Author: Femi Adeniyi

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the appointment of a Nigerian-born, Kaycee Madu as a Minister of Justice and Solicitor General for the Government of Alberta, Canada as historic. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President while congratulating Kaycee described his appointment as landmark and historic. The president noted that Madu makes history as the first African born provincial Minister in Canadian history and is also the Provincial Secretary and Keeper of the Great Seal of the Province of Alberta. According to President Buhari, the appointment of Kaycee once again portrays people…

The founder and Chief Executive officer, CEO of Amazons and the world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos has recorded another milestone, hence wealthier than he has ever been. According to Forbes, Bezos’ net worth is up by $4.9 billion, making him the world’s first-ever person to amass a $200 billion fortune describing it as the largest ever amassed. Forbes reported that the 56-year-old is worth $204.6 billion which is nearly $90 billion more than the world’s second-richest person, Bill Gates. Meanwhile, Gate, who is currently worth $116.1 billion is the person to come closest to Bezos, who was the world’s first-ever…

Dr Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as President of the African Development Bank, AfDB during an election which was conducted virtually on Thursday, August 27. This was contained in a tweet made by Lauretta Onochie, the aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media. In the tweet, Lauretta also posted a short video which shows that Akinwunmi held a meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa. She, however, commended President Buhari for mobilising support for Adesina adding that the AfDB president has been proven to be above board. Meanwhile, Adesina on Wednesday, August 26 declared his intention to re-contest…

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the electricity distribution companies, DisCos to put an end to an estimated billing in the country. The President also approved a one-year waiver of import levy on electricity meters, so that Nigerians who do not have meters can be supplied as early as possible at a reasonable cost. This was contained in a statement shared on the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Presidency. According to the statement, the Federal Government is working to ensure that Electricity distribution companies, DisCos commit to increasing the number of hours of electricity supply per day and quality of…

A few months after she was reportedly raped and killed inside a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Edo Province 10, Ikpoba Hill, Benin, Police have arrested and paraded six suspects linked to the death of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa. The six suspects paraded by the men of the Edo state police command are Nelson Ogbebor, Akato Valentine, Mrs Tina Samuel, Mrs Mary Ade, Nosa Osabohien and one Collins Ulegbe. It was gathered that the police recorded success in the course of their investigation after tracing the phone of the deceased to one of the suspects, Nosa Osabohien. However,…

In a move to extend its special facilities, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the Bankers’ Committee have agreed to support Nigerian-registered airlines and the media industry in Nigeria. The Bank noted that the agreement, which was prompted by its Governor, Godwin Emefiele is aimed at enabling both industries to address the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While addressing banks’ chief executives at the bi-monthly virtual meeting of the Bankers’ Committee, the CBN boss said such support was critical to helping the industry recover from the economic crisis triggered by the Coronavirus pandemic. CBN To Support Airlines Also,…

The World Health Organization, WHO has declared that Africa is free of polio after years of trying to eradicate the virus. During a virtual session, the organization said no cases of polio have been diagnosed in the African continent in four years as the last case was detected in 2016 in Nigeria. While describing the news as one of the greatest achievements in public health history, the WHO said Polio has joined smallpox in the list of viruses that have been wiped out in Africa adding that it now only exists in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Also, chairman of the African…

The management of Access Bank Nigeria has confirmed that there was a fire outbreak at its Adetokunbo Ademola branch in Lagos state on Wednesday, August 26. Confirming the incident via its Twitter handle, the Bank stated that no one was harmed during the fire outbreak. Also, it added that its fire protocol in the Bank has been activated with all its personnel safely moved out of the bank premises. The tweet reads “There has been a fire incident at our Adetokunbo Ademola branch this morning. Thankfully, no one was harmed. Our fire protocol has been activated and all personnel have been…

Following the verbal attacks launched by a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode towards a Journalist during a press conference in Calabar, it is imperative to double-check the worth of a Nigerian Journalist. Though many people have reacted to the video which went viral on Tuesday, August 25 showing Fani Kayode using the word “Stupid” on a reporter, Eyo Charles, who works with the Daily Trust after he asked the former Minister a question about who bankrolled him. In the video, instead of Fani Kayode to either answer or decline the question been put to him by the reporter…

Ninety-two-year-old Nguyen Van Chien, who has not cut his hair for 80 years has revealed that he will die if he chops his locks which have dreadlocks five yards long. The man, who hails from the southern Mekong Delta region of Vietnam practises a faith that prescribes leaving everything that a person is born with untouched. According to him, he dare not change anything about the hair, not even combing it adding that he only nurture, cover it in a scarf to keep it dry and clean and looking nice. It was gathered that Chien, who worships nine powers…

