The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NMA) has predicted sunny and cloudy weather activities from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted sunny skies over the northern region on Monday throughout the forecast period.…
LASG begins impounding of unpainted commercial vehicles (Guardian) The Lagos State Government has directed the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to begin to arrest and impound unpainted commercial vehicles from Monday across the state. The General Manager of LASTMA,…
Concerns as 1 Pound trades for N1000 at parallel market (DailyTrust) The sharp fall of the naira against the foreign currencies continues this weekend with the British Pound crossing N1000 in the parallel market. There are fears that the dollar…
Elder’s Corner, a feature documentary which has been described as voyage of return and rediscovery, an epic tale of survival, using music to reconnect the past to the present, is set for a Nigerian premiere. Venue is Alliance Francaise, Mike…
Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice will appear at the Central Criminal Court- a.k.a. Old Bailey- on Monday. Though their hugely anticipated plea and trial preparation hearing was originally scheduled for last Monday, October 31,…
A Tanzanian passenger plane has crashed into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba. The Precision Air flight was carrying 43 people, 26 of whom have been rescued and sent to hospital, said a…
A long piece appeared in the Financial Times on Friday, November 4, 2022. Captioned “The Benin Bronzes and the road to restitution,” it tried to put in context the importance of the Digital Benin initiative, which, according to the FT…
The Federal Government has denied the accusation that it paid members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) half salaries in October. Mr Olajide Oshundun, Head of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this…
Inferno: Lagos shuts Eko Bridge, diverts traffic for rehab work (Vanguard) Lagos State Government has announced the diversion of traffic from Ebute-Ero/Apongbon inwards Costain-Ijora-Olopa of the Eko Bridge from today, Saturday, November 5, 2022, to allow for emergency rehabilitation work.…
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Abuja International Film Festival has declared a new film, Rule No 1, as winner of the 2022 festival. The committee, chaired by actor Francis Duru, made the disclosure on Friday night at the…
