Big Brother Naija Season 8 to premiere July 23

The eighth edition of the Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, reality TV show will premiere on July 23 as an “All-Star” show, with housemates from the seven previous editions. In a press briefing in Lagos on Friday, the organisers announced a cash prize of N120 million for this year’s winner. Busola Tejumola, executive head of content and West Africa channels for MultiChoice Nigeria said, “We have done seven seasons, and for the eighth edition, we feel...

Popular Artists Dominate Nominees for the 16th Headies Awards

One of Nigeria’s most prestigious music awards, the Headies announced the nominees for the 16th edition of the show on Wednesday, July 12. Established in 2006, the Headies Awards recognise outstanding achievements in the Nigerian music industry. “The global awards for Afrobeats music,” its Twitter bio reads. For the 2023 edition, the eligibility period covers songs and projects released from January 2022 to March 2023. See the full list of the nominees for the various...

Police Insurance Scheme: IGP to pay benefits to late officers’ next of kin

Flags off distribution of over N535m to 68 beneficiaries The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has flagged off the distribution of cheques to cover Insurance benefits to deceased officers next-of-kin who paid the supreme price and those who have suffered permanent deformities in the course of discharging their duties. The total sum of cheques presented to 68 families of deceased officers and those injured or rendered disabled in the line of duty...

More Than 35 Nigerian Journalists Train On Combating Disinformation

No fewer than 35 Nigerian Journalists have been trained on methods and technology to combat disinformation, including advanced fact-checking methods, artificial intelligence utilization tactics, and digital cybersecurity. Casa Africa, in partnership with the Centre for Journalism Innovation & Development (CJID), organized the training through its verification platform Dubawa and Spanish Embassy in Nigeria. The training, which is a brainchild of the #PeriodismoÁfrica program of Casa África, seeks to bring Africa and Spain closer together in...

Federal Govt Faults Creation of Labour Ministries, Departments By Some states

The Federal Government has faulted the creation of Labour ministries and departments by some states government and implementing parallel guidelines and policies to those developed at the federal level. Miss Kachallom Daju, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, made the criticism while declaring open the 2023 session of the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) holding in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Miss Daju said the practice is counter-productive, and contrary to Section 34 of...

Lagos govt. sets to partner CIBN on youth capacity building

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State has said that the state government will partner the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) to build youth capacity through the Human Development Capital Fund initiative of the institute. Sanwo-Olu stated this during a courtesy visit to him by the Governing Council of the CIBN, led by the President and Chairman of the Council, Ken Opara, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Thursday. The governor said his administration through...

DSS finally charged detained CBN Governor, Emefiele to court

…Assures Nigerians of professionalism, justice, fairness The Department of State Services (DSS), has finally charged the detained Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, to court. Dr. Peter Afunaya, the DSS Spokesperson in a statement, on Thursday evening said that the action was in compliance with the court Order of Thursday, 13th July, 2023. He said, “The public may recall that the Service had, in 2022, applied for a Court Order to detain him...

Digitalisation of MSMEs can increase Nigeria’s GDP by $53bn, says NITDA DG

The Director General (DG) and the Chief Executive Officer of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Engr. Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi has stressed the need to encourage the nation’s Micr- Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), to digitise their services using technology as a source of inspiration to come up with new ways of doing business. According to Abdullahi, digitization of MSMEs can increase Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by $53 billion. He stated this while...

NIMet organises sensitization seminar on FOI for management staff

The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Justice has organised a one-day sensitization seminar on The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 for Deputy and Assistant General Managers of the Agency. The organisers of the programme noted that the essence of the seminar is to further deepen the federal government’s policy of accessibility to public records and information, According to the Director-General/CEO of the Agency who was represented by the...

Senate confirms appointments of service chiefs 

The Senate has confirmed the appointments of the service chiefs in line with the request from President Bola Tinubu on Thursday asking the Senate to confirm the appointments of the Chief of Defence Staff, and Service Chiefs. The letter from the President was disclosed at the Plenary by the Senate Leader, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi (APC Ekiti Central). According to Opeyemi, the request is in confirmation of the provisions of Section 18(1) of the Armed Forces...

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