Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has blasted the Emir of Ilorin, Sulu Gambari for having the effrontery to cancel Isese Festival, saying he committed a crime against cultural heritage of humanity. Soyinka, in an open letter to the Emir on Thursday, said it was sad to see the ancient city of Ilorin, a confluence of faiths and ethnic varieties, reduced to this level of bigotry and intolerance, manifested in the role of a presiding monarch. “The truncation of a people’s traditional festival is a crime against the cultural heritage of all humanity. Year after year, the Ramadan has been celebrated in…
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A Ghanaian lady, Sally Akosua has taken to social media to accuse Afrobeat artiste, Davido of abandoning her and their child. In a TikTok video that quickly gained traction online, Akosua shared footage of herself with her child, alongside a portrait of Davido, alleging that the singer left them without any support or involvement. According to Akosua, her relationship with Davido was brief and began with a one-night stand, making it challenging for her to provide concrete proof of their connection. She expressed her frustration at Davido’s alleged abandonment and the absence of any support for their child. “I have a baby…
The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and Responsibility on Wednesday launched a new policy paper aimed at countering and addressing hate speech online. During Nigeria’s 2023 general election, ethnic groups were pitted against one another online, with a sore point in Lagos. The policy paper, ‘Countering and Addressing Online Hate Speech: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners’, was developed jointly by the UN Office with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project at the UK’s University of Essex. “We have seen across the world, and time, how social media has become…
The photograph of the policemen who drove their patrol vehicle over a man in Ekpoma area of Edo State has emerged. The emergence of their photograph came with a directive disbanding the team in the area by the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the directive of Egbetokun public in a statement. In the statement on Thursday, Adejobi said: “n a bold move to address the unprofessional conduct of some Police Officers attached to the Edo State Police Command who were responsible for running over a citizen at Ekpoma, the Acting…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders into law to curb arbitrary taxation policy in the country. Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, to the President, Dele Alake, announced the policy directive on Thursday during an interactive session with State House Correspondents. Among the Executive Orders signed into law by the President, includes the Finance Act (Effective Date Variation) Order, 2023, has now deferred the commencement date of the changes contained in the Act from May 23, 2023 to September 1, 2023. This is to ensure adherence to the 90 days minimum advance notice for tax changes…
Port-Harcourt-based oil and gas servicing firm, Eastline Energy Resources Limited, has initiated a class action lawsuit against Conoil Producing Limited over a $774,789 debt. The lawsuit is intended to be a class action lawsuit domiciled in the USA, as stated in a June 14 letter sent to various parties, including the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, and members of staff of Conoil and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Eastline Energy Resources Limited accuses Conoil Producing Limited of being one of the most notorious bad actors in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, according to the letter signed by the…
The Founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie has replied white garment churches over his comment on their religious practices. Recall that Ibiyeomie had stated that he hates white garment churches because they often manipulate people spiritually. His statement was greeted with heavy backlash from the churches and a cleric subsequently urged the Port Harcourt-based pastor to apologise within 14 days or he would visit their God. The cleric said: “I am saying that I want to speak to Mr or Pastor David Ibiyeomie, I am a Bonafide celestial prophet. But what he said to we the celestials, he really…
Due to the usually differing beliefs in cross-generational relationships, dating a person in a different age group could mean learning to consider multiple perspectives on an issue or an experience. Sam is a 47-year-old divorcee who admits that he does not date any woman above the age of 24. He got divorced 10 years ago, after a five-year-old marriage that bore one child, and he categorically states that he is only attracted to females in their early 20s. Why? “Women in their late 20s are a ticking time bomb. Every minute takes them closer to their 30s where everything goes…
Oil and gas companies in Nigeria have flared gas worth $485.3 million in the first six months of 2023, a development hinged largely on improved crude oil production. Data gleaned from the Nigeria Gas Flare Tracker (GFT), a satellite-based technology, shows that Nigeria’s gas flares rose by 9.97 percent from $441.3 million in the same period of 2022 to $485 million this year. Nigeria flared 138.7 billion standard cubic feet (scf) of gas from January to June, according to the GFT. Gas flaring is the burning of natural gas associated with oil extraction. It occurs due to various issues, from…
visa Rwandan government has waived entry visas to Nigerians, other Africans and members of the Commonwealth in a bid to promote the ease of doing business and attract investors into the Central/Eastern African country. Vianney Rubagumya, the country’s Charge D’Affaires in Nigeria made the revelation while speaking at the commemoration of Rwanda’s 29th anniversary celebration and liberation day in Abuja on Tuesday, Arise TV reported. “In a bid to widen tourism and spur trade and investment, Rwanda has waived entry visas to visitors from all over Africa, the Commonwealth, and la Francophonie Nations,” Rubagumya said. According to him, the move…
