A South African group, Progressive Forces, has launched a petition against Chidimma Adetshina from competing in the Miss Universe 2024. This comes after the arrival of Adetshina in Mexico on Wednesday. The newly crowned Miss Universe Nigeria arrived in Mexico to represent the country at the 2024 edition of …
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Nigerian transgender and social media personality Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, was removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight on Thursday night, as shown by a viral video on X platform. This was after social commentator Isaac Fayose, the brother of former Ekiti State Governor, on Thursday, shared a photo …
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Botswana’s Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) swept to power in the landlocked southern African country on Friday, taking 35 of 61 seats in parliament and ousting the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) after 58 years. The BDP had secured just two seats, the electoral commission announced. It had ruled the former …
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10 persons were killed while seven others were injured in a building collapse in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday morning. A statement from the Oyo State Fire Services Agency disclosed that the incident happened at 2 am at Jegeda Oluloyo area in Ibadan in Ona Ara Local Government …
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The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, strengthened 115 pips to 7.1135 against the dollar on Friday This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent …
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THE Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has announced the successful recovery of the tail boom of the ill-fated Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, registration 5N BQG, which ditched in the Atlantic Ocean, Port Harcourt, Rivers. The NSIB disclosed this in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Mrs …
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THE ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has lost over 800 of its members to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan North Local Government Area of the State. The former members of the PDP were received by the State acting Chairman of the APC, Moshood …
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A meeting between the Federal Government and the Executives of two non teaching staff unions of Nigerian Universities has failed to end the ongoing indefinite strike by the workers. The meeting which was presided by the immediate past Minister of State for Education and currently the Minister of State …
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NIGERIA’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said he would take responsibility in the event of any failure in the ongoing construction and execution of road projects under the current administration. Umahi stated this on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, South West of the country at a stakeholders’ …
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THE Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has claimed that N9 billion was used to incite unrest during the #EndBadGovernance protests. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police spokesperson, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Civil Space Guard Conference in Abuja, organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). Speaking on the …
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