Day: February 24, 2025

‘Nigerians Help Me,’ Abducted Afenifere Youth Leader Begs For N100m Ransom

Ganiyu Amodu

Eniola Ojajuni, the abducted national president of the Afenifere Youth Council, has pleaded for financial help to pay the ransom demanded by his kidnappers. In videos circulating on social media, Ojajuni is seen sitting on the ground while a gunman points an AK-47 rifle at him. Appearing distressed, Ojajuni appealed to Nigerians, particularly those from the Ilaje area of Ondo state, to contribute towards his release. Ojajuni said he has been given a 24-hour deadline, warning that his captors have threatened to kill him if the ransom is not paid.…

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FULL LIST: Again, Multichoice Hikes DStv, GOtv Prices

Ganiyu Amodu

Multichoice is set to increase the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages effective from March 1, 2025. This was disclosed in a statement to its customers on Monday. The statement titled, “Price adjustments for DStv and GOtv packages,” read, “Dear Customer, please note that effective 1 March 2025, there will be a price adjustment on all DStv packages. “This is to enable us to continue to offer our customers world-class homegrown and international content, delivered through the best technology.” This is coming almost one year after its last price…

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‘No Politics In Our Operations’,— NAFDAC DG

Abibat Babalola

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, has said there is no political influence in its recent actions against illegal pharmaceuticals.   During a visit to Lagos on Saturday, Adeyeye emphasised that the agency is solely fulfilling its responsibility to protect the health and well-being of Nigerians. READ ALSO: Nigerian Farmer Found Dead On His Farm ‘Kidneys At Risk,’ Nigerian Farmers Ripening Fruits With Calcium Carbide Pope Suffers Respiratory Attack, Condition Critical – Vatican Lookman vs Gasperini: A Close Look At…

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Nigerian Farmer Found Dead On His Farm

Abibat Babalola

The police Command in Ogun says it has begun an investigation into the killing of a farmer, Alfa Mustapha, on his farm in Ageri Village, near Olodo, Odeda Local Government Area of the state. In a statement released, the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said the lifeless body of the 50-year-old farmer was found face-up with his cutlass beside him in the farm. Odutola explained that the deceased had gone to his farm on Saturday morning but failed to return home. “Concerned about his whereabouts, the Chief Imam of Ageri Mosque,…

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‘Kidneys At Risk,’ Nigerian Farmers Ripening Fruits With Calcium Carbide

Abibat Babalola

. ‘How the fruits increase Cancer, Hypertension, other terminal illnesses,’ NAFDAC speak, caution farmers     The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned fruit dealers and sellers against using calcium carbide in fruit ripening for commercial purposes. The warning was made by the NAFDAC Coordinator in Sokoto state, Mr Abdulsalam Lawal, during a public awareness campaign at a fruit market on Monday in Sokoto. Lawal urged fruit dealers and sellers to stop the dangerous practice, which he noted was harmful, stressing that it posed serious…

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All US Govt Staff Must Justify Their Work Or Lose Jobs, Says Musk

Abibat Babalola

Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him to be “more aggressive” in slashing government spending. Musk — the world’s richest person and Trump’s biggest donor — has led the effort to fire swaths of the government workforce. “All federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” Musk wrote. According to a…

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Need For Solidarity Between Africa, Its Diaspora And Afro-Descendants: A Major Challenge of The 9th Pan-African Congress

Prof. Robert Dussey

  The idea of moving towards a 9th Pan-African Congress in Lomé, Togo, was imposed on Africa for a number of reasons. This includes the need put an end to the paradox between the desire clearly expressed at institutional and national levels by the African Union to involve the diasporas more deeply in the work of continental development and the feeling of abandonment by Africa among several Afro-descendants. Some Afro-descendants feel resentful towards Africa because of the continent’s lack of commitment to them. They claim to be African and often…

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