubu-led administration finishes in 2027. Wike spoke during the flag off of the upgrading of the…
Ghana has said it plans to buy petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery to cut down on import expenditure. Reuters reports that Chairman of the National Petroleum Authority, Ghana, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, disclosed this on Monday at the OTL Africa Downstream Oil Conference in Lagos. The head of Ghana’s Petroleum Regulatory Body, Abdul-Hamid, said the plan…
Northern Governors have rejected the recent tax reform bill that was sent to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government. The governors disclosed this in a communiqué on Monday by the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Muhammadu Inuwa, the governor of Gombe State.This comes as Tinubu, on October 3, 2024, had forwarded…