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed regret for using the word “Stupid” on a Journalist, Eyo Charles during an encounter with the reporter in Calabar. In a tweet, Fani-Kayode said he had a meeting with his advisors till late last night hence the decision to withdraw the word stupid which he used in his encounter with the journalist at a press conference in Calabar, Cross River last week. Meanwhile, the Lawyer added that he wished to state categorically that no threat of physical harm was ever made to the journalist in question and neither did he sent…

Controversial Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley and many other Twitter users have reacted to the viral photo of the alleged owner of popular social media page, Instablog9ja. Reacting, Naira Marley advised the supposed owner of the page not to panic adding that all the threats she might be receiving are empty threats. However, he jokingly advised her to be security conscious. Photo Of Alleged Owner Of Instablog Earlier, many Twitter and Instagram users have shared photos of the supposed face behind the popular gossip platform. It was gathered that the handler of the platform had mistakenly…

Bashir Ahmed, the personal assistant on new media to President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that the President had received gold bars and precious stones from Zamfara state Governor, Bello Matawalle. Bashir said the governor on Monday, August 24 presented the gold bars and precious stones which were mined from Zamfara state to President Buhari. He added that Governor Matawalle was accompanied by Alhaji Bashir Hadejia during the presentation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Matawalle Presents Gold Bars To President Buhari Also, governor Matawalle in a tweet said: “I presented specimens of gold and other precious minerals unearthed from solid minerals deposits…

Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Professor Moji Adeyeye has warned Nigerians against the consumption of an organic apple and black currant originating from Australia. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, Professor Mojisola said the products had been certified harmful for human consumption. According to the DG, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has warned against the consumption of Pure Tassie Organic Apple and Blackcurrant Juice originating from Australia. Adeyeye, who said the warning was due to the unacceptable level of patulin stated that…

A former Presidential aspirant, Kingsley Moghalu has called on the government of Nigeria to fix the nation’s educational system. He noted that there is a need to focus more on vocational and technical skills that can have good economic value in the labour market. In a tweet, Moghalu shared his experience when he invited a plumber to fix his broken toilet while working for the United Nations, UN in Switzerland. He said he was surprised when the plumber arrived with a BMW car adding that he gasped when the plumber finished and gave him the bill. Moghalu Canvasses Vocational Skills…

The Federal government of Nigeria is targetting the creation of 12 million direct and indirect jobs in the country through the implementation of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP). Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva disclosed this in a statement issued by his Technical Adviser on Gas Business and Policy Implementation, Mr Justice Derefaka. According to the statement, Sylva, who revealed this at the recently concluded Ministerial Mandate Performance Scorecard Review Session stated that the NGEP will bring about human capacity development nationwide. The Minister further revealed that he has surrendered his vehicles to the NGEP to…

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered police Boss in charge of police commands across the federation to suspend the entry requirements for applicants seeking to be recruited as constables. In the directive, the IGP, who urged police commands to ensure that the entire recruitment process is transparent said no candidate should be disqualified irrespective of their physical appearance, age, and qualification. Adamu stated that all candidates who successfully submitted their online applications to police recruitment portal should be attended to irrespective of their physical appearance, age, and qualification. You will recall that the Nigeria Police Force had earlier…

Ahead of the 2020 US Presidential elections, President, Donald Trump and his campaign team have unveiled a nine-point agenda for the President’s second term if re-elected. It was gathered that both Trump and his campaign team plan to promote the agenda throughout the convention which will hold all through this week. Trump Unveils 9 Points Agenda Top on the list is Health care and coronavirus under which the team promised to lower prescription drug prices and insurance premiums. Also, it promised to put an end to surprise billing, develop a vaccine by the end of 2020, Make all critical medical…

A few days after the Local council elections in Ondo state, the State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has sworn in the newly elected Local government chairman and councillors. During the swearing in ceremony in Akure, the ondo state capital, Akeredolu stated that politics is not a do or die affair. Also in a tweet, the governor posted photos of the newly elected chairmen during the swearing in ceremony held on Monday, August 24. “Today I swore in the newly elected LG chairmen and counsellors from the just concluded #OndoDecides Local Government Election. I needed to make it abundantly clear that…

The founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has threatened that there would be holy protests if the Federal government go ahead with the new Company and Allied Matters Act CAMA. While reacting to the Act which seeks to appoint trustees over religious organisations, the cleric stated that heavenly bombs that could deafen will fall on anybody who tries it. During an interview with LegitTv, the famous Nigerian prophet stressed that the government is trying impossibility and they are trying to test God adding that nobody can come and take over his church. He said that the ten…

The company in charge of the video conferencing application, Zoom App has confirmed that it has received reports of users being unable to visit the Zoom website (zoom.us). It stated that some of the app users were unable to start and join Zoom Meetings and Webinars adding that it was investigating the cause as it also promised to provide updates as regards the development. In a tweet, the company said it has identified the issue and are working on fixing it. The tweet reads “If you’re having trouble connecting to Zoom, we have identified the issue and are working on a…