The NNPP Kwara North Senatorial Candidate Dr. Kolo Baba Jiya has felicitated with the Emir of Patigi: HRH Alhaji Ibrahim Umar Bologi, on the occasion of the monarch’s birthday anniversary. In a congratulatory letter to the Emir, signed by his Director of Communication and Publicity, Soliu Mohammed, the Haske Estu Patigi extolled his “uncommon leadership qualities” of the Emir and prayed that God grants him many more years in good health and prosperity so that he can continue his service to the people of Patigi and Kwara State. “As you mark your birthday anniversary which comes up today Wednesday, February…
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Nigerian music superstar Tems has just won her first Grammy Award, for her performance in Future’s “Wait For You”, where she was featured alongside Drake. The song won the “Best Melodic Rap Performance” category in the 65th edition of arguably music’s biggest award show.
A video of the moment Grammy winner, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun known as Wizkid gave less attention to a White man who attempted to shake his hands and has gotten social media buzzing. In the clip, Wizkid arrived at a location and stepped down from his luxury whip, Lamborghini Urus while security personnel escorted him immediately. The man who appeared to be a fan of the singer immediately went after Big Wiz to greet him but the outcome was embarrassing. Wizkid failed to pay good attention to the fan, causing a member of Wizkid’s crew to take the handshake on the singer’s behalf while the crooner…
Popular blogger Linda Ikeji has fired back at the parents of slain UNIPORT students over their disapproval of her newly released movie, Dark October. The aggrieved parents of the four students of the University of Port Harcourt, who were killed by a mob in the Aluu Community in 2012 had asked the media mogul, Linda Ikeji and Netflix, to suspend the planned premiere of their movie, Dark October. The movie centres on the murder of the students codenamed Aluu-4 in October 2012. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by Livingstone Wechie, the Executive Director of…
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has accused the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, of knowing the individual elements in the Villa that are working against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC’s victory in the 2023 presidential election. Recall that El-Rufai had earlier on Wednesday, alleged that some persons in the presidential Villa were working towards the failure of the party. Responding to him, the Information Minister while addressing the state house correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting on Wednesday, noted that the Presidency is not aware of those in its fold working against the APC. The Governor, however, on Thursday,…
A bank hid new Naira notes in their vault while customers couldn’t get access to their money. The new notes were hidden behind old notes in a video shared online. In the video, bank workers are seen bringing out the new notes from where they were stacked behind the old notes. An official can be heard in the video demanding that the new Naira notes that she had seen being loaded into the banks’ Automated Teller Machines so that customers can have access to money. This comes as many Nigerians battle with cash unavailability. Watch the video below.
The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, encourages Nigerians to bear with the CBN amidst the ongoing Naira notes scarcity. The presidential candidate made this known in a statement via Twitter as the unrest for the new Naira note in Nigeria increases. According to Peter Obi, currency redesign always comes with stiff adjustments globally and the benefits in the long term are worth it. He further advised the CBN and the Federal Government of Nigeria to make conscious efforts to ease the struggles of her citizens. In his words; “The currency redesign is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is an exercise that comes with some…
By; Temitope Muhideen Convydence February 3rd, I tuned my television to watch Arise TV Morning show anchored by Dr. Ruben Abati and Rufai. My phone rang, alas it was my old time friend Abdullahi Samson on the phone, he called to inform me about the completion of his third degree and to ask me questions on the opinion I wrote regarding GRS. Samson was my friend way back from Kwara state polytechnic Ilorin in 2011. He is the Personal Assistant to Solomon Ishaya, the executive director Federal Ministry Of Transportation. In our usual manner, we jokingly cursed each other before…
An average Ilorin man will be familiar with the name above, she is popularly known as GRS. She is a woman with seven lives, a political mentor said during our chit chat about the developments of Kwara and the contributions from the major stakeholders. Like the Amazons from the Greek extraction, GRS is a true definition of strong, brilliant, beautiful and accessible woman which are the common features of an Amazon lady. I am not a fan of the Sarakite, I have established this many times, in words,writings and character, but I am a fan of a visionary leader, one…
Forty-six years ago, on the 1st of February, 1977, at just 16 years and 4 months old, I resumed work at Radio Nigeria as a studio manager (Trainee). I was one of the youngest people ever to be recruited by the defunct Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), Radio Nigeria. The late Hannatu Ibrahim was the Head of Programs, Northern Nigeria, and she had facilitated the special dispensation upon which I had been hired. I had concluded the WASC examination in June 1976, seven months earlier. I was so young, that my late mum had suggested that I resumed work, wearing babanriga,…