The Organising Committee of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has announced that Nigeria’s legendary Afro-beat singer, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti will perform at the opening ceremony of the competition. Kuti, a four-time Grammy Award nominee and son of Afrobeat Icon Fela Kuti, will be joined by two other musicians, Hakim from Egypt and Dobet Gnahore…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, bringing to an end the tenure of Maikanti Baru, as the oil firm’s boss. NNPC’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday morning, stated that…
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Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, has on Wednesday shared that he has sold off his interests in Forte Oil. Sharing the news, via his Instagram page, the billionaire revealed that he has moved on from being a player in the petroleum industry to focusing on his power generation business. Sharing a photo of the different brand…
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The Presidency, on Wednesday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to explain why he was missing from the 2019 Presidential inauguration and the country’s maiden Democracy Day celebration. In a statement released on by the aide to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, the Presidenty has vehemently said they invited Obasanjo to the…
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The Akwa Ibom State High Court, Ibiono Ibom Division has sentenced one Utibe Ita, a native of Nkim in the Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state to life imprisonment for killing his father, Oscar Ita. Court hearing revealed that the younger Ita had killed and buried his father in a shallow grave dug…
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Dayo Adewole, the son of the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, that was kidnapped as been released. According to Punch, Dayo was released barely 24 hours after he was kidnapped on his farm in Iroko near Fiditi in Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State on Tuesday. It could, however, not be…
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Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has commended the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration under President Muhammadu Buhari for stepping up the fight against corruption in the country in a bid to ensure good governance and development. However, he lamented that jailing corrupt people was a desperate and wasteful effort given…
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Suspected thugs have beaten up Seidu Oshiomhole, the younger brother of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and lawmaker-elect (Etsako West 11) of the Edo State House of Assembly, Tribune Online reports. The attack on Oshiomhole and 14 other lawmakers of the Edo State House of Assembly is the latest in the crisis…
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The old practice of observing environmental sanitation on every last Saturday of the month, is set to be re-enforced in Lagos State as Governor Sanwo-Olu had declared on May 31, 2019. The Governor declared and signed the Executive Order titled: Enforcement of Law and Order in Respect of Traffic and Sanitation Matters. The Order, is…
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Nigeria’s number two citizen, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the rate at which extreme poverty unfolds in Nigeria gives him a lot of worries. Speaking at a dinner and Interactive Session with Faculty Members, Harvard Business School (HBS) in Lagos, the VP made this known. The vice president featured alongside Srikant Datar, Professor…
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