In an emotional moment on a recent airing of the Tamron Hall show, GloRilla was moved to tears after hearing a heartfelt message from her father. As the show neared the end, host Tamron Hall announced a special surprise for GloRilla. Furthermore, she invited her to watch a recorded clip of her father expressing his profound pride and admiration for her. With anticipation in the air, GloRilla watched as the video played, revealing her father’s heartfelt words. “I’m the father of Glorilla, otherwise known as my baby Gloria Woods,” he began, his voice filled with warmth and pride. “I’m very proud of my…
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The Kebbi government has approved the disbursement of N3.34 billion as subsidy grants to 3,344 potential pilgrims embarking on this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia from the state. This approval was granted to cover the additional costs of approximately N2 million per pilgrim, as announced by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). The decision was made during an emergency executive council meeting overseen by Deputy Gov. Umar Abubakar-Tafida in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. Speaking to reporters about the meeting’s outcome, Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmad, showed that this gesture reflects Gov. Nasir Idris’s commitment to upholding…
Senator Diket Plang (APC/Plateau Central) has affirmed that the 2024 budget was not padded by the National Assembly. Speaking to journalists in Jos on Monday, Mr. Plang, a member of the Senate appropriation committee, clarified that the National Assembly approved a budget of N28.77 trillion. He noted that President Bola Tinubu presented a budget of N27.2 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly on November 29, 2023. He said that on the request of the executive, the National Assembly added about 1.5 trillion to make it N28.77 trillion. “On the request by the executive, we added the said…
Peter Obi Labour Party’s 2023 Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has voiced apprehensions regarding the federal government’s extensive borrowing practices. Through a series of tweets on Tuesday, Obi highlighted the lack of tangible outcomes to justify the substantial debts accumulated by both past and present administrations in Nigeria. He wrote: “I remain concerned about our borrowings, considering their galloping situation over the years, and its concomitant effects on the economy. More worrisome is the fact that there has been no corresponding visible usage or investments as required by the law, to show their impact on the nation. “At the end…
There’s just five days to go until the total solar eclipse. Meteorologists continue to refine their cloud cover forecasts for the big day, and as of Wednesday, it’s a mix of good and bad news, depending on your location. More about that in a moment. On Monday afternoon, April 8, a total eclipse of the sun will cross over a dozen states as it traverses from Texas to Maine. Millions of people are expected to travel to see it. The full total solar eclipse experience will plunge people along a narrow path into darkness midday, but people outside the path of totality can still use eclipse glasses (maybe free eclipse…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation generated N1.07 billion as revenue from passengers in Q4 of 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q4 2023, which was made public on Monday in Abuja, includes this information. According to the report, the amount generated in Q4 of 2022 was N1.15 billion, a decrease of 7.51%. Similarly, it indicated that revenue from goods and cargo was collected in Q42023, amounting to N423.22 million, up 169.16% from N157.23 million in Q42022. “Also, other receipts grew by 3.02 per cent from the N382.17 million recorded in Q4 2022…
Olanipekun Olukoyede EFCC fight against corruption will spare no one – Olukoyede The Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has declared that the commission won’t spare anyone involved in economic or financial crimes. He made this known on Monday this during an anti-corruption event aimed at raising awareness and getting the public more engaged in combating Internet crimes. Olukoyede noted that giant strides have been made since he assumed office a couple of months ago and reaffirmed his commitment to an all-embracing, fully integrated war against corrupt practices. ‘’We will not spare anyone.…
The Central Bank of Nigeria and other financial institutions have increased the dollar supply to the foreign exchange market by $2.5 billion over the past two weeks, which has caused the naira to strengthen to N1,309 against the US dollar. According to official data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange, the naira closed at N1309/$1 on Thursday, down from N1300/$1 the day before. The Naira is still below its eight-week low, though, as it keeps getting stronger against the US dollar. Due to the public holiday, trading was not permitted on Friday. Similarly, at the close of trading on Thursday, the…
Bankole Bernard, an expert in travel and tourism, explains that the introduction of the Lagos-London direct flight by domestic airline Air Peace has compelled foreign carriers, which previously held a monopoly on the route, to reduce their airfares. Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme on Tuesday, Bernard said refusal by foreign airlines to reduce flight tickets on the Lagos-London route would force them out of the market. The ex-President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) highlighted that international flight tickets for the Lagos-London route previously reached as high as N3.5 million. However, with Air Peace…
Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a board member with MedGlobal, said Tuesday that he walked out of a meeting with President Biden at the White House to protest the administration’s actions on the Israel-Hamas war. “I spoke first and I let him know that I am from a community that‘s reeling,” Ahmad told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins of his meeting with Biden. “We are grieving. Our hearts are broken for what‘s been taking place over the last six months. And the rhetoric that has been coming out of the Biden Administration, that has been coming out of the White House, it‘s frustrated a lot of…
