A statement credited to Femi Adesina, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity that he has been been surviving on N20,000:00 for the past one week as generated mixed reactions on social media. Adesina while sharing how he has also been badly affected by the cashless policy of the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) despite been a presidential aide in an opinion titled: “Living on shoestring budget” said for three days, he had N6,000 in his pocket and by last Friday, he was left with N2,500. He said said he was…
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Nollywood actor, Nkem Owoh professionally known as Osuofia has said that the Nigerian film’s stories are better than their Hollywood and Bollywood counterparts. Osuofia made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Thursday. According to the movie legend, Nigerian movies offer real-life stories and practical happenings around them in the country.He affirmed that it was erroneous to compare the value of the Nollywood film industry with those published in the United States and India, among other advanced countries. Osuofia also said that Nigerian film producers were only using technology imported from…
The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested some suspected hoodlums for allegedly stockpiling and smuggling arms into the state to cause violence, under the guise of peaceful protest over naira notes and fuel scarcity. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebowale Williams, made this known during a security summit, organised by the command on Friday in Ibadan to douse the tension created by the scarcity of fuel and new naira notes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit was attended by heads of sister security agencies, officials of the Central Bank…
The Katsina State Government has setup a 13-man Commission of Inquiry to probe the recent killings of over a 100 persons, who are allegedly ‘Yan Sakai’ vigilantes members from Bakori/Kankara Local Government Area of the State. The Commission inaugurated today, Friday is expected to swing into action with effect from Monday, 13th February 2023. Justice A.B. Abdullahi of the Katsina State High Court is the Chairman of the Commission while Mallam Babangida Hassan Wagini is its Secretary.As contained in the press statement issued to pressmen on Friday, by Al-Amin Isa, the Director-General, New Media to the Katsina Governor,…
WITH few days to the 2023 general elections, Yiaga Africa, Friday, released findings and expressed concern over testing of the Bimodal Virtual Accreditation System, BVAS, mock accreditation and electronic transmission of accreditation data conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in 436 polling units of the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Yiaga Africa released the report at a media conference held in Abuja titled ‘Report on BVAS Testing, Mock Accreditation and Electronic Transmission of Accreditation data’. The Executive Director, of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo along with Board Member of Yiaga Africa, Ezenwa Nwagwu, read…
A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mr. Chukwuka Monye, has said his team visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo to seek critical steps to achieve a new Nigeria with the 2023 general election. Monye and the Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Dr. Mani Ibrahim Ahmad, led a 20-man ADC delegation to Obasanjo in Abeokuta. The ADC team discussed matters regarding the general election. The delegation included the National Chairman of the party, Chief RalphOkey Nwosu, the National Secretary, Alhaji Said Baba Abdullahi, Ifenla Oligbinde, the Director of Communications and Programs,…
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano, and Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to court over the issue of naira scarcity in the country. The Ondo and Kano State Governments have respectively filed suits before the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja against the Federal Government in response to the directive issued through the CBN, which has limited daily cash withdrawals from banks. Ondo state Government, is seeking Supreme Court order to stop the implementation of the directive issued by the Federal Government through the CBN on limitation of…
Ahead of the forthcoming elections, the Special Adviser Lagos State Office of Civic Engagement, Princess Aderemi Adebowale in collaboration with the Lagos State Health Insurance Scheme, LASHMA offered over 1000 free health insurance and eyeglasses to senior citizens in the state even as it stressed the need to ensure that all senior citizens in the state have a seamless opportunity to participate in the electoral process regardless of their circumstances. Adebowale who spoke during a free medical health tagged: “Sanwo-Olu 1000 Free Medical Health Insurance and Check up Drive” on Wednesday in Lagos also stressed the need to address other…
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Friday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that the forthcoming general election is seamless, credible, and violence-free, saying the Commission has no excuse to fail in the assignment. The apex Christian body also charged the security agencies to be unbiased and remain neutral while discharging their duties, especially during the forthcoming general elections.CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, who gave the charge in a statement, called on Nigerians to resist any attempt to cause disharmony and disaffection before, during and after the elections. He said, “We must see the elections…
Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon has disclosed how many times a couple ought to engage in sexual activity. The actor who said this on Friday at the Toke Makinwa podcast asserted that having sex four times a week is insufficient for relationships. Deyemi,whose four-year anniversary was recently Celebrated, declared that sex needs to occur every day, , andmorning, noon night.In order to further reinforce his point, he also employed the metaphor of food, specifically a three-square lunch. The actor went on to remark that there shouldn’t be a calendar or timeline for sex because, during some weeks, one can engage in…