Day: April 1, 2024

US Lawmakers Host Nigerian Rotary Int’l Scholar, Muritala Ayinla + PHOTOS

Abibat Babalola

Senator Brattin: Good impression of US warms Our hearts     Members of the Missouri State General Assembly in the United States of America have welcomed a Nigerian-born recipient of the Rotary International Scholarship at the University of Central Missouri, Mr. Muritala Ayinla. They expressed their appreciation for the positive image of the United States that Ayinla and other aspiring youths hold following their experiences in the country. Speaking while playing host to Ayinla at the Missouri State Capitol, located in Jefferson City, Senator Rick Brattin, who represents Missouri’s 31st…

Read More

Two First Ladies At Presidential Palace In A Senegal First

Abibat Babalola

. How tongues wagged, heads turned over 44 year-old President Faye record as first president with two wives as First ladies     Senegal’s president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, entered the platform while clutching the hands of his wives, Marie and Absa, in the last moments of the election campaign. It was an extraordinary spectacle in the West African nation’s national politics, and the first-round winner, who has promised radical change, made a clear choice. The practice of polygamy is deeply ingrained in Senegalese culture, where the vast majority of people…

Read More

‘$870m Salary Saved,’ Bill Gates Sacks, Replaces Foundation Staff With Al Software

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ How Copilot, Artificial Intelligence (AI) software, taking their jobs drafted, delivered their sack letters. ▪️ AI Solutions are biased but no less biased than the human staff I employed and spend $870 million on annually – Gates speaks on mass sack   Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has laid off the entire Gates Foundation staff and replaced them with Copilot, the generative AI solution from Microsoft. In a computer generated letter sent to staff, he said: “I’m excited about the impact that AI will…

Read More

Ekpo’s Six Months At The Helm of Nigeria’s Gas Ministry, By Owolabi Ajibade

ADEOLA YUSUF

A seismic shift is rocking the Nigerian energy sector. At the epicentre stands Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas). In just six months – for he assumed office in August 2023 – yet a whirlwind of transformative initiatives have redefined the agenda, placing innovation, sustainability, and global partnership at the heart of a gas-powered future for Nigeria. Let’s start with the environment, a cherished gift and for which contemporary humanity has an uphill task to protect at all cost. Ekpo’s leadership of the Ministry of Petroleum…

Read More

President Tinubu To Attend Inauguration Of Senegal’s President-Elect, Faye

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Faye. The Presidency disclosed this in a statement by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu to attend inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect Bassirou Faye.’ Tinubu, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, is visiting the country for the first time since assuming office, at the invitation of the Senegal government. “He will join other regional leaders to…

Read More

Davido Unveils Music Faculty In Uganda Varsity

Ganiyu Amodu

Multiple-award-winning artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, unveiled the Faculty of Music and Arts at the International University of East Africa in Kampala, Uganda, on Thursday. The Nigerian artiste disclosed this in videos and pictures shared on his Instagram story on Friday. READ ALSO Alibaba Announces Birth Of Triplets With 55-Year-Old Wife Gunmen Rob Travellers, Set Bus On Fire ‘No Extension,’ NCC Orders MTN, Glo, Others To Bar NIN-SIM Non-Compliant Subscribers Davido was also given an award with the inscription, ‘Davido Hall’ for a hall named after him on…

Read More

APRIL 1: Alibaba Announces Birth Of Triplets With 55-Year-Old Wife

Abibat Babalola

Alibaba and his Triplets : A Joke Taken Too Far? Popular standup comedian, Atunyota Akpobome, better known as Alibaba might have taken many for a ride with his posting about he and his wife welcoming a set of triplets. Platforms Africa reports that the news went viral on April 1 with major news outlets reporting it. After waiting for a rebuttal from Ali Baba or a confirmation that the posting was just an April 1 matter ( April fool joke) many latched on to it and posted it. However some…

Read More

Gunmen Rob Travellers, Set Bus On Fire

Ganiyu Amodu

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed an attack by some daredevil armed criminals who looted a commercial bus at Oke Ado Junction, in Ijebu Imushin, along the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed that the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday. The passengers were said to be on their way to the South-East geopolitical zone for Easter celebrations when the hoodlums launched the attack, robbed them and set the bus ablaze. “It happened in Oke Ado junction at Ijebu Mushin. A luxury bus…

Read More

‘No Extension,’ NCC Orders MTN, Glo, Others To Bar NIN-SIM Non-Compliant Subscribers

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed that contrary to the impression being created by fake news merchants, it would not be reviewing its deadline to bar owners of more than four SIM cards whose SIM registration data failed to match their National Identity Number (NIN) data. A source within the Commission explained that the Commission’s position was hinged on its objective to clean the country’s SIM ownership database, and ensure that criminals could not take advantage of having multiple unlinked SIMs to carry out their nefarious activities. “We are…

Read More

OMO ALARE: FACES, NAMES OF FIRST EDUCATED IJEBU BEFORE 1892

Abibat Babalola

Ijebu! City or people? What comes to your mind when you hear this word?         Well, the name serves the two purposes. It is the name for special geographical location on the eastern part of Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria. It is also the name the aborigines of the location are called. These people are generally known to be outstanding when it comes to commerce, but they also stand shoulder high when it comes to education. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Arsenal Holds Man City To Draw At Etihad Nigeria…

Read More