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Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has urged Nigerian Afrobeat star, Davido, to ignore calls demanding his apology over the controversial music video he posted on his social media platforms. It was reported that the Davido Music Worldwide label boss and his signee, Olamilekan Taiwo, aka Logos Olori, caused a stir online, sparking mixed reactions from […]
The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, Tuesday said that a total of 1,618 civil servants with fake employment letters were uncovered by the government. She also noted that the government was working towards an upward review of the Duty Tour Allowances of civil servants. Speaking with selected journalists in Abuja […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday identified poverty and vulnerability as among the major challenges facing Nigeria. The Permanent Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Esuabana Nko-Asanye, made this known during the opening ceremony of a two-day policy and programmatic dialogue workshop on Nigeria’s poverty profile […]
The BBC has apologised for a question it termed inappropriate by one of its reporters who asked Moroccan captain Ghizlane Chebbak about homosexuality during a press conference at the ongoing Women’s World Cup. The Daily Mail reports that the journalist, who reportedly works for the BBC World Service, asked Chebbak on Sunday, “We know that […]
A mild drama is playing out at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos between operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, and official of Nigeria Correctional Service, NCS, over custody of the suspended Central Bank Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was arraigned today by the DSS for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition but […]
Some senators, particularly those who came from the ninth Assembly, have demanded an apology from their colleague, Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC Edo North), over allegations of vandalism levelled against them. Oshiomhole, at the Politics Today programme on Channels Television on Sunday, alleged that senators and House of Representatives members of the 9th National Assembly […]
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N20 million with one surety in like sum by the Federal High Court in Lagos State. He was granted bail after pleading not guilty to the two counts bordering on the alleged illegal possession of firearms […]
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty before a Federal High Court Lagos, to a charge of illegal possession of firearms brought against him by the Ministry of Justice. Vanguard earlier reported Emefiele arrived at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for his […]
Four suspected Boko Haram have been arrested in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, over alleged plot to attack the residence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The spokesman for the police in the state, Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the development through a telephone chat. Nguroje said the suspects were arrested in front of […]
Casey Phair on Tuesday became the youngest player to feature at a Women’s World Cup after coming on as a substitute in South Korea’s 2-0 defeat to Colombia aged 16 years and 26 days. The striker was born in the United States and was called up by the country at youth level, but has now made […]
