Wizkid and Tems receives platinum certification. Credit: Screenshot from video. Instagram/donawon Grammy award-winning singer, Wizkid, has achieved another feat with his 2020 song, “Essence”, which features fast-rising Nigerian artiste, Tems. The song reached platinum status barely a month after it was certified gold in the US. According to the BRITS …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has asked young Nigerians to contest for elective positions in the 2023 elections if they want to assume power. Speaking on Monday during a two-day retreat for young legislators in Lagos, Osinbajo said power is never given on a platter. The vice-president, who was represented by Babajide …

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, secured the conviction and sentencing of Dije Sale to 34 years imprisonment. Sale was sentenced before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the State High Court, Maiduguri for forgery, use of false document and obtaining under false pretence …

South South Governors Forum following a crucial Port Harcourt, Rivers state meeting Monday under the BRACED Commission have declared to join the Supreme Court suit by the Rivers State Government demanding that states and not the Federal Government, should collect Value Added Tax (TAX). All the BRACED Governor except Cross …

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Addis Ababa, called for peace and stability in Ethiopia amid the many challenges facing the East African country. In his goodwill message at the inauguration ceremony of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for a second-five year term in office, the President pledged that Nigeria would continue …

ROME (Reuters) – A huge fire on Saturday night severely damaged Rome’s famed “Iron Bridge,” with parts of the 19th century structure plunging into the River Tiber. The bridge, which was opened 1863 and whose formal name is Ponte dell’ Industria (Industry Bridge), connects the densely populated Ostiense and Portuense …

Hafsat Ganduje, the wife of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, has been arrested by the EFCC over a bribery and land fraud case reported by her son, Newsextra24 has learnt. The arrest comes weeks after her failure to honour the anti-graft agency’s invitation. Mrs Ganduje had earlier been invited to …

A former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has told the 17 Southern Governors to stop “ganging up” and “issuing threats” in a bid to land the 2023 Presidential slot. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, however, suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor come from the Southern region of Nigeria, …

Airtel Networks Limited (Airtel Nigeria) has initiated a process to buyback 8.27 percent minority shareholdings at N55.81 per share, estimated at N61.24 billion. Buyback is a corporate action in which a company buys back (repurchase) its shares from the existing shareholders — usually at a price higher than the market …

Trading in the domestic stock market resumed on Monday bullish with a gain of 0.05 per cent on investors’ interest in Eterna and 22 others. Precisely, the benchmark index rose by 21.88 points or 0.05 per cent to close at 40,243.05 from 40,221.17 achieved on Thursday. Accordingly, month-to-date and year-to-date …