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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated all the Nigerian Grammy Awards nominees including Davido and Burna Boy despite losing their respective nominations. The governor celebrated them in a post on his official X handle on Monday. Sanwo-Olu wrote, “A special shoutout to #burnaboy, #davido, #ayrastarr, #@asakemusik, and all Nigerian talents represented as nominees

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International,  Theophilus Ebonyi, over allegations of defrauding church members and other Nigerians. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the pastor was arrested for allegedly using fake grants from

A yet-to-be-ascertained number of travelers from Umuahia, Abia States, in two luxury buses have been kidnapped in Inyele Eteke in the Olalamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Friday, February 3, 2024. A social media influencer, Chude Nnamdi, who broke the news on his X handle, said

Mobile internet in Senegal has been temporarily cut by the government following protests against President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone the presidential election. As reported by the BBC, Communication Minister Moussa Bocar Thiam stressed the necessity of taking action to prevent the dissemination of “hateful and subversive messages relayed on social networks in a context

A veteran actor, and folk singer, Jimi Solanke, is dead. The legendary poet and playwright died on Monday at the age of 81. He was said to have died while being rushed from his country home at Ipara Remo in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State to Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan when

Nigerians have taken to several social media platforms to express their disappointment in the outcome of the 2024 Grammy Academy Awards, which signalled a poor outing for Nigerian artistes as none of them bagged the prestigious annual award. The award, which marked the 66th ceremony, was held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, United

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has commenced the enforcement of the ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles of 200ml and below. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this on Monday at a press conference in Abuja.

  On February 3, 2024, Saturday PUNCH published a story titled ‘Operation rescue the naira: FG considers converting $30BN domiciliary deposits to Naira’. The story says that the federal government considered this option, among others, as a means of controlling the slide of the naira. This statement is being issued after the completion of our

Residents of Karu, a suburb in the Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory are groaning over the lingering water scarcity in the area in the past three months. The residents, speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews on Monday in Abuja, said that the situation was disheartening, especially for

The National Union of Civil Engineering, Construction, Furniture and Wood Workers in Kano State on Monday embarked on a three-day industrial action. The strike action, beginning from Monday (today) according to the union is to draw the attention of the powers that be to its demand. A statement by the General Secretary, Comrade Ibrahim Walama,

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said more than 50 per cent of certificates of pharmaceutical products that are imported into Nigeria are fake. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at the stakeholders’ engagement meeting with regulators, policymakers, and law enforcement agencies on Monday in Abuja. The certificate

Osun Fire Service, on Monday, said it recorded 70 fire outbreaks in the state between January and December 2023. The 2023 Osun State Fire Incident Record, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Osogbo on Monday, put the property lost to fire outbreaks in the year under review at N1.45bn. The record showed that

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a suspected notorious kidnapper and cattle rustler, recovering 55 cows from him in Karaye Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, disclosed in Kano on Monday that the suspect was arrested by the command’s anti-kidnapping squad. He noted that on February 4

An Associate Professor of Business Administration, KolaDaisi University, Ibadan in Oyo State, Olarenwaju Hassan, on Monday, urged the Federal Government to be more purposeful, deliberate, and strategic with its economic policy drive to find a permanent solution to the poverty and unemployment in the country. He made this call during an inaugural lecture of the

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have apprehended two suspected smugglers and seized 38 bags of 50kg of rice from them. They also impounded a fibre boat used by suspects in smuggling the parboiled rice. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Uche Aneke,

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission Annual Report has revealed that the 2023 data protection cumulative revenue rose to N6.2 billion as against N5.5 billion in 2022. The report was unveiled on Sunday at the second-anniversary dinner and awards, organised by the Nigeria Data Protection Commission in Abuja. Established on February 4, 2022, the NDPC was

The remains of former governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, have been laid to rest on Monday in Saudi Arabia. The funeral ceremony was held at the Grand Mosque, Masjid Al Haram, after the dawn prayers, according to Yusuf Ali, Senior Special Assistant, Communications and Strategy to Governor Mai Mala Buni. About 20

A baby, allegedly sold by a maid for N800,000, has been found in a market in the Shomolu area of Lagos State. An X user, #Dannysleek, in a now deleted tweets, had on Saturday raised an alarm that a maid hired through an agency absconded with the baby. The maid identified as Ruth Okezie from

Sometimes diversification is what shrewd investors engage to save themselves from major losses resulting from the crypto market’s volatility. Just recently, early Pepe coin holders sold over 1.73 trillion PEPE tokens worth $1.74 million in exchange for Ethereum, in an attempt to diversify due to PEPE’s recent decline. In other news, while ORDI seemed to

The 2024 66th Grammy Awards ceremony, also known as the Grammys, was held last night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Tagged “Music’s biggest night,” the Grammy Awards is regarded as the most prestigious award in the music industry worldwide. It is presented by the Recording Academy of the United States. This year’s award

RightCard Payment Services Limited (LemFi) is proud to announce that it has obtained approval from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to resume its remittance services to Ghana with some of its approved partners. This is consistent with RightCard’s (LemFi) commitment to providing secure and efficient services while complying with the set regulatory framework by the

Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has dissolved all the elected Chairmen of the 21 Local Government Areas of the state and their Secretaries. The dissolution of the chairmen followed the expiration of their tenure, which ended on Monday, February 5. The governor directed the chairmen to hand over the mantle of leadership to the Directors

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the bail applications filed by the loyalists of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, linked with the state assembly explosion. The defendants; are Chime Eguma Ezebalike, Prince Lukman Oladele, Kenneth Goodluck Kpasa, Osiga Donald, and Ochueja Thankgod. The police had instituted terrorism-related charges against them following

Nigerian sprinter, Tobi Amusan has set a new African women’s indoor record in the 60 meters, clocking 7.75 seconds at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston. This performance in Boston replaces the previous record of 7.77 seconds set in Kazakhstan at the Astana Indoor Meet in January. However, despite setting the new record,

America rapper, Michael Render, also known as Killer Mike, was taken out of the Grammy Awards in handcuffs on Sunday night. In a video shared by an Hollywood Reporter, Chris Gardner, Mike was seen being escorted through Crypto.com Arena by police. The Los Angeles Police Department in a post on X on Monday said the