NO fewer than 35 oil thieves, including oil well head vandals, have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State Command. The suspects, according to the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mohammed Haruna,…
Researchers have found microplastics in human waste for the first time (Time)
A new study found microplastic particles in human waste for the first time, a worrying sign of the prevalence of plastic in the food chain, the Guardian reports. In the small study of participants from Europe, Russia and Japan, all…
MTN Pulse Talk Series take Abeokuta by storm
It has been an amazing month all thanks to the MTN Pulse Campus Invasion, which has been making stops at universities around the country and it has been so much fun. The last stop was in Abeokuta – the Federal…
Kenny Ogungbe: Music in his bones
The story of music in Nigeria is incomplete without much more than a chapter dedicated to the contributions of Kenny “Keke” Ogungbe. Born Kehinde Ogungbe on September 10, 1970, there are even those who insist that without his input in…
You can’t find the energy of Lagos in any city -Bemigho Awala
If you are looking for the frenetic energy that is uniquely Lagos, Bemigho Awala, a communications consultant and documentary filmmaker wants you to know that you can’t find it elsewhere. And he should know, he has travelled to at least…
Sister, what’s that smell from your arm pit? -Peju Akande
Growing up with a strict father was no fun. The man used to wake up on the dot of 5.30am and then the drill would begin for us, kids. Back then, my dad had an old, beat up but well…
NYSC suspends 2018 Batch C orientation exercise in Kaduna
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has suspended till further notice the commencement of the orientation course earlier scheduled for Tuesday, October 23, 2018 for all 2018 Batch C prospective corps members deployed to Kaduna State. The…
Gloria Anozie-Young, Patrick Diabuah, others light up MUSON Festival stage
Gloria Anozie-Young and Patrick Diabuah will join other exceptional actors to light up the stage at the prestigious Agip Recital Hall of MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, to commemorate the ongoing 22nd edition of MUSON Festival 2018 on Saturday, October 27.…
Kutigi, Tukur: Nigeria has lost two great patriots, says Obi
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has mourned the passage, at the weekend, of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, and one-time Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation…
FirstBank rewards customers with its Verve Card Free Fuel Friday promo
FirstBank, Nigeria’s premier financial institution is set again to reward customers for Verve Card usage in its Free Fuel Friday Promotion. A statement by Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Folake Ani-Mumuney, said the promo, which is activated by FirstBank…