Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged traditional rulers across the South East to be at the forefront of promoting and preserving the rich cultural heritage of the people. Otti spoke on Tuesday while declaring open a one-day meeting of the South East Traditional Rulers Council held in Umuahia, the state capital. He described culture as an identity that defines a people. The governor, who frowned at the infighting leading to the destruction of family ties and relationships in an effort to emerge as a traditional ruler in some kingdoms, cited the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, as an…
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The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has urged the Nigerian Defence Academy to incorporate skills acquisition and entrepreneurship programme into its curriculum. He made the recommendation at NDA 22nd Convocation Lecture in honour of the graduating cadets of 71 Regular Course and Post- Graduate students on Tuesday in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the title of the lecture was ” NYSC and Skills Acquisition for Youth Development in Nigeria: A Panacea to National Security”. Ahmed said, “This integration is crucial as the NYSC will be ready to partner with the academy in this…
Nigerian R&B star, Bankole Wellington, widely known as Banky W, has relocated to the United States with his family. The Empire Mates Entertainment boss revealed the move on Instagram, sharing that he will be pursuing a Master’s degree at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Alongside a photo of himself, his wife, actress Adesua Etomi-Wellington, and their child at the airport, Banky W asked his followers to send their best wishes as they embark on this new chapter. PUNCH Online reports that the 43-year-old artiste was born in the US and married Adesua in 2017. The artiste contested for the Eti-Osa…
The Nigerian Bar Association has released its findings on the Edo State governorship election held last Saturday, raising concerns over low voter turnout and the influence of money. PUNCH Online reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, on Sunday, declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the election. According to the Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruq Kuta, Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, who scored 247, 274 votes. He also stated that the candidate of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, came…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday, officially launched the distribution of relief materials to victims of the Maiduguri flood, which had impacted nearly two million people. The flood, caused by an overflow from Alau Dam, inflicted severe damage on homes and infrastructure, prompting the state government to deploy a rapid-response team to assess and address the destruction in phases. The PUNCH reports that the state government has got at least N17bn in monetary donations and pledges. The governor, while launching the programme in Maiduguri, said that the relief materials’ distribution would begin with about 5,235 households in Gwange…
President Bola Tinubu has rejected the harmonised version of the bill which sought to extend the service year of the National Assembly staff by an additional five years. The bill sought to increase the retirement age to 65 years or 40 years of service from the current 60 years of age or 35 years of service for retirement. While the bill had earlier passed a third reading in the House of Representatives, it was initially rejected by the Senate after sparking a controversy among lawmakers. However, it was later reconsidered and passed by the Red Chamber and was then transmitted…
China said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, firing it into the Pacific Ocean in a rare trial run that flexed its military might. Beijing has stepped up its nuclear development in recent years, with the Pentagon last October warning China was developing its arsenal more quickly than the United States had anticipated. China held more than 500 operational nuclear warheads as of May 2023 and is likely to have more than 1,000 by 2030, it said. On Wednesday, the Chinese military’s “Rocket Force launched an ICBM… carrying a dummy warhead to the high seas in the Pacific…
Veteran stand-up comedian Atunyota Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba, has shared how his plan to have one more son with his wife, Mary at 59 unexpectedly led to the birth of triplets. Ali Baba explained that his wife had a strong desire for another son, especially after their children had travelled abroad, leaving the house feeling empty. The funnyman stated this on Monday in an interview during a podcast session, Leadership Podcast with Stephen Akintayo He said initially, she considered adopting more children but later decided she would prefer to have her own. This, he said led them to…
Popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has denied a bribery allegation levelled against him by a social media influencer, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan. In a viral audio released by VeryDarkMan, Bobrisky alleged that some unnamed Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives collected N15 million from him to drop money laundering charges against him. Reacting to the viral audio in a statement on Tuesday, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the Commission’s Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, had ordered an immediate investigation into the matter. However, in an Instagram post on Wednesday morning, Bobirsky denied…
Nollywood actor and human rights advocate, Yomi Fabiyi, is set to lead a peaceful protest to demand justice for the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka MohBad. Fabiyi who disclosed this on his Instagram page noted that the protest would take place on Monday, September 30, 2024, at the Lagos State House of Assembly. According to him, the protest seeks to call on the state government to set up a committee to investigate the singer’s death. He alleged that “those behind this heinous crime, those who cut Mohbad’s life short are spending millions upon millions of naira to see that…