Don Jazzy Reveals He Got Married At 20, Divorced At 22
Mavin records CEO and Music mogul, Don Jazzy has revealed that he got married 18 years ago to Michelle Jackson, a UK-based writer and model. The music executive took to his Instagram page on Saturday to tell it all, he said he married Michelle at 20 but ruined the union two years after with his […]
NAF Dismisses Boko Haram’s Claim Of Shooting Down Fighter Jet
The Nigerian Air Force(NAF) has dismissed the claim that Boko Haram shot down its fighter jet. The jet, NAF 475, went off the radar on Wednesday. On Thursday, the air force said in a statement that the jet may have crashed but the cause is yet to be ascertained. Also it said two pilots in […]
Afenifere Spokesman, Yinka Odumakin Dies At 56
Political Activist and Publicity Secretary of the Pan Yoruba socio-group, Yinka Odumakin is dead. He died on Saturday morning at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. Odumakin was reported to have died from COVID-19 complication He was said to have been battling underlying conditions such as diabetes before the COVID-19 attack. His death has […]
Missing Jet May Have Crashed- NAF
The Nigerian Air Force(NAF) says the Alpha Jet aircraft that went off the radar in Borno State might have crashed . The aircraft marked- NAF475 with two crew members on board went missing on Wednesday in Borno State. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said while giving an update […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR OLU OBAFEMI, PART 4
OBAFEMI’S HARDWARE: THE ACADEMIC AND LEADERSHIP NEXUS By Toyin Falola PART A THE INTERVIEW (Unedited Transcript) How and why did you choose academics out of all the career options open to you? As I said, the academia literally chose me, initially. In our time, there was very minimal mentorship and career […]
Pantami Says 51m Nigerians Have Registered For NIN
The minister of communications and digital economy, says 51 million Nigerians have enrolled for their National Identification Number (NIN) . The minister announced the figure at a statehouse press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. According to Pantami, there are 189 million registered subscriber identification module cards in the country. Of this figure, he said 150 […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR OLU OBAFEMI, PART 3
Transnational Experience PART A THE INTERVIEW (Unedited Transcript) By Toyin Falola How did you end up studying in Great Britain? The idea of going abroad to study was not even one of our most distant dreams as young students. Names like Wole Soyinka, JP Clark and soon being abroad were to us some special names […]
Buhari Can rule From London- Presidency
The presidency says it is not necessary for President Muhammadu Buhari to transmit power to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinabo. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu stated this on Tuesday when he featured on Channels Television Politics Today He explained that President Buhari has not contravaned the […]
DJ Switch gets American Fellowship
By Olayinka Oyegbile DJ Switch (Obianuju Catherine Udeh), the disc jockey who was at the centre of shooting the controversial shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in October 2020, has been awarded the prestigious Reagan-Fascell Fellowship for Democracy. The Fellowship named after former America President Ronald Reagan is awarded to pro-democracy activists […]
Super Eagles Soar Over Lesotho To End AFCON Qualifiers Unbeaten
The Super Eagles of Nigeria showed class in concluding their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series with a commanding 3-0 defeat of the Crocodiles of Lesotho at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr rested the first-choice goalie Maduka Okoye and started Tyronne Ebuehi at right-back instead of Olaoluwa Aina, Oghenekaro Etebo […]
