Popular Yoruba filmmaker and actor, Chief Adedeji Aderemi, popularly known as Olofa Ina is dead. The 73-year-old actor, in his lifetime, was well known in the contemporary Yoruba theatre industry. The news of his death was announced by fellow actor, Saidi Balogun, via his Instagram handle (@SaidiBalogun), onContinue Reading
Osun State Government has denied allocating N11 billion as entertainment fund to the offices of the governor and that of the secretary to the government. Addressing journalists, yesterday, during the 2024 budget analysis at the Ministry of Finance building, the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Professor Moruf Adeleke, saidContinue Reading
Osun State Government on Wednesday approved the appointment of six new traditional rulers in the state. The State government, according to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, gave the approval on Wednesday, at its first Executive Council meeting, held in Osogbo.Continue Reading
Abductors of the Chairman, Akwanga Local government Area of Nasarawa state.Alhaji Safiyanu Isah Andaha and his friend, Adamu Umar Tanko, Tuesday night, have placed a demand of N50 million for to release their victims. Our correspondent recalls that Andaha and Tanko,were kidnapped at about 8.30 p.m along Andaha -Akwanga roadContinue Reading
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said that he has noticed many man-made encumbrances regarding change of passport data by Nigerians. The minister described as a ‘stupid thing’ married women being subjected to the rigours of travelling to the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS headquarters in Abuja just to effect aContinue Reading
The federal government on Tuesday, announced suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Togo and the Republic of Benin. The action followed a media report that exposed the fraudulent acquisition of degree certificates by some desperate degree-seeking individuals. Recall that the Daily Nigerian Newspaper, in its publicationContinue Reading
The United Kingdom through its Home Office has announced the commencement of the implementation of its dependant visa ban which prohibits Nigerian students and other foreigners from bringing family members. The announcement was made via X by the UK’s Home Office on Monday reiterating that only foreign students inContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has suspended Mrs Halima Shehu, the National Coordinator and chief executive of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). President Tinubu, according to Channels Television, approved Shehu’s suspension with immediate effect and ordered her replacement. This comes merely three months after her confirmation for theContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu on Monday afternoon signed into law the 2024 Appropriation Bill at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Tinubu signed the N28.7tn budget document earlier approved by the National Assembly hours after he arrived in Abuja from Lagos where he spent the past week holidaying. The budget isContinue Reading
