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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: JAMB sets date for release for results The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will release the results of the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be released on Saturday. The registrar of the board, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this while briefing journalists in... Read More
Dr. Julius Adewopo, winner of The Future Awards Africa Prize for Agriculture 2016, is set to receive the 2019 Agropolis Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food in the “Young Promising Scientist” category. He will receive a plaque certificate and prize of €20,000. The 2019 Award ceremony will be held in Montpellier (France) during the... Read More
From girl-next-door to multiple award-winning African artiste! Afropop singer and songwriter, Yemi Alade has achieved milestones many may have presumed impossible. There is no doubt that she has become one of Nigeria’s biggest exports. On episode 9 of Binging with GameChangers, Yemi Alade chats with show host, Seyi Banigbe, about her career trajectory and road... Read More
Quite unexpectedly, bisexuality became one of the buzzy topics on social media on Thursday. We are used to seeing homosexuality being debated on and argued against the purpose of marginalizing LGBTQ people. I have always said that Nigerians are still yet to wrap their heads around homosexuality. Now throw in bisexuality and watch them combust.... Read More
Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today National grid collapses again The national electricity grid suffered a major failure on Wednesday, seizing power supply to homes and plunging Abuja  into darkness and other states. According to Premium Times, power might not return to normal for another 72 hours. Buhari tells service chiefs... Read More
Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Buhari nominates Emefiele as CBN governor for second term President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emiefele, for a second and final term of five years. Buhari’s letter seeking the Senate’s approval for his reappointment of Emefiele was read out by the... Read More
On Sunday, 5th May, ORÍKÌ group and lifestyle communications agency, Some Solutions treated some of your faves to the ultimate Spa Experience in the newest ORÍKÌ spa location at the 4th Wing of The Oriental Hotel, Lagos. It was nothing short of a relaxing and rejuvenating experience as guests got to try different range of... Read More
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Barely seven weeks have passed since  the highly controversial Kano gubernatorial elections. Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje is in the news again, as is now common, for the wrong reasons. Earlier this week, the governor gave speedy assent to the amendment of the state’s Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Law (1984). It is now obvious he... Read More
Pointek, Nigeria’s leading retail store for technology products, has made public its plan to train 1,000 gadget technicians in order to bridge the unemployment gap in Nigeria during a press conference held in Lagos on Tuesday, 7 May, 2019. According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), unemployment and underemployment rates in Q’3 2018 were... Read More
I know some of you only got to know about Chadwick Boseman in Marvel’s Black Panther, where he played an African king. The movie is significant for centering a black superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe alongside an overwhelmingly black cast. Now, Boseman is about to step into another role of significance: the first African... Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seemingly refusing to acknowledge Rochas Okorocha as a senator-elect has since generated a lot of controversy. It’s been a talking point, with Okorocha recently launching an attack against the leadership of his party APC. He accused the national chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, and other unnamed leaders of the party... Read More
Prestige Anchor International, organisers of Prestige Anchor Leadership, Empowerment and Capacity Building Awards (PALEC AWARDS) and Student Leadership and Entrepreneurship Conference (SLC) has set a date for Season four, with the theme: The Mavericks. The event to be hosted by the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) will hold on Friday May 17th, 2019, by 9 am... Read More
Check out our analyses on the trending issues and more by following the links below:       The Big 5: Total blackout in Abuja, other states as national grid collapses again; Adeleke, PDP to challenge verdict at Supreme Court | Other top stories Governor Ganduje is on a re-election witch hunt but wants us... Read More
Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Kano Assembly reduces Emir Sanusi’s influence, creates four new emirates Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano on Wednesday signed a bill that sought to split the Kano emirate into four into law. With the signing into the Kano State Emirs’ Appointment and Deposition Amendment Bill 2019... Read More
Follow the links below to catch up on all our latest stories:   Saraki believes the EFCC’s investigation into his tenure as Kwara governor is a witch-hunt Peter Obi didn’t suffer a heart attack, according to, well, Peter Obi House of Reps has passed a bill enabling married Nigerian women to choose their state of... Read More
Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Court adjourns forfeiture suit against Patience Jonathan until May 24 A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday adjourned until May 24 a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking final forfeiture of about $8.4 million and N7.4billion found in accounts linked to... Read More
Leading the sustainability efforts in Africa, Access Bank has called for more effective collaboration among stakeholders, as the bank recently hosted relevant international organisations and other stakeholders to its inaugural Annual Sustainability Summit recently at the Bank’s head office in Victoria Island, Lagos. Themed ‘Financing Sustainable Development’, the summit focused on providing a unique opportunity... Read More
The House of Representatives has passed a bill enabling married Nigerian women to choose their state of origin, giving married women the option of choosing the indigeneship of either their father or husband if passed into law. Prior to the amendment, married women were considered indigenes of their husband’s state. The ‘Bill for an act... Read More
On Tuesday, there were reports that the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23 polls Peter Obi suffered a heart attack. Which he has now debunked in an exclusive interview with Sahara Reporters. ”The reports are false. I’m ready and healthy for court not hospital.” Obi said. If you recall, the... Read More
Since emerging as the president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has been trailed by fraud charges and embezzlement especially during his tenure as governor of Kwara, a position he occupied from 2003 to 2011. Following a renewed move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the Senate president, Saraki has said that... Read More
Catch up on all our latest stories by using the links below: The Late 5: Tribunal holds inaugural sitting on Atiku’s petition on Wednesday; Court grants Adeleke N2m bail, permission to travel abroad | Other stories     Jim Iyke, is that you? The trailer for Moses Inwang upcoming movie ‘Cold Feet’ is here After... Read More
Here are the stories you should be monitoring today: Sack service chiefs to end insecurity – ADP tells Buhari The Action Democratic Party on Tuesday said the best way to handle the insecurity currently being witnessed in the country was for President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all service chiefs. The party’s National Chairman, Sani Yabagi,... Read More
Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we... Read More
Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Police IGP attends Senate plenary, briefs lawmakers over insecurity The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, appeared before the Senate in plenary on Tuesday to brief the lawmakers over the spate of kidnappings across Nigeria. He appeared alongside the special adviser to the President on National Assembly... Read More
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