By Michael Adeyemo A Media Expert, Mr Samuel Afouda, says the proliferation of radio stations in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital will serve as a platform for discovery of talents in the media industry. Mr Afouda said this while speaking on the occasion of this year’s World Radio Day on Pensioners FM Current Affairs programme “Trending”. …
A Deputy Director in charge of Branch Operations in the Central Bank of Nigeria, Onyeka Ogbu, on Monday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama that he was aware of a $6.2 million payment request for international election observers. The former governor of the bank, Godwin Emefiele, is standing trial on an…
Several persons escaped death on Sunday night when a fire gutted some makeshift structures in the Ikate-Elegushi area of Lekki in Lagos State. The fire affected the makeshift structures around the vicinity of Star Road, by Horizon Heights, Ikate-Elegushi, Lekki Lagos. The Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service Margaret, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident…
A former presidential aide Reno Omokri has accused former President Muhammadu Buhari of destroying Nigeria’s economy during his eight years in office. At the end of Buhari’s tenure in May 2023, Nigeria’s debt had almost doubled from 18 per cent to 35 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product, GDP. The Daura-born politician left inflation…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has disclosed that it recorded 112 road crashes in Anambra State which claimed 40 lives between January and December 2023. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in the state, Adeoye Irelewuyi, disclosed this at the end of the 2023 award event and Durbar programme on Friday in Awka. “Anambra state…
Lagos State Government has revealed that at least 250 organisations, including industries, worship places and night clubs have been sealed for noise pollution and other environmental infractions over the last three months across the metropolis. The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, said the action was part of efforts to achieve an improved, safer and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared Margaret Emefiele, the wife of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele and three others wanted for alleged involvement in money laundering activities. According to the EFCC, Margaret Emefiele, Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile, and her husband Jonathan Omoile, are wanted for their roles in…
Motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday commended the Federal Government for the installation of streetlights on the Long Bridge area and called for the extension to all the sections of the expressway. Our correspondent who monitored the ongoing installation of streetlights along the Kara-Warewa stretch of the Long Bridge observed that some streetlights had…
A group of youths on Friday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, Osun State, decrying the rising cost of living, with a call on the government to immediately intervene. The protesters, who wielded placards with inscriptions such as ‘change the unfavourable policies’, ‘Nigerians are suffering, we can’t cope again’, and ‘We are humans, stop mistreating…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has deployed no fewer than 1,912 corps members to Bauchi State for the 2024 Batch ‘A’ stream 1 orientation exercise. Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu, NYSC coordinator in the state, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi. According to her, registration of…