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Ahead of next January’s presidential election, Vice-President Senator Kashim Shettima has appealed to northern-based professionals in the creative industry to support the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the interest of fairness and the unity of the Nigerian project. Shettima is Tinubu’s running mate for the forthcoming general elections. Addressing a gathering of Northern…
The National President of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Bolaji “Mr Latin” Amusan, has reacted to allegations levelled against him by his colleague, Olanrewaju “Baba Ijesha” Omiyinka. In a viral video on Wednesday, Baba Ijesha accused Mr Latin of distancing himself from him following his release from prison. He…
What was billed as a press conference ahead of Chaos in the Ring’s Independence Day showdown lived up to its name on Tuesday as tensions boiled over at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Sheraton, Ikeja, Lagos. The build-up to the 1 October fight card quickly turned into another spectacle, with skit maker Carter Efe and rapper…
President Bola Tinubu’s return to Lagos on Tuesday evening triggered heavy traffic around the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and adjoining parts of the city as security operatives restricted movement on roads along his route. The restrictions began before 5 p.m. and left motorists and commuters stranded for hours, with traffic building up around the airport…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dismissed concerns over his health, declaring that he is fit, sound and ready to resume work following his return to Nigeria from a working vacation in London and Paris, France. Speaking with journalists shortly after arriving at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday,…
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ended his working vacation in Europe and departed Paris, France, for Nigeria, according to the Presidency. Tinubu’s aircraft is expected to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, later on Tuesday. The President is scheduled to begin his post-vacation engagements in Lagos, where he will honour…
Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie and her husband, Ivara Esege, have asked the Lagos State High Court, Osborne Foreshore Estate Phase II in Ikoyi to dismiss a suit by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited seeking to stop the coroner’s inquest into the death of their son, Nkanu Adichie-Esege. The 21-month-old twin died in January under controversial…
Nigerian singer-songwriter Afolarin Odunlami, popularly known as Fola, is set to return to Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, for his homecoming concert scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2026, at Agodi Gardens. Fola, who hails from Ibadan, gained recognition with his 2022 single, “Ginger Me,” and his 2024 debut EP, What A Feeling. His song, “Alone,”…
The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, 2010 and the exponential growth of local content in the oil and gas industry since the enactment in year 2010 were the key talking points among pioneering Management staff of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) hosted at a Retirees’ Celebration Dinner on…
The death toll from a mass shooting at a South African tavern west of Johannesburg has risen to 18 following the death of another victim in the hospital, police said Monday, adding that at least two of the dead were Lesotho nationals. The shooting late Saturday was part of a bloody weekend in the…
