By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has appointed Aransiola Kudus as acting Chairman for its Lagos branch following a court judgement. Recall that the Lagos state government had announced the suspension of RTEAN operations in its domain, dissolved its elected leadership and appointed a 25-man park management committee led…
The Canadian government announced on Friday a new policy to speed up the approval of family reunification applications, just a few days after the UK government banned students from Nigeria and other foreign countries on study visas from bringing their families. into the country. Announcing the development, Canadian immigration minister, Sean Fraser explained that…
The Osun Police Command has arrested Isiaka Ogunkoya a herbalist who killed a ‘Pastor’ who consulted him for spiritual power. Ezekiel Kalejaiye , said to be a pastor had approached 48 year Ogunkoya to prepare a charm for him for the growth of his church. He was arrested after Killing the man and was on…
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is set to celebrate this year’s Africa Day in commemoration of African unity with the fifth edition of the annual UBA Africa Conversations which will be held at the Tony Elumelu Amphitheater, UBA House on Wednesday, May 24th, 2023. Coming at a time where Africans are achieving great…
The founder of FCMB, Subomi Balogun, has died. He died in London Friday morning. Chief Michael Olasubomi “Subomi” Balogun (born 9 March 1934) was a Nigerian Yoruba banker and philanthropist who founded First City Merchant Bank, a company that later became the FCMB group. Balogun was a long time member of the council of…
Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has surpassed the current Guinness World Record holder. With her feat, she’s poised to break the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual” after hitting the 87 hours 50 minutes mark. The restaurateur began the competition on Thursday after she turned…
Barely 24 hours after the death of a popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, a Yoruba popular actor and filmmaker, Murphy Afolabi, is reportedly dead. The thespian, who acted in Yoruba movies, was said to have fallen down in the bathroom at his house in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Sunday morning, May 14, 2023. A filmmaker and…
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced a man, Ajayi Famakinwa, to 18 years imprisonment for impregnating a 15-year-old girl Famakinwa, 60, a pastor, was arrested by the police for committing the offence in 2021 at Ayede Ogbese in the Akure North Local Government Area of the state. The…
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed The Budget Office of the Federation has said Nigeria now has a “limited borrowing space” due to its poor debt-to-revenue ratio, stressing that “trouble” looms for the country if it exceeds its limits. The Director-General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, while addressing members-elect of the…
The coronation of Charles III was quite a deliberately inclusive event. But beyond that, a number of British-Nigerians were fairly closely involved in the ceremonies by virtue of their positions. Here are some of them. Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, a nurse, professor & medical scholar. She was UK’s first nurse to specialise in the care…
