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Fast-rising singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has said that though she knows she is talented and has a great sound, she owes her success to God. In an interview with Apple Music’s Africa Now Radio With Lootlove, she said, “I don’t really think everything is because of me. I know that I’m talented…

Abdelaziz Bouteflika who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 has died aged 84, leaving behind mixed reactions ahead of Sunday’s funeral. The former strongman quit office in April 2019, having been abandoned by the military following weeks of huge street protests over his bid to run for a fifth presidential term. He…

After destroying several electricity power lines thereby cutting off Maiduguri metropolis from enjoying electric power supply for about nine months, four other high tension towers supplying electricity along Damaturu-Maiduguri in Borno State were destroyed by suspected members of ISWAP fighters on Friday night. This latest setback comes barely one month after the NNPC commenced the…

Here is a list of the nominees in key categories for the 73rd Emmy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday. Netflix’s latest season of British royals drama “The Crown” and Star Wars television series “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ topped the list with 24 nods each. OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES “The Boys”…

The Lead Visioner of a pro-All Progressives Congress group, Lagos4Lagos Movement, Olajide Adediran, in this interview with CHUKWUDI AKASIKE speaks on the move to change the political status quo in Lagos, his governorship ambition and others issues Politics in Lagos State appears to be complex, but you seem not afraid to be involved in it….

Ten dogs belonging to the Proprietor of Global Growth Academy, Amokpo, Umuanunwa, Nteje in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State have reportedly pounced on and killed a three-year-old child on the school premises. The incident was said to have happened around 7.10am on Wednesday, September 15, when the victim, identified as Obinna Ude,…

The Olota of Ota, Oba Adeyemi Obalanlege, and his wife, Olori Oloruntoyin, tell NOAH BANJO about their lives before and after moving to the palace, careers and other issues What fond memories do you have of your childhood? I grew up on Ladipo Street, Mushin, Lagos. There used to be an egungun festival— the alado…

The mayor of Johannesburg was killed in a car accident as he returned from campaigning with South Africa’s president on Saturday, just over a month after being elected, his office said in a statement. Jolidee Matongo, 46, was returning from a voter registration drive in Soweto township ahead of local elections when the accident happened….

A lecturer in the Department of History, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Dr Murtala Rufa’i, whose decade-long researches in rural economy brought him in contacts with bandits, speaks about their mode of operations, in this interview with ADENIYI OLUGBEMI You recently delivered a seminar paper titled ‘I am a bandit,’on campus. Why did you choose such…

The Federal Government recorded a fiscal deficit of N150.36bn in April, after recording an aggregate expenditure of N559.67bn and retained revenue of N409.31bn. Figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s April report on ‘Fiscal operations of the Federal Government’ revealed on Saturday. Part of the report read “Federation revenue rose by 28.2 per cent…

Popular rapper, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, better known as Vector, recently bagged a chieftaincy title, Amuludun, in the Lafiaji community of Lagos Island. The Early Momo rapper in an interview with Sunday Scoop maintained that he didn’t pay to be given the chieftaincy title. He said, “Among other things, it feels good that I am appreciated for…

Bakare Mubarak is a model, cultural ambassador and the co-founder of Expedition 54 Limited. He tells NOAH BANJO about his career and other issues How would you describe your work? I am a young African development avant-garde, who is leveraging on his unique status as a model to strategically promote the African culture, while incorporating…

Abdul-Azeez Suleiman is the spokesman for pan-Arewa organisation, Coalition of Northern Groups. In this interview with GODWIN ISENYO, he gives the coalition’s position on various current issues of national interest The security situation in the northwestern part of the country and indeed the entire North is increasingly becoming worrisome. What are your thoughts about this?…

Forex companies share list of suspicious transactions with apex bank Amid desperate moves by the Central Bank of Nigeria to sanitise the forex market and halt the naira’s free fall, the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria says it has begun sharing suspicious transactions by its members with the apex bank. This followed…

A professor of Community-Public Health Nursing at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Omolola Irinoye, has called for capacity building in the form of training and retraining for nurses in the area of information technology. Irinoye made the call while delivering an inaugural lecture titled, ‘Sexual and reproductive Health Matters: Subjectivity and Objectivity in the…

The Director-General, National Centre for Technology Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof Okechukwu Ukwuoma, has said political will by Nigeria’s leaders, good energy generation and transmission will improve production in the country. Ukwuoma made this know in a statement on Saturday by the Public Relations Officer of the centre, Isaac Oluyi, on the…

United States carrier, United Airlines, says it will operate the first-ever nonstop flight between Washington, D.C and Lagos, Nigeria and offer more flights between the US capital and Africa than any other carrier. United is joining another American carrier, Delta Airlines, which has been flying the Nigeria-US routes in the last 14 years. The Houston-based…

Founder of Dunamis Church, Pastor Paul Eneche, has said Nigerians are not destined to be poor but are denied access to the nation’s resources by bad leadership. Eneche, who spoke in Ilorin, Kwara State, ahead of a three-day crusade organised by his church said, “We are in Ilorin for a healing and deliverance crusade for…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; former Governor of Oyo State, Alao Akala; and Senator Monsurat Sunmonu have been billed to attend the United Nations’ International Day of Peace Lecture and Award Ceremony. The event organised by the African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives in collaboration with Joint…

More facts surrounding the death of a cyclist, Dr Afolabi Mabogunje, stabbed multiple times in the neck region by robbers, have emerged. It was learnt on Saturday that Mabogunje, a 58-year-old information technology consultant, might have survived the attack if he was promptly operated on at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. Our correspondent…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has listed three conditions required to achieve unity in Nigeria. He said government must be ready to respect, protect and guarantee the fundamental rights of all citizens, without exception, for the country to remain united. The Speaker also said that the people must be  free from want…

The Peoples Democratic Party  has described Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, as an attention seeker. This was contained in a statement signed by the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Saturday. The party said since Umahi joined the APC, he had become confused, having realised that he joined a ‘one chance’ bus, with strange…

The Rivers State University said it has received an approval for the award of a bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery. The Vice Chancellor, Prof Nlerum Okogbule, who disclosed this during a media briefing in Port Harcourt, explained that the approval followed the result of an accreditation carried out by the Medical and Dental Council…

A former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof Peter Okebukola, has identified the use of satellite campuses by many Nigerian universities as a major factor responsible for the production of unemployable graduates. Okebukola stated this at a convocation lecture he delivered at the Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, as part of the…

In the days ahead, the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party may get messier as aggrieved party chieftains are planning to challenge the dominance of the governors elected on its platform, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This is as the David Mark Reconciliation Committee set up to resolve the party’s leadership crisis said it lacked the…