Music streaming giant, Spotify, has announced Nigerian rising star, Fave, as its latest Equal Africa Ambassador for the month of March. Spotify’s Head of music for Sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu, made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday. The announcement…
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), has empowered 100 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members with professional Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills. Speaking at the closing of the training on Wednesday in Abuja, the President of ACCI, Dr.…
The Executive Secretary of NUGA 2022, Joseph Awoyinfa, says organisers of the all-university games have put strict measures in place to check the use of mercenaries at the games. Awoyinfa told Newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday that the games organisers…
The Police in Lagos on Wednesday docked one Adewole Odutemowo, 43, at an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault occasioning harm on his wife. The prosecutor, Insp Donjour Perezi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Nov.…
A non-governmental organisation, Koce Jezhiwyi Anyitawuulowyu Foundation, says it has awarded scholarships to some native indigent students in Diko community of Niger. The foundation said that the beneficiaries were selected from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. According to the foundation,…
The parents of Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola, who was kidnapped on Feb. 26 in a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus and later found dead said that all the family wanted was justice. Mr Joseph Ayanwols and Mrs Comfort Ayanwola, the…
Popular singer, Chris Brown has threatened to take legal action against the lady who accused him of sexual assault. The lady, known as Jane Doe, had earlier accused Chris Brown of raping and drugging her on a yacht in 2020.…
The Cross River Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday organised a one-day sensitisation programme for the officers and other stakeholders on the need for regular eye checks. The Sector Commander, Mrs Elizabeth Akinlade while declaring the event…
A Grade I Area Court in Dei-dei, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced six unskilled men, to nine months imprisonment each for assaulting their friend, Musubaliu Baita. The police charged Zilani Nuhu, 30; Anans Hudu, 26; Hisbilahi Aminu, 28; Sefilahi Sani, 32;…
A 39-year-old man, Emmanuel Opurum, has appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, over alleged extortion of N400,000 from a complainant. The defendant, whose residential address was not given, is standing trial on a two-count charge of fraud…
