Akpabio will be Senate president – Uzodima
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has expressed confidence that Senator Godswill Akpabio will emerge as the next president of the 10th Senate. He made this known while speaking with pressmen after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the committee set up by President Tinubu to resolve the controversy […]
Encomium as Prof Afejuku bows out of UNIBEN after 43 years
Encomium as Prof Afejuku bows out of UNIBEN after 43 years From Adeyinka Adedipe, Benin Friends and colleagues were full of praise for Prof Tony Afejuku, who pulled out of the services of the University of Benin after attaining the age of 70. Afejuku, a Professor of English and Literature, taught at the university for 43 years. […]
D’banj, Wizkid, others used to record in my studio – Davido
Superstar singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has said that D’banj, Wizkid and other music artistes used to come to his studio, which was built by his dad. Davido disclosed this in an interview with the Million Dollar Worth of Game Podcast, published on Monday. He said, “My dad built me the best studio in Nigeria. […]
Form Energy to deploy 100-hour iron-air battery system in Georgia
Georgia Power has more than 850 MW of active energy storage projects under development or in operation across its service territory. Form Energy, a Somerville, Massachusetts-based grid-scale energy storage developer, announced a definitive agreement with Georgia Power, a Southern Company utility, to deploy a 15 MW / 1.5 GWh iron-air battery into the utility’s Georgia […]
Nigeria must review, overhaul 1999 constitution for progress — Gani Adams
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has referred to the 1999 constitution as the problem of Nigeria calling for its total review before the country can move forward. Adams added that it is also a military tool that President Bola Tinubu needs to review. Adams said this when he spoke at the […]
Zulum lists projects to revamp Borno’s agric sector
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State celebrated this year’s Democracy Day on Monday, June 12, by rolling out some projects and programmes aimed at revamping the agricultural economy of the state. He went around the Maiduguri metropolis on an inspection tour of completed projects, which he described as the dividends of democracy the state should […]
Just in: Northern elders knock Shettima, warn against imposition of Senate President
A northern socio-political organisation, under the aegis of the Northern Elders Forum, has again warned against the imposition of the 10th Senate President, insisting that 109 senators-elect be allowed to choose their leaders. This was just as the northern elders cautioned that religion, either Islam or Christianity, should not be a deciding factor in who […]
Woman wakes up inside coffin at her home in Ecuador
An elderly Ecuadoran woman who woke up inside a coffin at her own wake is being treated at the same state hospital that declared her dead two days earlier, her son said on Sunday. A video posted on Twitter shows Bella Montoya, 76, in her open coffin breathing heavily while two men assist her. Her […]
Udeze emerges Speaker of Anambra Assembly
The member representing Ogbaru II Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Somtochukwu Udeze, has emerged as the Speaker of the state assembly. Udeze emerged as the Speaker on Monday, after he was unanimously elected by the 30 members of the eighth Assembly at the State House of Assembly Complex in Awka, the Anambra […]
Cook-a-thon: Ekiti chef hits 85 hours
Ekiti-born chef, Miss Damilola Adeparusi, popularly known as Chef Dammy, on Monday, hit 85 hours in her determination to set a new record of 120 hours cooking marathon and emerge a holder of Guinness World Records. Reports have it that residence Chef Dammy is currently undergoing the cooking marathon, in Ilupeju-Ekiti, and is being powered […]