Air Peace, the national airline of Nigeria, has issued a cautionary notice to the public regarding a fraudulent website that is deceiving travelers. In a statement released by its management on Tuesday, the airline revealed that the perpetrators utilized certain aspects of its brand identity to create the fake website, falsely portraying it as the official booking platform of the company. “Our attention has been drawn to a particular website “www.flyairpeace.uk” purporting to be an official Air Peace website and defrauding unsuspecting individuals,” Air Peace said. “The creators used some of our brand collateral to design the fake website and…
‘I wouldn’t trust this woman if she stood on a stack of Bibles and had her tongue notarized,’ one resident said of Mayor Henyard The Village of Dolton’s monthly town hall meeting has made national headlines yet again for fiery confrontations with scandal-ridden mayor Tiffany Henyard. Henyard has been accused of misdeeds ranging from weaponizing police in retaliatory business raids to spending taxpayer money on luxuries like traveling to Las Vegas. Last month, Mayor Henyard reportedly vetoed the board’s resolution to probe her spending over purported misuse of funds. While the FBI has allegedly already begun to investigate Henyard for purportedly misusing…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has announced a revised base gas price for companies in the power sector and commercial users for the year 2024. Farouk Ahmed, the CEO of NMDPRA, signed the statement confirming this adjustment. According to the new rates, companies in the power sector will be charged $2.42 per million British thermal units (MMBTU) for wholesale gas purchases, while commercial users will pay $2.92 per MMBTU for natural gas. The decision is supported by provisions outlined in the new Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), as stated by the NMDPRA. “The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)…
The killing of foreign aid workers in Gaza has piled further pressure on Israel over its conduct of the war against Hamas, renewing scrutiny of how the Israeli army selects its targets in an ongoing military campaign that has devastated most of the Gaza Strip and killed or maimed tens of thousands of its inhabitants. Israeli officials have promised a thorough investigation after seven staff of the US-based charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an air strike in central Gaza on Monday – an attack UN chief Antonio Guterres described as “unconscionable” and “an inevitable result of the way the war is being conducted”. The…
The Angolan Embassy has vowed to further harness Nigeria’s diverse economic potentials with the opening of a visa collection center in Port Harcourt. This initiative aims to bolster business relations between the two countries. Jose Zan, the Angolan ambassador to Nigeria, has reaffirmed this commitment during the center’s opening ceremony on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. He said that the challenges faced by both Nigerians and Angolans is obtaining Angolan visas from Port Harcourt, underscoring the necessity for the establishment of the center. Zan also disclosed that the center would cater to the travel requirements of the Angolan community residing in…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it uncovered at least 1,665 fake A’level results during the 2023 Direct Entry registration exercise. The board added that systemic corruption was a defining feature of the A-level results verification regime. When he hosted the National Association of Nigerian Colleges of Education Students’ leadership in his office on Tuesday in Abuja, Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede revealed these. He said, “Out of this figure, 397 were from Colleges of Education, 453 were university diplomas, and the rest were other A’level certificates. “It should be of grave concern if no one respects the certificate one…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, both high-ranking officials of Binance Holdings Ltd, to court on Thursday to face five counts of money laundering charges. According to reports gathered on Tuesday, Binance, Gambaryan, and Anjarwalla, who escaped custody on March 22 and fled Nigeria, will appear before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. The cryptocurrency exchange company and the two individuals are listed as the first to third defendants, respectively. However, Mr Anjarwalla, described by the EFCC as “at large” in the counts, is expected to…
Pusha T and Drake engaged in a memorable feud back in 2018. Overall, it began with Push dissing Drake on his album Daytona. The finale track “Infrared” contained the bars aimed at Drizzy, and fans were intrigued. Subsequently, Drake came back with “Duppy Freestyle” which was very clearly aimed at Push. However, things took a wild turn once the Virginia rapper dropped off “The Story Of Adidon.” This is where Pusha T revealed that Drake had a child. It was a wild revelation, and it certainly shook up the rap game. Drake never responded to “Story Of Adidion” although he has had some slick subliminal…
Atiku returns to Nigeria ahead of PDP NEC meeting Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has returned to Nigeria ahead of the highly anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku, who had been abroad for several weeks, arrived in the early hours of Tuesday. The Ambassador Illiya Damagum-led National Working Committee, NWC, of the PDP, was pressured into fixing the NEC meeting for April 18, having refused to hold the meeting for over one year. DAILY POST reports that the NEC, the second most influential decision-making organ of the party after…
Forbes has identified Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Abdulsamad Rabiu, and Femi Otedola as the wealthiest individuals in Nigeria in 2024. However, there has been a slight decrease in the combined wealth of Nigeria’s top three richest businessmen, amounting to 11.23 per cent, totalling $25.3 billion, as reported by Forbes Real-Time Billionaires on Tuesday. The trio leading the list includes Aliko Dangote, the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group; Abdul Samad Rabiu, Chairman of BUA Group; and Mike Adenuga, the head of Globacom. This decline marks a $3.2 billion decrease from the $28.5 billion recorded by these business tycoons in 2023.A closer…