THE Office of the African Union Chairperson’s Youth Envoy and Google on Monday, announced the launch of the #DiscoverMyAfrica Shorts Challenge. It is a month-long initiative to celebrate the rich diversity, heritage, and vibrant spirit of the African continent. Chido Mpemba, African Union Chairperson’s Youth Envoy said in a statement …
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THE First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has commended Second Lt. Oluchukwu Owowoh for emerging as the first Nigerian female cadet to graduate from the Royal Military Academy (RMA), Sandhurst, United Kingdom. Mrs Tinubu, who received Owowoh, led by Maj.-Gen. John Ochia, the Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), to the State House …
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NO fewer than 1480 selected teachers in rural and hard-to-reach schools, across the 36 states and FCT had been trained with skills on multigrade pedagogies. Multigrade pedagogies is a teaching method where a teacher is assigned to work with small groups of children of different grade levels in the same …
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AUSTRALIAN police had found a man’s body off Sydney’s coast while searching for a cruise ship passenger who went overboard on Monday. The man fell overboard before dawn near Sydney Heads, about 18 kilometres from the shore, with police and other emergency services launching a search, New South Wales police …
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A 50-year-old woman, Kemi Akala, on Monday, appeared appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly collecting N2,000,000 under false pretences. Akala is facing a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and felony to wit: stealing, to which she, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Adegeshin …
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NOLLYWOOD superstar, Enyinna Nwigwe, has been adjudged the ‘Overall Best Actor’ by the Jury of the 2024 edition of the Cameroon International Film Festival (CAMIFF). According to a statement by Nwigwe on Monday, the honour was announced during the closing ceremony of the event held in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Nwigwe, one …
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OSUN State University, UNIOSUN, has described as false, mischievous and without foundation, information of incidents of kidnapping, sexual assault and murder in its campuses. Conveying the institution’s management denial of the rumours which was reportedly disseminated through a viral audio message, the UNIOSUN spokesperson, Ademola Adesoji, in a statement on …
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NO fewer than three members of the Zamfara State local security outfit, Community Protection Guard (CPG), were killed in a recent attack by armed bandits. Newsextra24 gathered that the terrorists attacked the local security operatives in the Jambako district of the Maradun Local Government Area of the state. According to …
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A 39-year-old fruit seller, Dolapo Babalola, has confessed on how he killed his cousin and four of his friends for rituals at Okeigbo, in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Babalola, who was paraded alongside 18 other suspected criminals, said that he used their body parts for rituals. While …
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SINGER Adekunle Gold has lambasted controversial producer-turned-blogger, Samklef, after he called out his wife, Simi for being “ungrateful.” On his X handle, Samklef mentioned Simi and Ric Hassani as the two “most ungrateful” artists he has ever worked with. He specifically vowed never to “fully” forgive if she doesn’t publicly …
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