•Bianca Ojukwu In a major cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, October 23, President Bola Tinubu, made significant changes to his ministerial team, sacking five ministers, redeploying 10 others, and nominating seven new candidates. The shake-up comes as a response to mounting…
Star-studded DelFest 2024 set to transform Asaba with music, comedy, business innovation
•Oborevwori DelFest 2024 has unveiled an impressive roster of performers for its mega concert scheduled for November 22-24, at The Dome Events Centre, Asaba, Delta State. The festival, backed by real estate giant PWAN, according to a statement, promises to…
FULL LIST: Wike, Matawalle, Oyetola, 28 others who survived Tinubu’s cabinet shake-up
President Bola Tinubu wielded his big stick on Wednesday, and like a surgeon in a theatre, he used his surgical knife, yanked off five ministers, redeployed 10 and appointed seven fresh nominees as ministers to replace the sacked ones as…
*Cabinet reshuffling: FG sets Oct 30 deadline for handover, merger of ministries (Nation)*FEC approves N740b road contracts (Tribune)
Cabinet reshuffling: FG sets Oct 30 deadline for handover, merger of ministries (Nation) The Federal Government has directed all outgoing ministers to complete the handing over and taking over processes on or before October 30. This followed the reshuffling of…
Dear Naija service providers, it’s not me, it’s you — Gbubemi Atimomo
Musings on outsmarting your service provider when they go loco We say if anyone explains Nigeria to you and you understand what they have said, then you were either not paying attention or that person doesn’t know Nigeria well enough.…
Lufthansa Help Alliance partners Chess in Slum Africa to launch Chess Innovation Hub in Lagos
The Chess Innovation Hub, a center for the intellectual and social development of underprivileged children through chess education, and an initiative of Chess in Slum Africa (CISA), has been commissioned in Lagos, Nigeria. Help Alliance, the Lufthansa Group Airline’s aid…
*Bobrisky falls ill in police custody, rushed to hospital (Vanguard)*Forgive my false allegations, Halima Abubakar begs Apostle Suleman (Punch)
Bobrisky falls ill in police custody, rushed to hospital (Vanguard) Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, has reportedly fallen ill while in detention at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos. After spending the night in…
Tinubu scraps Ministries of Niger Delta, Sports
President Bola Tinubu at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting announced the scrapping of the Ministries of Niger Delta Development and Sports. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, via his…
Stanbic IBTC Bank charts new frontiers in Nigeria’s agricultural terrain
Stanbic IBTC Bank unveiled an ambitious plan to revolutionise Nigeria’s agricultural sector through comprehensive financial support, infrastructure development and technological advancement at its 2024 Agribusiness Breakfast Summit. The event, themed “Driving economic transformation through agro-processing: Building a sustainable future,” according…
Peter Obi, Gowon and a country in turmoil — Promise Adiele
Nigeria’s former military head of state Mr Yakubu Gowon recently marked his 90th birthday anniversary. Expectedly, many Nigerians felicitated him on the landmark occasion. Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, also congratulated the nonagenarian. However,…