Tinubu, Atiku celebrate Funke Akindele’s box office record with ‘A Tribe Called Judah’

President Bola Tinubu has promised to provide a conducive environment for the Nigerian entertainment and creative industry to thrive after Nollywood actress and producer Funke Akindele’s latest movie ‘A Tribe Called Judah’  broke a massive record. On Thursday, the family comedy-drama became the first Nollywood movie to hit N1 billion at the Nigerian box office. The achievement was recorded three weeks after the movie’s release, making it the fastest Nollywood movie to hit the one...

Degree Ban Affects 15,000 Nigerians In Benin Republic

The President National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Benin Republic Ugochukwu Favour says the ban on validation of degree certificates from Benin and Togo affects 15,000 Nigerians studying in Benin Republic. Favor spoke Thursday on Channels TV’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily and said the government should consider legitimately admitted students. He said: “For now, I will say that the Federal Government should look into the issue. Now, you can’t, because it is happening in...

Yuletide: FG extends free train service to Sunday, January 7

The Federal Government has approved the extension of free train service to Sunday January 7, 2024 to allow more Nigerians who are yet to return to their stations enjoy the benefit of the free transport during the yuletide, Recall that the Federal Government announced a free train service on all serviced routes and 50% rebate on road transportation from December 21, 2023 to January 4th, 2024 on specific routes to reduce the burden of high cost...

NAF postpones recruitment zonal aptitude test, sets January13th as new date

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has announced the postponement of its 2023 recruitment zonal aptitude test for trades and non-tradesmen and women, and has set January 13th as the new date. A press statement on Thursday signed by Edward Gabkwet Air Vice Marshal Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF and made available to journalists read, “This is to inform applicants and the general public that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recruitment zonal aptitude test for Trades and...

Govt will Sanctions Other Universities Offering Foreign Degrees – Education Minister

The Federal Government would extend sanctions to more countries like Uganda, Kenya, and Niger Republic, after accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo were suspended. Nigeria Education Minister, Tahir Mamman, while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Wednesday said: “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo. “We are going to extend the dragnet to countries like Uganda, Kenya, even Niger here where such institutions have...

NAF approves group personal accident insurance policy for personnel

Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) has approved the implementation of a Group Personal Accident Insurance Policy (GPAIP) for all Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel. According to a press statement signed on Wednesday by Edward Gabkwet Air Vice Marshal, Director of Public Relations and Information NAF, the policy aptly tallies with one of the key enablers of the CAS Command Philosophy, which dwells on, ‘Maintaining a highly motivated force by enhancing welfare...

Tinubu Suspends National Coordinator NSIPA Over Financial Misappropriation

President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension of Halima Shehu as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) over alleged financial misappropriation. In the same vein, Dr Akindele Egbuwalo, the National N-POWER Program Manager has been appointed in an acting capacity as NC/CEO pending the conclusion of the investigation. The development came barely two months after President Tinubu appointed her on October 12, 2023 and...

Nigeria, Blood and Crucifixion on the Plateau 

Those invisible men came to the Plateau again, bearing their gifts of death and destruction. They came from the deepest pit of hell, the habitat of the devils that they are. They are children of darkness, sons of Satan. They opted to extinguish and snatch the light of the joy of Christmas from thousands of people on the Plateau. They imagined they would ignite an orgy of blood, seduce the ordinary peace-loving people of the...

Pope Francis prays for end to horrors by terrorists in Nigeria

Pope Francis has prayed for Nigeria over the spate of killings and insurgent activities by terror groups, commonly called bandits or terrorists, that have grown worse in recent times. The Pope in his homily on December 31 expressed sorrow over the heartbreaking unhindered attacks in Plateau State on Christmas Eve that had continued sporadically for nine days. Nearly 200 villagers were slaughtered with dozens injured and scores displaced from their homes. “Unfortunately, the celebration of...

Federal Government Revokes 1,633 Mining Licenses 

The Federal Government had revoked 1,633 mining licenses of those that defaulted in the payment of annual service fees in 2023. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, disclosed this in his New Year Goodwill Message to Nigerians in Lagos on Monday. He said more revocation of mining license is underway for other categories of defaulters in 2024. “The Federal Government was prioritising value addition for prospective investors in the mining sector, adding...

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