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April, 2024

  • 26 April

    Keyamo furious over knocks for suspending Dana

    Festus Keyamo, the minister in charge of aviation in Nigeria is angry, furious over knocks on him ! Some stakeholders subsequently said it was wrong for the minister to direct the NCAA to suspend an airline, urging the Senior Advocate of Nigeria to respect the autonomy of the regulator. Already, the suspension of Dana Air’s operations after a runway incident ...

  • 26 April

    Ondo: APC still in crisis ,as PDP picks flagbearer

    The maiden meeting between the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and aggrieved aspirants in last Saturday’s primary election. It’s between the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and aggrieved aspirants in last Saturday’s primary election in Ondo State ended in a deadlock. None of the aggrieved aspirants ...

  • 26 April

    105 prisoners escape as rainstorm collapses fence

    105 inmates had escaped in a jailbreak on Wednesday night, after a rainstorm damaged sections of the facility. The spokesman for the Federal Capital Territory command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Samson Duza, said 119 inmates initially escaped but 14 of them were later recaptured by the security forces. The FCT command of the NCoS is in charge of the ...

  • 26 April

    After 11yr of constant tariff, MTN, Glo, others set for hike

    Telecommunications operators in the country including MTN Nigeria and Globacom have asked for Federal Government approval through the Nigerian Communications Commission to raise their tariff. The development came after foreign exchange losses and rising energy costs forced some of the operators to post losses last year. The four telecommunications giants said they were the only ones that have not reviewed ...

  • 26 April

    Get more mileage from your clothes, elongate your apparel’s lifespan

    Valentino Garavani, the luminary behind Valentino (the international brand coveted by the high and mighty which he founded in 1959), is credited with one of fashion’s most beautiful maxims: ‘The essence of style is a combination of simplicity, elegance and subtlety.’ And this quote by the retired designer (who will be 92 on May 11) encapsulates our mission today. As ...

  • 25 April

    Ray Ekpu’s wife, Uyai is dead

    Respected journalist and celebrated columnist, Ray Ekpu, has announced the death of his wife, Uyai Ekpu. Mrs Ekpu died at the age of 73 on April 21 after a brief illness, the journalist said on Wednesday. According to Ekpu, “Uyai was a senior staff of the Centre for Management Development (CMD) and retired in 2011 as an Acting Director, Management ...

  • 25 April

    NFF ‘ll announce S/Eagles coach next week

    The President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Engr Ibrahim Gusau has revealed that the federation will be announcing the new Super Eagles coach next week. He made this known while speaking to our correspondent on the sidelines after inaugurating five of the Federation’s sub-committees at the Sunday Dankaro House at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja yesterday. It will be recalled ...

  • 25 April

    1.94m Pulpils write JAMB 2024, as Father, Son detained for Cheating

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed that two suspects, a father and his son, were arrested for their alleged involvement in impersonation during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. This was just as the Board added that no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations across the country. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made ...

  • 19 April

    Atiku Shuns Wike at PDP meeting

    It was more of a mild drama on Wednesday asEx-Vice-President Namadi Sambo is seated in between Atiku and Wike at the ongoing meeting. Wike was seeing exchanging pleasantries in his usual bouyant , loud manner with Sambo while Atiku looked away. Wike fell out with Atiku after the latter won the party’s ticket and overlooked him as running mate, settling ...

  • 19 April

    Build a fabulous, all-year round wardrobe without breaking bank

    Let’s begin with Brioni today. And learn from the hugely successful Italian brand established in 1945 by two friends. The fashion house coveted by style cognoscenti has one of the most apt slogans we know: ‘to be one of a kind’. ‘To be one of a kind,’ unique and uncommon are the attributes of all human beings (when we deploy ...