Category: Features/Articles/Opinion

NNPC Highlights Support to Power Generation In Nigeria – Soneye

Aliyu Aliyu

  … Seeks collaborative effort with movie producers, skit makers to protect assets from vandals     The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., Olufemi Soneye, has emphasized the significant contributions and commitment of the company to power generation in Nigeria. Soneye, who stated this on Tuesday while addressing the Kannywood Community, also noted that NNPC Ltd is at the heart of Nigeria’s energy security, standing as one of the major contributors to the national grid. He said, “It is an honour to address this…

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Go To Court And Prove Your Innocence, INEC Tells Sacked Adamawa REC

Abibat Babalola

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has told the sacked Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, Hudu Yunusa-Ari to go to court and claim his innocence rather than making spurious allegations in the media. Yunusa-Ari, who had reportedly ran away from the country in the wake of the controversy that trailed his actions in the last Adamawa Governorship election, had at the weekend faulted his sack. Yunusa-Ari said he has evidence to buttress his earlier decision to announce the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, winner…

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Most Governors Live Permanently In Abuja, Says NLC President

Abibat Babalola

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Joe Ajaero, on Monday, stated that no governor has powers to ban labour unions, noting that union practice falls under the executive legislative list in the Constitution. This is just as he lamented that most governors are now living permanently in Abuja at the detriment of their states. Ajaero was reacting to the proscription of labour unions in state-owned tertiary institutions by former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, at a town hall meeting with workers at the NLC Secretariat, Lokoja, the state…

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Nnamdi Kanu Questions Court Jurisdiction As Justice Nyako Adjourns Case Indefinitely

Abibat Babalola

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, questioned the jurisdiction of his alleged terrorism case when he re-appeared before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court for the resumed hearing of his protracted case. Despite Kanu’s insistence that Justice Nyako has no jurisdiction over his case, the judge adjourned the matter indefinitely. Kanu was brought into Nigeria in June 2021 and has since been detained and tried for alleged terrorism. His trial was stalled after Justice Nyako recused herself from the case…

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‘End Of Mobile Phone is Here,’ Zuckerberg Reveals Replacement For Handsets

Ganiyu Amodu

For nearly three decades, smartphones have dominated modern life, evolving from simple communication tools to powerful devices that control everything from work to entertainment. But according to Mark Zuckerberg, this era may soon end. He predicts that in less than a decade, smart glasses will replace smartphones as the primary way people access digital information. If he’s right, the way we interact with technology is about to change forever. The Beginning of the End for Smartphones Smartphones have been a staple of everyday life for years, but their dominance may…

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President Tinubu Speaks On Death Of Prominent Islamic Scholar

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the passing of Sheikh Modibbo Ibrahim Daware, a renowned Islamic scholar from Adamawa State. Daware was a respected leader of the Tijjaniyya sect and spent his lifetime imparting knowledge, guiding, and shaping the minds of many individuals. President Tinubu extols Sheikh Daware’s humility, piety, and devotion to scholarship and describes his passing as a painful loss not only for his family and community but also for the nation. Why I Visited Obasanjo – Atiku Nigerian Female Journalist Dies After Battling Brain Tumor…

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Why I Visited Obasanjo – Atiku

Ganiyu Amodu

The 2023 presidential candidate for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said that his visit to his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday was not about politics, but “a courtesy call on the former President”. Atiku, who arrived at Obasanjo’s residence, located on the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) at exactly 12: 37p.m., was accompanied by the former governors of Sokoto and Cross Rivers State, Senator Aminu Tambuwa and Senator Liyel Imoke among other eminent political stalwarts from the northern region. Upon arrival, Atiku…

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Nigerian Female Journalist Dies After Battling Brain Tumor

Ganiyu Amodu

Bauchi State has been thrown into mourning following the death of a female journalist, Hafsat Adebayo, a correspondent with Daily Post. Adebayo died on Monday morning after battling a prolonged brain tumor. Reacting to the news of her demise in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado, Governor Mohammed said she played a vital role in shaping public discourse and promoting the ideals of a free and responsible press. He said her dedication to duty and resilience in the face of challenges will be…

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$200K To Cheat Death? A New Lab Wants To Freeze Your Body And Revive You In Future

Damilola Olonade

‘Cryonics Lab has already cryopreserved a handful of clients and pets, with 700 more signed up,” details of the procedure that has never happened before in human history     A new cryonics lab will freeze your body for $200k and try to revive you in the future. Tomorrow.Bio, Europe’s first cryonics lab, aims to preserve bodies at sub-zero temperatures in hopes of future revival when medical science advances enough to cure their fatal ailments. Despite skepticism from scientists and the absence of any successful revivals, the company has already…

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Atiku, Tambuwal, Imoke Visit Obasanjo, Hold Close-door Meeting

Ganiyu Amodu

Ahead of 2027 politics, politicians have been making moves suspected to be in line with strategising for the presidency. In one of such suspected moves, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited his former principal, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Monday. Atiku, who contested the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), arrived at the sprawling Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta around 12:36 p.m. and quickly went to the Penthouse arm of the facility to meet his host, Obasanjo, who…

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