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The federal government says it is proposing legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Muhammad Yakubu, director-general, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria, said this in Abuja on Sunday. Yakubu said the litigation was necessary to revive the comatose leather industry in the country. He said the habit of eating animal skin, which has no nutritional value, should be stopped to save the industry and boost the nation’s economy. The director-general added that the institute, in collaboration with stakeholders in the industry, would approach the national assembly and state governments to…

Nigerian artist Dammy Krane has request that Davido pay him for his contribution on his single ‘Pere’. On Monday, 19th September 2022, Dammy Krane took to his Twitter account to demand that Davido pay him for co-writing the hook of his single ‘Pere’ which features American group Rae Sremmurd and rapper Young Thug. In the tweet, Dammy Krane claimed he has reached out over split sheet and outstanding payments but got no response which invariably led to the tweet. “My Blooda @davido Run the check I don reach out to people over the years based on split sheet & outstanding, No response , we no gats Dey get this convo here,” he tweeted. https://twitter.com/dammy_krane/status/1571881979171282950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1571881979171282950%7Ctwgr%5E6d096d7552d03c0ca4c7463a660c1607b3e8be5d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.36ng.ng%2F2022%2F09%2F19%2Fdammy-krane-calls-out-davido-over-alleged-debt%2F

AAC Presidential Candidate, Omoyele Sowore showed up at the protest held by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) near Lagos Airport. The students protesting against the lingering strike embarked up the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), calling on the Federal Government to end the strike by meeting the demands of the striking lecturers. Sowore told the students that he is in support of their protest while urging Nigerians to stop voting for ‘idiots’. According to Sowore, President Buhari whose WAEC certificate was not found and who never attended a university cannot understand the plight of Nigerian students protesting against the shutdown of…

Nigerian music star, Wizkid, during a recent interview, made a hilarious revelation, and fans can’t stop talking about it. He noted that he has been using just one phone number for about 8 years now, and he hasn’t changed it. Wizkid further revealed why he had to stick to the line and admitted that not many people have the contact number.

Controversial singer Portable shared an appreciative video to celebrate his superstar colleague, Davido. Portable commended the Stand Strong crooner for following him back on Instagram and used the opportunity to promote his next single. The Zazoo crooner sang some chorus of the new single that sounded like prayer lines, and fans are already loving it ahead of its release.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos and were alleged to have captured and detained Hafia and demanded a ransom of $2m. But they pleaded not guilty to the four charges. The judge held that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to other aspiring kidnappers.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would conduct  a supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 67 candidates on Saturday, September 24,2022. JAMB’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin said the supplementary exam was fixed for the candidates after reviewing the entire exercise. The statement released on Monday September 19, read; “The examination is for 67 candidates who had registered for the 2022 UTME, but who could neither sit the examination nor take the just-concluded Mop-Up UTME owing to one challenge or another, to take their examination at specially-designated centres. “It would be recalled…

The Imo State House of Assembly has removed its speaker Kennedy Ibe and replaced him with Emeka Nduka. Emeka Nduka was elected today, September, 19. Nduka, who represents the Ehime Mbano State Constituency, was immediately sworn-in by the Clerk of the Assembly, Chinelo Emeghara. Ibe, who represents the Obowo State constituency was elected as speaker in November 2021, after Paul Emezim was impeached as the speaker. Ibe was on suspension when he was elected as the number one man of the legislature. The Imo State House of Assembly has now had four speakers in three years following Nduka’s election.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’abba, has said that Governors have been the country’s issue since 1999. Na’abba made the claim while hosting a delegation of the Na’abba Youth Organization. He claimed that Nigerians are now running from politics because Governors have pocketed political parties and now decide who would contest for positions in elections. The former speaker also said that the action of these Governors is crippling the country’s democracy as what they are doing is rotating power among themselves without considering competency. Na’abba said; “Since 1999 governors have been the problem of the country. They contributed…

Peoples Democratic Party’s lawsuit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has been dismissed by a federal high court sitting in Abuja. The PDP had in its lawsuit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, challenged the legality of the substitution of running mates for the APC and the Labour Party. The opposition party which claimed that the Electoral Act 2022 did not make provision for a “place holder” or temporary running mate, asked the court to declare that Tinubu and Obi be disqualified unless they contest alongside their previous running mates; Kabiru Masari and…